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Can't see 'The Independent going down the shitter' thread so will drop this gem of independent reporting here:

Cut Dominic Raab some slack, ministers make huge personal sacrifices for the public​

Yes we need politicians to be present, but they get no after-work pilates classes or weekends, writes Salma​

Rest is a weapon, according to the amnesia-prone Jason Bourne, the fictional CIA assassin gone AWOL. Unless, of course, you’re a British cabinet minister – in this case, the opposite is in fact true. Rest can be fatal to your career.

Take the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab. He toured the TV studios this morning providing updates on the desperate situation in Afghanistan and clarity on exactly which excursions and activities he enjoyed whilst on his “luxury” holiday in Crete. He was most definitely not paddleboarding or “lounging” on a beach and I for one cannot see paddleboards as his vibe, adding plausibility to this denial.

Critically, he acknowledged that with the benefit of hindsight he wouldn’t have gone on holiday at all given the circumstances and the crisis unfolding in Afghanistan. To some people this seems excessive; surely everyone deserves a holiday? He was, like the rest of the world, caught off guard, so we should give him some leeway, but he’s right. Ministers are in no position to be having any kind of break or being seen to be doing anything other than work, especially in an emergency. In the public view, they must keep their noses to the grindstone.
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That's the article that's available to us plebs. It's advertised as 'Independent Premium' so I'm presuming people have to .... pay ... to read the rest. You only learn about the reason for it when you read one of the comments ". For the record, Salma Shah was special adviser to Sajid Javid. "

:D

The other comments are good, too.
 
On the 3 Sept 1939, Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany. 2 days earlier 1 Sept, the government had initiated Operation Pied Piper, which saw the evacuation of over 1.5 million people from urban target areas, 800,000 were children.
 
The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group, which represents more than 4,000 bereaved families, is separately seeking Hancock’s private emails under the Freedom of Information Act and a response to its request is weeks overdue. On Thursday the group marked a year of waiting since Johnson said he would meet the families.
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Attempt to force release of Johnson’s messages on Covid in care homes fails | Coronavirus | The Guardian

High court rules that government does not have to disclose potentially explosive WhatsApp texts
amp.theguardian.com amp.theguardian.com
 
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