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Anyone who is in any doubt should watch the Sky News report from Italy today. We have to do what is necessary. No ifs no buts.

No reason why this solution could not be replicated down the leagues. Leeds & West Brom up. Us and Rotherham up (Rotherham can't be caught if games in hand played out), Crewe, Swindon and Plymouth up - League 1 is a team short anyway hence 3 auto places and none of these teams can be caught if...

Yeah I'm aware of that. The article that graph appears in was quite detailed. Red is basically do nothing, the green line is social distancing measures over a long period which was the line the UK wanted to follow, and blue a model of very strict social distancing over a short period. I think...

That's clearly the aim. This is a graphic published in the Lancet. The policy was all about avoiding the blue line and the second wave.

Without wishing to over over all this again (so I will), the reasoning behind the approach was sound to a point (but my knowledge is such that what the fuck do I know really) and that point being that despite all these measures, it is very likely that most people will catch it at some point...

Fair enough. There's stuff I guess we'll never agree on, but probably plenty where we do. Like I say, I think he's stuck between a rock and a hard place here. He, like all other world leaders, is well out of his comfort zone. They have to act based on advice, and I think that's exactly what he...

Enjoy the darts and have another couple. I could do with one myself. I'll say this as I bow out. I'll defend him when a. I think he is right and b. If I think the criticism is unfair. As a centrist who leans left on a fair few issues, I'm not afraid to admit that I like him, warts and all. That...

Your use of the word 'he' is telling. It's all about him, that's the priority here. The theme running through this thread all day is to stick the boot in, and when he does what you want, stick the boot in again. Boris is fair game on all sorts of issues, fill your boots. Using this incredibly...

Somehow this makes sense to you. I'm lost. Just clarify. What do you want them to do? Follow the advice? You didn't like that. Bow to pressure and ignore the advice? You don't like that either.

Point me to where any of those things have been said, by anyone, anywhere. Teflon? Do you think he'll come out of this we'll. The political point scoring is all a bit much. True colours been shown here.

Say about what? I doubt the scientists and doctors will have changed their views on how to tackle this one iota. The graphs and pie charts won't look any different today from what they did yesterday. What's happened is that public pressure has forced a change. They will argue that this was part...

It could also be that Boris has realised that the advice he has received and set policy around is potentially hugely damaging to him politically so he is taking some control. It's exactly what I'd do, I'd cover my arse big time.

I guess it's possible, although you'd think all options would have been discussed in the Cobra meeting and how much sway he would hold in that setting I don't know. I also suspect it was never the intention to use the term 'herd immunity', perfectly acceptable scientific terminology but not...

I genuinely believe the government are acting on the advice they have been given. There is nothing to be gained from not doing that. I'm not entirely convinced by the policy myself if I'm honest. As a layman I do understand the reasoning, I understand the desire to avoid the 2nd wave etc., but...

I was clearly exaggerating to make a point. Also, and this is my bad, the point was really in response to other posts within the thread that suggested he is behind Government policy on this issue and that the scientists are dancing to his tune. I was in the middle of a spat so the response to...

The piece in New Scientist today presents quite a balanced look at the UK position - with input from people on both sides of the argument: Why is the UK approach to coronavirus so different to other countries?

Fine. If you think his influence and grip is that strong that he is personally steering the national response to a global pandemic and is coaxing high-respected scientists and doctors to tell lies, then I'd suggest you're beyond saving too. We're both doomed. But, happy to draw a line under it.

Googled what? What words have I fawned over exactly, other than to repeat the general thrust of their position which has been widely reported. Did you watch the press conference yesterday? I get their position, but as I have said repeatedly on this thread, I have no idea if it is the right...

No matter what your view of him, the idea that they are somehow sitting in a hollowed-out volcano working out a strategy to use this virus as a tool to somehow kill off a sizeable number of the very people who put them into power - pulling along with them eminent scientists and doctors, well, it...

Possibly to most paranoid and delusional post I have ever read on here - deserves it own youtube channel with a Planet X graphic. It was only a matter of time before jokers started trying to politicise this. If there was any shred of truth in the notion that they are somehow deliberately...