Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (6 Viewers)

[skybluetony176]

I have been thinking that it shows how much is going on that Johnson said other stories were blatantly untrue (inc this one) and basically said on national TV the people making the claims were lying. Now that Cummings himself has said it occurred after days of denials why haven't he and Alexander been had up for lying? Or Cumming's wife who at best misled people in her column but more accurately lied about it.

Gove was backtracking on the going for a drive with a four year old in the back to test your eyesight making out he was going for exercise as allowed in the government rules. I mean fucking hell. They had a good few days to write the lies and the best they could come up with was the eye test bullshit. The truly scary thing is at no point did one of them come up with an alternative or say wait a minute we can’t say that it’s ridiculously fucking stupid. This is the governments top advisor for fucks sake.

 

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[David O'Day]

How can it not be a story?
1. It was admitted to be true by DC
2. It forced DC to explain himself
3. It showed he was breaking the lockdown rules categorically. We were not allowed to leave our homes at that time except for work, healthcare, exercise (not after a car journey), supply vulnerable others. His jaunt to Barney was none of these.

On another note his story has a gaping hole in it. At the start when he was told BoJo was covid + and his wife was ill he could have requested a test for himself and wife. As he seems to be vital to BoJo it would surely have been forthcoming.
If not, they are even more a shambolic government than I thought.

Remember tracksuit tom is the weirdo who wanted the blood of Sadiq Khan for repeating the advice of PHE

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[skybluetony176]

The holes in Cummings claims he warned about coronavirus now up on the BBC. Increasingly they look like compulsive liars who BS so much they don't actually know what is true and what isn't anymore.
Why did Cummings say he predicted the coronavirus?

He’ll be claiming he invented penicillin next.

 

[Nick]

Why is it that blokes who claim not to care about politics always fall over themselves to defend the Tories? Weird that

Not defending anything. Just pointing out how if you work for the NHS it's fine.

 

[David O'Day]

Turned over for der klassiker but Hancock is shite and this story isn't going away

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[PVA]

Rubbish from Hancock again.

Not answering any questions. Boasting about a big new order of PPE (maybe that'll be ready for Covid-20).

 

[David O'Day]

Tracksuit Tom forgets he's on ignore

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[TomRad85]

Tracksuit Tom forgets he's on ignore

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Ignoring people doesn't work if you still get riled up by the people on ignore...

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[David O'Day]

Another attempt to get my attention

I'm guessing his reply is something like

"I cant wait for sports direct to reopen as I need a new pair of grey donay bottoms as the skids in these just won't shift"

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[TomRad85]

Another attempt to get my attention

I'm guessing his reply is something like

"I cant wait for sports direct to reopen as I need a new pair of grey donay bottoms as the skids in these just won't shift"

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You're reading my posts David, we both know it. Interesting attempt to paint me as though I'm some chav from Willenhall though.

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[oakey]

To continue the testing point ...
My guess is he deliberately didn't get a test as it allows him wriggle room.
Just like he can't remember whether he stopped on the journey back to London.
Now if evidence emerges he did then he hasn't lied. Also neither he nor BoJo can remember what they talked about. He isn't implicating himself, is he? All so obviously calculated.

 

[David O'Day]

"I do hope the reopening of outdoor markets includes wellesbourne as I need some new 4 stripe adidas for when the sky dome reopens"

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[fernandopartridge]

Not defending anything. Just pointing out how if you work for the NHS it's fine.

What on earth are you talking about?

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[clint van damme]

Not defending anything. Just pointing out how if you work for the NHS it's fine.

Who said it was fine?

 

[hill83]

Not defending anything. Just pointing out how if you work for the NHS it's fine.

 

[chiefdave]

Was that daily briefing a repeat? "must keep our resolve", "working hard" to get PPE, "ramped up" production of PPE.

Also why is it now seemingly only journalists that don't ask awkward questions who get the allocated follow up question?

 

[PVA]

What a shambles.

They cannot open their mouths without dropping themselves in it.

Just a fucking clown show. All as incompetent as each other.

 

[David O'Day]

What a shambles.

They cannot open their mouths without dropping themselves in it.

Just a fucking clown show. All as incompetent as each other.

Hang on they've just promised a vicar live on tv they would look at them and now they are pretending it never happened?

Ffs they really aren't helping themselves

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[clint van damme]

Putting political affiliations aside no one can be happy with this lot.
I've said it before but it's quite clear this government is a total rudderless ship and lacking leadership.
Johnson wanted the kudos of becoming PM and the dollar that goes with doing the speaking circuit after but he's got no inclination to do the hard work inbetween.

 

[PVA]

Hang on they've just promised a vicar live on tv they would look at them and now they are pretending it never happened?

Ffs they really aren't helping themselves

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Yup!

And as if by magic, Laura K extracts her head from the government's collective arse to quote a source that says Hancock didn't say something we all just saw him say. Grendel-esque.

 

[Grendel]

Putting political affiliations aside no one can be happy with this lot.
I've said it before but it's quite clear this government is a total rudderless ship and lacking leadership.
Johnson wanted the kudos of becoming PM and the dollar that goes with doing the speaking circuit after but he's got no inclination to do the hard work inbetween.

Your whole post shows your political affiliation

 

[Grendel]

Yup!

And as if by magic, Laura K extracts her head from the government's collective arse to quote a source that says Hancock didn't say something we all just saw him say. Grendel-esque.

You really are a bit mad aren’t you?

 

[PVA]

Putting political affiliations aside no one can be happy with this lot.
I've said it before but it's quite clear this government is a total rudderless ship and lacking leadership.
Johnson wanted the kudos of becoming PM and the dollar that goes with doing the speaking circuit after but he's got no inclination to do the hard work inbetween.

Yes I've said before he wanted to be the man that got Brexit done and take all the acclaim that would come with it.

Unfortunately we happen to have him in charge during a global pandemic.

He'll be hating every second of the moment he's waited his entire life for, and we have to deal with his sheer incompetence.

 

[chiefdave]

How on earth can you on the one hand say what Cummings did was fine while on the other saying fines will stand for others who did the same?

Yet again no figure available today for the number of people tested. Becoming a joke now.

 

[David O'Day]

Yup!

And as if by magic, Laura K extracts her head from the government's collective arse to quote a source that says Hancock didn't say something we all just saw him say. Grendel-esque.

This is a government that has lost the plot.



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[PVA]

You really are a bit mad aren’t you?

A member of the cabinet has just lied on national TV. Again.

Presumably you still think they're doing a cracking job.

 

[David O'Day]

A member of the cabinet has just lied on national TV. Again.

Presumably you still think they're doing a cracking job.

Grendal calling someone mad when he clearly needs help is a bit rich.

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[Grendel]

A member of the cabinet has just lied on national TV. Again.

Presumably you still think they're doing a cracking job.

What did they lie about? Is Laura still in Boris and Dom’s anus?

 

[hill83]

What a shambles.

They cannot open their mouths without dropping themselves in it.

Just a fucking clown show. All as incompetent as each other.

Right. Watched it 5 times and Hancock said they will make a commitment to look at his question after discussing it with his treasury colleagues before he can give a full answer.

I’m professor leftie but there’s nothing to see here. There’s enough to be mad about so choose your fights. Shit like this undermines legitimate concerns.

 

[PVA]

What did they lie about? Is Laura still in Boris and Dom’s anus?

Hancock says they will review fines. Government then says they won't.

And yes she seems split her time between the two. I'm guessing you think she's a biased lefty though.

 

[Rusty Trombone]

Hancock just said he'd get an answer to the question, nothing more than that. The answer will be no there won't be a review, he just didn't want to say it there and then.

 

[Johnnythespider]

Was that daily briefing a repeat? "must keep our resolve", "working hard" to get PPE, "ramped up" production of PPE.

Also why is it now seemingly only journalists that don't ask awkward questions who get the allocated follow up question?

They need to wise up and ask an innocuous question first and save the killer question for the follow up, something like
Isn't the weather lovely at the minute minister, do you think it makes queuing to get in the shops more bearable ?
To which the reply would be something like,
Well thanks for that important question and yes we in government are certainly pleased that we've been able to maintain this steady supply of sunshine, despite considerable competition from other countries as the world battles this pandemic, would you like to follow up on that.
Thankyou minister and yes my second question is, why do you and your cabinet colleagues continue to back up the completely flawed and quite clearly untrue pile of shit Cummings and Johnson are spouting ?

 

[Grendel]

Hancock says they will review fines. Government then says they won't.

And yes she seems split her time between the two. I'm guessing you think she's a biased lefty though.

No he said he’d get an answer - on the beers again?

 

[chiefdave]

Hancock just said he'd get an answer to the question, nothing more than that. The answer will be no there won't be a review, he just didn't want to say it there and then.

That is problematic in of itself isn't it? That answer equates to fines will stand for anyone who has done the same thing as Cummings. That being the case how can they then also claim Cummings has done nothing wrong.

 

[hill83]

That is problematic in of itself isn't it? That answer equates to fines will stand for anyone who has done the same thing as Cummings. That being the case how can they then also claim Cummings has done nothing wrong.

Yep. And that’s a legitimate point.