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Former No 10 Chief of Staff, now member @ukhouseoflords, adviser @PwC_UK @dla_piper @arcadisuk @barrattplc @communityfibre & author (agent @northbanktalent)

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    Gavin Barwell‏Verified account @GavinBarwell 19 Apr 2020

    I despair at my timeline this morning. We are a few weeks in to a crisis that has months - possibly years - to run and people are already trying to conduct the inquiry that will come afterwards. Is it too much to ask that we focus on what to do now rather than who to blame?

    1:09 AM - 19 Apr 2020 from Croydon, London
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      2. Robert Willard Watts‏ @willard_watts 19 Apr 2020
        Replying to @GavinBarwell

        I would agree usually, however if the person leading the crisis is shown to be completely incapable of leading us then it might be worth talking about now... because as you say, we’re only at the start of this.

        2 replies 20 retweets 124 likes
      3. Philip Hunt‏ @Wrexit 19 Apr 2020
        Replying to @willard_watts @GavinBarwell

        Precisely. It’s becoming evident that these people made a complete horlicks of introducing measures as Covid arrived. It’s only normal to feel very concerned they’ll make a horlicks of the exit strategy.

        2 replies 4 retweets 47 likes
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      2. Simon Crowe #FBPE 💙‏ @UHDDreamer 19 Apr 2020
        Replying to @karenwales66 @GavinBarwell

        I see none

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      2. Duncan Shrubsole‏ @duncanshrubsole 19 Apr 2020
        Replying to @GavinBarwell

        When our elected Government is screwing up so badly we have to ask questions. & now it's clear they didn't take it seriously & had no plan even on basics - ordering PPE etc - we need answers or how can we trust them going forward? You were a pro in Govt, now we're led by pygmies

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      2. Neil Finegan‏ @everbluetonian 19 Apr 2020
        Replying to @GavinBarwell

        And during the financial crash, with months (years) to run, the Tories sought to assign blame at every opportunity... Holding a government to account for errors is part of parliamentary democracy.

        2 replies 2 retweets 12 likes
      3. PatR‏ @Patrici16650999 19 Apr 2020
        Replying to @everbluetonian @GavinBarwell

        Except they tried to blame it all on Labour, whereas it was the collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market, Lehmann Brothers etc and all that led to...This time, they can't point the finger...it's the Tory government.

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      1. Colin Elves‏ @colinelves 19 Apr 2020
        Replying to @GavinBarwell

        I think you need to get that message to your former colleagues. I seem to recall they were briefing hard aganst civil servants a couple of weeks ago.

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      2. Simon Nixon‏Verified account @Simon_Nixon 19 Apr 2020
        Replying to @GavinBarwell

        Just as well a previous generation didn’t take that approach to democratic scrutiny in a crisis or Britain would have been stuck with Chamberlain for the duration of WW2. Strong leadership requires challenge not groupthink.

        51 replies 184 retweets 1,416 likes
      3. James Mates‏Verified account @jamesmatesitv 19 Apr 2020
        Replying to @Simon_Nixon @GavinBarwell

        Plus “inquiries that come afterwards” have a nasty habit of disappearing. How many elections happened between Iraq and the Chilcott inquiry? And - while we’re talking about it - anyone seen the inquiry into Russian election interference?

        19 replies 108 retweets 616 likes
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