Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (9 Viewers)

fernandopartridge

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Brilliant from Cooper.

Predictably awful from Johnson. Has he ever answered a question in his life? (except maybe 'would you like to look after the kids this weekend Boris?')


Tbh with you it really would be better to get on with holding him to account over the myriad other problems. Grandstanding over Cummings is a waste of time imo.

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MusicDating

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Tbh with you it really would be better to get on with holding him to account over the myriad other problems. Grandstanding over Cummings is a waste of time imo.

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Yup and I suspect he'd rather be quizzed over DC than care homes, testing, track and trace etc etc
 

skybluetony176

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Still no tested figures,

2k positives (up)
412 deaths (up)

As for Johnson, I agree an inquiry into Cummings is a waste of time. Let's have a far wider ranging one into Johnson and his cabinet.
Yep. The way Boris and his cabinet have rallied around defending and trying to add credibility to this fairytale is beyond ridiculous. The whole lot need investigating. This is The Tories dressed up dossier.
 

Ring Of Steel

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Its actually a bit boring- everything is the same

"Brilliant question- we will do whatever it takes, everything is going to be brilliant, we are going to achieve everything, we are going to roll out a huge package of actions"
"Can you tell us how you will do that"
"No"
 

PVA

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Track and trace starting tomorrow! Great news to help us get out the lockdown

It might be if it wasn't being run by the person who was boss of TalkTalk when it suffered one of the worst data breaches in UK history.

Perfect candidate to put in charge of such an app!
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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Not sure who thought it was a good idea to put this guy up against all these questions without a baying crowd behind him, wasn't really a smart idea though

All he can do is turn to the jokes and posh clown act and hope it deflects pressure or at least gives the impression he's not feeling it. Number one in the death table, he should have resigned already.
 

PVA

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Haha he got absolutely skewered by Jenkins at the end there...

“The questions where you hesitated and had to go away and think are some of the most positive answers you’ve given”

Brutal

Absolute car crash from start to finish that was
 

clint van damme

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From a strategic point of view Johnson is in big trouble.
He's changed the message and let Cummings off the hook.
If there's a second wave now the only scapegoat he's got our the general public who have been increasingly ignoring restrictions over the last fortnight.

If he tries to blame an already angry public he's toast. The only hope he's got is if we start to see some real reduction in cases and deaths.
 

chiefdave

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Track and trace starting tomorrow! Great news to help us get out the lockdown
Good news its starting up but very bad news that we don't have a working app ready. There was a senior chap involved in the track and trace testing on the IoW on the radio while I was driving who said they estimate that when collecting data manually rather than by app they miss around 75% of the required data.
 

PVA

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From a strategic point of view Johnson is in big trouble.
He's changed the message and let Cummings off the hook.
If there's a second wave now the only scapegoat he's got our the general public who have been increasingly ignoring restrictions over the last fortnight.

If he tries to blame an already angry public he's toast. The only hope he's got is if we start to see some real reduction in cases and deaths.

It's absurd. All he/Cummings had to do was apologise, say he was in the wrong, and it would have been brushed under the carpet.

The way they have doubled down is just so stupid on so many levels, and I think they are probably realising it now!
 

David O'Day

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Good news its starting up but very bad news that we don't have a working app ready. There was a senior chap involved in the track and trace testing on the IoW on the radio while I was driving who said they estimate that when collecting data manually rather than by app they miss around 75% of the required data.
I really want it to work as I'm choking for a pint but it does feel like it was annouced as a distraction technique

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chiefdave

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Brilliant news coming in from New Zealand. They're lucky they're an island and so could prepare and protect their citizens.

Total of 1,154 cases and 21 deaths. There are currently 21 active cases in the country, none of whom require hospital treatment.

 

chiefdave

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I really want it to work as I'm choking for a pint but it does feel like it was annouced as a distraction technique
They'll open the pubs anyway. Had to collect some stuff for my parents and drop it off. Told them to stay in the house while I left it in the garden. Don't know why I bother.

People out as if its a normal day, no social distancing being observed at all. Groups wandering round together as if nothing out of the ordinary has happened the last couple of months.

Was going to stop off at the park to walk the dog, didn't bother as it was absolutely rammed. Groups of people sitting around having bbqs, drinking etc.

Had to get a couple of essentials so stopped at the One Stop on the way home. Zero social distancing in there either, nobody following the marked route round the store.
 

chiefdave

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For the 5th day in a row no figure available for number of people tested due to a 'technical error'. Presumably the same technical error that seems to have occurred every day since it was flagged tests were being counted multiple times.
 

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