On the topic of furlough, let's not lose sight of the bigger picture. We've been using taxpayers' money to pay people not to work since March.

...While folks in other island nations have been merrily gathering in stadiums since at least July. https://twitter.com/AdamWJT/status/1282249387910090752

My point: it's Covid itself which fucks the economy. Suppress it hard and your economy, like Taiwan's this year, will grow. (Packed stadiums are pretty good for wellbeing too.)

We are where we are because the Conservatives *still* can't get this simple fact into their skulls.

Even the Downing Street cat gets it ffs. (This is an excellent thread btw.) https://twitter.com/Number10cat/status/1322859581425549313?s=19