COVID-19: PM announces plan to end final restrictions including self-isolation a month earlier than planned https://t.co/tAYNfxiTyE
— Sky News (@SkyNews) February 9, 2022
UK PM Johnson speeds up plan to end COVID self-isolation rule https://t.co/V5Hm9PMwmp pic.twitter.com/0lZIHj3qUa
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 9, 2022
Boris Johnson has announced Covid restrictions could end in England this month, meaning people would no longer have to self-isolate.
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) February 9, 2022
But critics said the PM is trying to placate the Tory Party, rather than follow the science. @GaryGibbonC4 reports.https://t.co/EoaZcLYNvC
“Don’t look at all of our law breaking and corruption, look over there!”
— Jonathan Tomlinson 🏴🇪🇺 #FBPE (@TomoJTtomlinson) February 9, 2022
I understand the political benefits of declaring the pandemic over – but I want to hear from Whitty, Vallance or Van Tam urgently, in person, on television, explaining how on earth this is following the medicine/science. Isn’t the public owed that? 🤷♀️ https://t.co/Fh8D7SFBqo
— Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) February 9, 2022
"Follow the science" until the PM is caught breaching Covid laws at which point let's pretend they were never serious and urgently get rid of the laws https://t.co/XmkmtLxT4s
— Adam Wagner (@AdamWagner1) February 9, 2022
In order to run a country (or anything really) well you need to be acting with the pure motivation of doing what's best for the country – if your motives become contaminated by personal issues you can't hope to run the country well
— Adam Wagner (@AdamWagner1) February 9, 2022
How very convenient.
— Damon (@damocrat) February 9, 2022
‘Daily Covid death toll will no longer be published by Easter’
https://t.co/8CQMYBAlfg
EXCL: New bombshell image shows Boris Johnson with open bottle of bubbly at No 10 Christmas quiz https://t.co/2eK8mNvjdu
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) February 9, 2022
House of Commons Leader Mark Spencer claims that people in the "real world" don't care about Boris Johnson and Number 10 holding parties while the rest of us were locked up in our homes and unable to visit loved ones.
— Otto English (@Otto_English) February 9, 2022
Well real world – what do you think?
Chris Heaton-Harris was chairman of the ERG for six years. He now becomes Chief Whip.
— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) February 9, 2022
Every time Boris Johnson is in trouble, the ERG have him by the family jewels and force him to lurch to the right. This country needs to get rid of Johnson… and the core operators of the ERG.
Boris Johnson's new Housing Minister is a landlord who voted down a bid to make all rented homes "fit for human habitation".
— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) February 9, 2022
✨ levelling up✨ https://t.co/r9BrD89FRZ
That’s one hell of a headline. When you defend a liar you don’t only have to become a liar yourself. It’s much, much worse than that.https://t.co/H1wCyxfbGX
— James Oh Brien (@mrjamesob) February 9, 2022
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As GOP rift widens, documents may spell danger for Trump
NEW: The National Archives and Records Administration discovered what it believed was classified information in documents Donald J. Trump had taken with him from the White House as he left office. w/@reidepstein https://t.co/sdeRv8qsrI
— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) February 10, 2022
Breaking BOOM: the National Archives has asked the Department of Justice to look into Trump’s handling of White House Records
— Angry Staffer (@Angry_Staffer) February 9, 2022
https://t.co/Z95x13U3HU
He ate a document. You know, like innocent people do.https://t.co/4a7JptHBFF
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) February 9, 2022
i just can't w/ this Trump coverage in 2022…
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) February 9, 2022
WP granted anonymity to a "former Trump official" so he/she could be quoted saying Trump stealing WH docs was an honest mistake pic.twitter.com/UOFJ1o6udx
"This is necessary but not sufficient. So now the remaining questions: Will McConnell embrace the recommendations of the January 6 Committee? Will he finally break with Trump 2024? Will other GOP senators follow his lead and speak out?"https://t.co/Lw1EH6H5dj
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 9, 2022
My latest:
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) February 9, 2022
Sorry, Mitch McConnell. Frankenstein’s Monster Runs the GOP Now https://t.co/aNO4yH7dEa via @thedailybeast
This is today's GOP in a nutshell. https://t.co/eY4jRTzN83
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) February 9, 2022
It’s the big lie but they’re made it racist. https://t.co/nMlmZ7murj
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 9, 2022
He wanted more credit for the planning. Let's make sure he gets it. https://t.co/AxUrLbcYdu
— D Villella ❄️ (@dvillella) February 9, 2022
NEW: A group of Trump allies have been privately pressuring Donald Trump to rescind his endorsement of @GregAbbott_TX as the primary heats up.Donors & operatives have been sharing w/Trump's staff stories about an Abbott staffer who trashed Trump on Twitterhttps://t.co/FD273kFVaV
— Brian Schwartz (@schwartzbCNBC) February 9, 2022
WATCH: Shelley Luther, a Texas GOP candidate and former teacher, said transgender children make her uncomfortable, and she complained that their classmates weren’t allowed to make fun of them. https://t.co/c8AX8IFpY8 pic.twitter.com/R25rfROza7
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) February 8, 2022
Sen. Tuberville on plans to ban lawmakers trading stocks, per @EricMGarcia: "I think it's ridiculous. They might as well start sending robots up here… I think it would really cut back on the amount of people that would want to come up here and serve." https://t.co/pXcb06XW22
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) February 9, 2022
A recent poll shows a drop in U.S. adults' view of former President Trump's responsibility for the Jan. 6 violence, which was at 52% a year ago and 43% now. https://t.co/qXyZ1NLe92
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 9, 2022
Just to clear things up, @RepMTG
— The Republican Accountability Project (@AccountableGOP) February 9, 2022
Gazpacho: a vegetable-based Spanish cold soup
Gestapo: Nazi Germany's secret police pic.twitter.com/T9q76r706G
I’ve met some members of the gazpacho police. They are consommé professionals.
— Danielle Decker Jones (@djtweets) February 9, 2022
The Overnight Note 