In a parting shot, the Trump administration declares China’s repression of Uighurs ‘genocide’:

“After careful examination of the available facts, I have determined that the PRC, under the direction and control of the CCP, has committed genocide against the predominantly Muslim Uighurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang,”

“I believe this genocide is ongoing, and that we are witnessing the systematic attempt to destroy Uighurs by the Chinese party-state,”

Tony Blair: “The only effective opposition to the SNP in the last decade was when Ruth Davidson was leader”

Boris on Marcus Rashford:

“I’m grateful by the way to Marcus Rashford who highlighted the issue and is doing quite an effective job by comparison with the right honourable gentleman in holding the government to account”

Anthony Pompliano writes that in the face of deplatforming…

“We will see decentralized websites, decentralized mobile apps, decentralized social networks, and much more. The risk of a centralized organization imposing their will, regardless of the validity of that decision, has become too great to ignore now. It was previously believed that decentralization was only a fascination of those who were paranoid, but now we are seeing that it is becoming a business imperative at a breakneck speed. … Those in power don’t realize the significant miscalculation that they just made. I have already had an influx of founders and developers pitching me on the decentralized products they want to build. Most aren’t going to be successful, but a select few have a chance.”

Mark Drakeford this morning on the vaccination rollout: “This is not a sprint, and neither is it a competition.”

Keir Starmer on the 5^th: “This is now a race between the virus and the vaccine”