#Cummings

remember this story from Sunday? we've established that the co-director of Admiral also works for Sir Humphry Wakefield, father-in-law of Dominic Cummings@FT https://www.ft.com/content/6159d5b7-171c-49ed-b318-144efcc4ca2a these are the
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ONE of the world’s oldest and most respected medical journals has published a damning attack on the UK Government, saying “science is being suppressed for political and financial gain” in
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Conservative MPs as fictional criminal barristers. Hold onto your wigs. Rishi Sunak QC is a smoothie. He’s read the evidence, even the spreadsheets, he’s tabbed his bundle and his collar
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This is late night thinking so I may have to delete when I have slept, but...One of the massive errors the government made with the management of the pandemic was
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A quote from this excellent piece, neatly summarising a core impact of Brexit. The Commission’s view, according to several sources, is that Brexit means existing distribution networks and supply chains
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If I had to pick a single pivotal moment in British politics, this would be it.Parliament was paralysed, Labour were voting everything down, Tories couldn't get anything through.A last ditch
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I posted a thread the other day of before/after photos of roadway changes in Ottawa that involved big improvements for cycling.Here's the opposite thread: roads where nothing has changed in
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A thread on the outrage (and worse) directed against my colleague Priya Gopal yesterday. First, the context: during a football match on Monday in which the players agreed to take
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Oh no, here we go (again)https://twitter.com/AllieHBNews/status/1304884902173736960 The article is hopelessly confused - talk about 'opting out' of Human Rights Act. I assume it means opting out of parts of European
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I find this so fascinating.https://twitter.com/kimKBaltimore/status/1295461903268040707 She's running for the late Elijah Cummings's seat, which he last won with 76% of the vote; it's clear her campaign + this ad ain't
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Right new predictions for 2020....British politics first:1. Starmer will win the Labour leadership. The membership is way to the left of where it use to be but doesn't function as
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.@michaelgove delivered the annual Ditchley Lecture last night. It was one of the most compelling critiques in modern times of the British state and its ability to deliver reform to
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Like all historical accounts, this thread has great points but is missing key parts of the ATL story. Mainly because two West Georgia knuckleheads selling toilets online & a seed
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A thread of pluralisation, starting with the man of the moment, James Maddison. Stupendous work from your Craig Bellamies of this world. Emphatic joy with Rio Ferdinand. Barack Obama, for
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I think that this Q&A with Sir David King, chair of UKs Independent SAGE sums up the end game of such an initiative. https://www.independentsage.org/qa-with-sir-david-king-chair-of-independent-sage/ When asked why he felt the
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NEW BLOG: With the Commons returning today, Meg Russell reviews 13 episodes in Boris Johnson's relationship with parliament during his 13 months as Prime Minister.This relationship has often been remarkably
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