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SkyBlueDom26

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  • Jun 29, 2020
  • #29,121
David O'Day said:
He's right though, that's your new patter ain't it.
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Quiet
 

Ian1779

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 29, 2020
  • #29,122
Brighton Sky Blue said:
I only got a few messages off Coventry NEU in the last 3-4 months, nothing out of the ordinary. The truth is if we'd got on top of class sizes and facilities in the last decade, we could well have taken Denmark's approach to reopening the schools.
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I bet it’s been intentionally leaked to see how shit people think it is.
 

skyblueusername

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 29, 2020
  • #29,123
David O'Day said:
The stupid things is they are not forcing people to stay in Leicester so wit people being allowed to drive anywhere as long as they don't stay overnight Leicester folk could go basically anywhere this weekend
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I work at magna park, lutterworth, an LE postcode and the majority of staff are from Leicester, I spoke with quite a few people about this today and they were ALL blaming Leicester's asians for this spike, some festival at Ramadan, families flying over for lockdown etc.
I then spoke with a manager who had contacted Leicester council today enquiring whether a local lockdown was planned, he was told it was only a certain couple of postcodes that were being looked at and most were mainly white populated council estates where there had been problems with lockdown house parties.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 29, 2020
  • #29,124
SkyBlueDom26 said:
Obsessed geeza fishing for them likes
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David O'Day said:
Tad Rich given the spring and summer you've had
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Life's too short buds
 
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David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 29, 2020
  • #29,125
SkyBlueDom26 said:
Quiet
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Yes you should be
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 29, 2020
  • #29,126
Ian1779 said:
I bet it’s been intentionally leaked to see how shit people think it is.
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That is their MO. In other thrilling news, my missus has been told she will need to mark coursework drafts twice over the summer holiday so they can be finalised in September. Think we'll have gone officially bonkers before too long.
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 29, 2020
  • #29,127

Got to love Nadine, can always be relied on to spout utter balls
 
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Wyken Sky Blue

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  • Jun 29, 2020
  • #29,128
When asked about the news, Leicester Councillor Mr Soshal Distan Singh was said to be surprised and unsure how this has happened

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David O'Day

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  • Jun 29, 2020
  • #29,129
skyblue1991 said:
When asked about the news, Leicester Councillor Mr Soshal Distan Singh was said to be surprised and unsure how this has happened

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Looking at the available data there are places showing an larger increase in pillar 1 positive cases and hospital admissions are 6 to 10 a day which isn't that bad.

The Mayor of Leicester thinks they didn't need to do this but they want to be seen to be tough,
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 29, 2020
  • #29,130
David O'Day said:
Looking at the available data there are places showing an larger increase in pillar 1 positive cases and hospital admissions are 6 to 10 a day which isn't that bad.

The Mayor of Leicester thinks they didn't need to do this but they want to be seen to be tough,
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Think they're looking at the 111 call data too. Think they've been having calls at a excess volume for a week now. Looks like Leicester is a pocket as is Barnsley / S Yorkshire.
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 29, 2020
  • #29,131
The knicker stitching factories


Strangely employers not using the furlough scheme....
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 29, 2020
  • #29,132
fernandopartridge said:
Think they're looking at the 111 call data too. Think they've been having calls at a excess volume for a week now. Looks like Leicester is a pocket as is Barnsley / S Yorkshire.
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But the reasoning given by hancock was a 135 per 100k case could and 6 to 10 hospital admissions a day. From listening to Peter Soulsby the mayor he doesn't seem aware of any other data.
 

David O'Day

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  • Jun 29, 2020
  • #29,133
fernandopartridge said:
The knicker stitching factories


Strangely employers not using the furlough scheme....
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They kept on working though as the Government wants people to still buy tat
 
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skyblueusername

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 29, 2020
  • #29,134
David O'Day said:
They also say schools aren't vectors of transmission but then close them.

Why close places where school distancing is in place but they don't appear to have stop people meeting in parks etc which is where the current transmissions is likely to have happened.
It's like Matt Hancock doesn't have a clue.
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fernandopartridge said:
The knicker stitching factories


Strangely employers not using the furlough scheme....
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I think you have to be 'on the books' and paying tax before you are eligible for furlough scheme.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Jun 29, 2020
  • #29,135
skyblueusername said:
I think you have to be 'on the books' and paying tax before you are eligible for furlough scheme.
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Reading the report I am not getting why they would use the Furlough scheme. They were open during "lockdown" but have now had to close due to the amount of staff testing positive for covid-19.

If correct it appears that the outbreak in Leicester is even more localised than the reports are saying.
 

skyblueusername

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 29, 2020
  • #29,136
David O'Day said:
Reading the report I am not getting why they would use the Furlough scheme. They were open during "lockdown" but have now had to close due to the amount of staff testing positive for covid-19.

If correct it appears that the outbreak in Leicester is even more localised than the reports are saying.
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Apologies for the blunt post, my point about 'on the books' was more aimed at the general rag-trade in Leicester rather than this particular company.
I'm a lorry driver and in a previous job I had to deliver/collect from a lot of these places and was shocked by the standards,
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,137
Joy.

Flu virus with 'pandemic potential' found in China
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,138
Oh FFS Johnson can’t even do spending properly. His one saving grace was his love of stupidly expensive infrastructure projects and his great solution for these economic times is to spend 0.2% of GDP.

Slow hand clap.

We’re proper fucked with these chancers in power. Come on 1922 Committee, time to do the right thing and pull the trigger.
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,139
Deleted member 5849 said:
Joy.

Flu virus with 'pandemic potential' found in China
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There’s been a new news story like this in the press most weeks for months now.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,140
Surely if they are running sweat shops in Leicester with no social distancing then the owners should be prosecuted? Not really essential stuff either, is it?
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,141
shmmeee said:
Oh FFS Johnson can’t even do spending properly. His one saving grace was his love of stupidly expensive infrastructure projects and his great solution for these economic times is to spend 0.2% of GDP.

Slow hand clap.

We’re proper fucked with these chancers in power. Come on 1922 Committee, time to do the right thing and pull the trigger.
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It's really fucking pathetic isn't it. Go big or go home Boris.
 

skybluetony176

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  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,142
Nick said:
Surely if they are running sweat shops in Leicester with no social distancing then the owners should be prosecuted? Not really essential stuff either, is it?
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Any business not open to the general public was basically considered essential with the exception of chemists, food shops etc. With regards to the social distancing according to my boss the guidance was very blasé, something along the lines of 2 mtrs where possible along with other voluntary measures. Don’t think there was any hard and fast rules on social distancing or the amount of people allowed to work in a specific area of a specific square meters or anything like that.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,143
David O'Day said:
It's really fucking pathetic isn't it. Go big or go home Boris.
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The £5bn reminds me of Doctor Evil and his 1m dollars thing. Problem is that a lot of the British public have no concept whatsoever of what that is the context of overall GDP or public spending or what it'd even pay for.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,144
fernandopartridge said:
The £5bn reminds me of Doctor Evil and his 1m dollars thing. Problem is that a lot of the British public have no concept whatsoever of what that is the context of overall GDP or public spending or what it'd even pay for.
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The £1 billion for school buildings on the face of it sounds quite generous. Then you look at how many schools have been requesting funds for this in the last 10 years and the total bill is estimated at around £6 billion.
 

shmmeee

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  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,145
Brighton Sky Blue said:
The £1 billion for school buildings on the face of it sounds quite generous. Then you look at how many schools have been requesting funds for this in the last 10 years and the total bill is estimated at around £6 billion.
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They cancelled BSF that would’ve done this by now anyway. It’s all reannounced spending or less than they cut. They’re really not economically competent enough to govern us through this time. You can’t hoodwink the economy with clever PR.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,146
shmmeee said:
They cancelled BSF that would’ve done this by now anyway. It’s all reannounced spending or less than they cut. They’re really not economically competent enough to govern us through this time. You can’t hoodwink the economy with clever PR.
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I bet you a pack of Tim Tams that you can!
 
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chiefdave

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  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,147
skybluetony176 said:
With regards to the social distancing according to my boss the guidance was very blasé, something along the lines of 2 mtrs where possible along with other voluntary measures. Don’t think there was any hard and fast rules on social distancing or the amount of people allowed to work in a specific area of a specific square meters or anything like that.
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Said this repeatedly when people were talking about what companies would need to do to reopen. There was never any specific requirements just a vague maintain social distancing where possible.
 
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chiefdave

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  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,148
Hancock on fine form this morning on BBC Breakfast.

Schools in Leicester are closing as children are spreaders. Number of people tested is irrelevant.

No wonder we're so far behind everyone else with these incompetent idiots in charge.
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,149
Somebody on GMB was saying it was because the information wasn't put out in different languages that some communities didn't understand.

English is my first language and I have fuck all idea.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,150
chiefdave said:
Hancock on fine form this morning on BBC Breakfast.

Schools in Leicester are closing as children are spreaders. Number of people tested is irrelevant.

No wonder we're so far behind everyone else with these incompetent idiots in charge.
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Children are spreaders so let’s pack them all in tight in September?
 
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David O'Day

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  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,151
fernandopartridge said:
The £5bn reminds me of Doctor Evil and his 1m dollars thing. Problem is that a lot of the British public have no concept whatsoever of what that is the context of overall GDP or public spending or what it'd even pay for.
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When someone costed the "40 new hospital" lie from before the election that came up at 24bn.
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,152
Is it true they’ve used money that was given for pupils with greater needs so I know of a school that out of the billion pounds they come out losing £16k

Absolute bananas
 

jimmyhillsfanclub

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,153
David O'Day said:
When someone costed the "40 new hospital" lie from before the election that came up at 24bn.
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We're still waiting for our new hospital in Liverpool......its only 3.5 years overdue, with the remedial works currently being undertaken to rectify the clusterfuck left by Carillion expected to cost nearly as much as the original budget.....

...Our governments have always been shit at infrastructure budgets & forecasts, but this current bunch of shysters are on a different level of incompetence.
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,154
So the great new deal that is going to "save" the UK economy is about 5bn in already announced capital spending?

FFS places like Germany are spending 40bn in fresh unannouced spending.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Jun 30, 2020
  • #29,155
Lads, Lads, Lads!

The YTS scheme is back! Kids you can now work for a multinational company for nothing.
 
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