Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (10 Viewers)
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Unforgivable.
Johnson and Hancock should do time.
They won't, of course, but they should.
David O'Day
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skybluetony176
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Margaret Thatcher also had the Falklands crisis to pull her through. Boris is having his Falklands moment and fluffing his lines.
David O'Day
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Boris is probably looking for a weaker country as we speak
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Grendel
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Real conviction politics at PM level has long gone. Thatcher whatever you think of her was the last real one other than Brown who was finished before he started - This is the new age developed by Blair and Campbell and its a winning formula
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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I reckon he was having a laugh during Prince Andrew's interview and someone bet no-one could come up with a worse excuse than that. At which point Cummings replied "Hold my glasses"
It’s a good point. Initially we saw support for the government surge, effect of a crisis, but as the public see the way it’s been handled it’s dropping. Still, long way until an election. A change in leader, some bad publicity of labour, memories of the pandemic fade and it wouldn’t surprise me if they win the next election.
I don’t disagree but what point are you trying to make? That he can’t tarnish Gove or boost the others because we are in a post truth era of politics?
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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Fair enough. Let's move on and start questioning Johnson on why he hasn't resigned seeing as he won't force someone out who broke the rules and thus he has no leadership. Or when he's going to resign for overseeing the highest death toll per capita in the world? Or any of the other myriad fuck ups and lies this government have made which are far too many for me to even bother going into here.
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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Grendel
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Im saying politics is really like a convoluted business game - it’s easy to win at national level for the Tories as labour and its dimwit membership get it wrong time and time again
I know it’s simplistic but look at local council level. Liars charlatans and REAL simpletons get elected time and time again
Cummings if he managed labour and allowed to rip up their absurd obsession with members dictating policy would have delivered far more seats
covmark
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People should do time for this shit. It's a national fucking disgrace.
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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If true and this was a private company it'd be corporate manslaughter.
David O'Day
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skybluetony176
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Knowing that dumb fuck he’ll probably invade the Isle of Man. Thinking it’s the Isle of White.
stupot07
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Even the leftie remaining Spectator has waded in on Johnson. He really isnt fit to be PM.
Boris Johnson isn’t fit to lead | The Spectator
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Boris Johnson isn’t fit to lead | The Spectator
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Cummings' wife is the commissioning editor of The Spectator
Brighton Sky Blue
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This is a time when being in power matters more than doing anything good with it. In fact the challenge seems to be to do as shit a job as possible and still get in
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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One rule for the Elite and MP's and one rule for the rest of us, SHOCK HORROR.
Sky Blue Pete
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What’s happened jn france?? 3000 infections
skybluetony176
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I think Cummings went there to test his eyesight.
SkyBlueDom26
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Confirmed French coronavirus cases jump due to systems update, but daily deaths stay low
Due to an update, nothing to do with a massive spike
David O'Day
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So Dom you were here. Just ignoring the people who rightly pointed out the madness of pretending that all 5 tests have been met.
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SkyBlueDom26
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What is wrong with you? We can’t sit in lockdown forever!!! We need to find a safe balance and now SAGE have advised that they have been met and we can slowly reopen the economy, nowhere else has had this second spike every Twitter ‘expert’ seems to think will happen
Brighton Sky Blue
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I just hope it recovers enough so that we're not barred from going abroad. Seeing as we still have 350-400 dying a day, doesn't seem likely
SkyBlueDom26
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Im not bothered about going away this year tbh, had a holiday cancelled in July! But hopefully in the next 2 weeks the numbers will be under the 100s
Brighton Sky Blue
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I am, had one cancelled in April and have been working overtime with remote teaching with it set to get harder in June. Really need a week away!
chiefdave
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Lets assume that to be the case what do you believe has caused the additional 55K non-covid excess deaths?
chiefdave
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Not sure I'd take much comfort in that if I'd lost months with a parent / grandparent due to the governments incompetence.
covmark
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You've been really quite vocal about the fact that you might have to teach pupils in a crowded classroom, but you're happy to mix in crowded airports and sit on aeroplanes with numerous others. Strange.
There's plenty of us that have been working overtime, extra shifts etc. Not feeling particularly desperate to get away now tbh. We had our August holiday cancelled. Seems it might well have gone ahead. However I don't fancy being on holiday and being restricted on what we can do, where we can go. I'd rather wait a while and enjoy our time away.
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Brighton Sky Blue
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To get to a country with hardly any new infections and which has managed the outbreak much better than we have and which will have something close to a normal tourist experience. You go on about the airports but the week spent in Greece will probably be safer than a week here if we're on about infections. We're also on about some point in mid July when even we should be out or nearly out of the woods.
SkyBlueDom26
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Maybe you’ll be back teaching in the class room within a month? Would you be comfortable with that or do you personally think it’s too early