"Matt Hancock has come under so much fire since the beginning of March there’s been speculation that Boris Johnson is only keeping him in the cabinet as a human shield. The time to initiate Operation Scapegoat may have arrived.” https://t.co/QgV7rpSq5A
— Toby Young (@toadmeister) October 8, 2020
One Tory backbencher said: "Undoubtedly there will be an autumn showdown in Parliament at some point but I don't think there's any point in me going balls to the wall on a 10pm curfew unless the opposition come and help."https://t.co/8EA2gfD6Ca
— PoliticsHome (@politicshome) October 6, 2020
Boris Johnson channelling his inner Alex Salmond claiming to make UK the "Saudi Arabia of wind". The then first Minister promised to do that for Scotland. Nothing new in politics.
— Andrew Neil (@afneil) October 6, 2020
Handcock has to explain this shite to Parliament today, under any other circumstances he would have been fired!
Whoever thought that Excel was the right solution for a database built to withstand a 2nd wave? https://t.co/dOctmmoLRY
— Alistair Haimes (@AlistairHaimes) October 5, 2020
I’ve spoken to Margaret Ferrier and made clear my view that she should step down as an MP. I did so with a heavy heart - she is a friend & colleague - but her actions were dangerous & indefensible. I have no power to force an MP to resign but I hope she will do the right thing.
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) October 2, 2020
Unsurprisingly social media and others are using this to try to force Cummings to resign.
Factoids:
1 He's not an MP
2 He didn't sit on a train traversing the country whilst knowingly infected.
A Whitehall source (otherwise known as Cummings) re the leaks:
— PrimalPolitical (@PrimalPolitical) October 1, 2020
“There is a rotten core of civil servants who have never gotten over Brexit, want revenge for the incompetent [Philip] Rutnam and fear the hard rain that is coming. They’re the enemy within and will be rooted out.”
Operation Hard Rain continues apace!
