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    George Floyd

    I’m struggling to understand the lack of awareness to be honest. It’s not like he’s daft. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    George Floyd

    A friend told me today that he doesn’t understand the rationale for the riots because “most ethnic minorities don’t believe there is racial inequality”. I haven’t looked up any stats yet but that can’t be true? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    £1bn bailout for German giant from Covid fund — The Times and The Sunday Times You’d like to think it’s strategic but you know it will partly come down to who is a party donor. Strange how it’s the possibility of JLR receiving aid that has grabbed all the media attention. Sent from my...
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    This is why many people condoned the culture war and populism bit of course we were shouted down. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    The amount of times somebody has told me “they couldn’t have seen this coming” @#%*! 1) There have been several readiness exercises for pandemics, even specifically for a novel coronavirus. 2) A pandemic is inevitable given a long enough duration of time. 3) The last 2 decades we’ve had...
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Seems to drag everyone slightly left compared to PC and maddening use of colours. Interesting though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Looks a bit different to the positions on the Political Compass website. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    At least 11 countries have reimposed restrictions amid fears of coronavirus second wave — The Telegraph Examples of cases rising again and measures being reintroduced in 11 countries. A second peak is a real worry and I think inevitable in the U.K. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    If I'm understanding this correctly the author may have misinterpreted what this means. The assumption was always that the majority of people wouldn't be affected or would only have very mild symptoms. It was one of the reasons why we were so relaxed about it early on. So, I think it makes no...
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    Dispatches

    Just left wing propaganda then? No, sounds like essential viewing so have downloaded it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Going to be interesting to see how they play this after yesterday’s briefing where he emphasised the importance of tests and isolating if you’ve been in contact with anyone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    I don’t agree with the view off many that they intentionally went for herd immunity while pretending otherwise. I think their minds were genuinely changed when the study came out predicting 500k deaths. I think our performance is down to two things: 1) Johnson and Cummings are heavily...
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Agree. Looking at the data from around the world the best economic play was an earlier, harder lockdown. As I highlighted this morning we’re looking at more deaths and more disruption.
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Personally I think we’re in big trouble now. We can’t stay in lockdown any longer as too many businesses are struggling but we haven’t got cases low enough to come out of lockdown without a second spike. If a second spike occurs will we be able to afford to go into lockdown again? Test and trace...
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    I still can’t get my head around anyone thinking they’ve done a good job. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Oh fucking hell you’re right. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Fucking clown shoes the lot of them. Every action is to manage their PR or protect Cummings or Johnson. It’s gone beyond a joke now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    I'd be interested to know what was said but it isn't on the BBC summary page. Is there a full transcript put up of these?
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    George Floyd

    Exactly, people do get wound up about those things too! Like I said, I used to have some sympathy for it and have been caught up in that line of thinking before. I’ve certainly got friends who think like that “but what about x issue”. At some point as white people, or men, or whatever group...
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    George Floyd

    I used to have sympathy for the “all lives matter” argument but you know what? Maybe we should spend less time complaining that the racism debate isn’t framed in the manner that is most palatable to white people and do more to eradicate racism.
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