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Matt Hancock to join #ImACeleb!
When @DawnButlerBrent asked Hancock if he was aware of the rprtdly links between Palantir (who he allowed to run the NHS Covid data store) & Cambridge Analytica, he said:
“Er...um...er...I don’t think I was aware of that”
When @DawnButlerBrent asked Hancock if he was aware of the rprtdly links between Palantir (who he allowed to run the NHS Covid data store) & Cambridge Analytica, he said:
“Er...um...er...I don’t think I was aware of that”
In Sept 2020, #MattHancock launched a 10-year strategy, #GenomeUK, which will transform the NHS & put genomics at the heart of the programme for govt
Incredibly it was launched quietly (on a Saturday!) & received no media coverage
Were #Palantir central? #ImACeleb @imacelebrity
Incredibly it was launched quietly (on a Saturday!) & received no media coverage
Were #Palantir central? #ImACeleb @imacelebrity
“Still boiling!”
On 13 May 2020, I broke the #CareHomeScandal
The govt had ordered hospitals to send elderly #COVID19 patients to care homes without testing
Who signed the order?
#MattHancock #ImACeleb @imacelebrity #ImACelebrity #Imaceleb2022 #Hancock
On 13 May 2020, I broke the #CareHomeScandal
The govt had ordered hospitals to send elderly #COVID19 patients to care homes without testing
Who signed the order?
#MattHancock #ImACeleb @imacelebrity #ImACelebrity #Imaceleb2022 #Hancock
18/. Wow!
#Palantir has hired former Head of AI at NHSX & member of SAGE Indra Joshi (who left in March) as it bids for £360 million NHS Federated Data Platform
Palantir rptdly taught #CambridgeAnalytica how to scrape data & have interest in genomic data
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
#Palantir has hired former Head of AI at NHSX & member of SAGE Indra Joshi (who left in March) as it bids for £360 million NHS Federated Data Platform
Palantir rptdly taught #CambridgeAnalytica how to scrape data & have interest in genomic data
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
19/. They’re not MAGA
They’re not QAnon
Curtis Yarvin & the rising right are crafting a different strain of conservative politics
How does billionaire #Palantir founder, Peter Thiel, fit into the plot? #PalantirPlan #DataGrab #Genomics #ThisIsNotADrill
vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/i…
They’re not QAnon
Curtis Yarvin & the rising right are crafting a different strain of conservative politics
How does billionaire #Palantir founder, Peter Thiel, fit into the plot? #PalantirPlan #DataGrab #Genomics #ThisIsNotADrill
vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/i…
20/. Be afraid. Be very afraid!
“A pandemic & war in Europe have now conspired to shatter our collective illusions of stability & perpetual peace. #Palantir have spent nearly two decades preparing for this moment. This is our time & we intend to seize it”
thetimes.co.uk/article/palant…
“A pandemic & war in Europe have now conspired to shatter our collective illusions of stability & perpetual peace. #Palantir have spent nearly two decades preparing for this moment. This is our time & we intend to seize it”
thetimes.co.uk/article/palant…
17/. Last August, #Palantir purchased $50 million of physical gold
If any other tech company did this, it would be notable, but it’s especially notable for a data analytics company
Was the #RussianUkrainianWar predicted?
Does it fit with #PalantirPlan?
seekingalpha.com/article/449050…
If any other tech company did this, it would be notable, but it’s especially notable for a data analytics company
Was the #RussianUkrainianWar predicted?
Does it fit with #PalantirPlan?
seekingalpha.com/article/449050…
18/. Wow!
#Palantir has hired former Head of AI at NHSX & member of SAGE Indra Joshi (who left in March) as it bids for £360 million NHS Federated Data Platform
Palantir rptdly taught #CambridgeAnalytica how to scrape data & have interest in genomic data
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
#Palantir has hired former Head of AI at NHSX & member of SAGE Indra Joshi (who left in March) as it bids for £360 million NHS Federated Data Platform
Palantir rptdly taught #CambridgeAnalytica how to scrape data & have interest in genomic data
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
19/. They’re not MAGA
They’re not QAnon
Curtis Yarvin & the rising right are crafting a different strain of conservative politics
How does billionaire #Palantir founder, Peter Thiel, fit into the plot? #PalantirPlan #DataGrab #Genomics #ThisIsNotADrill
vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/i…
They’re not QAnon
Curtis Yarvin & the rising right are crafting a different strain of conservative politics
How does billionaire #Palantir founder, Peter Thiel, fit into the plot? #PalantirPlan #DataGrab #Genomics #ThisIsNotADrill
vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/i…
1/. “We want to make the UK fully autonomous, from a regulatory and geopolitical point of view”
Palantir, the shadowy data, surveillance & genomics, that run the NHS COVID data store, plans to shift its entire UK data processing operation from the US! ft.com/content/76fa6a…
Palantir, the shadowy data, surveillance & genomics, that run the NHS COVID data store, plans to shift its entire UK data processing operation from the US! ft.com/content/76fa6a…
2/. “Are you aware that #Palantir & #FacultyAI have links to the discredited #CambridgeAnalytica?”
“Er..um...er...I don't think I'm aware of that, no”
@DawnButlerBrent tells @MattHancock that Palantir rptdly taught #CambridgeAnalyica to scrape data!👇
“Er..um...er...I don't think I'm aware of that, no”
@DawnButlerBrent tells @MattHancock that Palantir rptdly taught #CambridgeAnalyica to scrape data!👇
3/. Whistleblower @chrisinsilico says that Palantir showed #CambridgeAnalytica how to harvest data from Facebook users ahead of #Brexit vote
Palantir run the NHS’s #COVID19 data store with #FacultyAI (linked to Vote Leave & rprtdly to Cambridge Analytica)
Palantir run the NHS’s #COVID19 data store with #FacultyAI (linked to Vote Leave & rprtdly to Cambridge Analytica)
Something about this entire #no10ChristmasParty doesn't pass the smell test
Lots of people - possibly journalists themselves - knew about it, so why has it taken a year to come out?
Who is doing the drip drip leaking?
It feels as it if is being deliberately dragged out
Why?
Lots of people - possibly journalists themselves - knew about it, so why has it taken a year to come out?
Who is doing the drip drip leaking?
It feels as it if is being deliberately dragged out
Why?
Magician's call it "misdirection" - creating distractions - controversies for the media to chase - to mislead or discombobulate their audience
A master of it was Putin's advisor, Vladislav Surkov
Some suggest Cummings spent time with Surkov in the 1990s
A master of it was Putin's advisor, Vladislav Surkov
Some suggest Cummings spent time with Surkov in the 1990s
For 11 days solid, ministers have been saying "a party didn't happen & even if it had, it didn't breach the rules"
It's like the time an unbriefed @Helen_Whately was savaged by @piersmorgan...& then went back on his show 6 days later, equally clueless
It's like the time an unbriefed @Helen_Whately was savaged by @piersmorgan...& then went back on his show 6 days later, equally clueless
"Hancock Cock Inn Cockup”
Ystdy, @MattHancock tried to get @AnnelieseDodds to withdraw a comment re his helping the ex-landlord of his local pub, the Cock Inn, to get a PPE contract
We’ve see the emails
Hancock & Lord Feldman helped 47 firms win 'VIP' contracts worth millions
Ystdy, @MattHancock tried to get @AnnelieseDodds to withdraw a comment re his helping the ex-landlord of his local pub, the Cock Inn, to get a PPE contract
We’ve see the emails
Hancock & Lord Feldman helped 47 firms win 'VIP' contracts worth millions
Ystdy, @MattHancock went on the attack claiming Alex Bourne "never got a contract from the govt" & this was a "fabrication pushed by the Labour Party"
He was lying
@NAOorguk found PPE suppliers with links to Tory MPs were 10x more likely to win contracts
He was lying
@NAOorguk found PPE suppliers with links to Tory MPs were 10x more likely to win contracts
Digging by @JolyonMaugham reveals the contract went to Alpha Laboratories
That contract stipulates that Alpha Laboratories will sub-contract the manufacturing to Hinpack Ltd, owned by Alex Bourne
This info was redacted before publishing in what seems a clear attempt to deceive!
That contract stipulates that Alpha Laboratories will sub-contract the manufacturing to Hinpack Ltd, owned by Alex Bourne
This info was redacted before publishing in what seems a clear attempt to deceive!
In the mid-20th century, satellites helped us determine the exact circumference of the Earth: 40,030km
But 2000+ years earlier, Eratosthenes
a Greek mathematician, came up with nearly the exact same figure using two sticks & his brain
Carl Sagan explains
But 2000+ years earlier, Eratosthenes
a Greek mathematician, came up with nearly the exact same figure using two sticks & his brain
Carl Sagan explains
I once asked “how is it that all scientists aren’t mystics, all cosmologists not poets?”
Carl Sagan was both of these
This passage - Pale Blue Dot - was inspired by the photo of Earth taken in 1990, by the Voyager 1 from a distance of about 6 billion km.
Carl Sagan was both of these
This passage - Pale Blue Dot - was inspired by the photo of Earth taken in 1990, by the Voyager 1 from a distance of about 6 billion km.
Scientists are like mystics in that they can travel in time explaining the past, seeing into the future
In this 1974 interview, Arthur Clarke makes precise predictions about the Internet & PC
And below James Burke predicts the rise of #CambridgeAnalytica
In this 1974 interview, Arthur Clarke makes precise predictions about the Internet & PC
And below James Burke predicts the rise of #CambridgeAnalytica
It’s amazing what you can find if you look closely!
(Video & artwork by @rokubunnnoichi)
(Video & artwork by @rokubunnnoichi)
It’s amazing what you can see if you look close enough (artwork by @Coldwar_Steve)
#NigelFarage #DonaldTrump #ThisIsNotADrill #NeoNazis #Fascism
#NigelFarage #DonaldTrump #ThisIsNotADrill #NeoNazis #Fascism
It’s amazing what you can see when you look closely
The NHS = the most trusted brand in the UK
Cambridge Analytica = the least trusted
And yet #Palantir & #FacultyAI who run our #COVID19 data store, rprtdly have links with #CambridgeAnalytica
#GenomeUK #PalantirPlan #Genomics
The NHS = the most trusted brand in the UK
Cambridge Analytica = the least trusted
And yet #Palantir & #FacultyAI who run our #COVID19 data store, rprtdly have links with #CambridgeAnalytica
#GenomeUK #PalantirPlan #Genomics
After not hearing a peep from Michael Gove for months, eye-watering videos of him dancing in a club above a pub last night have emerged
He turned up alone & tried to avoid paying the £5 entry fee
“He was saying he shouldn't have to pay,” the manager said
He turned up alone & tried to avoid paying the £5 entry fee
“He was saying he shouldn't have to pay,” the manager said
Unverified footage shows #Gove leaving the club in the early hours of the morning
We may laugh, but he’s a key architect of Brexit & champion of Cummings
Did his “Bell Curve bookshelf stunt”hint at his Involvement with the #GenomeUK plan & #PalantirPlan?
We may laugh, but he’s a key architect of Brexit & champion of Cummings
Did his “Bell Curve bookshelf stunt”hint at his Involvement with the #GenomeUK plan & #PalantirPlan?
The #PalantirPlan & #GenomeUK plan are summarised below👇
Our society is based on science & technology, but few people understand anything about science & technology
As Carl Sagan said this is a“combustible mixture that will one day blow up in our faces”
Our society is based on science & technology, but few people understand anything about science & technology
As Carl Sagan said this is a“combustible mixture that will one day blow up in our faces”
The Prime Minister of Britain, @BorisJohnson
“Shall I tell you a terrible truth?”
In this footage of @BorisJohnson from 2013, the then London mayor says that, in politics, you can “make a case for any course of action”.
He also admits that he isn’t really “bumbling”.
He’s “hard as nails”.
In this footage of @BorisJohnson from 2013, the then London mayor says that, in politics, you can “make a case for any course of action”.
He also admits that he isn’t really “bumbling”.
He’s “hard as nails”.
“They cover up crime with scandal & covers up malice with incompetence. They want to project an image of being inept, instead of as having a cruel & well-defined plan.” @sarahkendzior
His ‘bumbling’ persona is a carefully constructed disguise
@BorisJohnson is very dangerous
His ‘bumbling’ persona is a carefully constructed disguise
@BorisJohnson is very dangerous
1/. Starting today, the most important courtroom drama the UK has ever seen
The PM challenged on grounds of national security following the findings of the #RussiaReport by
@BenPBradshaw @RhonddaBryant @CarolineLucas @LordStras @AlynSmith & @PJWheatcroft
The PM challenged on grounds of national security following the findings of the #RussiaReport by
@BenPBradshaw @RhonddaBryant @CarolineLucas @LordStras @AlynSmith & @PJWheatcroft
2/. Last July - after much delay - the #RussiaReport was finally published
It’s findings were truly terrifying
It revealed the govt & intelligence agencies had actively avoided looking for evidence that Russia interfered in the Brexit vote
Self-sabotage
It’s findings were truly terrifying
It revealed the govt & intelligence agencies had actively avoided looking for evidence that Russia interfered in the Brexit vote
Self-sabotage
3/. The implications of the #RussiaReport fed into my ongoing investigation into what appears to be a global #DataGrab for population-wide genomic data
I’d already traced the plan back to 2015
Russian interference in the 2016 #Trump election & #Brexit vote made perfect sense!
I’d already traced the plan back to 2015
Russian interference in the 2016 #Trump election & #Brexit vote made perfect sense!
1/. Dido Harding officially applies to become CEO of NHS England
“If she gets the job after spaffing £37bn on Test & Trace, it’s blatant corruption & we should report it to the government’s corruption tsar who is - *checks notes* - #DidoHarding’s husband. Oh.” @davidschneider
“If she gets the job after spaffing £37bn on Test & Trace, it’s blatant corruption & we should report it to the government’s corruption tsar who is - *checks notes* - #DidoHarding’s husband. Oh.” @davidschneider
2/. #DidoHarding will no doubt draft very compelling cover letter, but I’d suggest anyone on the @NHSEngland interview panel looks at this @PrivateEyeNews article
It puts together things that Dido somehow left out of her official CV
Her career appears to be a litany of disaster
It puts together things that Dido somehow left out of her official CV
Her career appears to be a litany of disaster
3/. “Putting Dido Harding in charge of the NHS would be like putting Gavin Williamson in charge of schools” @davemacladd
As well as getting a peerage, Dido
has also won awards: two wooden spoons from @DailyMailUK for “worst customer service in the UK” while she was at @TalkTalk
As well as getting a peerage, Dido
has also won awards: two wooden spoons from @DailyMailUK for “worst customer service in the UK” while she was at @TalkTalk
1/. I am at #CogX2021 for @MattHancock’s first public appearance - Live Tweeting from the front row
Oh dear! He’s just started & has lost his voice lost his voice
Short pause...
#MattHancock #COVID19 #coronavirus #Genomics #GenomeUK
Oh dear! He’s just started & has lost his voice lost his voice
Short pause...
#MattHancock #COVID19 #coronavirus #Genomics #GenomeUK
2/. Matt’s back!
@MattHancock has regained his voice & is continuing his keynote address at #CogX2021
A friend just DMed:
“Maybe he lost his voice when he you in the front row & realised you’re going to ask him about the links btw #Palantir #FacultyAI & #CambridgeAnalytica!”
@MattHancock has regained his voice & is continuing his keynote address at #CogX2021
A friend just DMed:
“Maybe he lost his voice when he you in the front row & realised you’re going to ask him about the links btw #Palantir #FacultyAI & #CambridgeAnalytica!”
3/. #MattHancock says that he thinks that GP’s having exclusive control of patient data is “undemocratic”
Instead he says he wants every citizen to control their own data(!?)
He says people are enthusiastic about sharing their health data as long as privacy is assured #CogX2021
Instead he says he wants every citizen to control their own data(!?)
He says people are enthusiastic about sharing their health data as long as privacy is assured #CogX2021
“We were guided by the science. We didn't always follow the science" @MattHancock
So @BorisJohnson was lying when he said “we stuck to the science like glue”
Were they following the cod behavioural science of Halpern’s Nudge Unit & the ‘data science’ of #Palantir & #FacultyAI?
So @BorisJohnson was lying when he said “we stuck to the science like glue”
Were they following the cod behavioural science of Halpern’s Nudge Unit & the ‘data science’ of #Palantir & #FacultyAI?
2/. On 13/5/20, I broke the #CareHomeScandal
On 2/4/20 the govt had INSTRUCTED hospitals to send people “who may have #COVID19” to care homes WITHOUT TESTING
The govt KNEW about asymptomatic transmission in Jan/Feb 2020
The question is which Minister signed off this directive.
On 2/4/20 the govt had INSTRUCTED hospitals to send people “who may have #COVID19” to care homes WITHOUT TESTING
The govt KNEW about asymptomatic transmission in Jan/Feb 2020
The question is which Minister signed off this directive.
3/. Hancock claims that no one knew about ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD
This is not true
The govt knew asymptomatic transmission of #COVID19 was likely in Jan & had this confirmed in Feb
SAGE minutes on 28 January 2020 state that early indications suggest there was asymptomatic spread.
This is not true
The govt knew asymptomatic transmission of #COVID19 was likely in Jan & had this confirmed in Feb
SAGE minutes on 28 January 2020 state that early indications suggest there was asymptomatic spread.
All roads lead to genomics
Dido Harding’s was chair of Genomics England
Palantir rptdly taught #CambridgeAnalytica to scrape data
Is the #NHSDataGrab really about about population-wide genomic data?
Complete control?
Bell-Curve eugenicist’s wet dream?
Dido Harding’s was chair of Genomics England
Palantir rptdly taught #CambridgeAnalytica to scrape data
Is the #NHSDataGrab really about about population-wide genomic data?
Complete control?
Bell-Curve eugenicist’s wet dream?
“We could close our eyes & pretend that contrary to all the evidence, #Palantir is a rights-respecting company or we can call this façade what it is: another company placing profit over people, no matter the human cost.” Michael Kleinman, @amnestyusa
The #NHSDataGrab has been underway since Oct 2020 (see Tweet👇)
Why was it ignored for the last 8 months?
News editors, journalists & politicians appeared to be unwilling to report it
It’s great that the #PalantirPlan is now getting wide coverage, but are we already too late?
Why was it ignored for the last 8 months?
News editors, journalists & politicians appeared to be unwilling to report it
It’s great that the #PalantirPlan is now getting wide coverage, but are we already too late?
1/. All the claims about our preparations & how everything was in order were basically completely hollow, but we didn’t figure this out until the back end of February”
#Cummings claims he was lied to by Hancock & others about the preparedness for COVID
These were not “mistakes”
#Cummings claims he was lied to by Hancock & others about the preparedness for COVID
These were not “mistakes”
2/. “Lots of COBRA meetings are just a bunch of PowerPoints & not very useful”
#Cummings explains why he didn’t bother to attend any of the 5 Crucial COBRA meetings in Feb 2020 & didn’t advise @BorisJohnson to attend either
He sent ‘his friend’ 33-year-old Ben Warner, instead.
#Cummings explains why he didn’t bother to attend any of the 5 Crucial COBRA meetings in Feb 2020 & didn’t advise @BorisJohnson to attend either
He sent ‘his friend’ 33-year-old Ben Warner, instead.
1/. We know SAGE recommended a circuit-breaker lockdown on 21 Sept
We know that on that day, the PM & @RishiSunak met controversial anti-lockdown scientists Anders Tegnell & Prof Heneghan & Prof Gupta
Now we know Prof Gupta advised a full #HerdImmunity strategy. #DISPATCHES
We know that on that day, the PM & @RishiSunak met controversial anti-lockdown scientists Anders Tegnell & Prof Heneghan & Prof Gupta
Now we know Prof Gupta advised a full #HerdImmunity strategy. #DISPATCHES
2/. We know that the PM did NOT “stick to the science like glue”
Every epidemiologist & virologist will tell you #HerdImmunity is an ‘outcome’ never a ‘strategy’
And yet the govt briefed @Peston that it was their ‘strategy’ on 12/3/20 & it appears the strategy didn’t go away.
Every epidemiologist & virologist will tell you #HerdImmunity is an ‘outcome’ never a ‘strategy’
And yet the govt briefed @Peston that it was their ‘strategy’ on 12/3/20 & it appears the strategy didn’t go away.
3/. Could it be these repeated blunders were not really ‘mistakes’?
@sarahkendzior writes of the Trump admin:
“They cover up crime with scandal & cover up malice with incompetence. They want to project an image of being inept, instead of as having a cruel & well-defined plan.”
@sarahkendzior writes of the Trump admin:
“They cover up crime with scandal & cover up malice with incompetence. They want to project an image of being inept, instead of as having a cruel & well-defined plan.”
1/. “Palantir expects sales to grow 43% in the second quarter”
#Palantir, run by right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, won the contract to build the #COVID data store for US Health Dept (HHS) & a similar contract in the UK for the NHS in mid-April 2020. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
#Palantir, run by right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, won the contract to build the #COVID data store for US Health Dept (HHS) & a similar contract in the UK for the NHS in mid-April 2020. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
2/. #Palantir, a shadowy CIA-backed company, reportedly taught #CambridgeAnalytica data-scraping
They won the NHS data-store contract together with
#FacultyAI set-up by Ben & Marc Warner
FacultyAI worked for #LeaveEU & 2019 emails show Cambridge Analytica did work for them too
They won the NHS data-store contract together with
#FacultyAI set-up by Ben & Marc Warner
FacultyAI worked for #LeaveEU & 2019 emails show Cambridge Analytica did work for them too
3/. The NHS is the most trusted brand in Britain.
#CambridgeAnalytica is the least trusted
Granting two companies with links to Cambridge Analytica access to population-wide NHS health data, should give cause for concern
Are #Palantir doing the same in dozens of countries?
#CambridgeAnalytica is the least trusted
Granting two companies with links to Cambridge Analytica access to population-wide NHS health data, should give cause for concern
Are #Palantir doing the same in dozens of countries?
1/. Two hundred years ago, a slab of Purbeck stone was set deep into a hillside overlooking London
Called the Free Speech Stone, it is a place where people have gathered whenever their rights were under threat
On #WorldPressFreedomDay it is time to gather there again. #WPFD2021
Called the Free Speech Stone, it is a place where people have gathered whenever their rights were under threat
On #WorldPressFreedomDay it is time to gather there again. #WPFD2021
2/. #WorldPressFreedomDay is a day to remember journalists who've been harassed, intimidated, jailed or even killed
32 were killed in 2020
But it’s also a day to take strength
The truth is powerful
It’s why they fear it
It’s why they try to silence it
32 were killed in 2020
But it’s also a day to take strength
The truth is powerful
It’s why they fear it
It’s why they try to silence it
3/. “The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed.” (Hannah Arendt)
These are dark days for press freedom ALL around the globe.
#WorldPressFreedomDay
These are dark days for press freedom ALL around the globe.
#WorldPressFreedomDay
1/. “As far as I’m concerned, this completely answers the question” says @trussliz after refusing to answer @JayneSeckerSky’s question three times.
Liz Truss & the entire Cabinet appear to have been ‘media-trained’ to answer questions dishonestly. #Ridge
Liz Truss & the entire Cabinet appear to have been ‘media-trained’ to answer questions dishonestly. #Ridge
2/. The purpose of media training should be to help people to communicate their message
I always tell people I train to:
- answer the question
- tell the truth
These Ministers do the opposite
As viewers, we end up shouting at the TV or switching it off!
I always tell people I train to:
- answer the question
- tell the truth
These Ministers do the opposite
As viewers, we end up shouting at the TV or switching it off!
3/. Too often over the past year, Ministers have been allowed to not just sidestep questions, but blatantly lie
For example, whenever a Minister claims that “no one knew about asymptomatic transmission ‘til May”, it’s a lie
They knew about it January.
For example, whenever a Minister claims that “no one knew about asymptomatic transmission ‘til May”, it’s a lie
They knew about it January.
“I think what the public wants, is for us to move on from this #BarnardCastle thing” said @BorisJohnson & his entire cabinet
What the public wanted was transparency & accountability
@maitlis deleted this tweet about @adamboultonSKY’s story
The media were largely silenced
What the public wanted was transparency & accountability
@maitlis deleted this tweet about @adamboultonSKY’s story
The media were largely silenced
By asking why #Cummings hadn’t been sacked by the PM, @maitlis was doing her job
Political journalists NOT asking this question were failing to do theirs
Cummings’ trip to Durham proved to be one of the 2 clear drop points in adherence to lockdown rules.
Political journalists NOT asking this question were failing to do theirs
Cummings’ trip to Durham proved to be one of the 2 clear drop points in adherence to lockdown rules.
“Some journalists are sitting on explosive information that should come out in real time.” @joncoopertweets
Shrinking space for journalism is something we witnessed in the UK during the Iraq War
Is it happening again now?
Would journalists be able to comment if it were?
Shrinking space for journalism is something we witnessed in the UK during the Iraq War
Is it happening again now?
Would journalists be able to comment if it were?
1/. Let’s not forget, that #DominicCummings - who employed ‘eugenicist’, Andrew Sabisky - was central to the #HerdImmnityScandal which is central to the #PalantirPlan
It puts genomics at the heart of the programme for govt, using the UK as the petri-dish for a ‘brave new world’.
It puts genomics at the heart of the programme for govt, using the UK as the petri-dish for a ‘brave new world’.
2/. “I feel we’re all paying the price for a girl laughing at his poem in 6th form” @MarinaHyde on Cummings
#DominicCummings imagined the mood of these photos was very James Dean. Instead they reveal his narcissism & complete tone-deafness
#CummingsGate
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
#DominicCummings imagined the mood of these photos was very James Dean. Instead they reveal his narcissism & complete tone-deafness
#CummingsGate
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
3/. Here’s a good #HerdImmunityScandal intro
It’s long, but gripping & it has #Cummings’ grubby fingerprints all over it
#HerdImmunity is an outcome not a strategy. Every scientist will tell you that
This thread starts to unpick WHY the govt knowingly went against the science.
It’s long, but gripping & it has #Cummings’ grubby fingerprints all over it
#HerdImmunity is an outcome not a strategy. Every scientist will tell you that
This thread starts to unpick WHY the govt knowingly went against the science.
In this chilling 2013 interview, @BorisJohnson admits he’s not really bumbling
“I’m hard as nails” he says
He also tells us “a terrible truth about politics & human nature”
That you can “make a good case for any course of action.” #HerdImmunity #COVID19
“I’m hard as nails” he says
He also tells us “a terrible truth about politics & human nature”
That you can “make a good case for any course of action.” #HerdImmunity #COVID19
When the subject moves to ethics, @BorisJohnson becomes more guarded
Asked whether he believes one "can derive the ethics from the science" he avoids answering
Perhaps he’s aware that discussions of genomics can easily slip into the subject of eugenics.
Asked whether he believes one "can derive the ethics from the science" he avoids answering
Perhaps he’s aware that discussions of genomics can easily slip into the subject of eugenics.
I know!
Most of us switch-off at the mention of “genomics”, but it is crucial to understanding how the world is transforming & how “super forecasters” see the need for society to transform too
This thread👇offers a potted summary of just some of what is going on. #GenomeUK
Most of us switch-off at the mention of “genomics”, but it is crucial to understanding how the world is transforming & how “super forecasters” see the need for society to transform too
This thread👇offers a potted summary of just some of what is going on. #GenomeUK
It is vital for @Peston to reveal who was his senior Downing St source that told him UK strategy was “allowing #COVID19 to spread through the population”
These were the identical words @BorisJohnson used in his #TakeItOnTheChin interview
It is in the public interest we know.
These were the identical words @BorisJohnson used in his #TakeItOnTheChin interview
It is in the public interest we know.
Every virologist will tell you that herd immunity without a vaccine is - by definition - not a preventative measure
The govt knew this
The No.10 press office has never attempted to correct @Peston’s story & yet govt ministers claim that #HerdImmunity was never their “strategy”!
The govt knew this
The No.10 press office has never attempted to correct @Peston’s story & yet govt ministers claim that #HerdImmunity was never their “strategy”!
Contrast No.10’s reaction to the @Peston story with their reaction to the @thetimes story that #Cummings had said the govt strategy was #HerdImmunity “& if that means some pensioners die, too bad”
They claimed it was “a defamatory fabrication”
No action for defamation was taken
They claimed it was “a defamatory fabrication”
No action for defamation was taken
