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Barry McGee

Software Engineer

Thoughts

RT @SorchaPollak: Refugees and asylum seekers who trained as doctors and nurses in their home countries, but who are not registered to work…

RT @matzatorski: It's sad to see so many people being fired lately. It's not the coronavirus, it's bad management. People who run these com…

RT @Pepys_Diaries: The taverns are fair full of gadabouts making merry this eve. And though I may press my face against the window like an…

Also struck how the ad breaks are full of public information campaigns around #Covid19, compounding the feeling of a shared experience and even a celeb-led ā€œcovid challengeā€ encouraging public compliance.

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Ryan Turbidy walking through the complete process of a COVID-19 swab test live on the #latelateshow is an incredible piece of public service broadcasting https://t.co/0w8Y1MdOqk

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Just remembered when Boris, as London Mayor, arranged for a ban on drinking on the tube to come into effect at 11:59pm on a Saturday night and tube stations had to close as people held last ditch parties.

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@jessbrammar Unfortunately, lobby journalists seem to have a very frustrating habit of each asking him three questions at a time, allowing him to simply answer the two least important questions and ignore the third. My point above is usually the one he refuses to answer.

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@jessbrammar Jess, can you please tell me why lobby journalists aren’t nailing Johnson on his point? People are simply still moving within the implicit permissions given to them by the UK Gov. Millions of people ignore media, why wouldn’t they go into an open pub?

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