Monday 3rd August 2020
Posted: Mon 03 Aug, 2020 7:01 am
Morning all.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... d-milibandWorking people will pay the price for the Tories' ideological pandemic response
Ed Miliband (Guardian)
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How were they not prosecuted for misrepresentation?The political communications company behind the Conservative party’s controversial 2019 digital campaign strategy received a £3m government contract to work on Covid-19 messaging without a competitive tender and is negotiating with the Cabinet Office for more work, the Guardian and openDemocracy can reveal.
Topham Guerin, founded in 2016 by two young New Zealanders, Sean Topham and Ben Guerin, specialises in producing images and videos for social media and has worked for a number of rightwing political parties.
It was behind two Tory election campaign stunts that attracted widespread criticism: renaming the official Conservative party Twitter account “factcheckUK” during the leaders’ debate, and setting up a website presented as Labour’s manifesto.
Anything to report?citizenJA wrote:Good afternoon, everyone.
Nope.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Anything to report?citizenJA wrote:Good afternoon, everyone.
I would say that this is unbelievable but sadly it isn't is it?Iain Duncan Smith MP
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To avoid their own budget black hole, the EU gets £39billion as a “divorce payment” from us, reflecting our share of the current EU budget. But it gets worse. Buried in the fine print, unnoticed by many, is the fact we remain hooked into the EU’s loan book. (2/3)
Use sunscreen, wear hats, keep hydratedA California collective makes the case for outdoor schooling
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It think it would be wiser finding other things for people to do not involving confined spaces with unknown others.Covid-19 has been detected on at least two cruise ships – one in the Arctic and one in the Pacific – just weeks after cruising holidays restarted.
At least 40 passengers and crew from the MS Roald Amundsen have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, and authorities are trying to contact trace hundreds of passengers from two recent Arctic voyages the ship took.
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Well quite.A personal email account belonging to Liam Fox, the former trade minister, was repeatedly hacked into by Russians who stole classified documents relating to US-UK trade talks, the Guardian understands.
The security breaches last year, which are subject to an ongoing police investigation, pose serious questions for the Conservative MP who is currently the UK’s nominee to become director general of the World Trade Organization.
Whitehall sources indicated the documents were hacked from a personal account rather than a parliamentary or ministerial one, prompting Labour to ask why Fox was using unsecured personal emails for government business.
That's a good article. I miss Ed Miliband's Labour government.PorFavor wrote:Good morfternoon.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... d-milibandWorking people will pay the price for the Tories' ideological pandemic response
Ed Miliband (Guardian)