David Gauke

David Gauke @DavidGauke

Are the people currently saying 'excess deaths aren't that high' the same people who said of the people dying in the spring that these were very vulnerable people whose deaths had been brought forward by a few months & that the number of deaths this winter would be unusually low? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @pmdfoster: Expert thread on why Rules of Origin parts of EU-UK TCA are biting as they are...loads of good stuff in this from @AnnaJerze… — PolitiTweet.org

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Here we go again! https://t.co/BofkzUKQcs — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @susie_dent: Etymology of the day: ‘prevaricate’, to behave indecisively and avoid important decisions, is from the Latin ‘praevaricari’… — PolitiTweet.org

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@geoffwilton2 Something like that. Assessments made now shouldn’t be set in stone. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @whippletom: I see the final Alamo of those who have spent the autumn telling us not to worry because it's not so serious is that it may… — PolitiTweet.org

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Michael Gove says GCSEs and A-levels cancelled but pupils will be assessed to reflect the hard work they’ve done. But also important to have a system that motivates them to work hard in the next few months. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @gompertz: @DavidGauke No easy solution because the easy solution would have been to start planning for this possibility months ago, inc… — PolitiTweet.org

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No easy solution to this. But even if no exams as normal, pupils need something to motivate them to work over the next 6 months. — PolitiTweet.org

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Mary Bousted of the NEU tells #Newsnight that she understands that GCSEs & A-levels cancelled (which goes further than the PM’s words). But still not clear what next for Yr 11 & 13 pupils. How are they going to be motivated? (Declaration of interest - I’ve sons in both years). — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GavinBarwell: BBC News home page says exams cancelled. Don't think @BorisJohnson said that - if I heard him right, he said it wouldn't… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AliDonnelly: More to come tomorrow on our @sport_england channels about what this means for grassroots sport & physical activity but in… — PolitiTweet.org

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A very good point. https://t.co/bd1UqxrCrs — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @shushitssusan: @DavidGauke Most urgently we need clarity on btec exams for y12 and y13 happening this week and rest of the month. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sadly inevitable that schools were going to have to close & therefore exams could not go ahead as usual. But the DfE & OfQual need to come up with something for Yr 11 & 13 pupils to work for. Otherwise, extremely demotivating if left to drift for 9 months. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NickBoles: Starmer completely right to offer full support for the renewed lockdown and the PM’s “stay at home” message. There will be t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidGauke: On a cheerful note, the mornings are getting lighter. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GavinBarwell: Apart from vaccines/treatment, we are in a more dangerous position today than in mid March: more transmissible variant, p… — PolitiTweet.org

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On a cheerful note, the mornings are getting lighter. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NeilDotObrien: >We are facing a major crisis< The current wave of the Coronavirus crisis is in many ways *worse* than the original sp… — PolitiTweet.org

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Good to see support from Tony Blair for the idea of using ‘vaccination stations’ based on the polling stations blueprint. https://t.co/8QkgJOH5FW — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GavinJKelly1: Given events over recent days (weeks, months) a few quick thoughts on policy & comms during a crisis. Caveat: this may a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @asentance: Just one of many irritations we will face travelling to the EU because of #Brexit. Brits will be the main losers from the en… — PolitiTweet.org

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For a different (but not entirely dissimilar) counter factual, this by @paulgoodmanCH is well worth reading. https://t.co/5gp2tyvFPy — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AndrewCooper__: @DavidGauke @RSylvesterTimes While the UK voted only narrowly for Brexit in 2016, it was less close among Tory voters a… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ProfTimBale Not sure that DC would necessarily faced a VONC, just that his life would’ve been made increasingly intolerable and, given he said he wasn’t going to fight another election, he’d have stood down sooner rather than later. — PolitiTweet.org

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He too wouldn’t have been able to renegotiate a looser relationship within the EU. My guess is that in response he’d have gone to the country and won a General Election promising another In/Out referendum. /3 — PolitiTweet.org

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...which David Cameron wouldn’t have been able to deliver. Within a few months, he’d have been forced out. The Conservative Party would’ve gone for the leading Eurosceptic candidate promising that looser relationship. So Boris Johnson would’ve become PM in 2017. /2 — PolitiTweet.org

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What would have happened had Remain won the 2016 referendum? @RSylvesterTimes explores this question. My view is that a narrow Remain win would’ve been taken by much of the Conservative Party as a mandate for a looser relationship within the EU.../1 https://t.co/3nkLSSFdEo — PolitiTweet.org

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If ever there was a case for blocking someone... — PolitiTweet.org