David Gauke

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RT @cath_haddon: Interested to see how quickly Sunak u-turns and attempts to do so first…. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DmitryOpines: Indeed. The real pilot program here is testing what they can get away with. — PolitiTweet.org

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My guess is that the PM and Chancellor will be self-isolating by the end of the day. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jamesjohnson252: Often, public opinion can and should be ignored - e.g. an unpopular policy that has good long-term impacts. But on s… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidGauke: There's an influential body of opinion amongst Conservative MPs & the right-of-centre media who believe that any requiremen… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidGauke: Love Island contestant? — PolitiTweet.org

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Close. https://t.co/k7So2rpOIb — PolitiTweet.org

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@Liberal_Tory @Conservatives Very kind. — PolitiTweet.org

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This thread sets out details on how Macron’s speech has boosted the French vaccination programme (as well as raising some good questions about the UK’s announcement on French travel). https://t.co/bnIRxplY6G — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @john_lichfield: The majority of Fr people (over 60%) approve Macron’s decisions (which also make vaccination compulsory for health work… — PolitiTweet.org

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Love Island contestant? — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s some polling on vaccine passports from the end of March. https://t.co/0j4TDsRiGb — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Guy_Stallard: @DavidGauke So agree David - in addition businesses need the support of law if they want to make vaccination a requiremen… — PolitiTweet.org

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But the Government is worried about upsetting Tory MPs and the right of centre media, so it encourages half-baked voluntary approaches. (By the way, I don’t understand why Labour hasn’t been calling for vaccine passports.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Another advantage of a proper vaccine passport system would be that it would encourage the unvaccinated to get jabbed, if the behaviour of the French is any guide. https://t.co/g3wi2gu0jH — PolitiTweet.org

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The Government could’ve implemented a proper vaccine passport system which would’ve allowed people to do more things safely sooner than would otherwise be the case. But even the suggestion provokes an outcry. Me for @newstatesman on how we live with COVID. https://t.co/J3oGEo6r5k — PolitiTweet.org

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@CharlesTannock @NewStatesman Very kind. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidGauke: We're going to have to live with Covid, but doing so will mean maintaining low cost/high benefit restrictions. Dogmatic adh… — PolitiTweet.org

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We're going to have to live with Covid, but doing so will mean maintaining low cost/high benefit restrictions. Dogmatic adherence to some kind of libertarian purity test could make the next few months much more painful than necessary. Me for @newstatesman. https://t.co/J3oGEo6r5k — PolitiTweet.org

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The risk for GB News is that the more it engages in the culture war, the more dependent it becomes on an audience of cultural warriors who it has to keep onside, putting off everyone else. (See also The Conservative Party.) https://t.co/a1B3m99KoI — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jhawksworth5: A measured take by @DavidGauke - it would be nice to think there were pragmatic, non-ideological voices in senior Cabinet… — PolitiTweet.org

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@tachompso Many thanks — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidGauke: Thank goodness they turned their attention to the levelling up speech. Otherwise it might have been a bit thin. https://t.c… — PolitiTweet.org

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There's an influential body of opinion amongst Conservative MPs & the right-of-centre media who believe that any requirement to change behaviour as a consequence of Covid is now an intolerable attack on our liberties. Me for @newstatesman. https://t.co/J3oGEo6r5k — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NewStatesman: Dogmatic adherence to some kind of libertarian purity test could make the reopening more painful than necessary, writes @… — PolitiTweet.org

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@rpgokhale @Conservatives Many thanks — PolitiTweet.org

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There is case for moving to the next stage of reopening but keep the masks, don’t reopen the nightclubs and/or introduce a proper vaccine passport system. What living with COVID should really mean - me for @newstatesman. https://t.co/J3oGEo6r5k — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a curious judgement when presenters are expected to be opinionated. Creates a very difficult precedent. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @georgeeaton: Boris Johnson needs to be honest: “living with Covid” is not the same as normality. Excellent column by @DavidGauke on th… — PolitiTweet.org

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"Living with Covid" doesn't mean a return to the old normal. My latest for @newstatesman on why lifting the remaining restrictions has to be a process not an event - even if the PM has to disappoint his natural supporters. https://t.co/J3oGEo6r5k — PolitiTweet.org