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  1. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    To be honest I think this serves more as further evidence that certain groups weren't actually concerned with anti-semitism rather than showing Starmer leaping into action. Lets give him the benefit of the doubt and say he knew nothing of the report, or the actions detailed in it, until he saw...
  2. chiefdave

    Who’s at work/Not at work?

    Have you got a link to the actual criteria as I can't find them on the government website which only lists "If you cannot maintain your current workforce because your operations have been severely affected by coronavirus". As I've previously mentioned my company has more work than usual yet has...
  3. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    This doesn't seem good, only 1% of applications to the governments emergency loan scheme have been processed according to the Sunday Times.
  4. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    PPE isn't just used for coronavirus is it? What about things like MRSA? Can't imagine risking cross contamination is going to help things. If Hancock is saying PPE has to be reused as we're short then he needs to actually admit we're short rather than making it sounds like NHS staff are being...
  5. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    That's what I said! They have an additional 10K expense allowance. https://theipsa-web-staging.azurewebsites.net/media/185648/bulletin-19-march-2020.pdf Back in the real world the likes of you and me are entitled to a whopping £62 a year to cover the additional expense of working from home...
  6. chiefdave

    What's everyone watching while on 'lockdown'?

    try here: UKTV Play
  7. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    You say its fake news then post the same thing! The document from IPSA even states costs related to home working are already claimable from the existing office costs budget. Does raise the question of why MPs and their staff need such a high allowance when the rest of us can only claim £6 per...
  8. chiefdave

    What's everyone watching while on 'lockdown'?

    New Red Dwarf tonight at 9pm on Dave. 2 hour feature length episode. Looking forward to that, reviews have been excellent.
  9. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    What is confusing to me is why we have the same discussion about this every day yet people still act surprised. The ONS figures are more accurate but don’t come out daily and are always weeks later as they allow time for everything to be reported and allocated to the date of death rather than...
  10. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Did find it amusing that after all the outrage at Sultana for saying BME backgrounds were disproportionately impacted the BBC has this morning been giving hourly coverage to the same story without any criticism.
  11. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    According to this Spain went into lockdown 3 weeks ago and will start to loosen restrictions on April 26. Spain will slowly return to “normal life” starting on April 26, says government
  12. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    While the rest of the country has pretty effortlessly switched to working from home it seems MPs need an extra £10K in expenses allowance to do the same. At the same time rules will be relaxed so they don't need to provide any proof of what the money they claim has been spent on. Can't see any...
  13. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Patel turns down committee appearance four times
  14. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Why are passport office staff being forced to work? Who the hell needs a passport at the moment.
  15. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    The likes of Patel and Rees-Mogg shouldn't be in prominent positions if every time there's a spotlight on the government, such as now and the election campaign, they have to be hidden away.
  16. chiefdave

    Coronavirus (CCFC Related)

    Should be OK as long as there's the same number of live games.
  17. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    What is the agenda? Just had a look at her timeline and she's also tweeted about working people, particularly the self employed, being helped; non-essential workplaces being shut down; the low level of SSP; lack of protection for transport workers; called for students to be released from rental...
  18. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    It could be lack of social distancing, it could be anything. That's why you get experts to look at the actual evidence rather than random social media posts and if they can find a pattern something can be done about it. Although if it is social distancing it wouldn't explain why you see the...
  19. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Yes, if one section of the population is impacted at a higher rate than it accounts for in the population then it is disproportionately impacted. Not sure what article you're referring to but if its deaths rather than infections I would expect the relevant medical experts to be looking into why...
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