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Back on the thread topic... things are increasingly surreal in some republican states.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/16/georgia-governor-sues-mask-mandate-covid19

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He seems like an utter thunderc*nt.

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During his 2018 campaign for the governorship of Georgia, running against Democrat and African-American woman Stacey Abrams, Kemp held the office of Georgia secretary of state - in which role he was responsible for overseeing the conduct of the election: yes, the election in which he was running. There was very significant evidence of voter suppression. Kemp's wining margin was less than 2%.

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https://twitter.com/pippan15/status/1267935819047854080?s=21

The graph on this tweet is fascinating. Basically the Republican Party is not a normal right of centre political party.

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Even more interesting would be to see visualised on the graph which parties are currently in power.

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Apparently it is the UK population's degree of 'alertness' which is primarily responsible for Covid transmission,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/18/return-to-normality-depends-on-how-alert-people-grant-shapps-coronavirus

Thank goodness the gov has nothing to do with it.

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#1183 Re: COVID-19 and the state of politics
August 03, 2020, 07:58:38 am
PHE increasingly in the firing line

https://www.ft.com/content/e149101a-1c93-4b0a-bc12-14ca8bf11b0e

Do you agree they are to blame, or are you highlighting another example of our totally inept government throwing anyone they can under the bus to deflect blame?

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#1184 Re: COVID-19 and the state of politics
August 03, 2020, 09:08:07 am
Both... Public Health in England was really damaged by the Lilley reforms. PHE have made serious mistakes in the crisis and their leadership have shown too little independence from government. You expect a Boris led government to make stupid mistakes but not PHE.
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