Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (8 Viewers)

[David O'Day]

16 back benchers gone public now.

None of them the 2019 northern intake though.



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[Ring Of Steel]

Plus his defence of Cummings that basically said to people you don't love your children enough was madness.

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The thing is though everything you read & hear about Johnson leads you to the conclusion that he doesn't think rules apply to him, I wouldn't be surprised at all if he genuinely didn't see the issue, and if he was actually annoyed that people assume he cares about doing the right thing.

"Boris sometimes seems affronted when criticised for what amounts to a gross failure of responsibility, and surprised at the same time that he was not appointed Captain of the School. I think he honestly believes that it is churlish of us not to regard him as an exception, one who should be free of the network of obligation which binds everyone else"

Boris Johnson showed 'disgracefully cavalier' attitude to studies, school letter reveals

 

[Deleted member 4439]

Cummings getting heckled in the street.
My timeline is full of the usual 'left wing frothers' but loads of Tories still going apeshit.
This isn't going away.

The Tory faithful will know more than anyone, whether from personal experience or through their channels, that Dominic Cummings is nasty, loathsome piece of work, with an ego far above his actual capability and merit.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Gavin Williamson is the one giving car crash interviews today.

I like the people don't lie to prime ministers from the man sacked because the last pm thought he lied to her.

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More than that wasn’t it! Short of beyond reasonable doubt but way beyond balance of probabilities the one that leaked the report

 

[David O'Day]

More than that wasn’t it! Short of beyond reasonable doubt but way beyond balance of probabilities the one that leaked the report

I was being kind

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[Sky Blue Pete]

This is heartbreaking and there will be hundreds, maybe thousands of stories like this.

Johnson can not address the nation and tell us to do our part any more. He has completely fucked what little credibility he had left out of the window with this.

You can feel the pain. My friend was not able to see his mum as she died

 

[skybluetony176]

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Yeah but no one could have seen this coming.

 

[PVA]

Boris laddddd!

 

[skybluetony176]

There was always going to be a sack Cummings petition. Here it is.
Sign the Petition
Write to your MP and/or Councillor also If they’re Tory.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

For all the bluster about the red wall turning blue a lot of thosevsears onlybhave the thinnest of paper thin majorities.

There's a lot of Northern tory MPs trying to get the pm to sack Cummings if only to save themselves

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They got those seats on massive packs of lies and Brexit. Now they have to fall by those as well

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

The Tory faithful will know more than anyone, whether from personal experience or through their channels, that Dominic Cummings is nasty, loathsome piece of work, with an ego far above his actual capability and merit.

On a mahoosive salary for not doing anything and also living in London, he couldn’t find anyone there to deliver essentials in case he were incapacitated?

 

[PVA]

On a mahoosive salary for not doing anything and also living in London, he couldn’t find anyone there to deliver essentials in case he were incapacitated?

He and his wife work long hours. Who usually looks after the kids? As if the Prime Minister's top adviser had no access to support or child care. So fucking transparent.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

He and his wife work long hours. Who usually looks after the kids? As if the Prime Minister's top adviser had no access to support or child care. So fucking transparent.

Go on home, Dominic Cummings, go on home
Ain’t you got no second home of your own?

 

[Ring Of Steel]

Boris laddddd!

fuck me thats horrible and tragic

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

IATA - International Travel Document News

Here is a map of the whole planet and where travel is restricted during the coronavirus outbreak.

I was using it to try and plan a holiday for June, but it seems like one of the only countries on the entire planet that you can still go to without any checks is the fucking UK!

I advise everyone to have a look at this map. Even some 3rd world countries in Africa have a better policy than us.

 

[chiefdave]

Boris laddddd!

Another example here from someone whose child was in GOSH, while they were staying with him in hospital they required childcare for their other child. "We spoke at length to our medical teams, and infection control to establish what was and was not acceptable and whether our situation was considered exceptional enough.". Yet know we're supposed to believe Cummings was acting within the rules?

They're taking people for idiots. Its worked in the past but this time there's too many people who have been directly affected or know someone who has been.

“Dear Jeremy

I hope this email finds you safe and well.

You may remember we met last year and discussed my concerns over the impact of a No Deal Brexit on my son’s Car T Cell therapy for his leukaemia. Fred did go ahead to receive this but sadly died during treatment on 3rd May.

Fred was an in patient in hospital from February at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital, at a time when Covid-19 was becoming an issue and when full lockdown went into effect. This added complications and trauma to an already very difficult situation.

During this time Fred did actually contract Coronavirus and, although displaying no symptoms, we were moved to an isolation room with him in hospital. This meant that Fred, my husband and myself spent 10 days in an en suite hospital room without being able to leave, even into the corridor.

From late March,, even when not in isolation, Fred was allowed to receive no visitors other than the two of us. When we moved to GOSH, and were told his condition was life threatening, we had to make the difficult decision of finding childcare for our 11 year old, who was not allowed in the hospital. We agonised over this, knowing that breaking the lockdown was potentially putting other family members at risk. We spoke at length to our medical teams, and infection control to establish what was and was not acceptable and whether our situation was considered exceptional enough. This now seems laughable.

After Fred’s death, we had to return to our family to collect Arthur. Only 10 people were allowed at Fred’s funeral, which was a short graveside service on 14th May. We were pleased that, by that time, lockdown had eased so that his school friends felt able to at least stand outside along the route from our house to the church to pay their respects, some cycled alongside the hearse.

However the isolation we have felt, being unable to see our friends at this time, particularly for Arthur, has been immeasurable.

Therefore you can understand my dismay at the revelations about Dominic Cummings over the weekend, and the extraordinary lengths the Government has gone to to defend his actions.

The guidance was crystal clear. If you or a member of your family have symptoms of coronavirus you must not leave the house for any reason.

The defence that he was anxious for the welfare of his child does not cut it with me. His wife was only mildly ill, he was showing no symptoms, these were not extraordinary circumstances. Quite frankly it is offensive to every family who has had to make incredibly difficult decisions and made extraordinary sacrifices in this lockdown, that this counts as a special case. I can list countless other options the Cummings family had.

How many parents have had coronavirus whilst living with a child in the house? Is the Government now saying that all of them would have been free to have travelled around the country finding a more convenient place to stay whilst they were at their most contagious?

Although I have disagreed with you on many of your voting decisions, I have always had respect for your integrity and experience. I trust, as a former Attorney General, that you have respect for both the letter and the spirit of the laws that we have all been abiding by for the public good.

I would like you to pass on my experience to the Prime Minister, and every cabinet minister who has publicly defended Dominic Cumming's actions. I would also like your assurance that the safety of the public, and the importance of controlling the virus is more important that one man’s job.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to your reply.

Yours sincerely.

Louise Bennett

 

[djr8369]

IATA - International Travel Document News

Here is a map of the whole planet and where travel is restricted during the coronavirus outbreak.

I was using it to try and plan a holiday for June, but it seems like one of the only countries on the entire planet that you can still go to without any checks is the fucking UK!

I advise everyone to have a look at this map. Even some 3rd world countries in Africa have a better policy than us.

If you did go away you’d have to isolate for two weeks when getting home? Is this practical for you, perhaps you can work from home or something?


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[clint van damme]

IATA - International Travel Document News

Here is a map of the whole planet and where travel is restricted during the coronavirus outbreak.

I was using it to try and plan a holiday for June, but it seems like one of the only countries on the entire planet that you can still go to without any checks is the fucking UK!

I advise everyone to have a look at this map. Even some 3rd world countries in Africa have a better policy than us.

Have you got a Gooutdoors discount card?

 

[clint van damme]

IATA - International Travel Document News

Here is a map of the whole planet and where travel is restricted during the coronavirus outbreak.

I was using it to try and plan a holiday for June, but it seems like one of the only countries on the entire planet that you can still go to without any checks is the fucking UK!

I advise everyone to have a look at this map. Even some 3rd world countries in Africa have a better policy than us.

My travel plans are fucked. Probably going to have to delay by at least a year.
What can you do?

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Have you got a Gooutdoors discount card?

I'd planned to take the eurotunnel but now France have decided to repay us the favour and do 14 days quarantine.

I'm like a reverse refugee, trapped in my own country.

*Where were you planning to go?

 

[skybluetony176]

My travel plans are fucked. Probably going to have to delay by at least a year.
What can you do?

Use your instinct?

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

If you did go away you’d have to isolate for two weeks when getting home? Is this practical for you, perhaps you can work from home or something?


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It's fine for me and I can sit at home working for two weeks when I get back.

Problem is getting anywhere towards the end of June that'll let me in!

 

[chiefdave]

IATA - International Travel Document News

Here is a map of the whole planet and where travel is restricted during the coronavirus outbreak.

I was using it to try and plan a holiday for June, but it seems like one of the only countries on the entire planet that you can still go to without any checks is the fucking UK!

I advise everyone to have a look at this map. Even some 3rd world countries in Africa have a better policy than us.

That's shocking. So its us, Mexico and Serbia (which was closed but has reopened after reporting no new cases). There's always Syria, heard its lovely at this time of year!

 

[Sick Boy]

IATA - International Travel Document News

Here is a map of the whole planet and where travel is restricted during the coronavirus outbreak.

I was using it to try and plan a holiday for June, but it seems like one of the only countries on the entire planet that you can still go to without any checks is the fucking UK!

I advise everyone to have a look at this map. Even some 3rd world countries in Africa have a better policy than us.

Italy is open from 3rd June, up to 28/30c most days here in the north now as well.

 

[clint van damme]

I'd planned to take the eurotunnel but now France have decided to repay us the favour and do 14 days quarantine.

I'm like a reverse refugee, trapped in my own country.

*Where were you planning to go?

South East Asia and possibly on to new Zealand (Though that may be a separate trip).
After everything that's gone on if I can get a couple of short UK breaks I'll be delighted.

 

[skybluetony176]

Announcement from Cummings coming in the next few hours according to BBC 1 o’clock news
(edit) apparently he’s also taking questions so a resignation sounds unlikely.

 

[Tommo1993]

Oops Mr Rothschild, how yer apples and pears

 

[clint van damme]

Announcement from Cummings coming in the next few hours according to BBC 1 o’clock news

Taking questions. I'd imagine why are you such a c**t? Will be the one on everyone's lips

 

[djr8369]

Announcement from Cummings coming in the next few hours according to BBC 1 o’clock news
(edit) apparently he’s also taking questions so a resignation sounds unlikely.

This should be entertaining. Prediction - it will make the situation worse.


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[clint van damme]

This should be entertaining. Prediction - it will make the situation worse.


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This is now an active police investigation.
Should he be doing this?
Whatever he says he needs to make sure it's 100 percent truthful.

 

[skybluetony176]

This should be entertaining. Prediction - it will make the situation worse.


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Sounds likely.

 

[Sick Boy]

With Alexander de Pfeffel Johnson as PM, none of this should be a surprise, the interview that @stupot07 posted just about sums him up.

 

[Ring Of Steel]

They genuinely think you are all stupid

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Italy is open from 3rd June, up to 28/30c most days here in the north now as well.

Do you think I could drive from the UK and be allowed in? I would love to go to Italy again!

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

South East Asia and possibly on to new Zealand (Though that may be a separate trip).
After everything that's gone on if I can get a couple of short UK breaks I'll be delighted.

Where in Asia were you planning?

That's such a shame, but make sure you reschedule if you cannot go. The place is incredible.