U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlined a three-tier system of local Covid-19 alert levels. The "very high" level will be applied to areas where the transmission of the coronavirus is rising rapidly. https://t.co/Ar9WSrLlan pic.twitter.com/SETbaqKs7L
— CNBC (@CNBC) October 12, 2020
Will @didoharding be at the @BorisJohnson press conference? The failure of test track and trace is at the heart of the dog’s dinner he announced today.
— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) October 12, 2020
Unless @BorisJohnson urgently fixes his shambolic outsourced £12 billion Test & Trace disaster, all of this is rearranging deckchairs as the Titanic goes down. https://t.co/xR1dQH2xwc
— Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) October 12, 2020
Boris Johnson claims that the leaders in the Liverpool City Region have agreed the new measures with him. This is not what has happened. The government has decided what is going to happen and told everyone. He wants to be able to blame them if this doesn't work.
— Bill Esterson (@Bill_Esterson) October 12, 2020
Bloody hell, sounds like Boris Johnson was straight up lying in that press conference. https://t.co/ZIdcQyGYHV
— Paul Bernal (@PaulbernalUK) October 12, 2020
Boris Johnson is scared and it is starting to show: https://t.co/LjxLtayqzm pic.twitter.com/qSmUkS9Q1g
— robert shrimsley (@robertshrimsley) October 12, 2020
the general public wants tougher measures according to @YouGov poll pic.twitter.com/83V1kz5id6
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) October 12, 2020
If Boris Johnson’s Cabinet had produced results this atrocious in any other career, by now every single one of them would have been fired.
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) October 12, 2020
Couldn’t have put it better mate #covidbriefing #Covid19UK #BorisJohnson #Wanker pic.twitter.com/acI607LfNs
— ฿Ɇ₦ Ⱨ₳₦₴Ø₦ (@HansonBenj) October 12, 2020
Talking of which…
Outrage as Brexit-backing Wetherspoons could be made exempt from new lockdown measures https://t.co/xY4xNt641r
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) October 12, 2020
Meanwhile…
It’s time to separate politics (whether you voted for Brexit or not) from fundamental questions about government transparency, competence, respect for the law, for Parliament, for devolved and national institutions, for the judiciary ….. I could go on .. https://t.co/N8HFQH6rxc
— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) October 12, 2020
Waking up next to a lorry park and realising you can't sell your house wasn't part of the 'marketing' for Brexithttps://t.co/9nzq2BsFp8
— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) October 12, 2020
There's no reference to the `opportunities' of Brexit in this urgent message from Alok Sharma. That's a shift in tone – govt now stressing that businesses must act or else Brexit will hurt https://t.co/v3xEVgkk8H pic.twitter.com/77jmo4pbjH
— Joe Mayes (@Joe_Mayes) October 12, 2020
Did anybody see this on the side of their bus ? https://t.co/DxB7yWfW90
— Ian collins (@Iancoll94354676) October 12, 2020
Even the most hardcore #Brexit fundamentalist can now see the #InternalMarketBill was not the great negotiating gambit they initially cheered it as. It’s impact will be far reaching. https://t.co/KirTp0Z8wO
— Neale Richmond (@nealerichmond) October 12, 2020
For years, you’ve dismissed the economic impact of a disorderly Brexit, with a shrug of the shoulders; pretended anyone suggesting that such things matter – that there’s a human cost to a recession – was trying to scare people away from freedom. At least you get it now. https://t.co/ufZpHvbPd1
— Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) October 12, 2020
***
TRUMPWORLD
President Trump is lying.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) October 12, 2020
His only plan is to jam his Supreme Court nominee through this illegitimate process to rip away health care from millions and end protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions.
Democrats are fighting to stop it.#WhatsAtStake https://t.co/qBox7o7mgM
Must read from top Reagan & Bush admin lawyers @usatodayopinion:
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) October 12, 2020
Republican hypocrisy on Amy Coney Barrett is destroying Supreme Court https://t.co/gB3X2HrcqZ
No judge of character. pic.twitter.com/weFrM4oyhu
— Adele Abrams (@safetylawyer1) October 12, 2020
Today is a low moment for the Supreme Court, our legal system, and the legal profession.
— Matthew Segal (@segalmr) October 12, 2020
I hope we can make enough change so that, some day, we can look federal litigants in the eye and honestly tell them the law is fair.
Is the present official position of the Senate GOP that when the president said he would only appoint judges who would overturn the ACA, he was lying?
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) October 12, 2020
The president is most likely still testing positive and yet is traveling to Florida — a state experiencing coronavirus spikes — to hold a political rally.
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 12, 2020
His contempt for the country only exceeds his contempt for his political base.
Somehow, I don’t think “my America is terrible so please re-elect me” is the winning campaign ad he thinks it is pic.twitter.com/NO1BkI3hTD
— Angry Staffer (@AngrierWHStaff) October 12, 2020
In swing state polling I’m seeing Trump is clocking historic lows with African Americans. https://t.co/dKOxKKrQtW
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) October 12, 2020
The Overnight Note 