Let's compare (estimated) costs:
• Channel Tunnel, 5 years, £16 billion (equivalent)
• Two aircraft carriers, 12 years, £3.8 billion each
• High-speed rail, 20 years, £100 billion
• Serco track & trace phone app, 120,000 deaths, £22 billion
#cronyism #ToryIncompetenceKills
Please DO NOT IGNORE: the government is forcing children & staff back into schools on the back of Covid tests which they know do not work.
#KeepSchoolsClosed #YourKidsYourDecision #ToryIncompetenceKills...
No wonder we're in such a mess: Tories have changed Covid-19 rules 64 times..! #ToryIncompetenceKills www.dumptheguardian.com/world/2021/jan/12/englan...
Why does it take so long for politicians to catch up with the scientists? These inaccurate tests are the excuse used for opening schools - the British Medical Journal said they were dangerous weeks ago... #ToryIncompetenceKills...
In New Zealand, they've had one death from Covid-19 since last June, and that one was 4 months ago.
Imagine what a hero Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock et al would be if that was the record on our island nation too... #ToryIncompetenceKills
Tories have failed utterly: the UK has more new Covid cases per capita than any other country in the world - there is no excuse for this! #ToryIncompetenceKills
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Once again, Tories are putting vulnerable children (& staff) at risk by saying schools are closed, but changing rules so more kids are allowed. It isn't rocket science, but it is common-sense: lockdown really needs to mean lockdown! #ToryIncompetenceKills...
SAGE told government two weeks ago to close schools. Since then, we've had 50,000 odd infections every day = around 700,000 new infections.
Yesterday, the prime minister ordered parents to send their children to school. #ToryIncompetenceKills
"I know how frustrated you are..."
No you don't. You really don't!
"I know that you've had more than enough of government guidance about defeating this virus."
This is true. I want scientific guidance. Nothing more from your government. Just the science. #ToryIncompetenceKills
"But if our understanding of the virus doesn’t change dramatically once again…"
What 'understanding' have you demonstrated? Are you referring to herd-immunity? Schools being safe? How crucial 'world-beating' track & trace is? What 'understanding' Boris? #ToryIncompetenceKills
What does 'a fair wind in our sails' even mean? Boris Johnson is literally the last person on earth I want metaphors from when tens of thousands of people are infected every day. #ToryIncompetenceKills
"The problem is that schools may nonetheless act as vectors for transmission, causing the virus to spread between households."
No shit Sherlock! Has Wagatha Christie been in touch? Was Arthur Coleen Doyle invited to SAGE? #ToryIncompetenceKills
"The answer is simply that we have been doing everything in our power to keep schools open, because we know how important each day in education is to children’s life chances."
I really hope those last 3 words are not prophetic... #ToryIncompetenceKills
Boris Johnson: "On 29 December, more than 80,000 people tested positive for Covid across the UK – a new record."
So why did you order kids back to school on Monday? #ToryIncompetenceKills
Criminal negligence looks like this: "In England alone, the number of Covid patients in hospitals has increased by nearly a third in the last week, to almost 27,000. That number is 40 per cent higher than the first peak in April."
In Boris' own words... #ToryIncompetenceKills
Around half a million people in the UK have become infected since Christmas Day. That's Tory policy for you right there... #ToryIncompetenceKills
It didn't have to be like this...
Vietnam has around 100 million people, 1,300 miles of land border with China, an average wage of £110 per month & 35 total Covid deaths. They closed schools within a week of getting their 1st case. #ToryIncompetenceKills ...
This is what 'world-beating' track & trace looks like: no lockdown required in Denmark, Finland & Norway... #ToryIncompetenceKills edition.cnn.com/2020/12/20/europe/europe...
This Tory government caused tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths by locking down too late, failing PPE, seeding care homes with cases, failed track & trace etc. They are doing it again by forcing people back to work and school as the #2ndWave rises. #ToryIncompetenceKills
