#eatouttohelpout — Public Fediverse posts

@JugglingWithEggs @Jimellisuk

Or maybe #Starmer should mention #EatOutToHelpOut…the brainchild of #Sunak who didn’t bother to run it past his chief scientific advisors before implementing it. Covid cases increased as a direct result. People died.

‘#EatOutToHelpOut’ launched without telling official in charge, #CovidInquiry hears -

#SimonCase, who was responsible for #Covid19 policy at time, calls #BorisJohnson’s Downing Street the ‘#WorstGoverningEverSeen’
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/23/boris-johnson-government-chaos-smashed-good-people-to-pieces-case-tells-covid-inquiry
#EatOutToHelpOutTheVirus
#LetTheBodiesPileHigh

#EatOutToHelpOut...?

M'eh... #IDontThinkSo...

#TheMatrix is #StayingIn... With #Spoons...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67658106

'It was only the day *after* Sunak’s announcement in July 2020 that anyone suggested asking public if they were worried about how #EatOutToHelpOut would affect the spread of COVID, reveal emails released last week.' @PippaCrerar @guardian
https://x.com/PippaCrerar/status/1778349518968205823

#EatOutToHelpOut #Covid19

'#Sunak spent £2m on focus groups for ‘eat out to help out’ scheme

Exclusive: Extensive polling ordered by the then chancellor, documents reveal, but scientific advisers not consulted'
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/11/rishi-sunak-spent-millions-focus-groups-eat-out-to-help-out-scheme
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryWaste

https://mas.to/@kityates/111561205104383737
And #Sunak failed to consult scientific advisors before instigating #EatOutToHelpOut #Covid19

“Perhaps you would care to say a few words, sir?’ said Ponder.
‘Yes.’ Ridcully looked thoughtful for a moment, and then brightened up. ‘Let’s get this over quickly, and have lunch.' “
Terry Pratchett; Science of DiscWorld
#DiscWorld #Sunak #EatOutToHelpOut #DrDeath #CovidInquiry

‘‘The optics are terrible’: how #RishiSunak’s 2020 ‘#EatOutToHelpOut’ scheme backfired

The then chancellor’s plan proved to be of no economic benefit and was decried by scientists – but it clearly set out the political aims of ‘Dishy Rishi’'
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/10/rishi-sunak-eat-out-to-help-out-scheme-backfired-2020-chancellor
#Covid19 #CovidInquiry #ToryPoliciesInAction

No scientists attended meetings about eat out to help out scheme before it launched, Boris Johnson tells UK Covid inquiry – live
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2023/dec/07/boris-johnson-uk-covid-inquiry-coronavirus-pandemic-live

#Scientists
#EatOutToHelpTheVirusOut
#EatOutToHelpOut
#Johnson

Vallance: #Sunak likely knew #EatOutToHelpOut’ would drive #Covid infections

Scheme ‘reversed’ health advice and is ‘highly likely’ to have increased Covid deaths, says former chief adviser.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/covid-19-inquiry-patrick-vallance-rishi-sunak-eat-out-help-out-infections/?utm_source=oD%20Daily%20SEGMENT&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Sunak%20likely%20knew%20scheme%20would%20drive%20Covid%20infections&_kx=UN_Kr8SGiSZ2VAPa0nHgGJQ-acsvbDQRO9ny6_yrfqs%3D.YjCYwm

Here in the UK, we're having a #CovidEnquiry

It was set up to examine the UK’s response to and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and learn lessons for the future.

Results so far show our Tory government in disarray, unprepared, and that the PM at the time, Boris Johnson, was “clearly bamboozled” by science and didn’t understand graphs.
He flip-flopped in his decisions.

We've been told that Rishi Sunak thought government should ‘let people die’ and was accused of saying it was more important to control scientists than Covid.

So this is bad. Very bad, but bare in mind that it is still the Tory Party in charge of the UK's response to climate change!!!

If the British people don't get these self interested clowns out of office soon, we will be completely fucked!

#GTTO #Covid19 #EatOutToHelpOut #LetThemDie #ClimateChange #FarRightTories #ToryScum

Patrick Vallance contradicts Rishi Sunak’s evidence to Covid inquiry | Covid inquiry | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/20/patrick-vallance-contradicts-rishi-sunak-evidence-to-covid-enquiry

#Vallance
#CovidInquiry
#Sunak
#EatOutToHelpOut
#EatOutToHelpTheVirusOut
#Pandemic
#Hospitality
#Johnson
#JohnsonsMostPeopleWhoDieHaveReachedTheirTimeAnyway
#Science
#BasicScientificConcepts
#Covid
#Treasury

#PatrickVallance contradicts #RishiSunak’s evidence to #CovidInquiry

PM would almost certainly have known concerns over ‘#EatOutToHelpOut’ scheme, says former chief scientific adviser

How Vallance’s diaries exposed chaos inside No 10
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/20/patrick-vallance-contradicts-rishi-sunak-evidence-to-covid-enquiry

#ToryPoliciesInAction #Covid19 #ToryInhumanity

And... "Pete Weatherby KC, counsel for #CovidBereavedFamiliesForJustice, is asking questions now.

He starts by asking Sir #PatrickVallance to confirm that the #EatOutToHelpOut scheme would have increased the number of #CovidDeaths

Vallance accepts that.

#ToryPoliciesInAction #Covid19 #CovidInquiry #LetTheBodiesPileHigh #MoneyBeforePeople #ToryInhumanity

Sunak 'likely' knew his policy would cause more deaths, #Covid19 inquiry told.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/covid-19-inquiry-patrick-vallance-rishi-sunak-eat-out-help-out-infections/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_content=patrick_vallance_evidence

#RishiSunak #EatoutToHelpOut #CovidInquiry #ukcovid19inquiry

Boris Johnson ‘Prioritised Views of Telegraph Over the Science’, his Director of Comms Tells Inquiry – Byline Times
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/10/31/boris-johnson-prioritised-views-of-the-telegraph-over-the-science-his-director-of-comms-tells-inquiry/

#Johnson
#Telegraph
#Science
#DirectorOfComms
#CovidInquiry
#Covid
#Cain
#Tories
#EatOutToHelpOut
#GetBackToWork
#Brexit
#DiversityGap
#LackOfDiversity
#Diversity

Science adviser referred to #RishiSunak as ‘#DrDeath’, #CovidInquiry hears

Comment by #DameAngelaMcLean in message during meeting was apparently in reference to ‘#EatOutToHelpOut’ scheme
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/19/science-adviser-referred-to-rishi-sunak-as-dr-death-covid-inquiry-hears
#Covid19 #ToryPoliciesInAction #LetTheBodiesPileHigh

Latest estimate of #fraud & error in #UK gov main #HMRC administered #COVID-19 support schemes: #CoronavirusJobRetentionScheme (#CJRS), #SelfEmploymentIncomeSupportScheme (#SEISS), #EatOutToHelpOut [the virus](#EOHO).

'...the total value of error and fraud is now estimated to be between £3.3 billion and £7.3 billion, with a most likely estimate of £5.0 billion (an error and fraud rate of between 3.3% and 7.4% with a most likely estimate of 5.1%).'

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-error-and-fraud-in-the-covid-19-schemes/error-and-fraud-in-the-covid-19-schemes-methodology-and-approach-an-update-for-2023

#ToryCorruption

Scientists and experts help keep people alive, but were they consulted?

#RishiSunak #eatouttohelpout

It may be VERY relevant if #Johnson's #whatsapp messages contained a science-based conversation with someone like Chris Whitty as to how #Sunak's #EatOutToHelpOut scheme would increase the 'R' rate - as indeed it was later proved.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/03/sunak-under-fire-as-stupid-eat-out-to-help-out-scheme-to-be-focus-of-covid-inquiry

#Sunak claimed the role of #Covid19 hero. Lady Hallett may reveal a different tale

Role of #EatOutToHelpOut scheme in increased cases and Treasury hostility to scientific advice may come under spotlight
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/04/sunak-claimed-the-role-of-covid-hero-lady-hallett-may-reveal-a-different-tale #Covid19 #ToryPoliciesInAction

Sunak under fire as ‘stupid’ Eat Out to Help Out scheme to be focus of Covid inquiry | Eat out to help out | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/03/sunak-under-fire-as-stupid-eat-out-to-help-out-scheme-to-be-focus-of-covid-inquiry

#Sunak
#EatOutToHelpOut
#Covid
#CovidInquiry
#Johnson
#BMA
#CabinetOffice
#Hallett
#Hospitality
#Falconer