🚨 SCOOP: Boris Johnson set to announce Plan B
— Sebastian Payne (@SebastianEPayne) December 8, 2021
Three senior Whitehall officials say further Covid restrictions will be announced imminently – including vaccine passports and working from home.
Ministers expected sign off proposals at Covid-O meeting.https://t.co/LxSAycCHAY
be even less than it would otherwise have been. And the heat of the anger from Tory MPs, already fuming as they face an onslaught of furious emails from voters about officials partying while they were banned from seeing sick loved ones, will incinerate anyone who…
— Robert Peston (@Peston) December 8, 2021
📈Omicron cases could exceed one million a day by the end of this month, on the current trajectory, the Health Secretary has said https://t.co/af7B4bUXoJ
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 8, 2021
I think many elements of plan B could help slow spread. but vaccine passports seem entirely pointless when we have already seen superspreader events of Omicron in fully vaxxed groups. https://t.co/nNr1sD4JE0
— Prof. Christina Pagel (@chrischirp) December 8, 2021
The question on everybody's lips this morning: How is Boris Johnson going to move on from the party story?
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) December 8, 2021
The answer? https://t.co/yIdUVUsZlW
Fucking hell. The Speaker laying into Johnson hard for not announcing Plan B in the Commons. Who thought that the angriest person today would be Lindsey Hoyle.
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) December 8, 2021
And then there’s….
How damaging is the Downing Street party for Boris Johnson?#Newsnight's @nicholaswatt quotes a former minister who says "the tectonic plates are shifting. A lot of colleagues are saying we need a reset and by that we mean a change of prime minister" 👇https://t.co/2A7L9ezKuI pic.twitter.com/eadCmYBs1G
— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) December 8, 2021
Partygate is a failure of leadership that cannot and must not continue
— The Sun (@TheSun) December 8, 2021
https://t.co/Ue2ulbD8Np
“Why have you tasked Simon Case with investigating a party you weren’t at rather than one – where you gave a speech – that you were at?”@PippaCrerar questions Boris Johnson on the Downing Street partieshttps://t.co/kyPYFpu68G pic.twitter.com/EU5jxvGoik
— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) December 8, 2021
Her smirk a year ago embodied Downing Street’s alleged attitude toward lockdown rules, but there was nothing fake about Allegra Stratton’s tears on Wednesday https://t.co/27rs1Ojjmq
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 8, 2021
Allegra Stratton must not be made to carry the can alone. Where are the resignations of the others at the parties, the mock press conference, and those in power who knew?
— Ian Blackford (@Ianblackford_MP) December 8, 2021
Above all, after all the lies, sleaze and corruption, Boris Johnson must resign – or be removed from office.
I can’t think of many times in my career as a criminal prosecutor when the police have refused to look for evidence on the basis that they currently don’t have enough evidence. https://t.co/XcPXkvyO1V
— The Secret Barrister (@BarristerSecret) December 8, 2021
He’s absolutely right in his closing remark (and all his others). The tone in any organisation is set by the person at the top. No.10 staffers simply took their lead from their boss
— Andrew Alan Morton 🏴👨🎓🎸 (@AndyAtLockerbie) December 8, 2021
Well, it is a fair reflection of what Johnson said at the press conference.
— Rob Jacques (@KnutCrosswords) December 8, 2021
Interesting that The Telegraph should exploit the seeming senselessness of the policy though
If this was a football team, the manager would be gone by breakfast. #JohnsonOut #JohnsonMustGo #ToriesPartiedWhilePeopleDied #toriesout #WhoWasAtTheParty pic.twitter.com/Zw9LdkFWmF
— Brendan May (@bmay) December 8, 2021
After all the shit of the last year 1 in 3 people still think this government are doing a good job. https://t.co/3776oAVa6A pic.twitter.com/3oehxQvjdl
— Gerry McK (@GMcK2012) December 8, 2021
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Meadows throws tantrum as his book goes on sale
Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows is suing the House committee investigating January 6 and House Speaker Nancy Pelosihttps://t.co/KVaO0nMh38
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) December 8, 2021
This is pretty funny since it opens Meadows up to discovery from the committee if it ever moves pass the motion to dismiss phase, which is unlikely.
— Aaron Parnas (@AaronParnas) December 8, 2021
Breaking: House Jan 6 Select Committee has informed Mark Meadows it has “no choice” but to advance criminal contempt proceedings against him given Meadows has decided to no longer cooperate with the committee, according to a new letter released by the Cmte.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 8, 2021
Meadows book should have been titled 'If I did it"
— For Profit Non-Prophet (@EjSolomon) December 8, 2021
When people try to tell you that Mark Meadows "flipped" or "reversed" consider that the day he informed the @January6thCmte of his refusal to cooperate was the same day that his book came out, the book with Donald Trump talking about their "future" together right on the cover. pic.twitter.com/s88ccAM0fH
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) December 8, 2021
UPDATE: Before his refusal to cooperate, Meadows provided Jan. 6 committee volumes of phone & email records including messages sent & received during riot, @jamiegangel reports.
— Zachary Cohen (@ZcohenCNN) December 7, 2021
Rep. Lofgren says messages were shared “without an assertion of privilege.” https://t.co/OL3Xqh6R7F
Democrats in Congress, understand that Steve Bannon and Mark Meadows do not think you have the stomach for this fight. They think they can out-fight and out-last you. They do not fear you. Invoke inherent contempt right now and arrest them. You need a show of force.
— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) December 8, 2021
Sidney Powell group raised more than $14 million spreading election falsehoods https://t.co/SjIjFDwoVQ
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) December 8, 2021
This doesn’t bode well. “By the numbers: 5% of Republicans said they wouldn't be friends with someone from the opposite party, compared to 37% of Democrats.” https://t.co/cOy2qFSzYj
— Sarah Isgur (@whignewtons) December 8, 2021
“It happens in part because of the over-concentration of college graduate Democrats in isolated sectors of major metro areas, in worlds apart from most other Americans.” https://t.co/jUAnW4Lq7A
— Mike Madrid (@madrid_mike) December 8, 2021
1/10 January 6 was practice for Trump’s next coup attempt, @bartongellman reports. In our cover story, Gellman examines the convictions of Trump’s most fervent supporters, including some who stormed the Capitol. Here’s what he learned from researchers: https://t.co/mHR8OQx4lE
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) December 8, 2021
I have written that we are one, maybe two elections from a constitutional crisis over election certification. We may see it in 2022 before we see it in 2024.https://t.co/xbVgniZNUx
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) December 8, 2021
Meanwhile…
A lot of Trump fans weighing in about how Biden's not being tough enough with Putin.
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) December 8, 2021
Some of them appear to be older than 3.5 years, which is when this happened: pic.twitter.com/YOdFeGQPvR
The Overnight Note 