07-02-2021 11:00 via theguardian.com

Influencers tread a path paved by Michael Gove and co | David Mitchell

Social media stars swanning around the world are just working within the government’s flabby Covid rulesIt’s hard to sympathise with all those social media influencers who’ve snuck out to Dubai to take photos of themselves in swimwear while the rest of us are stuck indoors, but Priti Patel and Michael Gove have shown me the way. This may mark my final submersion in the waters of contrarianism, but what the home secretary said to MPs about influencers made me see things from tho
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