THREAD: Where are we in UK with cases, where are we going and should we care? TLDR: nowhere good, somewhere worse, absolutely yes. 1/24 (yes, I know, another long one. Still worth a read I hope!)

1/ Boris Johnson's record of failure threatens to derail the most important G7 in a generation. How has he managed to get us in such a mess?

This afternoon the @Conservatives have abstained on our children's futures. They have let down children and young people once again. And are refusing to engage with Labour’s bold proposals that would enable every child to achieve their potential.

The UK is hosting the G7 summit, but it isn’t leading. Just think what we could achieve if we did.

Dean Magazine Show, Friday, 6-8pm will feature extracts from the plaque unveiling’s at Cinderford, Parkend and Yorkley. Plus interviews with guest speakers. Thank you to Helen Chick and team at @forestersforest for an invite and a fantastic job well done.

Keir Starmer again supporting an inquiry as he has done since April 2020 while week after week pushing on #PMQ on #PPE #Serco #Test&Trace #Isolation #NHS pay and funding Controlling border.

I find it breathtakingly bleak that in France, health workers who died in the pandemic are being awarded “died in service of the Republic” status, guaranteeing state financial obligations to their children. Here? Well, @BorisJohnson’s clapped us 😔 https://t.co/fFOLz1BpgD

Schools set to lose £118m funding for poor pupils - BBC News

This year's #EveryFlowerCounts 🌻 survey has started! If you’ve been taking part in #NoMowMay now’s the time to get counting the flowers that have been left to bloom in the garden. You can count from now until 31 May. Find out more👉🏻 https://t.co/m5SPVxZZjn #LetItBloomJune

30% of children in the Forest of Dean living in poverty. Hungry children do not learn. Children without access to IT kit and cheap broadband do not have the means to learn. Conservatives in power. Tory policy not working for the #ForestofDean https://t.co/vYWhwLE9gH

Day 5 of Dementia Action Week. Today the information bus is in Coleford, clock tower roundabout 10 - 1. Please get along if you can despite the weather to chat to my wonderful colleagues all things dementia. @GlosHealthNHS @One_Glos

We have been using the amazing Dennis Potter’s book The Changing Forest to benchmark our findings illustrated in our podcast series. Potter was born #OnThisDay in 1935. @forestersforest @andy_tooze @SarahEFranklin @FVAF2017 Hear them and his prose here: https://t.co/zaHPqs2Rgx

We must strive for a world where the life of a Palestinian child is viewed as equal to that of our own children.

Looks fantastic 👏

What did the big rose/allium/peony say to the little rose/allium/peony? Hi bud!

Big question for Boris Johnson, why wasn’t India on the red list much earlier?

Fix social care Fix affordable housing Fix #hireandfire and jobs so people can afford decent housing Fix test, trace and isolate to control outbreaks and imports Nothing new. Boris Johnson says he has a plan. Based on the past, it could be a while coming.

"We could have learnt lessons a lot earlier, had the prime minister carried out a public inquiry last summer. We may have even been able to avoid the second wave by learning the lessons from the first wave." @Zubhaque

We are LIVE. Join us as we discuss the spread of the "Indian Variant," and the easing of restrictions on Monday. With @theAliceRoberts and the latest data from @Dr Kit Yates.

The Prime Minister has said the reopening timetable could be at risk from the variant first discovered in India. @UKLabour has warned about the risk posed by imported variants for months yet Tory MPs voted against @UKLabour calls for a comprehensive quarantine system. Reckless.