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Maria Caulfield MP has now locked her account. This is the post she shared.

A US judge has signalled reluctance to allow the Department of Justice to drop its criminal prosecution of Michael Flynn, tasking a retired judge with advising on whether the former Trump administration official should face an additional criminal contempt charge for perjury.

Sullivan said he was seeking Gleeson’s recommendation on whether Flynn should face a criminal contempt charge for perjury because he testified under oath that he was guilty of lying to the FBI but then reversed course and said he had never lied.

AnatolyKasparov wrote:Lucy Allan has deleted the offending tweet, but (unlike the others) is still trying to justify it.

AnatolyKasparov wrote:Anybody about this fine morning?

PorFavor wrote:Present.

Keir Starmer
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If we are to complete the journey safely the roadmap needs clear directions.
https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status ... 59040?s=20

adam wrote:

AnatolyKasparov wrote:Lucy Allan has deleted the offending tweet, but (unlike the others) is still trying to justify it.

The local press here have so far decided it's not news at all. Unlike yesterday, when they ran two different stories saying 'PM attacks Starmer for misquoting government advice' but no stories saying 'Starmer didn' misquote government advice, Johnson did, and has yet to apologise for lying to the house'.

hey ho.

UK's privately run PPE stockpile was in chaos, sources say

The private firm contracted to run the government’s stockpile of personal protective equipment (PPE) was beset by “chaos” at its warehouse that may have resulted in delays in deploying vital supplies to healthcare workers, according to sources who have spoken to the Guardian and ITV News.

The allegations from delivery drivers and other well–placed sources raise questions about whether Movianto, the subsidiary of a US healthcare giant, was able to adequately manage and distribute the nation’s emergency stockpile of PPE for use in a pandemic. (Guardian)

And however the decisions are actually being made, the government is still scrambling, two months in, to fix problems that were there from the start: grappling with care homes, providing enough testing, and enough protective gear.

Some of that, the UK has in common with other governments around the world.

But insiders identify the patchwork of structures that govern health and social care too.

"It's a mess," says one minister. ''The system simply wasn't ready to deal with what we have got," says a senior official.

There's now an obvious urge in Number 10 to change in order to cope, bringing in more outside experts, with government documents this week arguing for a "rapid re-engineering of government's structures".

RogerOThornhill wrote:Coronavirus: A government under great strain

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And however the decisions are actually being made, the government is still scrambling, two months in, to fix problems that were there from the start: grappling with care homes, providing enough testing, and enough protective gear.

Some of that, the UK has in common with other governments around the world.

But insiders identify the patchwork of structures that govern health and social care too.

"It's a mess," says one minister. ''The system simply wasn't ready to deal with what we have got," says a senior official.

There's now an obvious urge in Number 10 to change in order to cope, bringing in more outside experts, with government documents this week arguing for a "rapid re-engineering of government's structures".

Two things.

1. Andrew Lansley
2.The White Paper on social care that got delayed. And delayed. And delayed.

Chickens coming home to roost...