Faced with questions from MPs, Boris Johnson was like a blundering schoolboy | Martin Kettle https://t.co/MCzDKuQp0M

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 27, 2020

‘Move On’
-No
Day 6 pic.twitter.com/qPYXo0vxv9

— Paul Johnson (@paul__johnson) May 27, 2020

Boris Johnson has told the liaison committee “a lot of what was reported (about Dominic Cummings)was untrue.” Asked to name a single claim which was untrue, he replied that he had “nothing more to add” & wouldn’t go into it! pic.twitter.com/hkStjCDp2j

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) May 27, 2020

PM has just said “I’m not giving you a deadline right now. I have been forbidden from announcing any more targets”
By whom? He’s the *actual prime minister*

— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) May 27, 2020

Boris Johnson has told the country it wants to move on, which it doesn’t, because Dominic Cummings won’t.

Sketch here…https://t.co/ukQpc0ghL9 pic.twitter.com/ZTrtAA4gXr

— Tom Peck (@tompeck) May 27, 2020

Again, the following clip is why @maitlis has been pulled from @BBCNewsnight. Please watch & share. pic.twitter.com/dO3ft1Ih7R

— rob delaney (@robdelaney) May 27, 2020

There is a case to be made that the @maitlis ‘open’ strikes the wrong tone for Newsnight (I don’t necessarily agree but it could be argued) . That call ought to be established between programme editor and the head of news. This is reactive, weak and institutionally embarrassing https://t.co/eI5dEmdrOG

— emily bell (@emilybell) May 27, 2020

Just for the record, Emily @maitlis has not been asked by the BBC to take tonight off – and if I thought she had been, I certainly wouldn’t have agreed to present the show @BBCNewsnight

— Katie Razzall (@katierazz) May 27, 2020

BBC backs Laura Kuenssberg after complaints over tweet 'defending' Dominic Cummings https://t.co/jRPfhhHN5F pic.twitter.com/qH8tapPWK7

— Press Gazette (@pressgazette) May 27, 2020

No hindsight here – I warned ministers at start of crisis Cummings would become a problem; advised on crisis comms too. They should have listened https://t.co/VN2vnDS8bo

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) May 27, 2020

The cynical abuse of an exception meant for abused women and children is surely the most shameless aspect of the whole Cummings affair.
Dominic Cummings surely knew he was exploiting a rule meant for abuse victims | Anna Cafolla https://t.co/Airu95ptce

— Fintan O'Toole (@fotoole) May 27, 2020

People are breaking lockdown rules and using the actions of Boris Johnson's special adviser as an excuse https://t.co/DKRGcWUvgD

— SkyNews (@SkyNews) May 27, 2020

Arrogant and offensive. Can you imagine having to work with these truth twisters?

— That UK Civil Service tweet every 12 hours (@ThatCivilTweet) May 27, 2020

Launching this before it’s ready to stop people talking about Cummings is like a toddler trying to distract its parents from the fact it’s pissed itself by shitting itself https://t.co/KNVZP3g4Nb

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) May 27, 2020

60,000 dead.

— John Rain CBE (@MrKenShabby) May 27, 2020

As the coronavirus death toll reaches 100,000, the U.S. is not united in mourning. Instead, divisions are more obvious than ever. https://t.co/tarC8bQQEC

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 27, 2020

The unemployment rate is 10 percent higher than it was when Trump took office and 100,000 are dead due to a pandemic he was unprepared for. What exactly are his accomplishments at this point? https://t.co/51ICxZJuv6

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 27, 2020

“This Is So Unfair to Me”: Trump Whines About His COVID-19 Victimhood as His Campaign Flails https://t.co/Kr0CtIqf9M

— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) May 27, 2020

Rather than “nothing matters,” perhaps the catchphrase for Trump should be “nothing works,” because the stakes are so much higher, and the damage he has wrought is no longer abstract (“eroding democratic institutions”) but a matter of life and death.https://t.co/E3Vrnv0Lk8

— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) May 27, 2020

Can't quite put my finger on why heavily armed Trump supporters are allowed to stop traffic and storm state houses out of dislike for public safety measures, but unarmed people protesting police murders are met with tear gas and stun grenades. Can someone help me?

— rickd (@rickd14173402) May 27, 2020

Just minutes later, WH pool was told that the social media executive order will actually be signed tomorrow not tonight. But still few details on what is in the EO.

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) May 27, 2020

President Donald Trump's threat to shut down social media companies after Twitter labeled two of his tweets misleading sets up a fresh challenge for platforms as they struggle to deal with political misinformation during a toxic election campaign https://t.co/pADFA1aiBL

— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 27, 2020

What Would Happen if Twitter Banned Trump? https://t.co/qJ9NVHPUUY

— Dave (@davewiner) May 27, 2020

Trump targeting Facebook for its anti-Conservative bias. And yet he paid Facebook $85m to run targeted adverts for him during the 2016 election. Here is Theresa Hong – Trump’s head of digital content – telling me ‘without Facebook we wouldn’t have won’. pic.twitter.com/vtywRg5Ahz

— Jamie Bartlett (@JamieJBartlett) May 27, 2020

“There is no sewer so vile that Trump won’t wade into it, dragging the rest of the country along”https://t.co/ksumBkmo4U via @NewYorker

— John Cassidy (@JohnCassidy) May 27, 2020

That's not subtle, Rush. That's the passive-aggressive cowardice of a bully.
And yeah, we get it. https://t.co/4MqppEyAS3

— Quentin Hardy (@qhardy) May 27, 2020

The Conspiracy Caucus:

Senator McConnell, Senator Graham, Senator Johnson, and Senate GOP are racing to peddle conspiracy theories pushed by Putin to help Pres. Trump.

But they're twiddling their thumbs on desperately needed help for Americans reeling from the COVID-19 crisis. https://t.co/3LfniUcCpU

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) May 27, 2020

Senator Ron Johnson is the committee chairman America has entrusted to protect the independence of the inspector general program. Here's a complete list of things he is doing to stop Trump's IG purge: pic.twitter.com/CNbVx8d4k5

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) May 27, 2020

Scoop: Privacy and civil liberties board will review surveillance law that has vexed Trump. https://t.co/0XpiQiKuPu

— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) May 27, 2020

Board of Immigration Appeals members were offered financial incentives to retire or resign, a document shows.https://t.co/Ho2UdxykA4

— Roll Call (@rollcall) May 27, 2020

Trump administration won't require the NRA and other groups to disclose donors to tax officials https://t.co/gEGZfvPscD pic.twitter.com/Pe3OIz6UMM

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 27, 2020

One set of reports listed Trump Tower’s 2010 profits as $13.3 million; a second put them at $16.1 million. That helped the Trump Organization borrow $73 million more than it had before. https://t.co/gNxlvsnvyd

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 27, 2020

Dear @realDonaldTrump , I wish to draw your attention to a devastating violation of your privacy. Someone has accessed your college grades and is proliferating it on the Internet. I suggest you write to@Jack and have this removed forthwith. It makes you look kinda dum. pic.twitter.com/1HgtD3HXTx

— Lucy Lawless (@RealLucyLawless) May 27, 2020

.@NASA and @SpaceX have scrubbed today’s launch attempt of the #LaunchAmerica mission to the @Space_Station due to unfavorable weather conditions.

Next launch attempt will be at 3:22 p.m. ET on May 30, from Launch Complex 39A: https://t.co/QbAzUX70N3 pic.twitter.com/xDerXOgvAi

— NASA's Kennedy Space Center (@NASAKennedy) May 27, 2020

Bad weather delays the historic NASA/SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral. They'll try again on Saturday. https://t.co/JxhczIl534 pic.twitter.com/OMoOaPp1iP

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 27, 2020

The WHO suspended trials on Trump's favorite COVID miracle cure https://t.co/XMNqg3UInZ

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) May 27, 2020

The Trump administration no longer regards Hong Kong as autonomous from mainland China, Secretary of State of Mike Pompeo has told Congress. The notification sets the stage for U.S. to withdraw Hong Kong's preferential trade and financial status. https://t.co/66cQ4UL44Z

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 27, 2020

As border tensions have escalated between China and India in recent weeks, President Donald Trump made an unsolicited offer to mediate the two countries’ decades-old border disputes https://t.co/26TE7jg2T7

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) May 27, 2020

BREAKING: House votes to send China sanctions bill to Trump’s desk as tensions escalatehttps://t.co/p4D79xklLI

— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) May 27, 2020

Dear UK Government, what is preventing you from looking like this? pic.twitter.com/NrcAsKEYpE

— Tommy Maguire (@RationalPanic) May 27, 2020

Breaking News: The writer and activist Larry Kramer has died at 84. His work to shock the U.S. into seeing AIDS as a public health emergency helped shift policy in the 1980s and '90s.
“One of America’s most valuable troublemakers,” Susan Sontag called him.https://t.co/I1aPREbr2H

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 27, 2020