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by citizenJA
Sat 03 Apr, 2021 3:34 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021
Replies: 75
Views: 18537

Re: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021

RogerOThornhill wrote:---
And I have 'er indoors back indoors and reasonably OK.
(cJA edit)

:rock:
by citizenJA
Sat 03 Apr, 2021 3:32 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021
Replies: 75
Views: 18537

Re: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021

It's almost a full year since we've lost HindleA. He and LadyCentauria apparently shared the same birthday. Of course, they now have something else in common too. I'm terrible with dates I hadn't realised Friday (yesterday) was a holiday and that lack of attention of mine caused problems in the cit...
by citizenJA
Sat 03 Apr, 2021 3:25 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021
Replies: 75
Views: 18537

Re: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021

tinyclanger2 wrote:which vaccine?
COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca
solution for injection
COVID-19 Vaccine (ChAdOx1-S [recombinant])
by citizenJA
Sat 03 Apr, 2021 3:18 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021
Replies: 75
Views: 18537

Re: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021

When was the last time anyone had a tetanus booster shot? I think we're supposed to have those every ten years.
by citizenJA
Sat 03 Apr, 2021 3:17 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021
Replies: 75
Views: 18537

Re: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021

tinyclanger2 wrote:which vaccine?
Did I make a mistake?
I meant the COVID-19 vaccination.
by citizenJA
Sat 03 Apr, 2021 3:12 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021
Replies: 75
Views: 18537

Re: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021

It's almost a full year since we've lost HindleA.
by citizenJA
Sat 03 Apr, 2021 2:56 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021
Replies: 75
Views: 18537

Re: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021

Get the coronavirus vaccination as soon as you can.
I've had some achy and feverish side effects from the vaccine as well as a sore arm but I'm much better now.
by citizenJA
Sat 03 Apr, 2021 2:52 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021
Replies: 75
Views: 18537

Re: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021

The word liberty comes before the word justice in the US pledge of allegiance and I object to that because without equity no one can be free.
by citizenJA
Sat 03 Apr, 2021 2:42 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021
Replies: 75
Views: 18537

Re: Easter Weekend 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th April 2021

tinyclanger2 wrote:I'm in.
Same here
"I pledge allegiance to the children and to the land on which they stand. Ground and sky are never separated but always one with fair play and holidays for all."

- citizenJA
revision of the US pledge of allegiance
by citizenJA
Sun 28 Mar, 2021 12:46 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th March 2021
Replies: 59
Views: 11339

Re: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th March 2021

Interesting discussions under this tweet from Wren-Lewis. simon wren-lewis @sjwrenlewis This is the tightrope that Labour has to tread. Defend protesters against the police and he loses votes he cannot afford to lose. https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2021/03/as-things-stand-chances-of-defeating.htm...
by citizenJA
Sun 28 Mar, 2021 12:26 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th March 2021
Replies: 59
Views: 11339

Re: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th March 2021

Good afternoon, everyone.
by citizenJA
Sun 28 Mar, 2021 12:19 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th March 2021
Replies: 59
Views: 11339

Re: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th March 2021

AnatolyKasparov wrote:Had my first vaccine around 10AM, no ill effects so far :)
Me too
:rock:
by citizenJA
Thu 25 Mar, 2021 2:01 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 25th March 2021
Replies: 30
Views: 6602

Re: Thursday 25th March 2021

Good morning. Why can Adonis, of all people, see this but SKS can't? Andrew Adonis @Andrew_Adonis The answer to local misrule isn’t national misrule. The notion that Jenrick is the answer to Liverpool’s problems is like taking arsenic for a broken leg Labour is wrong to back Robert Jenrick’s Liverp...
by citizenJA
Thu 25 Mar, 2021 1:55 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 25th March 2021
Replies: 30
Views: 6602

Re: Thursday 25th March 2021

AnatolyKasparov wrote:If they were "already on it" they had a funny way of showing this, that's all I can say in response :mrgreen:
The shameless liar is counting on short attention spans.
We're constantly bombarded with stories every day; it's difficult staying unconfused.
by citizenJA
Thu 25 Mar, 2021 1:48 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 25th March 2021
Replies: 30
Views: 6602

Re: Thursday 25th March 2021

Good afternoon, everyone.
by citizenJA
Wed 24 Mar, 2021 11:30 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 24th March 2021
Replies: 14
Views: 3962

Re: Wednesday 24th March 2021

Is there anything too absurd or injurious Johnson may say or do that'll throw him out of office? Nah. In this case I think he was just cracking a joke, crass and stupid as usual for him. Has everyone read this, you might have been put off by the 'long read' but it isn't too long. The clown king: ho...
by citizenJA
Wed 24 Mar, 2021 10:05 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 24th March 2021
Replies: 14
Views: 3962

Re: Wednesday 24th March 2021

The UK's median age is what? It's over forty years, I think. Over fifteen percent of the UK population is over seventy. I don't think we're statistically likely to revolt. Johnson and the Tory party are probably acting with that knowledge. I think recent legislation protecting statues and making rai...
by citizenJA
Wed 24 Mar, 2021 9:59 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 24th March 2021
Replies: 14
Views: 3962

Re: Wednesday 24th March 2021

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-politics-56504546?__twitter_impression=true 'Greed' and 'capitalism' helped UK's vaccines success, says PM The weirdest thing about this is how back to front it actually is. It was old-fashioned academic research in the pursuit of knowledge, and a lucky break, that g...
by citizenJA
Wed 24 Mar, 2021 9:51 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 24th March 2021
Replies: 14
Views: 3962

Re: Wednesday 24th March 2021

Glorious day here
I feel as though I should be happier than I am
by citizenJA
Wed 24 Mar, 2021 9:39 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 24th March 2021
Replies: 14
Views: 3962

Re: Wednesday 24th March 2021

Good morning, everyone.
by citizenJA
Tue 23 Mar, 2021 7:53 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Replies: 17
Views: 4522

Re: Tuesday 23rd March 2021

Goodnight, everyone.
love,
cJA
by citizenJA
Tue 23 Mar, 2021 6:46 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Replies: 17
Views: 4522

Re: Tuesday 23rd March 2021

I've cut some apples and cheese slices
Please help yourselves
by citizenJA
Tue 23 Mar, 2021 6:43 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Replies: 17
Views: 4522

Re: Tuesday 23rd March 2021

Johnson says UK will be dealing with fallout from Covid for rest of his life https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2021/mar/23/sturgeon-set-for-criticism-from-holyrood-committee-after-being-cleared-by-independent-adviser-of-breaking-ministerial-code-politics-live?page=with:block-605a2ad68f08ca3...
by citizenJA
Tue 23 Mar, 2021 1:26 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Replies: 17
Views: 4522

Re: Tuesday 23rd March 2021

Mr citizen had his first vaccination a few weeks ago and will have his second within a couple weeks.
I've booked the earliest possible dates for mine today. I'm grateful.
I've not heard from my US family recently and can't report how the US healthcare system is coping.
by citizenJA
Tue 23 Mar, 2021 1:20 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Replies: 17
Views: 4522

Re: Tuesday 23rd March 2021

Thank you, AK.
It's a difficult time.
by citizenJA
Tue 23 Mar, 2021 12:38 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Replies: 17
Views: 4522

Re: Tuesday 23rd March 2021

Good afternoon, everyone.
by citizenJA
Fri 19 Mar, 2021 2:39 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 19th March 2021
Replies: 15
Views: 3308

Re: Friday 19th March 2021

Good afternoon, everyone.
by citizenJA
Tue 16 Mar, 2021 10:58 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 16th March 2021
Replies: 28
Views: 6722

Re: Tuesday 16th March 2021

Goodnight, everyone.
love,
cJA
by citizenJA
Tue 16 Mar, 2021 10:56 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 16th March 2021
Replies: 28
Views: 6722

Re: Tuesday 16th March 2021

She may be genuinely sorry. She may devote the rest of her life to fixing her mistakes and making life better for everyone. There's always that possibility but the odds of it happening are as vanishingly small as the chances of me giving up alcohol and taking up embroidery instead. I really wish I ...
by citizenJA
Tue 16 Mar, 2021 5:39 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 16th March 2021
Replies: 28
Views: 6722

Re: Tuesday 16th March 2021

Food Morning. https://twitter.com/BoozeAndFagz/status/1371748021692682240" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I was going to say it's not a good day to be Julie Burchill. But then it occured to me that there are no days when it would be a good day to be Julie Burchill. She may ...
by citizenJA
Tue 16 Mar, 2021 5:36 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 16th March 2021
Replies: 28
Views: 6722

Re: Tuesday 16th March 2021

Surge testing is being deployed in the West Midlands after cases of the South African Covid-19 variant were found, PA Media reports. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2021/mar/16/uk-covid-live-new-novel-pandemic-realistic-possibility-boris-johnson-defence-review-latest-upates?page=with:bloc...
by citizenJA
Tue 16 Mar, 2021 5:04 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 16th March 2021
Replies: 28
Views: 6722

Re: Tuesday 16th March 2021

Deaths with COVID-19 on the death certificate
Weekly number of deaths...registered during the week ending Friday, 5 March 2021
2,279
Total
146,487
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by citizenJA
Tue 16 Mar, 2021 5:01 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 16th March 2021
Replies: 28
Views: 6722

Re: Tuesday 16th March 2021

110 more CV9 deaths today in the UK
by citizenJA
Tue 16 Mar, 2021 4:44 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 16th March 2021
Replies: 28
Views: 6722

Re: Tuesday 16th March 2021

Good afternoon, everyone.
by citizenJA
Mon 15 Mar, 2021 10:59 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 15th March 2021
Replies: 20
Views: 5007

Re: Monday 15th March 2021

Goodnight, everyone.
love,
cJA
by citizenJA
Mon 15 Mar, 2021 10:57 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 15th March 2021
Replies: 20
Views: 5007

Re: Monday 15th March 2021

Nick Pettigrew @Nick_Pettigrew If Theresa May thinks your policing bill is needlessly draconian and authoritarian, it's possible you may have gone a bit too far. But she will, of course, vote for it. Yes. She despises Johnson personally but she'll never do anything jeopardising Tory governments. Wi...
by citizenJA
Mon 15 Mar, 2021 3:22 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 15th March 2021
Replies: 20
Views: 5007

Re: Monday 15th March 2021

The Norman invasion of 1066
I've not gotten over it
by citizenJA
Mon 15 Mar, 2021 12:23 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 15th March 2021
Replies: 20
Views: 5007

Re: Monday 15th March 2021

When Boris Johnson had his first telephone call with President Biden, journalists were told that they bonded over their shared love of trains. This came as something of a surprise to those of us who have followed his career as a journalist or a politicians because, over 30 years, if he does have a ...
by citizenJA
Mon 15 Mar, 2021 12:09 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 15th March 2021
Replies: 20
Views: 5007

Re: Monday 15th March 2021

Bad decisions made by government result in poorer living conditions in our community. Daily news scares the hell out of me. I often read books instead.
by citizenJA
Mon 15 Mar, 2021 12:04 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 15th March 2021
Replies: 20
Views: 5007

Re: Monday 15th March 2021

Committee says government’s lack of sufficient explanation has placed needless strain on public confidence https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/15/mp-report-scathing-on-uk-goverment-handling-and-sharing-of-covid-data" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Ministers must lear...
by citizenJA
Mon 15 Mar, 2021 10:31 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 15th March 2021
Replies: 20
Views: 5007

Re: Monday 15th March 2021

Good morning. Interesting long thread on the 'bus revolution'. https://twitter.com/thomasforth/status/1371372070945366018" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; tl:dr Trying to do it all at once, from the centre, for every part of England, with just £3bn? It all seems too much to ...
by citizenJA
Mon 15 Mar, 2021 10:07 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 15th March 2021
Replies: 20
Views: 5007

Re: Monday 15th March 2021

Good morning, everyone.
by citizenJA
Wed 10 Mar, 2021 9:26 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 10th March 2021
Replies: 35
Views: 7458

Re: Wednesday 10th March 2021

Goodnight, everyone.
love,
cJA
by citizenJA
Wed 10 Mar, 2021 5:21 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 10th March 2021
Replies: 35
Views: 7458

Re: Wednesday 10th March 2021

I'm angry about the lies and disreputable conduct of government
people aren't getting enough accurate information
the propaganda government uses works
by citizenJA
Wed 10 Mar, 2021 4:55 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 10th March 2021
Replies: 35
Views: 7458

Re: Wednesday 10th March 2021

@AK
Ottessa Moshfegh is a contemporary novelist I admire
by citizenJA
Wed 10 Mar, 2021 4:48 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 10th March 2021
Replies: 35
Views: 7458

Re: Wednesday 10th March 2021

AnatolyKasparov wrote:And using "he wins elections" as an "argument" against it.......
it's pathetic isn't it
by citizenJA
Wed 10 Mar, 2021 4:44 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 10th March 2021
Replies: 35
Views: 7458

Re: Wednesday 10th March 2021

Good afternoon, everyone.
by citizenJA
Mon 08 Mar, 2021 8:58 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 8th March 2021
Replies: 19
Views: 4476

Re: Monday 8th March 2021

Goodnight, everyone.
love,
cJA
by citizenJA
Mon 08 Mar, 2021 8:56 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 8th March 2021
Replies: 19
Views: 4476

Re: Monday 8th March 2021

Confess, Sky. You're the writer known as Ottessa Moshfegh, aren't you.
by citizenJA
Mon 08 Mar, 2021 8:55 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 8th March 2021
Replies: 19
Views: 4476

Re: Monday 8th March 2021

I'm having some minor computer problems; what's broken will get fixed.