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Thought this was going to be about tax status to be honest.

How naïve.

Don’t remember this uproar when sponsors/advertisers with FIFA were pulling out due to the corruption scandal.

First one is disgusting. What is that collar?

That’s fair and I get the cynicism around whether 19th July will be held to given previous comments. Can’t imagine it’s too pleasant with a mask on.

In your view, what would be worse for a) the economy, and b) general mental health? 1. 4 week delay to fully reopening with current level restrictions remaining in place until 19th July. 2. Full reopening taking place on Monday but with the very real risk that within 4 weeks we may have to...

One of the biggest things bugging me with all this - those wanting measures lifted seem to be quite content in calling out people who would rather be cautious, instead of the incompetent government whose actions have led us to this point once again! But enough of that, eh?

Edit: I should, of course, have said “having absolutely no reason NOT to reopen”. Makes me sound dangerously like a ‘lockdown lover’ otherwise! ;)

Don’t know whether I’m captured under this, but I just feel like you’ve read a headline figure and are trying to base everything on that, rather than actually looking deeper into the data. Not being negative for the sake of it, just pointing out that it doesn’t fit your argument. For what it’s...

Ah, in which case it’s completely unacceptable. Premier Property Lawyers? Absolutely, and I’ve said that before but sometimes the conveyancer isn’t necessarily in the decision-making role to turn away work. Don’t get me wrong, I do think there’s a lot more they could do and I think the greed...

This entire tournament is putting the PL’s use of VAR to shame.

It is a rather archaic process but conveyancers are under such pressure due to the stamp duty holiday and the fact that chains seemingly go on forever. I know a couple in the industry that have left because the last year has been so unbearable. Who are you using, may I ask? Local conveyancer...

Having looked at the data just now (albeit for the first time in a long time) the mild positive I would take is that in the last 2 weeks of May the recorded cases (by specimen date) shot up by 232%. Since then, that has softened in June and whilst it is still going up, it’s only been by 73%...

Thing I didn’t grasp with the Pogba one is the story puts it down to him being a devout Muslim, but the drink he moves is an alcohol-free beer (I should know, I’m partial to one myself!).

That’s fair, and not something I’d thought about a great deal. Still, I think that plays a much smaller role than the figures you’re using suggest. I had said to CCFCSteve already that inpatients might be a better measure than admissions this time around so I’m in tune with your way of thinking...

What rattles me most about GW is that he talks like he’s been trained in toff, but occasionally the mask slips and he sounds like he’s from deepest darkest Dudley.

64% of severe infection at one point were acquired in hospitals - that point being December 2020. Again, whilst there were stringent lockdown measures in place. The paper doesn’t specify whether this percentage is on a specific day, a rolling 7-day average, a rolling 30 days, etc. Unfortunately...

Supposedly, but they do a bit of a fiddle of the rankings.

Italy give me the horn.

Well, what’s worse: the fact you seem to have me mixed up with Owen Jones or the fact you’ve admitted you watch the Jeremy Vine Show? Blimey, can’t buy class.