No dignity, no future: Boris forsakes leadership to protect Cummings https://t.co/tdIgsKC1iJ

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 24, 2020

"You say he was following instincts. The rest of the country was following rules, not instincts."

Political Editor @GaryGibbonBlog asks the Prime Minister if the public are "now all entitled to follow instincts" after claims chief aide Dominic Cummings broke lockdown rules. pic.twitter.com/tXZugGO6cU

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 24, 2020

Guardian front page, Monday 25 May 2020: No apology, no explanation: PM bets all on Cummings pic.twitter.com/krGodkmTyq

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 24, 2020

Number 10.
Losing The Mail but not The Sun pic.twitter.com/ly2N98aety

— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) May 24, 2020

Frank. Fearless. Forthright. Fucked. pic.twitter.com/tbrCeX7JQJ

— Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast (@OhGodWhatNowPod) May 24, 2020

"And all we wanted to do – and I’m sure the same goes for any grieving family – is gather in my garden and sing the 1975 Abba single ‘Dancing Queen’." https://t.co/CElEo1eoIS

— Neil Gibbons (@neilgibbons) May 24, 2020

I hate to say this, but I’m glad @BorisJohnson has made Dominic Cummings indispensable. His advisor has now become a household name, and more eyes are looking at his time in Russia, his lying campaigns around the NHS, overspending, dark data, and now his whole £1bn ARPA project

— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) May 24, 2020

If you wanted to construct a scenario that utterly retoxified the Conservative brand and played to people's worst fears/prejudices about Tories this would fit. https://t.co/vrJpS2tZua

— stefanstern (@stefanstern) May 24, 2020

Cheers. I believe this was the tweet. Thanks for bringing my attention to it and the truth it contains. https://t.co/aMPyB6Yi9e pic.twitter.com/gdz3zdBEGT

— Jim Deeds (@gymforthesoul) May 24, 2020

PM Johnson says plans on some pupils returning to primary school on June 1 https://t.co/xOvKtLMMqS pic.twitter.com/nkVc3uJTMZ

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 24, 2020

And here’s the Bishop of Leeds https://t.co/rKwfSrSP4g https://t.co/siXydf8rww

— Callum May (@callummay) May 24, 2020

My fear about @BorisJohnson ever getting near the position he now holds was that he would do irreparable damage both to our standing in the world and to standards in public life. We are witnessing national decline live on TV and it is painful and stomach churning to watch

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) May 24, 2020

One thing the Cummings row does is distract from this crushing Sunday Times review into @BorisJohnson failure to get on top of #coronavirus in March. And the lives that cost. It’s long and behind paywalls, but some key nuggets../1https://t.co/oWDkhozvUG

— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) May 24, 2020

Obv do not think just about Cummings. Johnson weakened: question is whether the recasting of Conservatives as a Brexit personality cult leaves internal opposition with any strength, or if it even exists. Anyway, quite a feat to go from 'I survived Covid' PM to this, in weeks https://t.co/ubQoJl6MZb

— John Harris (@johnharris1969) May 24, 2020

It’s only shaming if you feel shame https://t.co/HsHYEodgQD

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) May 24, 2020

I went for a walk today with the late Mo Mowlam after discovering this Desert Island Discs from March 1999. If you need a reminder of what a decent, honest, hardworking and very human politician sounds like then have a listen https://t.co/rPHjiKQ3Le

— Fergal McFerran (@FergalMcFerran) May 24, 2020

On weekend dedicated to war dead, Trump tweets insults, promotes baseless claims and plays golf https://t.co/SYKa2r84qE

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 24, 2020

“If you look at the trends today, I think by Memorial Day Weekend we will largely have this coronavirus epidemic behind us.”
-VP, Task Force Commander Pence
On Fox News 4/23/20
We’ll hit 100K just in time for grilling berders tomorrow…🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/W3gRjipj15

— 🇵🇱Reality Dose🇺🇸 (@LRPow79) May 24, 2020

What's behind Trump's push to reopen churches?

Falling poll numbers among white evangelicals.

That's a dangerous political game to play with people's lives. https://t.co/TozLi1Pk7h

— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) May 23, 2020

Even though @realDonaldTrump called for churches to be opened and deemed an “essential service” despite them being a hot spot for #coronavirus during this pandemic; President Two Corinthians didn’t go to church today – he went golfing! https://t.co/hX8lvuf7lt #COVID19 #church

— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) May 24, 2020

Coronavirus has made a fundamental shift in who it touches and where it reaches in America.

The pandemic is now increasingly shifting to rural areas—counties with acres of farmland, cramped meatpacking plants, out-of-the-way prisons and few hospital beds. https://t.co/duJ4XtDJWU

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 24, 2020

Opinion: Coronavirus casualties in Republicans’ culture war https://t.co/1d7rEtU7bu

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 24, 2020

.@realDonaldTrump preemptively explaining his possible #2020 loss, setting up legal challenge and refusal to accept peaceful transfer of power if the courts don’t back him. No president has done more to openly, ceaselessly and tauntingly undermine our constitutional rule of law. https://t.co/K1qzY8YEwY

— howardfineman (@howardfineman) May 24, 2020

NEW: For the past six months, top Trump campaign officials, reporting to Jared Kushner, have been working on a radical overhaul of the Republican Party platform. https://t.co/dkRCtWlfEw

— Axios (@axios) May 24, 2020

"There are still people who think Target, Walmart and other food stores are magical kingdoms where everything is sterile and nobody has ever gotten sick, and that’s what they want people to keep thinking." https://t.co/4xLbTjyz8n

— Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta) May 24, 2020

8 of last 9 days the number of new #Covid19 cases has been below 100. Today’s new cases = 57. This progress is thanks to YOU & your family. We now need to maintain it & work to carefully find ways of living alongside the virus by following our plan. Stay safe. We will get there

— Simon Harris TD (@SimonHarrisTD) May 24, 2020

The director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology says claims promoted by the Trump administration that the global coronavirus pandemic originated at the Chinese laboratory are a “pure fabrication. https://t.co/AHpnarmMqL

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 24, 2020

More than 100 COVID-19 cases in Germany traced back to Frankfurt church services https://t.co/QaVGI1DuiC pic.twitter.com/mLpKOmyoJ7

— The Hill (@thehill) May 24, 2020

Whoa, whoa, we don't want to rush into anything this early https://t.co/BTqMsDnJKt

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 24, 2020

This report. https://t.co/0C3Td5hSKs

— Cahir O’Doherty (@randomirish) May 24, 2020

Jacinda Ardern stays cool as earthquake rattles New Zealand capital https://t.co/iDqN79wFbx pic.twitter.com/dG32kHV6Iv

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 24, 2020

South African president says lockdown to ease from June 1 https://t.co/g99T700TvD pic.twitter.com/9DRL3H61Fe

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 24, 2020

As nature’s microscopic zombies, viruses straddle the divide between living and dead. They're packed with DNA, but can’t reproduce without a host. These qualities could be adopted to produce batteries with improved energy density and sustainability. https://t.co/0YCOsH0lvT

— WIRED (@WIRED) May 24, 2020

and in other news … https://t.co/sDYnFUk8cT

— Karine Polwart (@IAMKP) May 24, 2020