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Tag Archives: C-19
Tories voted to stop working from home and move to their second homes
For many of us, it is great news that there has been significant changes which have taken place regarding COVID-19 over the last week or two or that are going to take place over the next few weeks. Sadly many … Continue reading
Who is accountable for such a poor answer on School protection?
The Parliamentary Liaison Committee met on Wednesday for the first time for twelve months and it involved two consistent people throughout the 90 minute session with a small group of others who made short contributions throughout. The Chairperson and the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Bernard Jenkin, Boris Johnson, C-19, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Liaison Committee, Robert Halfon
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All of the Sussex Conservative MPs refuse to work from home
We are at the beginning of week ten since the Prime Minister announced “From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction – You must stay at home because the critical thing we must do to … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged C-19, Caroline Ansell, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Huw Merriman, Nusrat Ghani, Robert Buckland
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Does our Government understand what accountability means?
Most politicians if challenged about making themselves accountable will argue that they get voted for by their constituents at each General Election and that is their key form of accountability. However it is clear to everyone else that setting out … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged C-19, Cathy Newman, Channel 4 News, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emily Maitlis, GMB, Piers Morgan, Priti Patel
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Can the Government communicate “Coronavirus: Disease Control”?
On Thursday 14th May after Parliament had closed for the week, the Government kindly provided an answer to this written question from John Hayes MP who asked it under the title of Coronavirus: Disease Control. Presumably Matthew Hancock was too … Continue reading
Posted in Health Reform, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Boris Johnson, C-19, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Helen Whately, John Hayes, Matthew Hancock, SAGE
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Who can actually detect the Virus, let alone control it Boris?
According to various newspapers and social media sources this green sign is the one that Boris Johnson intends to unveil this evening as part of his presentation for phase 1.01 for COVID-19. It will replace the red one which has … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Andrew Griffith, Boris Johnson, C-19, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Erin Bromage, University of Essex
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Testing COVID-19 is vital for our future, as is the understanding by our Prime Minister
One of the vital pieces of data that the Government has been sharing with us for some weeks is how many tests there have been and how many people are being tested for COVID-19. I know that some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Boris Johnson, C-19, Contact Tracing, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Keir Starmer, Matthew Hancock, Michael Gove
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Conservative Backbench MPs or at least one of them needs to get a grip with reality
Yesterday a small group of MPs held a debate in the House of Commons regarding COVID-19 and the only Sussex based MP who took part pointed out, that the debate was too short and involved far too few MPs. Those … Continue reading
Contact Tracing will require MPs to communicate with residents
It appears we are about to face the second stage of the Governments directions over COVID-19 under the heading of Contact Tracing. It will be fascinating to see if this will ultimately bring most of us back to a level … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged C-19, Contact Tracing, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Gabriel Scally
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Two Tims (and one Tom) with very different responses to our Test capacity
The need to Test most people in our nation to find out if they have COVID-19 is vital if we are to move on from lockdown towards some form of conventional open society. The suggestion I have read is that … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged C-19, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Matthew Hancock, Tim Farron, Tim Montgomerie, Tom Watson
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