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  1. skybluetony176

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Isn’t that where Hill thinks he got it (assuming it was “it” and not seasonal flu).
  2. skybluetony176

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    In what way?
  3. skybluetony176

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Lions led by donkeys Why is coronavirus killing so many more people in the UK than in Ireland? | Elaine Doyle
  4. skybluetony176

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Isn’t it NI contribution rather than tax?
  5. skybluetony176

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Thought so.
  6. skybluetony176

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Do you mean debtors?
  7. skybluetony176

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Just checked and apparently in the Great Depression the UK’s national dept was running at 180%.
  8. skybluetony176

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    So what would you do?
  9. skybluetony176

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    I’m not actually sure what he thinks we should do other than a major stimulus package. That might be interesting if he can tell us what he thinks should happen because at the moment it seems to be sit around in the dark.
  10. skybluetony176

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Who said it was just manufacturing. You are aware of the Great Depression? You are aware of Roosevelts New Deal? Are you aware of how multifaceted it was? It included everything from banking to infrastructure to an end of prohibition.
  11. skybluetony176

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    You do understand that the Great Depression was a worldwide depression? It’s effects on manufacturing was devastating.
  12. skybluetony176

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Major infrastructure projects last years, sometimes decades. Look at Crossrail, Thames Tideway Scheme, HS2. Some long term socialist investment on a national scale is what’s needed.
  13. skybluetony176

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    In the US it was called The New Deal and was a mechanism for escaping The Great Depression and included everything from legalising alcohol and building the Hoover dam. Might see marijuana legalised in this country afterall. It helped stimulate local economies in the US.
  14. skybluetony176

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Funnily enough we were balancing the books last night at home and we’re expecting to be about £700 better of at the end of the month than usual. Obviously some people are going to be furloughed and sadly others have lost their jobs but some people are possibly, that’s possibly going to come out...
  15. skybluetony176

    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    'US doesn't have a king': Andrew Cuomo rejects Trump's claim of 'total authority' to lift shutdowns | Daily Mail Online Seems Trumps claims are unconstitutional.
  16. skybluetony176

    Any electrical experts?

    Can you take a picture of the cables from a different angle? It’s hard to get someone perspective of the cables from that one picture. It looks like you have 3 groups of cables coming in. It looks like the two reds that are connected together in a terminal block (choc block) should remain that...
  17. skybluetony176

    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    Rollercoaster ride as Trump berates media
  18. skybluetony176

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Nurse 'paid ultimate price' for lack of PPE Tragic loss and possibly avoidable. Questions need answering here.
  19. skybluetony176

    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    Just saw some of the footage from the latest Coronavirus news conference and Trump has gone full David Brent. It would be funny if so many people weren’t loosing their lives. What a complete narcissist.
  20. skybluetony176

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Just reading about this on the BBC website and apparently many EU countries have too much PPE as a result of the scheme.
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