Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (40 Viewers)

[Brighton Sky Blue]

3,403 new positive test results.

More than Greece’s entire total

 

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[chiefdave]

So apparently the government are going to stop doing the country comparison slides in their daily briefings.

They are nothing if not cowardly.

Perfectly happy to show them when we were lower than our neighbours.

Then when we passed them it was 'actually it's not easy to compare countries'

Now it's just 'brush it under the carpet'

Shameless c***s.

The government is acting like some random twitter user who was happy to point out how Italy's government was failing the people and had let things get out of control but now says you can't compare countries and Italy's figures are wrong anyway.

Its embarrassing. Really hope there is a proper investigation into the handling of this but I don't hold out much hope.

 

[shmmeee]

More than Greece’s entire total

Seemingly about 4 weeks behind Italy, which suggests its slowing at a slower rate as we were two weeks behind at one point. Looks like we could be 5-6 weeks away from opening up at best. Italy went into lockdown 2.5 weeks before us.

So the great plan to avoid lockdown for economic gain will have meant more lockdown and more deaths. Fantastic.

 

[shmmeee]

Hospital deaths or all deaths including care homes and community ?

It says all settings but then doesn’t seem to include the 10k care home deaths they recently announced in the overall total. So maybe the daily figure is all settings and the total is still hospitals? Who knows at this point?

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Did you do any kind of affiliate marketing with it? Sounds like it has a lot of potential.

We hadn't previously but that is the most obvious way to start generating revenue I think.

Know much about that?

 

[PVA]

The government is acting like some random twitter user who was happy to point out how Italy's government was failing the people and had let things get out of control but now says you can't compare countries and Italy's figures are wrong anyway.

Still, at least we don't have Russian troops enforcing lockdown like they do over there.

 

[David O'Day]

PMQs should interesting

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[PVA]

PMQs should interesting

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Starmer is going to forensically pick Johnson apart and it's going to be amusing watching him flounder like a stuck pig.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Seemingly about 4 weeks behind Italy, which suggests its slowing at a slower rate as we were two weeks behind at one point. Looks like we could be 5-6 weeks away from opening up at best. Italy went into lockdown 2.5 weeks before us.

So the great plan to avoid lockdown for economic gain will have meant more lockdown and more deaths. Fantastic.

Think I’m going to have to bid farewell to another holiday and another £300 odd in flights

 

[Ian1779]

Starmer is going to forensically pick Johnson apart and it's going to be amusing watching him flounder like a stuck pig.

I think the new format without the baying crowds exposes Johnson massively.

 

[David O'Day]

I think the new format without the baying crowds exposes Johnson massively.

It does

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[stupot07]

Dom still thinks hes doing a good job.

UK takes a pasting from world's press over coronavirus crisis

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[fernandopartridge]

Seemingly about 4 weeks behind Italy, which suggests its slowing at a slower rate as we were two weeks behind at one point. Looks like we could be 5-6 weeks away from opening up at best. Italy went into lockdown 2.5 weeks before us.

So the great plan to avoid lockdown for economic gain will have meant more lockdown and more deaths. Fantastic.

It's similar to the great austerity plan which sucked what life there was out of the economy. Tories really are thick dogmatic twats.

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[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Oh god imagine the crowing about having the first BAME PM. Considering annoying lefties is their most consistent political belief these days I think they’ll go Sunak for that reason alone.

To be honest I’d take it. Not a fan of changing PMs without an election and it’s be the third time in a row the public have elected a PM only to get a different one months later, but we really do need someone better than Johnson at the helm going forwards. The recovery from this and Brexit will consume the entire life of this parliament I’d expect. Makes sense to have an economist running the show during a Parliament all about economic recovery.

I think they might choose him for the BAME background but I'm sure the economics background going into the recession will be played upon too.

Trouble is his economic thinking is very right wing, like Javid and Hunt, and would likely be austerity based and see the poor and needy shafted for the rich, because they'll "create jobs". Given that I believe a large part of why the UK and US have performed so badly in this crisis is the larger desire to protect the economy and this is the best opportunity we might have to totally realign where we going and restructure our economy and performance metrics to be fairer, cleaner and more rounded. With him in charge it'd just be return to the way it's been done before and all the pitfalls and failings that go with it.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

I think the new format without the baying crowds exposes Johnson massively.

I've said for a long long time that the schoolboy calling and jeering is a massive detriment to actually getting stuff done. Nice to see I was proved right.

Perhaps we can bring in some of the elements of online meetings? Rather than benches a load of soundproof boxes and the mics are only turned on when you're permitted to speak.

 

[Grendel]

I've said for a long long time that the schoolboy calling and jeering is a massive detriment to actually getting stuff done. Nice to see I was proved right.

Perhaps we can bring in some of the elements of online meetings? Rather than benches a load of soundproof boxes and the mics are only turned on when you're permitted to speak.

Hague flattened Blair at PMQ and was at election time a disaster - it means nothing

 

[wingy]

What Does Washington Want From China?

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Hague flattened Blair at PMQ and was at election time a disaster - it means nothing

Maybe not come election time as most people don't watch stuff like PMQ's etc, but during the course of a parliament I'd rather have an opposition (from either side) able to dissect policy in PMQ's without having it interrupted by backbenchers there solely for the purpose of trying to drown it out.

Call it madness but for effective government you need effective questioning and opposition of it.

 

[PVA]

I think the new format without the baying crowds exposes Johnson massively.

It absolutely does.

His bluster and jokes look a bit pathetic with no reaction.

And this sort of waffle is just embarrassing in a silent room...

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Maybe not come election time as most people don't watch stuff like PMQ's etc, but during the course of a parliament I'd rather have an opposition (from either side) able to dissect policy in PMQ's without having it interrupted by backbenchers there solely for the purpose of trying to drown it out.

Call it madness but for effective government you need effective questioning and opposition of it.

Yes which should mean no more fake ‘questions’ just fluffing the government. I am all for a Tory MP asking a question that hasn’t been fed by CCHQ

 

[hill83]

Fucking BAME pisses me right off. Why am I getting lumped in with everyone who isn’t white for fuck sake. It’s so vague.

 

[skybluetony176]

Dom still thinks hes doing a good job.

UK takes a pasting from world's press over coronavirus crisis

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I think as time goes by you can only assume that they never deviated from the herd immunity plan and everything we’ve seen from them is nothing more than smoke and mirrors to disguise that.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Dom still thinks hes doing a good job.

UK takes a pasting from world's press over coronavirus crisis

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Brexit all over again. Eu negotiators will be wetting themselves

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

50,000 deaths in the UK’s coronavirus epidemic

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Ticket office worker who got spat on by a man with Covid has now died of it. Special place in hell for him I think

Give him at least 15 years in prison first.

 

[clint van damme]

50,000 deaths in the UK’s coronavirus epidemic

According to the FT there's potentially another 8700 deaths to add to that total. Not good.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Give him at least 15 years in prison first.

Fingers crossed it has killed him

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Fucking BAME pisses me right off. Why am I getting lumped in with everyone who isn’t white for fuck sake. It’s so vague.

It helps the gammons

 

[Sick Boy]

We hadn't previously but that is the most obvious way to start generating revenue I think.

Know much about that?

Yeah, I used to but not so much in recent years. I work in digital marketing/SEO so happy to give advice with anything if you need it. If you managed to build it up that much already and have access to people of interest, then I think you could probably turn into something that does very well by the sounds of it - especially if you enjoy writing about it.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

I’m now clear of Covid and was due back at work yesterday so I spoke to my boss and he asked how I was I said fine just a small cough, got a message to say we would rather you stopped at home for another week to let the cough go so people are not worried. So getting another week at home lovely.

 

[fernandopartridge]

I’m now clear of Covid and was due back at work yesterday so I spoke to my boss and he asked how I was I said fine just a small cough, got a message to say we would rather you stopped at home for another week to let the cough go so people are not worried. So getting another week at home lovely.

Full pay? If so, you'll have to inadvertently cough every week when you answer the phone

 

[covmark]

I’m now clear of Covid and was due back at work yesterday so I spoke to my boss and he asked how I was I said fine just a small cough, got a message to say we would rather you stopped at home for another week to let the cough go so people are not worried. So getting another week at home lovely.

Got home from work this morning, and started feeling really tight round the chest, and generally unwell. Got my test booked tomorrow morning.

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[fernandopartridge]

Got home from work this morning, and started feeling really tight round the chest, and generally unwell. Got my test booked tomorrow morning.

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All the best mark

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Got home from work this morning, and started feeling really tight round the chest, and generally unwell. Got my test booked tomorrow morning.

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I felt really tired and then developed a cough a couple of days later, before you do the test read the instructions as I went to the drive through and the explanation was limited and I did it wrong.

Good luck I hope you get it mild like me or my wife who has had no symptoms

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Full pay? If so, you'll have to inadvertently cough every week when you answer the phone

We do it by text it’s not quite full pay but no far off