Saturday, March 28, 2020

As the UK continues to defy the World Health Organization on mass-testing and contact tracing, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer attempts to gaslight the public into thinking the WHO's recommendations somehow don't apply to us

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Surprised to hear UK Deputy CMO say yesterday that WHO advice on testing is only for poor countries & UK has strong enough health servic...
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Friday, March 27, 2020

The latest right-wing American conspiracy theory that could lead to millions of deaths if it goes unchallenged

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As we all know, Imperial College published a paper ten days ago stating that if the UK persevered with its mitigation strategy (ie. the noto...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Why are the most vulnerable people being forced to work and put themselves at risk?

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I received this email earlier... "Hi James, Imagine being told you are an essential worker when you are blind, forced to travel in taxi...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

The UK's boneheaded refusal to accept the World Health Organization's central recommendation on testing and contact tracing remains the missing piece of the jigsaw

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First of all, credit where it's due - the government have moved much further than seemed conceivable a few short days ago when they were...
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Wings-to-English translation

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Hahahaha. James Kelly does a full 180 and mumbles "Oh, actually a list indy party could work after all" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/...
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Monday, March 23, 2020

Alex Salmond and the future of Scottish politics

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Alex Salmond is my biggest political hero.  I think I've previously recounted the story of how I was converted to the cause of independe...
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YouGov poll shows overwhelming public demand for lockdown

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You probably saw this a few days ago, but I suspect now is an important moment to reinforce the point: a YouGov poll was conducted on Thursd...
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Saturday, March 21, 2020

A suppression strategy is the ONLY way to protect Scotland's rural communities

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Over the last 24 hours or so, I've noticed an increasing number of senior SNP politicians quite rightly criticising people for going to ...
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Friday, March 20, 2020

UK continues relentlessly with its wholesale defiance of the World Health Organization

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I've just been watching a news briefing by the UK government's Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Adviser, and it was an ext...
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Thursday, March 19, 2020

It's simply a fact that, until a few days ago, the UK government were pursuing a strategy that would have led to a large number of avoidable deaths

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I've just had another exchange with Iain Macwhirter, who seems extremely muddled about the distinction between a 'herd immunity'...
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