Trust me, I'm Mr Fun: Boris Johnson loosens England's lockdown | John Crace https://t.co/KLYdNoSKa6

— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) June 23, 2020

Outdoor gyms, playgrounds, cinemas, museums, galleries, theme parks, arcades, libraries, social clubs and community centres can reopen “if they can do so safely” from 4 July

PM Boris Johnson sets out further easing of lockdown in England

Latest: https://t.co/TNnmnYWvkC pic.twitter.com/I9lciOqFwG

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 23, 2020

Are lockdown restrictions in England being eased too early?

Former Chief Scientific Adviser Sir David King thinks so. He told @skynewssarah the easing of certain measures is “extraordinarily risky.” RC#KayBurley pic.twitter.com/Sgg9Hcyjrj

— Kay Burley (@KayBurley) June 24, 2020

23rd of March, 74 deaths:
Do not leave your homes.

23rd June, 171 deaths:
OPEN THE PUBS IT IS YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY TO GET SHITFACED https://t.co/n1H0YB3OCa

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) June 23, 2020

#IndependentSAGE says "the NHS Test and Trace system introduced by Boris Johnson is “not fit for purpose”.https://t.co/4NTMCCVLGa

— Independent SAGE (@IndependentSage) June 19, 2020

Hope business leaders listening to Whitty & Vallance realise that COVID is a long-term problem. Global pandemic setting records for new daily cases. Fastest way to get back up & running in UK is elimination. Otherwise risk of lockdowns again. Look ahead..https://t.co/N3SFfi3YKw

— Prof. Devi Sridhar (@devisridhar) June 23, 2020

It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to learn that Boris Johnson has rejected demands for an urgent inquiry into the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/wYEioyUd67

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) June 23, 2020

From a £900,000 Prime Ministerial planes paint job, to Dominic Cummings faltering eyesight, and new £100 million Royal Yachts, to Boris Johnson going on a 12 day luxurious break while the world went in to lockdown.

Do you ever get the feeling they’re taking the piss out of us?

— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael_Swindon) June 18, 2020

“Sorry, student nurses. There’s no money to pay you even though you risked your lives protecting us from Covid as we spaffed it all on an App we were told wouldn’t work back in April” https://t.co/Le6RAFqUAP

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) June 23, 2020

Boris Johnson's poll ratings go negative as 76% of voters think lockdown was imposed too late https://t.co/d0Lk2vH7YD

— Naomi Smith (@pimlicat) June 21, 2020

Britain, a world-beating exporter:

"New Zealand has recorded its first new cases of coronavirus for 24 days after two women who arrived in the country from Britain were found to be infected."https://t.co/GBuO99rzWz

— James Neill  ≠ 𝕏 (@jneill) June 16, 2020

Despite poll worker crunch, Kentucky voters poised to break turnout records as they embrace mail ballots https://t.co/c4PiZ7PMKf

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 23, 2020

Voters are banging on doors to be let in to vote in Mitch McConnell's hometown of Louisville, which has only 1 polling place today, while he blocks bills to restore Voting Rights Act, expand vote by mail & give critical election aid to states https://t.co/IR6UkjNK6V

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) June 23, 2020

Louisville, Kentucky. https://t.co/8n9Os5BFRQ

— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) June 23, 2020

There are federal primaries today in:
🗳️ Kentucky
🗳️ Mississippi
🗳️ New York
🗳️ North Carolina
🗳️ South Carolina
🗳️ Virginia

Know your rights.https://t.co/8AKlTHOiuq

— ACLU (@ACLU) June 23, 2020

Chris Hayes: “As the President was in Arizona checking out that wall, we got news of a possible new travel ban…This one not by the President—the guy who loves travel bans to keep people out. No, by the European Union to keep us out.” https://t.co/cl7YN1rHfs #inners

— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) June 24, 2020

Dr. Anthony Fauci told members of Congress that the U.S. does not yet have the coronavirus under control and is seeing a “disturbing surge” of infections in some parts of the country https://t.co/ouGDoPaTLD

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 23, 2020

Delusional stuff from Trump: "The radical left demands absolute conformity from every professor, researcher, reporter, journalist, corporation, entertainer, politician, campus speaker, and private citizen." pic.twitter.com/IDuU2O6jud

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 23, 2020

Trump says young conservatives are the real elite, since they're smarter and better looking than the so-called elite, except the so-called elite has one thing going for them, and that's that they're "more vicious, they are vicious people."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 23, 2020

Once again coming out and saying it: When the 3rd quarter numbers are announced you're gonna have your election. That's all he's focused on. https://t.co/dNe1aILkMF

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 23, 2020

122,000 Americans dead. 2.8 MILLION confirmed cases and rising. Thousands more out of work and hungry. Tens of thousands without healthcare. Thousands denied the right to vote…

…and Trump spent the day complaining about how he's not getting credit for being awesome. https://t.co/xJX9xoR5iG

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 23, 2020

Texas governor urges residents to stay home amid record number of new coronavirus cases https://t.co/wfC4tYyIfa pic.twitter.com/iNl37oEMp5

— The Hill (@thehill) June 24, 2020

Fmr. President Obama: "What we have seen over the last couple of years is a White House enabled by Republicans in Congress, and a media structure that supports them, that … has gone at the very foundations of who we are and who we should be."https://t.co/lQGaoNeCMr

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 24, 2020

"Every American, and I believe the whole world, can see right now that the status quo is not okay. And that’s progress," @springsteen tells @nytdavidbrooks: https://t.co/s043JzfOCR

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) June 23, 2020

Our planet cannot take four more years of Donald Trump. https://t.co/0Wrl9URSxF

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 23, 2020

I feel like this miraculous planet is slipping right out from under us. Too many people who see what's happening, who totally get the science, still aren't acting like this is a climate and ecological emergency. So entrenched norms persist and everyone keeps burning.

— Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) June 24, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is worsening globally as case numbers surge in many large countries that have been lifting lockdowns, including the U.S. Worldwide, more than 9 million people have been confirmed infected by the virus. More than 472,000 have died. https://t.co/H3hNvVOK4I

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 23, 2020

Here are all countries’ excess deaths according to different metrics:
• Population-adjusted rate
• Raw numbers
• % of historical baseline

UK, Spain, Ecuador and Peru among the worst on most metrics. pic.twitter.com/7F49YB4iAf

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) June 23, 2020

“It was my only wish,” said one Egyptian Muslim whose plans to travel to Mecca for the hajj were upended when Saudi Arabia barred pilgrims from abroad because of the coronavirus. “To cancel it completely is such a shame. May God relieve us of this burden.” https://t.co/xhimQohdbz

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 24, 2020

Novak Djokovic has used his influence irresponsibly and now reality has struck | Tumaini Carayol https://t.co/IW1lJbOuKW

— The Guardian (@guardian) June 23, 2020

Israel West Bank annexation rejected by European MPs in letter https://t.co/Zm3Z3EOliN

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 23, 2020

FT Exclusive: A government rescue deal for Britain’s largest steelmaker is set to be agreed within days, preserving 8,000 jobs in an industry that was already struggling before the coronavirus crisis https://t.co/ZiyOeiAlQn pic.twitter.com/XohT8LZ95L

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) June 24, 2020

BREAKING: Amid fight over Jeffrey Epstein’s dark secrets, Dershowitz seeks access to sealed documentshttps://t.co/rWrDwjEGEQ

— julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) June 23, 2020