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t doesn’t take much to panic us at the moment. US Strategic Command – the body responsible for the nuclear weapons – sparked fear and confusion by posting gibberish on Twitter. A meltdown? A major hack? No. The social media manager left his child at the computer and the tiny imposter temporarily took over the account. David Cameron may be starting to seriously panic, as the Westminster lobbying scandal threatens to turn nuclear. Labour has shared his financier friend’s old business card – showing that the (alleged) imposter claimed to have worked at No 10. Meanwhile, panicking EU leaders have turned to Putin for help – desperately hoping the Russian vaccine doesn’t turn out to be an imposter.
Inside the bubble
Political commentator Andrew Grice on what to look out for today:
