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Update from The House of Plague, Day 56
Coronavirus UK has killed
— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) May 11, 2020
• 236 Healthcare workers
• 171 Transport workers
• 47 Teachers
• 20 Crèche workers
• 99 Retail workers
Section 44 of the Employment Rights Act gives you the right to a safe work environment.
Videos:
Still not over Piers Morgan being one of the few holding the government to account...
This, from @piersmorgan, is a masterclass in the questions all journalists should be asking in this pandemic.
— Owen Jones🌹 (@OwenJones84) May 11, 2020
If you're not holding government to account now, over potentially tens of thousands of avoidable deaths, then when? pic.twitter.com/ajJUNDxqvY
There's poor leadership, there's general incompetence - and then there's screwing up to such an unfathomable degree that you manage to piss off Phillip Schofield.pic.twitter.com/v5sJIOn3h4
— Graham Lithgow (@grahamlithgow) May 11, 2020
— realmattlucas (@RealMattLucas) May 10, 2020
General bitchiness, and a lot of re-writes of the new slogan:
The UK’s coronavirus strategy in the British press vs the UK’s coronavirus strategy in the rest of the world’s press. pic.twitter.com/Tga8wVU09f
— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) May 11, 2020
The difference between "Your" and "You're" #BorisHasFailed pic.twitter.com/TCRfIfPbXx
— Britgirl's Tweets (@MarieAnnUK) May 10, 2020
On the day this appears, the Tories decide it’s a good idea to encourage more people to go out.
— DisappointedIdealist (@DisIdealist) May 10, 2020
But flags and cardboard spitfires and Vera Lynn and more flags and royals and flags.
We get the governments we deserve. pic.twitter.com/JGBlpiZIZa
Not sure why people were complaining about confusion. Government line is really clear - working class people should go out to work and middle class people should work from home where it is safe.
— Tom Mauchline at home (@TomMauchline) May 10, 2020
The message seems to be that construction workers should go back to work, on foot, to make money for people who don't care if they live or die.
— Frankie Boyle (@frankieboyle) May 10, 2020
Four people who think it’s obvious what “stay alert” means - and it obviously means something different to each of them... pic.twitter.com/A7V1K1Qebn
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) May 10, 2020
🚨Important message for the whole of the UK 🚨: pretend you’re in London no matter where you live and just follow the guidelines below. https://t.co/lnj7mZxoqo
— Robin Stevens (@redbreastedbird) May 10, 2020
IDK why, but cross-posting is having trouble. So I'm just posting this straight to LJ - if cross-posting eventually decides to work, you'll get it twice!
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