STEPHEN GLOVER: Why has Michael Gove - one of Britain's brightest politicians - turned into such a zealot for lockdowns?
STEPHEN GLOVER: We can't, of course, blame the chief ideologue Michael Gove, left, for everything going wrong in our country. He is not personally responsible for the arrest by police last week of an elderly lady peacefully protesting outside Parliament. She was dragged, spread-eagled, into the back of a van, inset. Nor are the unsettling arrests of peaceful protesters in London on Saturday something we can lay specifically at his door. He is not directly accountable for the invasion of a church in Milton Keynes last week by nine police officers, who threatened the pastor. It turns out he was not breaking the law. Mr Gove would probably be as appalled as any of us by these grotesque infringements of what we had believed to be our ancient liberties. But the fact remains that he is more responsible than anyone else (apart from Boris Johnson, seen right in a mask) for repressive laws which legitimise heavy-handed police behaviour.
Major Sulk enters his darkest hour as rank and file desert him
Out of desperation more than anything else, Boris Johnson has taken to calling Keir Starmer “Captain Hindsight”. Even when the Labour leader is making predictions about what will happen next. But in the Commons debate on the new coronavirus tiers, the prime minister revealed a new persona for himself: Major Sulk.
You could tell Johnson wasn’t a happy bunny from the off, because he arrived looking a total mess. More often than not, Boris’s appearance is less art than artifice. He hopes that appearing shambolic will make people think he’s not too bothered. That he’s the Mister Good Time Guy on whom you can rely for a joke. Except no one is laughing any more. Least of all Boris. His bedraggled, slumped demeanour was not a sign that he wasn’t bothered. Rather it was the opposite. He couldn’t bear for his public to see just how much he did care. Not for the country, obviously. But for himself.
Scientists brand Government's mass testing 'unsafe' as report on Liverpool pilot shows the tests missed HALF of infectious cases - and the Department of Health ADMITS it's use of swabs is 'outside the instructions for use'
British Government to compensate people who suffer extreme Covid-19 vaccine side effects with payments of up to £120,000 under existing scheme for common jabs
The government has added the Covid-19 vaccine to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme which will pay anyone severely disabled by the medication a tax free lump sum of £120,000.
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STEPHEN GLOVER: We can't, of course, blame the chief ideologue Michael Gove, left, for everything going wrong in our country. He is not personally responsible for the arrest by police last week of an elderly lady peacefully protesting outside Parliament. She was dragged, spread-eagled, into the back of a van, inset. Nor are the unsettling arrests of peaceful protesters in London on Saturday something we can lay specifically at his door. He is not directly accountable for the invasion of a church in Milton Keynes last week by nine police officers, who threatened the pastor. It turns out he was not breaking the law. Mr Gove would probably be as appalled as any of us by these grotesque infringements of what we had believed to be our ancient liberties. But the fact remains that he is more responsible than anyone else (apart from Boris Johnson, seen right in a mask) for repressive laws which legitimise heavy-handed police behaviour.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8999109/STEPHEN-GLOVER-Michael-Gove-turned-zealot-lockdowns.html
Out of desperation more than anything else, Boris Johnson has taken to calling Keir Starmer “Captain Hindsight”. Even when the Labour leader is making predictions about what will happen next. But in the Commons debate on the new coronavirus tiers, the prime minister revealed a new persona for himself: Major Sulk.
You could tell Johnson wasn’t a happy bunny from the off, because he arrived looking a total mess. More often than not, Boris’s appearance is less art than artifice. He hopes that appearing shambolic will make people think he’s not too bothered. That he’s the Mister Good Time Guy on whom you can rely for a joke. Except no one is laughing any more. Least of all Boris. His bedraggled, slumped demeanour was not a sign that he wasn’t bothered. Rather it was the opposite. He couldn’t bear for his public to see just how much he did care. Not for the country, obviously. But for himself.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/major-sulk-enters-his-darkest-hour-as-rank-and-file-desert-him/ar-BB1bxqQd?ocid=msedgntp
Birmingham's Professor Jon Deeks said the lateral flow tests being used in Operation Moonshot are 'not fit for purpose' because they missed half of positive cases in the trials in Liverpool.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9010861/Scientists-brand-Governments-mass-coronavirus-testing-unsafe-Liverpool-pilot-results.html
The government has added the Covid-19 vaccine to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme which will pay anyone severely disabled by the medication a tax free lump sum of £120,000.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9016851/British-Government-compensate-people-suffer-extreme-Covid-19-vaccine-effects.html