Patrick Vallance's private diary about Boris revealed at Covid Inquiry

[@MarkInOxford]

I am shocked to learn that Boris was totally out of his depth. SHOCKED.

[@danburycollins]

Next thing they will be telling us that he lied about things!!

[@marythorpe928]

We all knew that he was out of his Depth, incompetence and negligence ,, When over 200 thousand people died , we all knew he was lying..

[@DW-indeed]

​@@danburycollinsBut he got the big calls right, y'know! ...but could barely dress himself 😂😂

[@Bumble-B99]

​@@DW-indeed😂😂😂😂😂

[@kamcg1049]

Johnson was followed up by Truss who could not understand basic economics. The Oxford Colleges must be so proud of them. So, the mantra of the Government was they were following the science, but Johnson (suspect others) did not understand the science.

[@steverichmond7142]

This should exclude any ex-public schoolboy from holding any government office. They murdered 6 of my friends.

[@stanton1961]

Boris is a prime example of why ETON shoud be closed down

[@seebarry4068]

They won’t because right now they’re running us. I get the feeling we will have to take back control or it’s going to get Orwellian.

[@Ser3456]

Some Eton graduates are also Nobel laureates

[@seebarry4068]

@@Ser3456 they still will be. Just not from eton.

[@RankinMsP]

@@seebarry4068 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@Ser3456]

@@seebarry4068 Eton gives great education. The institution should be reformed but not be closed down. Why is it possible to change Oxbridge for the better but not Eton?

[@thechewatson]

They made politics a circus so it’s not surprising we ended up with clowns

[@DaveThompsonfairlife4all]

Governing the country is like whack-a-mole for them as they just take a hammer to everything without intelligent and compassionate thought. They should be called "The Nasty Party".

[@franciscollingwood7372]

Where “they” = the Conservative Party, the Mail, Express, S*n, Telegraph and BBC.

[@1050cc]

Why is "PM" still at large and NOT at His Majesty's pleasure 👿

[@melb5996]

More to the point is why Vallance is still at large?

[@30dettjimvg]

@@melb5996 Or Tony Blair ?

[@luminousfractal420]

Because theyd have to admit playing ball with putin.

[@clairewilliams3081]

He only went off what the experts told him,maybe Patrick and the rest should be in prison,they lied from the beginning, crashed the economy into the bargain with Sunak chucking cash about like confetti,it was a total shit show.

[@1050cc]

@@clairewilliams3081 Where have you been looking 🤔🤔🤔 "He" didn't went with anything, he was completely lost and asked if using a hairdryer up your nose could prevent Covid 😯😬😬 I think they are responsible too but they tried hard to get him to go with something, anything and had to bypass him because he is such a collossal idiot !

[@drummingtildeath]

Weird how so many of us said he was unsuitable before he was in office.

[@SuzanneO707]

Hard lesson learnt for some people.🙄

[@glenmason1876]

Exactly

[@nick78447]

Hancock asking a scientist to change the advice to suit his own agenda! Christ almighty.

[@kamcg1049]

A member of the cabinet (Michael Gove) said "I think the people of this country have had enough of experts" How's that worked out for the country?

[@dimsylsodium1]

You have hit the nail on the head there. The last thing that anyone needs in Government is expert help because what the experts have to say just might be quite difficult to understand (for someone who gave up on science aged 15)!

[@Pandangus]

I just imagine them trying to explain it to Johnson with hand puppets.

[@Woodlandfairy2327]

Yeah Peppa pig ones lol

[@HeeBeeGeeBee392]

Translate the concepts into classical Latin and claim they originated with Cicero, and he might have paid attention.

[@trevorhart545]

Punch & Judy? PUNCH the public into submission and Bob's your uncle. Not sure that Judy had a role except for more babies for BoJo the Clown. My understanding is that BoJo is not even paying for all the sprogs, just the latest ones? JUDY failed, her job was to hide the evidence. Should have Gone to Scotsavers (Scottish Necrosis Party; the EXPERTS in taking money and evidence/proof and making it disappear into Scotch Mist) NEVER, Remember, Recall or Recount Anything, SNP

[@garethatkinson2549]

Anyone else remember the episode of the Simpsons where homer goes into protective custody...kind oh has echo's of that level of intelect....kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6bbiGSMba2qosksi=GoAyyBVoFFKtaC8z

[@robertcottam8824]

@@HeeBeeGeeBee392 He might be able to translate. Not sure if he’d understand.

[@ftumschk]

To think that a man who gave up science at 15, and is "bamboozled" by fairly basic mathematical/scientific concepts as an adult, was the highest-profile salesman for the "Vote Leave/Get Brexit Done" campaigns.

[@NotPeteButPeter]

Right?! So many people think he’s really smart and just acts foolish for the cameras, but I’m not so sure anymore… He really is like if you ordered Donald Trump from Wish…

[@ftumschk]

@@NotPeteButPeter LOL! 👍

[@melb5996]

We didn’t have to wait too long before some dipstick had to bring up Brexit. You people 😂

[@ftumschk]

@@melb5996 Nothing "dipstick" about it. This clownish ignoramus, who can barely grasp basic mathematics or understand simple graphs, repeatedly told people that we would be better off because of Brexit, and they believed him.

[@willtricks9432]

@@melb5996 The dipstick is Johnson and ANYONE who voted to leave the EU can share that title. The 'You People' in the UK are shafted by the Tories at the hands of Johnson and Sunak who are not happy with the outcome of that and the subsequent diving from the custom union. Now they want to leave the ECHR! No one has voted on that.

[@justasplanned8023]

They’re talking about him in the same way a group of teachers would a failing student

[@terryloftus3207]

Dont you mean failing 3yr old?

[@glenmason1876]

How should they talk about him, the man's a complete numpty, the only problem is he's responsible for lots of deaths

[@paulwilson7234]

It's a shame that he wasn't given the opportunity to resign.

[@englishsteve1465]

I get the distinct impression that wherever the guy worked, groups of people will have been gathered together in small groups talking about Doris in that very same way. Doh !!!

[@brusselssprouts560]

There needs to be jail time for a number of "Ministers".

[@jabz2472]

I imagine he had to explain concepts to Boris as he would a child when he says "certain things would catch his eye and work for him"

[@RichardFraser-y9t]

All ministers and MPs should have to pass basic tests, maybe GCSEs

[@yeahsureimdownforthat1698]

'Proper usage of a comb' at this point might not even be a joke.

[@josephkerrigan733]

They can easily pass those they just employ a person to give them the answers. They need a basic logic test like the trolly problem of A: 500,000 people you will never meet will suffer and starve but B: You will gain a peerage worth £150,000 a year for the rest of your life.

[@prideofdurham4776]

They wouldn't pass the old 11+ never mind GCSEs.

[@kyorin6526]

@@prideofdurham4776 11+ is still a thing around my way...

[@moistovengaming5418]

most MPs are university graduates, many going to oxbridge. thats probably worse though

[@Cauin450]

His grasp? One word: Non-existent! He couldn't run a hot bath, let alone a 1st world country.

[@candacelee969]

Don't forget to buy a new Kettle 😉

[@robertcottam8824]

Quite. That maybe why, with the help of Brexidiocy, that he tried so hard to make the UK a ‘not-1st-world’ country. dePfeffel could probably run a very fine (curved) Banana Republic.

[@Anon-xd3cf]

He couldn't run a cold bath... (Which is arguably less complicated than running a hot bath)

[@michaelmather7352]

​@@robertcottam8824he succeeded

[@MrPhobart]

Maybe being able to quote Latin isn’t the most important ability in a politician after all. Who would have guessed.

[@tolhumexy6706]

I am willing to wager that his abd Rees-Moggs drops of Latin are practised soundbites, probably from more intelligent advisers, rather than showing a knowledge of Latin. I bet neither can converse in Latin.

[@lizangelo3773]

All it tells you is that he has a good memory. And a flair for acting.

[@genghisthegreat2034]

His Headmaster could have saved you all the price of an Inquiry.

[@maco3716]

I like the calm and unobstusive way of asking and going through the documents

[@mattsandilands6380]

It was easier to let the bodies pile up than to learn how to understand a graph.

[@BarryDiegoLondon-cy9ij]

*"Bojo is dumb and scum"* is the common theme in the diaries of all these insiders.

[@johnking5174]

Patrick said at the start, both Boris and Cummings wanted scientific advice - but of course, like any narcissist, when the advice goes against their beliefs, they then turn against science. I knew this would happen back in March 2020. I felt Boris and his team wouldn't give a sh*t about science and go with their own ideas.

[@samuelcarnall309]

God, honestly. The politicisation of 'evidence' is infuriating! And the *current* Prime Minister saying the scientists need to be 'handled'. Jesus wept.

[@gregs5154]

That shocked me too. We can see where "eat out to help the virus out" came from. £ above lives.

[@davidlloyd3116]

Now we know when MPs say they are “following the science”, means they haven’t a clue. As an experienced virologist I simply couldn’t comprehend the actions of our politicians during the pandemic.

[@lizangelo3773]

As an experienced adult, I couldn't either.

[@annehenderson7751]

Thank you Sir Patrick Vallance and other experts for your hard work in the pandemic and your evidence at the Covid enquiry. #VoteLabour

[@NotPeteButPeter]

#VoteRedTories? No thanks… #CeasefireNow #FreePalestine

[@robertcottam8824]

@@NotPeteButPeter No worries. Follow the same path. Allow the sentient and cogent to veer. Pip pip!

[@melb5996]

thanking someone that knew the virus came from the Wuhan labs in November 2019 and told everyone it was a wet market, smells a bit whiffy

[@RockdownPlus]

That's alright. He has lots of charisma and messy hair 😅😅😅😅

[@Anon-xd3cf]

Valance and others are guilty of medical malpractice and Starmers labour are Zionist warhawks. No thanks.

[@obtuse1291]

With other people always picking up his tab, bojo has never had any reason to learn how to count. 😂

[@Charmander943]

Surely everyone that voted for Boris Johnson is NOT shocked that he struggled with basic facts...

[@dr_dr]

If they voted for him, then they almost certainly struggled with basic facts themselves as they fell for his obvious and demonstrable lies time and again. Some even believe his lies to this day.

[@desoliver9712]

They voted for him BECAUSE he struggled with basic facts.

[@anthony64632]

​, perhaps voters who voted for Boris,are also thick

[@Nick-xf5hr]

@@desoliver9712 now that is worrying.

[@stevejefferson3250]

What happenned to the billions wasted in frauds and corruption.? Will they go to jail for criminal activity?

[@gordonmackenzie4512]

No, they will change the law to make government fraud and corruption perfectly legal.

[@priyaxeria4309]

Yes. That's why we are in this inquiry.. Thr government is exposed to there crimes. God wont let us down.

[@Rover25]

The Questioners are excellent in their very difficult task.

[@Deepthought-42]

5:48 The Chair smugly stating that she ( like Boris) struggles with “graphs” is equally depressing and does not inspire confidence! What the HELL are we paying for? 😡

[@Ysucj743]

The chair isn’t responsible for running a country, it isn’t about people in general not being scientifically educated it’s just about the person running the country.

[@LemoUtan]

Grinning while she says it. Seems most _people_ - let alone most politicians - are actually content with their inability to science things.

[@megannehover]

She may struggle with some graphs in the ordinary run of things, but I suspect that - if they were professionally important - with a bit of explanation, she would soon understand them. Johnson not only didn't understand them at the beginning, he continued not understanding. He had forgotten explanations a few hours later.

[@Deepthought-42]

@@megannehover Brain cells wrecked by Bullingdon Club, brexit bullshit and Bolli……probably at someone else’s expense.

[@Altashheth08]

@@Ysucj743could you imagine boasting about being illiterate?

[@B1gstar14]

Although the Bertie Wooster act was meant to be an act, it's clear that Johnson was in fact unfit for the role. The man went to Eton and Oxford FFS!! What does it say about our public school system?

[@martinhommel9967]

All that money wasted on BoJo’s Eton education

[@RichardFraser-y9t]

He became the PM, that's all he cared about.

[@alanbeaumont4848]

Not wasted from his point of view. All he wanted was the badge.

[@garethatkinson2549]

How can these leaders possibly lead is if they don't have a basic grasp of data, maths and analysis. Maybe MPs should be required to undergo some basic training scientific understanding. Like we all have to do health and safety training each year

[@garethatkinson2549]

If they're not able to think, it means someone else is doing their thinking for them...

[@dr_dr]

This is the time for the full truth, not diplomatic, guarded or vague answers from Vallance that swerve the real answer that the government was not fit to govern the UK, let alone manage such a crisis.

[@lizangelo3773]

He didn't swerve in his notes. The fact that he made them tells us he thought Boris was not fit to manage .

[@TheMdog8]

He was *wholly* unsuited to the job, as was obvioust to anyone who bothered to do even a modest look ito his history, but the media foisted him on us, regardless... and yet there are no questions about how or why this happened, and until we do we''ll continue having to eat these shit sandwiches.

[@RenghisKhan]

Somehow I'm reminded of something mr John Cleese once said: "I don't MAKE the jokes. I just point them out".

[@bereal6590]

Full transparency on all government policy!

[@howlingwolf7280]

"Handling the scientists, not handling the virus" our then Chancellor and now PM everybody.

[@TheHonestPeanut]

The fact that these people think "all world leaders have trouble understanding science and graphs" is a good excuse is very telling.

[@陳奕釩-i4c]

Quotes from than Taiwanese VP's wiki page: Chen obtained a master's degree in public health from the National Taiwan University, and received his Sc.D in human genetics and epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University in 1977 and 1982, respectively.[8][14] He began his medical career by researching hepatitis B, and helped raise awareness about vaccination for the disease in Taiwan.[8] Chen further researched on the liver cancer risk of people with hepatitis B.[15] Chen also discovered a link from arsenic to blackfoot disease [zh].[8][16] The arsenic research lead to the revision of international health standards for arsenic exposure.[15] Between 2011 and November 2015,[17] Chen was a vice president of Academia Sinica.[18][19]

[@WaterShowsProd]

This is why I was so glad to be living in Asia where we took action quickly and actually managed to eradicate the virus from our country until The UK (later named "Alpha") Variant arrived to reinfect us.

[@tessaninetails8065]

@@WaterShowsProd The western countries completely dropped the ball with Covid. There were some of them that took it seriously but far to many adopted a "wait and see" approch and now have just given up.

[@benmorris118]

Given that they seem to want to poke fun at those they deem lesser than them, it does irk me that they have such basic shortcomings

[@Swigbag]

It’s f**king terrifying! So many of the worlds most pressing issues require basic scientific understanding.

[@duckweedy]

This highlights a problem generally that people don't understand basics. Don't need to know all statistical tests but do need to understand about probability.

[@DJWESG1]

I think many do understand, but lots are so ideologically driven facts are and become mere obstacles.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

This is criminal incompetence there needs to be prison sentences

[@StealthBoyElite]

Nothing wrong with a leader not being able to understand technical concepts like this. The point is that they have to then trust the experts in the guidance they're giving, surely? When you've got Gove saying we've had enough of experts, it's time to question the leaders.

[@1inchPunchBowl]

After having it explained in the most laymen terms possible, I think there is certainly something wrong.

[@NickSBailey]

you'd think, that would be sensible the PM mostly being a representive there to pass information on to the public in an understandable way, not ignore those who know and do it their way, this whole tory government has had this anti "experts" position

[@StealthBoyElite]

@@1inchPunchBowl heh, yeh. The question is basically, is he pretending to not understand so he can do whatever the hell he likes. And my guess is that's the angle with this line of questioning. Boris isn't stupid. He acts the part but he's not uneducated. I think part of his grift is to make us think he's a bufoon.

[@ria.ethyria]

@@StealthBoyElite Don't fall for that lie - he absolutely is stupid. A lying, manipulative conman. Patrick Vallance said it himself - Boris didn't study science after 15 - he doesn't understand a thing he's being advised on.

[@sciencefliestothemoon2305]

Na, if one does bot understand these basic concepts they are not fit to lead a country.

[@TwoLeftThumbs]

It sounds a little bit like they’re angling to excuse Johnson on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

[@genghisthegreat2034]

.....diminished capability is safely landed.

[@DevilbyMoonlight]

This is crazy, I always though he was putting it on as I never thought in all my days someone could be so inept.... this answers a lot

[@annehenderson7751]

@BorisJohnson The Covid diaries of Sir Patrick Vallance confirm Boris Johnson’s incompetence and arrogance during Covid crisis. Was Johnson hungover/drunk during the meetings? #VoteLabour

[@pascaledowling6309]

Probably

[@Nick-xf5hr]

Churchill was often drunk. Did Johnson try to emulate him?

[@nickd.6365]

'I shook hands with everybody, you'll be pleased to know....'

[@Bl0ckHe1d]

Trying to offer a polite impartial view of boris being pissed half the time is a hard skill to master!

[@annehenderson7751]

Will anyone be brave enough to inform us how much of the time Boris Johnson was drunk and/or hung over ie it’s possible to be drunk and hungover at the same time. #GetTheToriesOut #GeneralElectionNow

[@SuzanneO707]

As someone who struggles with all sorts of arithmetic, the key is to listen to a well meaning person who explains things , you get there in the end. I would suggest Boris has selective hearing? Want the science altered.🤨

[@SamHarrisonMusic]

Honestly, I’ve heard reports of short term memory loss and confusion in him before he was even mayor of London. I think the man BSes his way through life, and eventually his incompetency became so damaging no spin doctor can hide it anymore.

[@SuzanneO707]

@@SamHarrisonMusic Yep, also think that he was mega frustrated that project Boris came up to road block.

[@unatwomey7112]

@@SamHarrisonMusic I don't like Tony Blair but he was described as someone who could answer questions in detail and come back to reporters questions after answering others in between. From that to Johnson in fifteen years.

[@katebouch6375]

7:01

[@SuzanneO707]

@@katebouch6375 Yep.

[@stpd1957]

It really is extraordinary that anyone thought that Johnson was capable of being a PM The British electorate is as thick as mince

[@TonyToning-ne7uq]

And still NO accountability !! GENOCIDE....

[@jacksg1809]

DEMOCIDE

[@DW-indeed]

Then what hope did we have in any other respect? With a "leader" like that, we'd end up with an ineffectual government that did very little good for the "governed"... Oh wait!

[@paulwebster4499]

Ive been shouting this for years. The front bench and PM at the time of covid were divorced of talent and competence. Think about them Johnson Raab Hancock. Surely they should be sweeping the streets! Oh no, they went to the right public schools

[@horsdecombat]

People voted for him because he seemed genial and because they 'fancied a change'. They deserve everything they get. It's just unfortunate that the rest of us have to suffer the consequences also.

[@megannehover]

Not understanding a subject you haven't studied, fine. However, not studying and nor making the effort necessary to understand a subject when it becomes vital to do so is criminal in those who have put themselves forward to be elected.

[@SuperMaxibaby]

of coarse all these graphs ,data and technical information look so much clearer after a few glasses of wine ,which is why it was so important for the tory party to do so together during lockdown ,otherwise we would have never come out of it .... surely 🤣

[@eileennewport9713]

And we in our Millions have not only allowed them to treat us with absolute Contempt, Were still by doing nothing are allowed them to continue , And in my opinion few feel any shame for that .And we should do .

[@billybobkingston5604]

Went to Eton and Balliol collage Oxford, expensive education for a fool, no wonder he was head of Oxford union and leader of the Conservatives

[@bustedfender]

I guess Classics and PPE are those junk degrees the Toffs have been threatening, then.

[@annehenderson7751]

@SirPatrickVallance Thank you for your refreshing honesty at the Covid Enquiry, a refreshing change from Tory lies. #VoteLabour

[@Anon-xd3cf]

It's an INQUIRY... not an "enquiry". It's also a total farce. Valance should be facing criminal charges of malpractice.

[@notbloodylikely4817]

what are all those other people doing exactly?

[@androcoulton]

Boris would be out of his depth trying to tie his shoelaces.

[@gregs5154]

Mr Vallance here demonstrates he is both a good scientist and a consummate politician. So why did we need the politicians at all? We should have had a technocratic leadership through the crisis. Sunak exclaiming that the "scientists need to be managed not the virus" speaks loud about his lack of care for the lives of the citizens. £ was king.

[@pdarley58]

Your bring sarcastic…. Right???

[@robertmaitland09]

I sincerely believe a cabinet of well adjusted 12 year olds would have handled the pandemic in a much better manner. There is a very important lesson to be learned from this.

[@TheKatLou]

I'd say probably a group of bright sixth formers could have done better

[@faustinpippin9208]

12y olds would do a stric lockdown forever just to not go to school i saw that a lot during the lockdowns, kids who were "studying" from home were the biggest lockdown supporters, meanwhile their parents were thinking what they gonna eat tomorrow....

[@neilhedley6080]

Boris bamboozled , just imagine Liz Truss

[@richards9750]

Ahhhh Sunak again! Handling the scientists and got embarrassed when he saw the CMO there. Sunak is useless

[@davetart7029]

As a lifelong tory voter I DESPISE Boris Johnson, he was handed the golden ticket with an 80 seat majority, he could of turned this country around but instead made it all about himself and just could not be bothered, I will never forgive him.

[@genghisthegreat2034]

It could be worse. You could be a citizen of another country that thought it had a signed international agreement with him.

[@TwoLeftThumbs]

Have any of his successors behaved differently?

[@TinaButcher-r6m]

To be honest no one could turn this country around after brexit, brexit sent us on a downward spiral

[@unatwomey7112]

Tory comes from the Irish word for highway robbers, toraí. Therefore this is an ongoing issue with this particular party over generations and with conservatism, made worse by apparent Russian influence since 2016. Local democracy is still the way forward. You have the measure of bojo: "what's in it for me?"

[@dodgyscampton5668]

Bamboozled! Quite likely he was 'bamboozled-up' after coming straight from a party?

[@Ntheguitar]

Johnson is more of a dinner party raconteur than a serious politician and clearly lacks the intellectual faculties to make reasoned judgements. The moral of the story is don't elect people who aren't remotely up to the job.

[@vasilispatsalidis5683]

The pantomime must continue.!

[@iainprendergast8311]

I’m proud to say I shook hands with everyone

[@johnhayes1635]

Just shows that private school teaches you nothing 🤣

[@pcndo16]

Also shows Oxford is highly overrated

[@andrewbudkiewicz27]

He does better at paternity tests rather than math tests

[@glenmason1876]

Johnson was thicker than we already knew, what a surprise, should never have been in that position, at such a critical time

[@robertlaw.]

You get the government you deserve

[@alanbeaumont4848]

No we don't, only PR would guarantee that. We get a minority support dictatorship.

[@brendanpmaclean]

Boris Johnson was never fit to be an MP, let alone PM. He simply doesn’t possess the skills required. He was only placed at the forefront of the Tory party because he could attract votes. There was never anything solid behind that facade. Whilst I understand that he may not have understood some particularly deep concepts, and when taken in isolation that is to be expected, but his lack of skill was apparent in everything he did as an MP/PM.

[@scrumtious1]

We the public are the idiots! We continue to elect people with zero critical thinking skills and expect things to go well or even improve!

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

And then the bloody chair goes, " graphs, I have trouble with graphs... ". FFFS!!!

[@nickbarton3191]

Johnson shouldn't have been in charge of even one of his model buses nevermind the country. The intellect of a peanut. Scary that other countries' leaders have a similar problem.

[@TheValeyard92]

My boss is exactly like Johnson... and behaved as such throughout the pandemic. I'm guessing she wasn't an isolated case either. So the government doing as little as possible, and idiotic British management doing as little as possible within that framework.

[@David_Bower]

PM looks at covid graphs and sings happy birthday.

[@MarkReynolds-c2o]

Shock, Boris didn't have a clue.

[@hayleyxyz]

Not even slightly supprised

[@eddybabe7963]

Boris would be bam"boozed' by a 'pull' door sign.

[@terryloftus3207]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@glenmason1876]

If he had a sweet shop, he would lose all the wrappers

[@andyescott1291]

Especially if it was a fridge door😂

[@englishsteve1465]

I was told that Doris has a ladder with "STOP" at the top. 😃

[@maximuschung2076]

It’s like a court reading out all the murders you did but thought you got away with.

[@tomhannigan2234]

Making the excuse that other global leaders can’t grasp basics like exponential curves is a damning commentary on the political class. These tools are foundational for nearly all of science and economics, and they seemingly can’t grasp what an average 15 year old is expected to know. Pathetic

[@bernieburrows3731]

He totally defends the establishment that gave him the knighthood that he now owns 😒

[@stephenstephen1505]

So much for a public school education

[@remorossi5487]

Why didn't valence tell the nation how bad Borris was ? Valence your GUILTY

[@JamesWilliams-em2is]

Garbage in, garbage out 😢

[@JamesWilliams-em2is]

Can @PoloticsJoe explain why there is no entry exam which MPs have to pass? Seems crazy that there is no minimum level of ability required for the most influential jobs in government. WE have to pass tests if we want to get our jobs. Doctors. Scientists. Dentists. Accountants. Opticians. Nurses. Teachers. Electricians. Lawyers. Sales and admin. Accountants. Support Workers. Pilots. Editors. The list is endless. EXCEPT FOR POLITICIANS!! - I would love to know why. ❤

[@JamesWilliams-em2is]

It seems to me, to be not beyond the wit of man, to have a basic test so politicians have a rudimentary understanding and ability at the roles we elect them to. These lunatics were in charge of the nation's well being during a global pandemic and they obviously had neither the ability nor the moral fortitude to protect us. Tens of thousands of avoidable deaths happened because of their lack of talents. - and that's not to mention their callous behaviour as well as suffered.

[@alanbeaumont4848]

No, it was actual science in, political garbage out.

[@Deathwish026]

criminal that rishi and borris are getting away with what they have done.

[@aidanwatson3499]

No wonder Boris loved peppa pig world so much. Targeted at the appropriate academic level for him!

[@lw1zfog]

don’t be stepping on Dodgy Dave sCamoron’s trotters there !

[@tnimbus]

While it's terrible so many people died, for all of us that knew Boris was the King of Village Idiots who never understood his appeal this is rather enjoyable.

[@louisesawyer1866]

Boris the class clown PM

[@Kicklighter.A]

That’s embarrassing for him

[@stephenconway2468]

When serious matters are being considered, it seems a lot of effort is used to take a "child" through the concept and the figures. Quite a few average people on the street were more aware than our PM. It does seem that he compared well to Trump and Bolsonaro.... but that was about all.

[@shonacourt9750]

Omg!! Did he only respond to colours and numbers in tens and units?!?! These are people running the country!! I don't know whether to laugh or cry!! 😂😂😢😂😢😂

[@RichardFraser-y9t]

This is a big brother level of truth handling, shutting out the scientists when the facts and independent advice goes against political will, the politics won out. The Toriy government cost lives, thousands of them.

[@ciaranhughes1199]

tens of thousands ... 😔

[@RichardFraser-y9t]

@@ciaranhughes1199 Quite possibly, even probable , we will never know.

[@petermmilne]

No mention of adverse effects to the chief Scientific advisor? He is equally culpable and a shame to the UK.

[@lw1zfog]

for what ? coercing the masses to inject a ‘sAfE & eFfEcTivE fULLy tEsTeD wAXxiNE’, with ZERO long term safety &/or efficacy studies ? in the face of a novel respiratory virus with an I.F.R. < 1% ? you think ?

[@domb8448]

Maybe Johnson is colour blind. Also, both Matt Hancock and his private secretary were dyslexic. Not having a crack at dyslexia but, did anyone understand a damn thing that was put in front of them?

[@annmcgill2970]

The people who voted and supported him are just as guilty.

[@lw1zfog]

round of applause for this dude that successfully assisted in mugging off the nation. the guinea pigs got played & offered themselves up as lifelong research subjects, whilst the players from the B&MGF down, made an awful lot of money. $CIENCE !