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tisza

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  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #26,986
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
That's really helpful, thank you so much.

Desperate to go to be honest but guess it will be a tight call. If I get over then I'll get you a beer for sure.
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Govt say may be a further easing of travel restrictions from June 16th - but UK a separate case to rest of Europe with the current mortality levels. Govt here expecting UK to spike due to public not following protocols (beach pictures etc. all over the media here).
Will keep you informed. Got a meeting with a Govt minister beginning of next week so will see what off the record info I can get
 
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The coventrian

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #26,987
David O'Day said:
I'm Irish so I have see through skin.

It seems you hate white people if you think killing black folk is not a good thing.

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Your no more Irish than I am. I bet your mum and dad are like mine but your one of these weirdos who would rather relate to yourself as something else rather than what you actually are.
 
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The coventrian

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #26,988
shmmeee said:
What a well sourced and expertly argued opinion, I’m convinced.
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So how many will you be taking in then?
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #26,989
The coventrian said:
So how many will you be taking in then?
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Eh? What’s that got to do with anything? How many homeless people do you take in? How many veterans with PTSD do you counsel? How many old people do you provide your home for respite care?

You asked why it’s mostly men making the journey. I told you what I understood. You had a little cry. I never said I want more or less immigration.
 

tisza

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #26,990
shmmeee said:
There’s also the fact that the lockdown hasn’t been policed at all, and that’s because of direction from the government. At the start they were policing it and right wing Twitter got all up in arms about the police state. Government ministers started telling the police off for enforcing the law.

Then the absolute mess of messaging. Vulnerable people are allowed out despite us still being at level 4 apparently. Sports starting up. Dates given for pubs to be open soon. Retrospectively changing the rules to allow people to use their “instinct”. Bringing back Parliament despite them being able to work from home.
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It's Johnson's Libertarian approach that has caused so much of this. It's been mixed messages and a lack of will to take a strong hand.
People aren't going to be arguing with firm regulation when the backdrop of deaths is there for all to see.
Trying to imitate other countries exits from lockdown (which were applied and enforced differently) is just further weak leadership.
1000 pound fines for breaking a quarantine that is being applied far too late in the day sums the weak approach.
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #26,991
tisza said:
It's Johnson's Libertarian approach that has caused so much of this. It's been mixed messages and a lack of will to take a strong hand.
People aren't going to be arguing with firm regulation when the backdrop of deaths is there for all to see.
Trying to imitate other countries exits from lockdown (which were applied and enforced differently) is just further weak leadership.
1000 pound fines for breaking a quarantine that is being applied far too late in the day sums the weak approach.
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Hes a weak supply teacher who wants to be liked is what he is. Totally unsuitable for the role of PM.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #26,992
shmmeee said:
Hes a weak supply teacher who wants to be liked is what he is. Totally unsuitable for the role of PM.
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He's Mike Bassett but with more laziness and less conviction
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #26,993
The coventrian said:
Your no more Irish than I am. I bet your mum and dad are like mine but your one of these weirdos who would rather relate to yourself as something else rather than what you actually are.
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They are from South Armagh and I'm a citizen of Ireland.

Sorry Wayne

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Nick

Administrator
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #26,994
shmmeee said:
“I’m not an expert but all that data is manipulated”

Couldn’t make it up.
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I didn't say it is ALL manipulated but unless every country is reporting everything EXACTLY the same way then it's not an equal comparison is it?

No, I am not an expert on what an R is or a curve on a graph but if the numbers going into the graphs aren't generated in exactly the same way then it's not a reliable comparison.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #26,995
Nick said:
I didn't say it is ALL manipulated but unless every country is reporting everything EXACTLY the same way then it's not an equal comparison is it?

No, I am not an expert on what an R is or a curve on a graph but if the numbers going into the graphs aren't generated in exactly the same way then it's not a reliable comparison.
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Sure, but even the most optimistic figures from our government have us as the worst on the continent. The most pessimistic ones from the ONS go off the scale
 

Skybluefaz

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #26,996
Grendel said:
Oh dear double standards alert

If you seriously are trying to convince anyone that social distancing rules are not still there and known that’s straw clutching

Describing an MP as a non entity as a reason for a excusing is curious. Are special advisors more likely to spread infection

Mr Starmer said he would fire Mr Cummings. Let’s see what happens to Mr Gardiner who admits he is aware what was happening was against guidelines and he didn’t care
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Plonker Gardiner has already been sacked by Starmer previously.
 
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The coventrian

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #26,997
David O'Day said:
They are from South Armagh and I'm a citizen of Ireland.

Sorry Wayne

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Were you born in Ireland or not?
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David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #26,998
Skybluefaz said:
Plonker Gardiner has already been sacked by Starmer previously.
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Yeah he fired him from the shadow cabinet on his first day

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David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #26,999
I'm a citizen of Ireland Wayne.

Legally I'm Irish. If you don't like it write to your mp

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The coventrian

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,000
David O'Day said:
I'm a citizen of Ireland Wayne.

Legally I'm Irish. If you don't like it write to your mp

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Were you born in Ireland or not?
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,001
The coventrian said:
Were you born in Ireland or not?
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I'm on the foreign births register Wayne.

Please understand the law.

So the only citizenship I hold is Irish. No UK passport etc just Irish.



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The coventrian

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,002
David O'Day said:
I'm on the foreign births register Wayne.

Please understand the law.

So the only citizenship I hold is Irish. No UK passport etc just Irish.



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Were you born in Ireland or not?
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,003
Nick said:
I didn't say it is ALL manipulated but unless every country is reporting everything EXACTLY the same way then it's not an equal comparison is it?

No, I am not an expert on what an R is or a curve on a graph but if the numbers going into the graphs aren't generated in exactly the same way then it's not a reliable comparison.
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Excess death data is comparable. Unless you get into silly conspiracy theories. The daily figures aren’t but no one really pays much attention to them.
 
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Deleted member 5849

Guest
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,004
shmmeee said:
Excess death data is comparable. Unless you get into silly conspiracy theories. The daily figures aren’t but no one really pays much attention to them.
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...apart from Dom...
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,005
The coventrian said:
Were you born in Ireland or not?
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Is Boris Johnson English?
 
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PVA

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,006
They literally cannot do anything right...

"The government’s track and trace programme could be illegal, privacy campaigners say. The Open Rights Group has filed a legal complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office over the programme, which it says breaches GDPR.

The complaint notes that, almost a week after it was launched, the government has still not filed a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) for the programme with the ICO. The document, legally required before “high risk” data processing can begin, would explain the government’s view of the risks it faces, and explain how it hopes to mitigate them.

“Given the system is experimental and the sensitive nature and scale of the data being processed, a DPIA was required before processing commenced,” the ORG said in a statement. “[Public Health England] and the NHS confirmed that a DPIA has not been conducted, in breach of those GDPR requirements.”"
 
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djr8369

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,007
shmmeee said:
Im generally quite the libertarian, but like war a pandemic is an exceptional event where the normal rules don’t apply.

A tight lockdown could’ve been achieved with more strict policing. Just like other countries. It would’ve meant an order of magnitude fewer deaths and as we’ve seen in NZ lockdown ending far earlier.
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Agree. Looking at the data from around the world the best economic play was an earlier, harder lockdown. As I highlighted this morning we’re looking at more deaths and more disruption.
 
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The coventrian

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,008
shmmeee said:
Is Boris Johnson English?
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I havent got a clue but I guess he doesnt pretend to be from another country. Why would you do that?
 
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djr8369

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,009
I don’t agree with the view off many that they intentionally went for herd immunity while pretending otherwise. I think their minds were genuinely changed when the study came out predicting 500k deaths.

I think our performance is down to two things:
1) Johnson and Cummings are heavily influenced by American libertarians, favouring the market, small government etc. Everything they’ve done they have tried to have the softest government touch going, woolly messaging, few laws, little enforcement. The only time they’ve really deviated from this is the furlough scheme and for them that’s a lesser evil than benefits or UBI. I think the resistance to lockdown was to “protect the economy”. Short term thinking that will harm the economy in the long run.

2) They’re just really, really poor and incompetent. The talent has all been purged. There are no sensible tories now who, while you might not agree with them completely politically, you’d know they aren’t idiots.
 
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skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,010
djr8369 said:
Agree. Looking at the data from around the world the best economic play was an earlier, harder lockdown. As I highlighted this morning we’re looking at more deaths and more disruption.
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Being reported today that New Zealand is ending lockdown completely next week. Bar international travel. Only residents and citizens being allowed in and have to still self isolate for 14 days. Other than that back to normal.
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,011
skybluetony176 said:
Being reported today that New Zealand is ending lockdown completely next week. Bar international travel. Only residents and citizens being allowed in and have to still self isolate for 14 days. Other than that back to normal.
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It’s back to normal now here apart from non EU countries (apart from UK) can’t enter yet and working from home is continuing.
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,012
The coventrian said:
I havent got a clue but I guess he doesnt pretend to be from another country. Why would you do that?
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He was born in New York. Would you say he pretends to be British?
 
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The coventrian

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,013
shmmeee said:
He was born in New York. Would you say he pretends to be British?
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So hes American by birth then yes?
That twat david has Irish parentage but was born here,has never lived in Ireland but would rather identify as Irish for some freak reason. You think that's normal?
 

Ring Of Steel

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,014
The coventrian said:
So hes American by birth then yes?
That twat david has Irish parentage but was born here,has never lived in Ireland but would rather identify as Irish for some freak reason. You think that's normal?
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Perfectly normal if his parents are Irish. Its the same for millions all over the world, what does it really matter anyway?
 

Sky Blue Pete

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,015
skybluetony176 said:
Being reported today that New Zealand is ending lockdown completely next week. Bar international travel. Only residents and citizens being allowed in and have to still self isolate for 14 days. Other than that back to normal.
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Prime minister has saved billions by their actions
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,016
The coventrian said:
So hes American then by birth then yes?
That twat david has Irish parentage but was born here,has never lived in Ireland but would rather identify as Irish for some freak reason. You think that's normal?
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I think the whole concept of nationality is silly TBH. From a technical point if you’re born there that’s your nationality. But identity is funny. I know people who aren’t black but have black heritage and are proud of it, ditto Scots/Welsh/Irish/African/Indian.
 
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clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,017
PVA said:
They literally cannot do anything right...

"The government’s track and trace programme could be illegal, privacy campaigners say. The Open Rights Group has filed a legal complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office over the programme, which it says breaches GDPR.

The complaint notes that, almost a week after it was launched, the government has still not filed a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) for the programme with the ICO. The document, legally required before “high risk” data processing can begin, would explain the government’s view of the risks it faces, and explain how it hopes to mitigate them.

“Given the system is experimental and the sensitive nature and scale of the data being processed, a DPIA was required before processing commenced,” the ORG said in a statement. “[Public Health England] and the NHS confirmed that a DPIA has not been conducted, in breach of those GDPR requirements.”"
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who could have foreseen putting track and trace in the hands of the person responsible for the biggest data breach in UK history would go so badly wrong?
 
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David O'Day

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  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,018
The coventrian said:
I havent got a clue but I guess he doesnt pretend to be from another country. Why would you do that?
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He was born in Nea York.

So by your logic he's noe English.

Wayne if you have a problem of this don't blame me just blame the good friday agreement

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David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,019
The coventrian said:
So hes American by birth then yes?
That twat david has Irish parentage but was born here,has never lived in Ireland but would rather identify as Irish for some freak reason. You think that's normal?
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I was brought up Irish Wayne.

Registered on the foreign births register.

It's the law Wayne

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David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • #27,020
Ring Of Steel said:
Perfectly normal if his parents are Irish. Its the same for millions all over the world, what does it really matter anyway?
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Nothing

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