Sick Boy
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He is like a realife Alan Partridge.
Just saw the most popular story on the Argus...
POLICE were threatened with a makeshift flamethrower by a knife-wielding man during a four-hour lockdown siege - good old Brighton!
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Just saw the most popular story on the Argus...
POLICE were threatened with a makeshift flamethrower by a knife-wielding man during a four-hour lockdown siege - good old Brighton!
Grendel
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tisza
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just ridiculous. Must have been large numbers in March coming back from the likes of Spain, France and Italy. Even with traffic down 99% mother;s friend wasn't checked here.
Here everybody managing to get in in the last 6 or so weeks has compulsory 14 day self-quarantine. Big red sticker on the front door and police are by to check regularly. Huge fines if you're not there and 2 or 3 times then you're off to jail. And we have a lot more border points etc than the UK.
Grendel
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Lol burn him!
Brighton Sky Blue
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RealClearPolitics is the one I use. Biden’s sexual assault allegations not going away but think he’ll get away with it
Sky Blue Pete
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No border force staff though
shmmeee
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I can never get used to red and blue meaning the opposite in the states.
Looking at that a lot of the big Trump lead states were last polled before lockdown. Will be interesting to see how they change if at all.
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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I think this is the single reason why we are having so many issues.
Why on earth are we in lockdown when we have flights coming in from around the world without anyone being checked? It's an absolute joke.
I've been on flight radar 24 a lot and there are flights coming in from the USA, Italy and China every day.
Sky Blue Pete
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Yep they’ll go Trump because he’s so clever and taken every decision and got those correct every time
shmmeee
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fernandopartridge
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Fucking hell. The media are agents for this bunch of crooks.
jimmyhillsfanclub
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Ok heres a left-field far-out crazy prediction for you all.... Trump will use a 2nd wave lockdown to postpone elections if the polling is not in his favour....
Brighton Sky Blue
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Manufactured consent 101
clint van damme
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I hope the question was asked in an appropriate tone?
clint van damme
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a video popped up on my Twitter of a monkey riding a motorbike trying to steal a child, it's 2020, nothing is far out crazy any more.
clint van damme
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no one could have gone in to journalism wanting to be as shit at their jobs as they are, what happened to change them?
Anyone who cares about democracy and accountability should be appalled no matter what their political leaning.
Questions from the public .
Still absolutely frivolous.
Terry Gibson's perm
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I would imagine he is prowling around the Houses of Parliament looking for his next victim as he must be bored with this woman now he has been with her for at least 9 months or maybe the useless fucker is looking for my missing results
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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You live in Hungary right? I'm supposed to be going to Budapest on 12th June. Do you think there is any chance?
As for your points, I totally agree. I have been observing flight radar regularly and we have flights coming in from all sorts of places every day without checking the passengers.
It makes lockdown entirely pointless.
Grendel
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Florida is a key one. If he continues to record badly there and the other bigger swing states he’s got a problem - no big rallies will hamper him and this virus will still be big headlines by then I’d have thought. Second lockdown and delayed election being strategised probably
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Deleted member 5849
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I fear we're heading for lifting. Personally I tend to go for the act in haste... approach, and I'd be a lot happier with another three weeks, as it'd allow us to see how other places were coping - bear in mind there's a lag in getting the data.
Not only that, but some places are easing off from a stricter base. Pipkin's being allowed out on a walk, but we've never been stopped from doing that.
A clear strategy would, IMHO, articulate that we're giving it three weeks as-is, and here are the plans afterwards... *as long as the data follows the path as predicted*. If it doesn't, lockdown will be extended. Persuade people it's in their interests to follow the rules for just a bit longer, as it's better for them in the long run.
David O'Day
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His leads in battleground states are large and holding
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Brighton Sky Blue
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We did something half baked and people are getting bored so the government is caving
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But surveys still suggest the majority are wary about relaxing lockdown too soon.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Incredible if a dementia patient who hides away gets in but they’re both awful candidates
Brighton Sky Blue
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I’m talking about the minority causing disruption
David O'Day
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If the furlough scheme is to be wound down in july they'd best get reopening the economy including the hospitality sectot
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fernandopartridge
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I saw a headline somewhere briefly that suggested that the seeding of the virus here was people returning from Italy and Spain in February.
I have to say, I'm on the Manchester Airport flight path and I've only seen one or two flights in the last few weeks.
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That's the government's responsibility to enforce - they don't do it very well atm.
As a linked aside, cars parked for Coombe Abbey just after the end of the cones - blocking the footpath so people certainly wouldn't be able to pass each other, and in the road enough that the van in front of me had to stop to wait for cars coming in the opposite direction.
Now I hope somebody drives into them all while they're parked there!
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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That wouldn't surprise me totally but in reality pandora's box was open when we left our borders open too long. I suppose that includes people returning from Italy etc, but it will also largely be citizens from those countries too.
Have a look on flight radar 24. There are still flights from China coming into Heathrow daily.
Most UK airports have almost no flights but there are still quite a few coming into LHR.
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Deleted member 5849
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Out of interest, how many of those are passenger flights, as opposed to flights importing goods?
(Genuine question, no motive to ask!)
Ian1779
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I hope - another 3 weeks of lockdown.
There might then be some kind of gradual return.. not sure which sector you begin in though.
There is talk about schools starting to re-open which is ludicrous IMO. Impossible to socially distance in them and would probably be front and centre in causing another wave and possible further lockdowns. Trouble is you have clowns like Toby Young ‘sharing’ his expertise with the government.... for the sake of our kids and our health this might be the one time teaching unions get a bit more credit when they try and block this.
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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Pretty much every single one coming into Heathrow is passenger believe it or not.
Compared to normal there are hardly any but still enough to be concerned if no one is being checked.
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I do find it very odd indeed if there's no screening process. Would be ludicrous if the place with most relaxed restrictions is the place with people you know least about!