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I don’t think Spanish flu is officially called Spanish flu. IIRC from school history lessons there was reporting bans on in countries involved in WW1 and Spain was neutral so British papers particularly reported on the flu pandemic from the angle of how it was effecting Spain as they couldn’t...

Through suicide or austerity? Not sure on suicide but austerity has been blamed for up to 130000 preventable deaths in this country alone. So at the moment if you want to measure it the 2008 recession caused by the US toxic mortgage crisis is responsible for more deaths in the U.K. than Covid 19.

Actually there was plenty of evidence of coverups at every level from farmers trying to hide it, slaughter houses trying to hide it, inspectors failing to follow procedures properly in an attempt to hide the severity and according to the conservatives who were in opposition at the time the...

The 2008 crash happened because of the toxic mortgage crisis in the US. Maybe the world should sue the US for that one.

It’s the history of this virus type. Swine flu, bird flu, SARS etc etc. They all started in the human race when they jumped from another species by either consumption or close contact to the animal through farming or preparation of the dead animal for consumption. Vets who work with cattle...

Irrelevant. In your train of thought we caused it therefore every country who fell foul to it should be suing us.

China not being honest as soon as they could have been is irrelevant to a certain extent. When a virus this menacing gets out it’s out. The only thing that’s changed is the timescale not the actual outcome. As I’ve already pointed out Cheltenham was cancelled in the 2001 foot and mouth crisis...

Spanish flu is one of them. Don’t let the name fool you.

Greece might get the Elgin marbles back, Egypt might get all their stuff back from all the British museums that was stolen from Egypt. The list of pilfered goods sat in British museums is endless.

The vegans should sue the meat eaters. After all this was a zoonotic virus that jumped a species because a meat eater ate another species that was carrying it. Where do we want to stop going with this?

Didn’t we spread foot and mouth through the EU by exporting cattle contaminated with it. I’m sure we all remember the cow bonfires of 2001. Ironically the government also cancelled Cheltenham that year to stop the spread.

Bummer.

The last pandemic of this magnitude was the Spanish flu which pretty much lasted 3 years. The guy is possibly being conservative in reality by saying autumn 2021. Unless someone finds the miracle cure. Sports governing bodies, clubs, sponsors, tv companies and even us fans need to wake up to the...

Now if I called him a Taig fair enough. But I didn’t. And to be fair I still apologised to Sickboy some time later for calling him Grendulls performing monkey which he accepted. Gracefully. Besides, I’m a card carrying taig ...er, I mean Irish man myself these days.

As I said. Your performing monkey. Thank you for linking the context and proving yourself wrong.

Context isn’t it. To call a white Irish man your performing monkey isn’t racist. Celebrating immigrant children drowning is. But you excuse one while trying to put context into the other that was never there. Your moral compass is fucked, when you gleefully play to the gallery of people who...

You agreed that they weren’t racist.

Can’t say I’ve ever wished death on anyone. Not even people like yourself who thinks it’s a good idea to shoot boats so children drown. Ironically someone who does wish death on people.

Well I guess if the cap fits...

Apologies. I replied to the wrong post in error.