Alex Andreou
I write, act, sing and cook. Occasionally, even for money. Literary agents: [email protected] Acting representation: [email protected]
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‘No One Likes Us, We Don't Care’ is No Way to Govern – Byline Times
Alex Andreou explains how, like Donald Trump, every positive quality that won Boris Johnson power turns into a negative when it comes to running a country
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"Johnson is in a stand-off with 27 EU nations, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Opposition, the North of England, London, his scientific advisors, his backbenchers, and the majority who see leaving the EU without a deal as a bad outcome."
My latest.
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Golden Dawn definitely not Nazis, photos confirm – Byline
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Here is the original piece. I wonder whether the @spectator will apologise now that it is an indisputable matter of fact they published apologia for a criminal, nazi organisation. How about it @FraserNelson? How about it, @afneil?
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Boris Johnson and the Politics of Perfidy – Byline Times
Alex Andreou looks at the treacherous debasement of British politics as the Government rushes headlong into a trade war with our biggest partner
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"Not only have we undermined any possibility of a decent deal and trashed the UK’s international reputation. By acting like a rogue state, even an amiable ‘no deal’ is becoming unlikely. We are rushing headlong into an actual trade war." My latest icymi.
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News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication
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In fairness, this gov’t did the Japan deal in a rush, have probably not read it, almost certainly not understood it, and think they can break it, in specific and limited ways, six months after signing it.
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CONSUMED BY LIES: Britain’s Masochistic Trashing of its Global Reputation – Byline Times
With Boris Johnson now U-turning on the Withdrawal Agreement he signed with the EU in December, Alex Andreou argues how the entire Brexit project “never made any sense” from the very start
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"What we are witnessing is the Leave camp finally having to make real choices. The UK opted for a worse deal than it had. All that remains is to find out how much worse. This is the inalienable truth of Brexit. The rest is spin."
My latest. @BylineTimes
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Ministers waste £150m buying unusable masks from banker
Ministers have wasted at least £150 million buying masks with the wrong kind of straps from a little-known family investment firm, The Times can reveal.Health officials signed a £252 million contract
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This doesn’t pass the smell test.
“Health officials signed a £252 million contract to buy masks for frontline healthcare staff from Ayanda Capital in April in a deal brokered by a government adviser who also advises the company’s board.”
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I worry about 'brittle' Boris
He bangs the dispatch box during prime minister’s questions, as if following a stage direction. But there’s profound and growing sadness in his eyes.
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My review of today’s #PMQs and Johnson’s catastrophic loss of confidence in general.
“He is a small man, obsessed with projecting size. And the more he shrinks, the more audacious the stunt that will finally prove his greatness must be.”
politics.co.uk/comment-analys… @IanDunt
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“The unspoken conflict between Johnson and Cummings will have to be resolved. They both draw their strength from the notion they are the smartest person in any room. And they have been sharing a room for too long to not begin to wonder.”
My piece today.
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UK’s Rival to Galileo: A Brexit Farce – Byline Times
In space, as in so many policy areas, no one can hear you scream. Alex Andreou on another multi-million-pound fiasco driven by narrow nationalism
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“Lack of access altogether to such a system would, according to the gov’t’s own commissioned research, cost the UK economy an estimated £1 billion a day or one-sixth of its GDP.
Stick that on the side of a bus.”
My investigation for @BylineTimes.
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“... a vanity triplicate £5bn space programme – a better version of which the UK has already paid for and been offered ready access to, simply by agreeing to the rules it co-drafted.”
I investigate the government’s farcical attempts at a Galileo rival.
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Breaking: "UK to 'reset' sat nav plans after scrapping work on £5bn Galileo rival"
WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING???
Oh, wait. Everyone. Everyone saw this coming. Five hundred million. Spaffed.
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'Patronising' Tory MP ordered to apologise for failing to declare directorships
A standards report found Marcus Fysh made three breaches of the code of conduct for MPs - and took a 'patronising' tone to the officials investigating him
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Two years and thousands of taxpayer £, for @MarcusFysh to accept the most rudimentary rule to declare directorships. According to him, co’s involved were only “in the small amount of millions.”
"Mr Fysh should make an apology on the floor of the House.”
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UK government preparing ‘shock and awe’ Brexit media campaign
Military term features in plan to inform public about end of transition period.
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The government said the numbers showed “there must still be a large degree of complacency amongst businesses.”
YEAH, COME ON BUSINESS! Stop being lazy. Especially the 25% that are closed. And the 60% of SMEs that are three months away from insolvency.
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The Lancet’s editor: ‘The UK's response to coronavirus is the greatest science policy failure for a generation’ '
Richard Horton does not hold back in his criticism of the UK’s response to the pandemic and the medical establishment’s part in backing fatal government decisions
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The Lancet’s editor: ‘The UK response to coronavirus is the greatest science policy failure for a generation’ | Health policy | The Guardian
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Doctor quits NHS over Dominic Cummings' refusal to resign
Exclusive: Dr Dominic Pimenta fears behaviour of PM’s adviser could help trigger second wave of Covid-19
The Lost March: How the UK Government's COVID-19 Strategy Fell Apart – Byline Times
Alex Andreou's forensic analysis shows how Boris Johnson's administration underestimated the speed of the Coronavirus pandemic and have been flying blind ever since
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"This Government didn’t 'follow the science'. It cornered the science. Bullied it into sounding certain, on a subject with no certainty. We deserve the honesty of scientific doubt."
My investigation into how the government's COVID-19 strategy fell apart.
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Assessing the economic implications of coronavirus and Brexit
A new report by The Social Market Foundation 'Assessing the economic implications of coronavirus and Brexit', commissioned by Best for Britain
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Watching the launch of @BestForBritain's crucial report "Assessing the economic implications of coronavirus and Brexit". #FocusOnSavingLives
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Emily Maitlis replaced for Newsnight episode after Cummings remarks
Katie Razzall will step in after BBC reprimands host over ‘breach of impartiality rules’
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If you criticise this government of snowflakes, prepare to be punished. They’re all free speech advocates, until they don’t like the truth spoken.
Emily Maitlis replaced for Newsnight episode after Cummings remarks | Emily Maitlis | The Guardian
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Dominic Cummings: What did he do and when during the coronavirus lockdown? - BBC Newsnight
UK PM Boris Johnson's most senior adviser, Dominic Cummings, has said he acted reasonably and legally after driving across England during lockdown, while he ...
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Good to see proper reporting. There’s no duty to ‘balance’ clear facts with spurious counterfactuals. Well done @lewis_goodall.
“In a story with some grey areas, this simply isn’t one of them. On any measure, Dominic Cummings broke the rules.”
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Road trip to Durham for Sunday lunch with Dom’s mam
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This is ncredible. People are RSVPing to a Facebook event to register their protest about Cummings breaking the rules. 135k “going or interested” so far.
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Stay at home: guidance for households with possible coronavirus (COVID-19) infection
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Ferguson/Calderwood are not equivalent. NEITHER HAD SYMPTOMS. Cummings didn't just break general lockdown rules. He broke much stricter rules for people WITH SYMPTOMS. They're still in effect. Irresponsible to muddy them, @bbclaurak @BBCNaga @MishalHusain.
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I due stili strategici di gestione dell’epidemia a confronto
Propongo una ipotesi in merito ai diversi stili strategici di gestione dell’epidemia adottati in Europa e altrove. Sottolineo che si tratta di una pura ipotesi, perché per sostanziarla ci vogliono competenze e informazioni statistiche,...
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If you read Italian, I highly recommend this. It posits that state responses to coronavirus, fall into two camps: (a) protect citizens at all costs; or (b) look at it as a cost/benefit analysis.
For (b) to be possible, two preconditions must exist: 1/2
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POLITICO Brussels Playbook: ‘Essential’ status symbol — What Tory voters are buying — Vaccine fury
Florian Eder’s must-read briefing on what's driving the day in Brussels.
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New polling out: 77% accept Brexit transition being extended, including 61% of Tory voters and 57% of Leave voters.
#Covid19 has paused every single aspect of our lives - personal, national and international - except the #Brexit clock.
It makes no sense.
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