This is hilarious and scary at the same time
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- Sat 09 May, 2020 12:17 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Bank Holiday Weekend 8th, 9th and 10th May 2020
- Replies: 103
- Views: 27005
- Fri 24 Apr, 2020 12:27 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 24th April 2020
- Replies: 53
- Views: 12830
Re: Friday 24th April 2020
Responding to the government’s coronavirus contact tracing strategy, Ian Hudspeth, chairman of the Local Government Association’s community wellbeing board, said: ..This extra demand on existing services would need to be met by additional resources and funding, if councils are to help test, trace a...
- Thu 23 Apr, 2020 10:45 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 23rd April 2020
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7455
Re: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Look at his face! Just look at his face!RogerOThornhill wrote:Hmm...
Well, that is an interesting list and no mistake.
- Thu 23 Apr, 2020 10:09 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 23rd April 2020
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7455
Re: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Apparently Trump and Fox are now backing away from their claim that hydroxychloroquine can cure COVID-19, after previously touting it as a miracle: https://www.theroot.com/trump-and-fox-news-now-acting-like-they-weren-t-out-her-1843001772 Which led me to this classic article from the past: https://t...
- Wed 22 Apr, 2020 10:32 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday, 22nd April 2020
- Replies: 69
- Views: 15649
Re: Wednesday, 22nd April 2020
Motorboating enthusiast Richard Branson is playing a particularly idiosyncratic game of Monopoly. He would like to mortgage his private Caribbean island. In return, you, the taxpayer, have to buy him Mayfair and Park Lane, all the greens, all the yellows, all the reds, and stick a hotel on every on...
- Mon 20 Apr, 2020 4:08 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 20th April 2020
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6333
Re: Monday 20th April 2020
If Richard Branson's companies paid tax, and didn't go round suing the NHS, I might have some symp, actually no, sod it, I'd still have absolutely no sympathy for him or his BS.
https://twitter.com/SomeTimesImFun2/sta ... 8989981700
Boo fecking hoo.
https://twitter.com/SomeTimesImFun2/sta ... 8989981700
Boo fecking hoo.
- Fri 17 Apr, 2020 11:41 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 17th April 2020
- Replies: 75
- Views: 15660
Re: Friday 17th April 2020
Oh no that is terrible news. My condolences to those who knew him in the real world. He was one of the good ones on here and will be sorely missed.
- Wed 15 Apr, 2020 7:44 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 15th April 2020
- Replies: 68
- Views: 13832
Re: Wednesday 15th April 2020
With apologies if these have been linked to aleady, Afua Hirsch and Paul Mason's 'Covid Report' are very good - 40 minute (ish) videos of a range of very well informed people discussing things. They are here Whereas this, well, this is the opposite: https://twitter.com/TPMLiveWire/status/1250408758...
- Tue 14 Apr, 2020 4:38 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 14th April 2020
- Replies: 52
- Views: 13290
Re: Tuesday 14th April 2020
Thanks Roger, she's very good and never fails to pique my interest.
- Tue 14 Apr, 2020 2:10 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 14th April 2020
- Replies: 52
- Views: 13290
Re: Tuesday 14th April 2020
An update - CitizenJA is OK
- Tue 14 Apr, 2020 1:38 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 14th April 2020
- Replies: 52
- Views: 13290
Re: Tuesday 14th April 2020
To be fair, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro is a goddamn idiot, so he was grossly outmatched from the time he agreed to sit down with 60 Minutes, but he did it anyway—and got his ass handed to him by the host, the staff and the interns... “I don’t know what you mean. It’s like if an intelli...
- Tue 14 Apr, 2020 11:00 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 14th April 2020
- Replies: 52
- Views: 13290
Re: Tuesday 14th April 2020
The only way we are going to get back to some semblance of normality is by knowing who has, and has had, the virus. Which means mass testing.
Anything else is far too risky.
We should be looking to South Korea for guidance, but instead we seem to be bumbling along in our own unique way.
Anything else is far too risky.
We should be looking to South Korea for guidance, but instead we seem to be bumbling along in our own unique way.
- Mon 13 Apr, 2020 10:21 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Easter Weekend 10th, 11th, 12th & 13th April 2020
- Replies: 238
- Views: 50665
Re: Easter Weekend 10th, 11th, 12th & 13th April 2020
I've just got round to reading this.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:This is quite remarkable
https://novaramedia.com/2020/04/12/its- ... d-to-lose/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Sickening.
- Mon 13 Apr, 2020 9:59 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Easter Weekend 10th, 11th, 12th & 13th April 2020
- Replies: 238
- Views: 50665
Re: Easter Weekend 10th, 11th, 12th & 13th April 2020
I've just sent a message to her. I'll let you know .
- Mon 13 Apr, 2020 9:04 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Easter Weekend 10th, 11th, 12th & 13th April 2020
- Replies: 238
- Views: 50665
Re: Easter Weekend 10th, 11th, 12th & 13th April 2020
For Sky and PF, thanks for the tunes the other night. Here's one you might like:
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- Fri 10 Apr, 2020 12:47 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 9th April 2020
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6384
Re: Thursday 9th April 2020
There might be a reason:AnatolyKasparov wrote:Her almost total absence recently really is pretty odd isn't it?
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Maybe. I'm not really sure.
- Thu 09 Apr, 2020 10:29 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 9th April 2020
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6384
Re: Thursday 9th April 2020
Get back to work, and try not to die https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52219930
They should follow the lead of their boss and just not turn up to anything, ever.
They should follow the lead of their boss and just not turn up to anything, ever.
- Wed 08 Apr, 2020 10:34 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 8th April 2020
- Replies: 70
- Views: 13598
Re: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Morfternoon all.
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2020/0 ... -anti.html
WTF is wrong with some people?
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2020/0 ... -anti.html
WTF is wrong with some people?
- Wed 08 Apr, 2020 12:18 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 7th April 2020
- Replies: 28
- Views: 6426
Re: Tuesday 7th April 2020
I don't know why the coronavirus has made me seek out one-man bands.
But there is no denying it.
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This is great once he gets going.
But there is no denying it.
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This is great once he gets going.
- Sun 05 Apr, 2020 11:33 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th April 2020
- Replies: 121
- Views: 27456
Re: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th April 2020
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This made me laugh - and he has many more
This made me laugh - and he has many more
- Sun 05 Apr, 2020 9:31 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th April 2020
- Replies: 121
- Views: 27456
Re: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th April 2020
They like throwing their weight around, rather like some police forces. This is a much better idea. :) https://twitter.com/RosamundUrwin/status/1246550501967216641" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; This is also a much better idea: https://twitter.com/sandford_police/status/12...
- Fri 03 Apr, 2020 3:43 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 3rd April 2020
- Replies: 74
- Views: 17039
Re: Friday 3rd April 2020
Indeed, but he does present some very unique insights at times. Judging by the Daily Record's hit piece on him shortly after, he has ruffled a fair few feathers with this piece.
- Fri 03 Apr, 2020 3:08 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 3rd April 2020
- Replies: 74
- Views: 17039
Re: Friday 3rd April 2020
Has anyone been following the Alex Salmond trial?
I was staggered to read this by Craig Murray https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives ... jaccuse-2/
I was staggered to read this by Craig Murray https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives ... jaccuse-2/
- Tue 31 Mar, 2020 11:27 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 31st March 2020
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6106
- Fri 27 Mar, 2020 3:40 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 27th March 2020
- Replies: 98
- Views: 22111
Re: Friday 27th March 2020
Just got back from a trip to the outside world myself. It was nice to feel the sun on my face again. A five mile round trip walk to the chemist to pick up a prescription. I had to wait an hour in a 2m separated queue to get in, but that is such a minor inconvenience these days it hardly registered. ...
- Fri 27 Mar, 2020 3:36 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 27th March 2020
- Replies: 98
- Views: 22111
Re: Friday 27th March 2020
NHS Workers: You are really important to us, but we can't afford to protect you. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/advice-on-protective-gear-for-nhs-staff-was-rejected-owing-to-cost Yes, the argument is a bit more nuanced than this, but maybe now the argument to protect them is a little ...
- Fri 27 Mar, 2020 11:35 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 27th March 2020
- Replies: 98
- Views: 22111
Re: Friday 27th March 2020
You've got to hope he pulls through otherwise it's PM Raab.
- Fri 27 Mar, 2020 10:20 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 27th March 2020
- Replies: 98
- Views: 22111
Re: Friday 27th March 2020
Hmm... @Simon_Nixon 2h2 hours ago More So it seems Johnson launched his appeal for British-built ventilators three days before an EU ventilator buying scheme closed and two days after Brussels publicly said Britain was free to join. Hard to square with No. 10 claims of “communication problems” http...
- Thu 26 Mar, 2020 8:40 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 26th March 2020
- Replies: 36
- Views: 10392
Re: Thursday 26th March 2020
The NHS workers that is, not my street.
- Thu 26 Mar, 2020 8:37 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 26th March 2020
- Replies: 36
- Views: 10392
Re: Thursday 26th March 2020
Yep - it was very well done in my street. Now give them a pay rise.
- Thu 26 Mar, 2020 1:04 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 26th March 2020
- Replies: 36
- Views: 10392
Re: Thursday 26th March 2020
Morfternoon all. I'm not sure which of these hits hardest, but apparently Trump has issued cease-and-desist letters over them: https://mobile.twitter.com/prioritiesUSA/status/1242193904553865216 https://twitter.com/Politidope/status/1241077097080197121 Full article https://theweek.com/speedreads/904...
- Wed 25 Mar, 2020 3:24 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 25th March 2020
- Replies: 72
- Views: 17098
Re: Wednesday 25th March 2020
Absolutely true. Though it shouldn't be forgotten that Spanish Flu got its name because that country's monarch nearly died from it. It's my understanding that the Spanish Flu got it's name because the other nations were suppressing news of its effects due to the war, whereas Spain was a neutral cou...
- Wed 25 Mar, 2020 3:19 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 25th March 2020
- Replies: 72
- Views: 17098
Re: Wednesday 25th March 2020
Ah, the next one is Peter Davison, isn't it?
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- Wed 25 Mar, 2020 2:11 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 25th March 2020
- Replies: 72
- Views: 17098
Re: Wednesday 25th March 2020
As someone on that thread commented, he's mid-regeneration in that pic
- Wed 25 Mar, 2020 12:43 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 25th March 2020
- Replies: 72
- Views: 17098
Re: Wednesday 25th March 2020
DWP: You are in the queue to register an account. There are 111,321 users ahead of you https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1242567304459816976 That moment when the rest of the country discovers what it’s been like for years for chronically sick and disabled people dependent on DWP for their sur...
- Wed 25 Mar, 2020 12:32 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 24th March 2020
- Replies: 46
- Views: 11450
Re: Tuesday 24th March 2020
Ashley Young with excellent advice from his experiences in Italy:
https://twitter.com/youngy18/status/1242531398826811393
Says it much more clearly than I can. Well played lad.
https://twitter.com/youngy18/status/1242531398826811393
Says it much more clearly than I can. Well played lad.
- Tue 24 Mar, 2020 9:39 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 24th March 2020
- Replies: 46
- Views: 11450
Re: Tuesday 24th March 2020
Going back to "herd immunity" strategy discussion, there was an interesting "ask me anything" on Reddit yesterday with a critical care doctor working in a UK high consequence infectious diseases centre: https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/fnl0n6/im_a_critical_care_docto...
- Mon 23 Mar, 2020 11:41 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 23 March 2020
- Replies: 68
- Views: 23525
Re: Monday 23 March 2020
I found this to be equally interesting and disturbing: https://twitter.com/atatimelikethis/status/1241091002871545863 Many know UKGov for 2 months had a "Herd Immunity" [HI] plan for #Covid_19. now changed. This plan was bad science, and NOT due to modelling. The result, even with the chan...
- Thu 19 Mar, 2020 9:48 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 19th March 2020
- Replies: 49
- Views: 10812
Re: Thursday 19th March 2020
CitizenJA, thanks you for your kind words yesterday.
I'm fine and self-isolating (day 6). I hope all is OK with you and yours.
I'm fine and self-isolating (day 6). I hope all is OK with you and yours.
- Wed 18 Mar, 2020 3:28 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 18th March 2020
- Replies: 86
- Views: 17512
Re: Wednesday 18th March 2020
If you have a choice, that is.
- Wed 18 Mar, 2020 3:25 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 18th March 2020
- Replies: 86
- Views: 17512
Re: Wednesday 18th March 2020
It's time to choose where you want to be quarantined, and who with.
- Wed 18 Mar, 2020 3:23 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 18th March 2020
- Replies: 86
- Views: 17512
Re: Wednesday 18th March 2020
https://twitter.com/TheBMA/status/1240252591445086209
Government is [not] ‘prioritising testing for #COVID19 for NHS staff’
- Fri 13 Mar, 2020 1:35 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 12th March 2020
- Replies: 101
- Views: 42954
Re: Thursday 12th March 2020
So, anyway, just found this, as if I needed any further evidence:
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2020/0 ... nwell.html
Stay away from everyone if practical, and please stay safe my friends.
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2020/0 ... nwell.html
Stay away from everyone if practical, and please stay safe my friends.
- Fri 13 Mar, 2020 1:26 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 12th March 2020
- Replies: 101
- Views: 42954
Re: Thursday 12th March 2020
I work in local government. There is a long list of public sector workers who need assurance and protection.
Nothing said so far.
Nothing said so far.
- Fri 13 Mar, 2020 1:23 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 12th March 2020
- Replies: 101
- Views: 42954
Re: Thursday 12th March 2020
Unfortunately this is now becoming totally obvious (although, as you know, it was already, if anyone cared to look) e.g. How many people have grabbed that same hand rail on the bus. No gloves? Oh great. I've self-quarantined and won't be going out for a while. Unfortunately there are plenty of peopl...
- Fri 13 Mar, 2020 1:14 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 12th March 2020
- Replies: 101
- Views: 42954
Re: Thursday 12th March 2020
Thanks Sky. Too many idiots around handing out useless advice. Right now, stay in your homes, if you have to go out, have a set of outside clothes, and inside clothes. Wash hands whilst changing over between. Keep separate. If you can't disinfect items brought into your homes, leave them for at leas...
- Fri 06 Mar, 2020 1:26 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 6th March 2020
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8925
Re: Friday 6th March 2020
"Supermarket exec tells me Matt Hancock has “totally made up what he said about working with supermarkets. We haven’t heard anything from govt directly.” Adds - teams are having to work “round the clock” to keep shelves stocked. Tinned goods,pasta sales “through the roof”" https://twitter....
- Wed 04 Mar, 2020 12:39 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th March 2020
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9754
Re: Wednesday 4th March 2020
Texas: tainted victory due to voter suppression:
https://www.salon.com/2020/03/03/voter- ... ino-areas/
https://www.salon.com/2020/03/03/voter- ... ino-areas/
- Thu 12 Dec, 2019 10:52 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 12th December 2019
- Replies: 160
- Views: 26746
Re: Thursday 12th December 2019
Thanks to everyone who went out campaigning. Your beliefs in the we rather than the me are no less valid due to this result
- Wed 11 Dec, 2019 8:34 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 11th December 2019
- Replies: 73
- Views: 14976
Re: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Oh and this just cropped up:
https://twitter.com/SocialistBloke/stat ... 9013898241
BBC Reporter. “If Boris wins the majority HE *SO* DESERVES”
Nothing to see here, move along.
https://twitter.com/SocialistBloke/stat ... 9013898241
BBC Reporter. “If Boris wins the majority HE *SO* DESERVES”
Nothing to see here, move along.