Today’s live timeline — PMP’s coverage of breaking stories, interesting comments, and tweets that matter... with a difference.
- I think I’m doing very well, Trump
- Donald Trump to be hospitalised
- Spitting Image returns, have a go at Trump
- Offshoring of asylum seekers – A Home Office distraction
- Thoughts for swift recovery of President Trump, Joe Biden
- SNP MP must go, Nicola Sturgeon
- Independent SAGE livestreamed briefing today
- UK financial services will have ‘less fluid’ trade with the EU
- Donald Trump tests positive to coronavirus
- Melania Trump’s publicity stunt
- Close aid to Trump COVID-19 positive
- A very forceful speech
- Xenophobic trolls lack education
[LIVELINE] TODAY | 23:40
○ I think I’m doing very well, Trump
President Trump has posted a video on his Twitter feed just a few minutes before leaving the White House for Walter Reed.
“I’m going to Walter Reed Hospital. I think I’m doing very well. But we’re going to make sure that things work out.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020
[LIVELINE] TODAY | 22:22
○ Donald Trump to be hospitalised
President Trump will be transported to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
BREAKING: From the WH press secretary pic.twitter.com/KSj5X2LUt5
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) October 2, 2020
The seriousness of Trump's condition has been escalating all day: "mild symptoms" >> is given an experimental treatment >> "fever" >> now being flown to Walter Reed hospital for a "few days"
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) October 2, 2020
Marine One just landed on the South Lawn of the White House to transport President Trump to Walter Reed.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 2, 2020
[LIVELINE] TODAY | 21:09
○ Spitting Image returns, have a go at Trump
Spitting Image returns with a pre-positive test Donald Trump visiting the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to find out what is taking them so long to get a coronavirus out as time is running out for his reelection bid.
After trying to negotiate with Coroni, he eventually offers the virus the vice presidency...
Donald Trump visits the CDC to find out what's taking them so long on this Coronavirus vaccine.#SpittingImage #TrumpHasCOVID #TrumpCOVID pic.twitter.com/AsFTmXq9MB
— Spitting Image (@SpittingImage) October 2, 2020
[LIVELINE] TODAY | 15:10
○ Offshoring of asylum seekers – A Home Office distraction
While we froth over stories of barriers in the Channel and wave machines to push migrant boats back into French waters, we must not take our eyes off the Home Office’s current inhumane treatment of asylum seekers and violations of the law, Dan Sohege writes.
“The real question now is why would the Home Office even suggest policies which it knows it cannot implement without massive legal challenges and disrupting ties with other countries, aside from the costs and ‘practicalities’ involved? It is not a hard question to answer.
“It allows them to seem ‘reasonable’ when they put forward serious plans of housing asylum seekers in old prisons and military camps. They know that doing this is still inhumane and risks violations of the law, but they can say, “look how much worse it could be”.”
[LIVELINE] TODAY | 13:50
○ Thoughts for swift recovery of President Trump, Joe Biden
Vice President Joe Biden who is running against President Donald Trump in the 2020 Presidential Election tweeted that he and his wife are sending thoughts and prayers to his political adversary and Melania Trump for a swift recovery.
Jill and I send our thoughts to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump for a swift recovery. We will continue to pray for the health and safety of the president and his family.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 2, 2020
[LIVELINE] TODAY | 13:05
○ SNP MP must go, Nicola Sturgeon
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon urges SNP MP Margaret Ferrier to stand down after she decided to travel between London and Scotland after having tested positive to coronavirus.
“Note the contrast with Boris Johnson, who repeatedly defended Dominic Cummings, expending huge political capital and damaging public trust as a result,” rightly wrote ITV News’s Political Correspondent Paul Brand.
'I can't defend what she's done': The First Minister said she has urged SNP MP Margaret Ferrier to stand down.https://t.co/X1c4q1W0rC pic.twitter.com/s79C7QMNl0
— STV News (@STVNews) October 2, 2020
[LIVELINE] TODAY | 10:48
○ Independent SAGE livestreamed briefing today
Watch the Independent SAGE group of scientists and researchers discussing coronavirus, restrictions, local lockdowns, universities, and more... from 1.30pm today.
Are the government's new restrictions working? Do local lockdowns work? What should we be doing about universities? We'll be discussing these issues and more at our weekly livestreamed briefing tomorrow at 1.30pm. Tweet at or DM us with your questions.
— Independent SAGE (@IndependentSage) October 1, 2020
[LIVELINE] TODAY | 10:15
○ UK financial services will have ‘less fluid’ trade with the EU
During a confirmation hearing on her appointment as EU financial services commissioner, Mairead McGuinness told MEPs that “under all circumstances, deal or no deal, trading in financial services will be different and less fluid as of the first of January next year.”
“We need to avoid being overly dependent on a third country for key financial services,” she added.
Watch the public hearing live:
LIVE: hearing with @MaireadMcGMEP, commissioner-designate for financial stability, financial services and the Capital Markets Union 👇 https://t.co/XIcxTsL8KM
— European Parliament (@Europarl_EN) October 2, 2020
[LIVELINE] TODAY | 08:00
○ Donald Trump tests positive to coronavirus
The president of the United States and his wife have both tested positive to coronavirus and have started to self-isolate. Trump announced the news during the night on Twitter after one of his closest aids contracted the virus.
Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020
[LIVELINE] TODAY | 02:59
○ Melania Trump’s publicity stunt
Remember Melania Trump’s “I really don’t care. Do U?” jacket when she visited a migrant child detention centre in Texas, in 2018? It was nothing but a publicity stunt.
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, Melania’s former aid and BFF secretly recorded their phone conversations. Fascinating!
"The jacket was... a publicity stunt, and it was to garner the attention of the press, to make sure that everyone was aware that Melania was going to the border."
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) October 2, 2020
Melania Trump's former friend, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, on the infamous "I really don't care. Do U?" jacket. pic.twitter.com/sCJAAAcvBf
[LIVELINE] TODAY | 02:55
○ Close aid to Trump COVID-19 positive
Hope Hicks, a top aide to Donald Trump has tested positive for coronavirus.
“Few in the WhiteHouse are closer to President Trump than Hope Hicks, a top aide who has tested positive for coronavirus. She regularly travels with Trump, like she did to Cleveland this week and again yesterday,” according to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.
NEWS: Hope Hicks, who traveled with Trump aboard Air Force One to and from the presidential debate on Tuesday, and to his Minnesota rally yesterday, has coronavirus, sources tell me.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) October 2, 2020
Speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News, Donald Trump confirmed that his closest aid tested positive to coronavirus, and that he “just went out for a test... because we (he) spend a lot of time with Hope.”
"You get close, and things happen ... I just went out for a test ... because we spend a lot of time with Hope" -- asked about Hope Hicks testing positive for coronavirus, Trump says he was just tested pic.twitter.com/Rr7Kd5YfWR
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 2, 2020
Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for Covid 19. Terrible! The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020
[LIVELINE] TODAY | 00:30
○ A very forceful speech
The Lincoln Project (a group of Republicans who support Joe Biden) have just tweeted this obviously strongly-edited video from the 2020 Republican National Convention that shows Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former TV personality and currently a Senior advisor of Donald Trump’s campaign, screaming.
Her speech was described afterwards by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer as a “very forceful speech.”
⭐️🌟⭐️ pic.twitter.com/bXQBWKh0xF
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 2, 2020
[LIVELINE] TODAY | 00:30
○ Xenophobic trolls lack education
When an uneducated xenophonic troll attacks Dr Alexandra Bulat, who has just recently become a British citizen, and gets a classy response in return.
Why don't you fix you're OWN country? U can be British citizen but your still an East European and even proud of stealing UK jobs reeeeeeeee
— Redpill Antifeminist 🇬🇧 (@RAntifeminist) October 1, 2020
Don’t worry dear, I am trying to fix it indeed. Starting with UK immigration policy. https://t.co/9CrjbvAe5S
— Dr Alex (@alexandrabulat) October 1, 2020
It really is all about education, isn’t it?
The irony of the different levels of English on display will never cease to surprise me.
— Genghis Khancelled (@OBollocks) October 1, 2020
[LIVELINE] TODAY | 00:01
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