Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (12 Viewers)

[Ian1779]

They genuinely think you are all stupid

And people say that social media isn’t being used to covertly influence.... bots and algorithms all
over the fucking place.

 

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[djr8369]

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.

Presumably it won’t be, which will later be proven, so there will then be allegations of perverting the course of justice.


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[Ring Of Steel]

It gets better- the govt are now taking down their own guidance- presumably so they can deny they were the rules- which I guess now renders lockdown totally over, finished.

 

[Sick Boy]

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

Yes I don’t see why not, the borders are opening internationally and travel between regions for residents on the 3rd.

 

[The coventrian]

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

Why delay by a year? This crap wont go on forever.

 

[Ring Of Steel]

Here's your PM by a man who knows him well

I was Boris Johnson’s boss: he is utterly unfit to be prime minister | Max Hastings

 

[clint van damme]

Where in Asia were you planning?

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

China, Vietenam, Cambodia, Thailand were definites though before this kicked off it was looking more likely we would probably going off in a couple of 6/7 week blocks rather than all in one go, I'd say that will almost certainly be the case now.

 

[The coventrian]

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?

We're booked on Eurostar on fri 24th of July to go to paris. Meeting friends there for a few drinks and staying the night. The following morning we're getting the train from gare de Lyon to Barcelona. As far as I'm aware it's still on. I'll be pissed off if its cancelled. We should be on a med cruise this week.

 

[stupot07]

Cummings doing a press conference. No other aide is indispensable. Shows who the real prime minister is in all bar name.

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[Sick Boy]

We're booked on Eurostar on fri 24th of July to go to paris. Meeting friends there for a few drinks and staying the night. The following morning we're getting the train from gare de Lyon to Barcelona. As far as I'm aware it's still on. I'll be pissed off if its cancelled. We should be on a med cruise this week.

Id be very surprised if you couldn’t do that by then.

 

[clint van damme]

Why delay by a year? This crap wont go on forever.

Think crossing borders is going to be a ball ache for a while yet so we'll probably wait until everything dies down a bit.

 

[clint van damme]

We're booked on Eurostar on fri 24th of July to go to paris. Meeting friends there for a few drinks and staying the night. The following morning we're getting the train from gare de Lyon to Barcelona. As far as I'm aware it's still on. I'll be pissed off if its cancelled. We should be on a med cruise this week.

The way things are at the minute your biggest issue will be coming back.
Hopefully we see this thing really starting to bottom out by then.

 

[clint van damme]

I didn't realise special advisors had a code of conduct.
It seems this press conference is highly irregular and potentially breaches a few guidelines

 

[chiefdave]

I didn't realise special advisors had a code of conduct.
It seems this press conference is highly irregular and potentially breaches a few guidelines

Fortunately for this government things like that don't seem to be an issue.

 

[skybluetony176]

Looking at the stuff going around on Twitter it sounds like the press conference could well be Cummings playing the victim using his sons medical condition (autism apparently) as an excuse. Seriously hope this isn’t true. Bigger scum bag than I ever took him for if he uses a medical condition his son has to attempt to blag his way out of this.

 

[clint van damme]

Looking at the stuff going around on Twitter it sounds like the press conference could well be Cummings playing the victim using his sons medical condition (autism apparently) as an excuse. Seriously hope this isn’t true. Bigger scum bag than I ever took him for if he uses a medical condition his son has to attempt to blag his way out of this.

I'm no expert on autism but if his son's autistic, and given that he and his wife both work long and unsociable hours, doesn't that indicate they have a trusted and flexible child care network around them in London?

 

[MusicDating]

Got sent this earlier -

'The government wanted lock down to end. The unions and sections of the public, parliament and the media were fighting it.

Last night in one fell swoop that stopped. People are screaming they will do as they please now.

There is no Focus on it’s all too dangerous.

For a government who was struggling to end lock down, in one fell swoop they have achieved it, last night Boris spoke about secondaries opening moving to phase 2. Non essential retail opening. Not one journalist gave a shit. They all asked if the rules were changing and could we all now do as we please. Not one asked a question about it. Not one.'

Oh and interesting GSK location - UK locations | GSK UK

 

[skybluetony176]

I'm no expert on autism but if his son's autistic, and given that he and his wife both work long and unsociable hours, doesn't that indicate they have a trusted and flexible child care network around them in London?

Even so it’s not like there’s no one with an autistic child coping with Covid 19 while observing lockdown rules. One of my wife’s best friends is a single mother, bipolar and has a child with autism. She had a manic episode last week and has now hit the depression. She’s done some crazy shit in the past while in the manic phase yet somehow she’s still managed to keep to the lockdown and look after an autistic child. It’s no excuse and if he really is going to go down this route I expect it’s just going to exacerbate things with parents with autistic children observing the lockdown with Covid leading the charge. I seriously hope he isn’t going this route.

 

[chiefdave]

Looking at the stuff going around on Twitter it sounds like the press conference could well be Cummings playing the victim using his sons medical condition (autism apparently) as an excuse. Seriously hope this isn’t true. Bigger scum bag than I ever took him for if he uses a medical condition his son has to attempt to blag his way out of this.

Surely trying to push it onto a childs illness is a step too far even for Cummings and the Conservatives.

If his son has autism then surely he would be better off in familiar surroundings, ie: the family members local to Cummings assisting with childcare in Cummings London residence if Cummings and Wakefield both become so ill they were unable to care for the children. Travelling hundreds of miles to unfamiliar surroundings is the opposite of what you'd do with an autistic child isn't it?

Also if this were true why no mention of it in the multiple accounts Wakefield has given?

 

[clint van damme]

Got sent this earlier -

'The government wanted lock down to end. The unions and sections of the public, parliament and the media were fighting it.

Last night in one fell swoop that stopped. People are screaming they will do as they please now.

There is no Focus on it’s all too dangerous.

For a government who was struggling to end lock down, in one fell swoop they have achieved it, last night Boris spoke about secondaries opening moving to phase 2. Non essential retail opening. Not one journalist gave a shit. They all asked if the rules were changing and could we all now do as we please. Not one asked a question about it. Not one.'

Oh and interesting GSK location - UK locations | GSK UK

FP on here has been saying this all along.

 

[clint van damme]

Even so it’s not like there’s no one with an autistic child coping with Covid 19 while observing lockdown rules. One of my wife’s best friends is a single mother, bipolar and has a child with autism. She had a manic episode last week and has now hit the depression. She’s done some crazy shit in the past while in the manic phase yet somehow she’s still managed to keep to the lockdown and look after an autistic child. It’s no excuse and if he really is going to go down this route I expect it’s just going to exacerbate things with parents with autistic children observing the lockdown with Covid leading the charge. I seriously hope he isn’t going this route.

If they're trying to make this go away this tactic won't work.
Tomorrow's media and social media will be full of stories of people who've toughed it out like the lady you've described.

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

FP on here has been saying this all along.

Just bollocks that is, the government are ending lockdown in phases with stage 2 from June 1st

 

[clint van damme]

HAHA!

 

[David O'Day]

What do the hope to achieve with Cummungs makingca statement. What excuse that they haven't tried before will justify what he did?

Stupid move

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[fernandopartridge]

Got sent this earlier -

'The government wanted lock down to end. The unions and sections of the public, parliament and the media were fighting it.

Last night in one fell swoop that stopped. People are screaming they will do as they please now.

There is no Focus on it’s all too dangerous.

For a government who was struggling to end lock down, in one fell swoop they have achieved it, last night Boris spoke about secondaries opening moving to phase 2. Non essential retail opening. Not one journalist gave a shit. They all asked if the rules were changing and could we all now do as we please. Not one asked a question about it. Not one.'

Oh and interesting GSK location - UK locations | GSK UK

I said the other day what the point of this was

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[fernandopartridge]

Just bollocks that is, the government are ending lockdown in phases with stage 2 from June 1st

The point is that the rules become meaningless window dressing

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[skybluetony176]

4pm in the Rose Garden at No.10. Rumour is he’s sacking Boris

 

[The coventrian]

Id be very surprised if you couldn’t do that by then.

God I hope you're right.

 

[The coventrian]

Think crossing borders is going to be a ball ache for a while yet so we'll probably wait until everything dies down a bit.

Fingers crossed you get it sorted. I think we all need a good holiday once this is over.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Fingers crossed you get it sorted. I think we all need a good holiday once this is over.

Problem is, how long until you can have a good holiday? Can't help but feel even when we're allowed to travel, the whole experience could be pretty joyless for a bit.

 

[skybluetony176]

Some talk online that by holding this press conference in the Rose Garden they are yet again breaking the rules. Funny if true given the circumstances.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

I hope he apologises

 

[Skybluefaz]

Press play for some good walk on music

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

He’s just a dad looking out for his boy bless him

 

[skybluetony176]

He’s late. Clearly bank holiday traffic on the M1.