1. UK government ministers and top brass have done some really essential international travel this month. Let's see where we've paid for them to visit, while we've been in lockdown:
2. Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab absolutely had to visit Sudan - where he elbow bumped a military leader accused of killing protesters https://twitter.com/DominicRaab/status/1352264620803649536
3. Raab also visited a school in Ethiopia https://twitter.com/DominicRaab/status/1352664523837235201
4. Defence Secretary @BWallaceMP definitely had to visit Kenya to open a military base. Essential travel! https://twitter.com/eliudkibii/status/1353621194558345221
5. Foreign Minister @JamesDuddridge also 100% had to visit Kenya https://twitter.com/JamesDuddridge/status/1352334351871127554
6. And General Lorimer really really had to visit the United Arab Emirates to meet its dictator https://twitter.com/DSAME_Defence/status/1351796189214224384
7. Defence Secretary @BWallaceMP also visited Somalia this week - another example of absolutely essential international travel, while his cabinet colleagues criticise the public for going abroad
8. After a stopover at Sandhurst in England, General Lorimer appears to have travelled to Egypt to admire the Pyramids https://twitter.com/DSAME_Defence/status/1356882769461272576
9. And now General Lorimer is in Bahrain for his third essential international trip during UK lockdown https://mobile.twitter.com/DSAME_Defence/status/1357315583856021505
10. Trade Secretary Liz Truss has gone to India during lockdown https://mobile.twitter.com/trussliz/status/1357776079113641984
11. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab went to Cyprus last week during lockdown https://mobile.twitter.com/DominicRaab/status/1357387440256933890
12. Alok Sharma MP is in Egypt today https://mobile.twitter.com/AlokSharma_RDG/status/1359398222712758272
13. Earlier in lockdown, Alok Sharma went to Ethiopia and Gabon https://mobile.twitter.com/AlokSharma_RDG/status/1356189273901457410
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