Number 10 trying to row back on the “lockdown to be lifted” front pages gives the impression they were surprised at how pliant and obedient the press were after leaking to them.
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Replying to @DawnHFoster
yah i think they want to stretch out the lifting "story" as long as possible because they're out of narrative arcs but the telegraph is gonna pounce every time
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Agree: but now everyone’s gone with ‘Monday’ so the government will worry Johnson’s 7pm Sunday announcement will not quite match up, and the jingofest of VE Day will have passed.pic.twitter.com/srwtiTpzKV
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Replying to @DawnHFoster
i missed this VE day thing which newspapers used to never even bother to mention but now apparently is britain's most important holiday?
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It honestly hasn’t been a big thing before, and now this year, they’ve moved the May bank from Monday to Friday for it?
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Replying to @DawnHFoster
it's like they changed reality and everybody agreed. "oh yes we do this every year"
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Replying to @Atrios @DawnHFoster
It was a big thing in 1995 on the 50th anniversary (when I was young and had red hair). It's been sensibly put on the backburner ever since but this is another quarter century.
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Oh my godpic.twitter.com/OceHcINmjG
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