Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (207 Viewers)

[PVA]

People voted for an incompetent lying charlatan because they wanted Brexit. That's fine, that's their decision and they were well within their rights to vote for him.

But the problem now is we have a lying incompetent charlatan in charge during the biggest health crisis in a generation.

Having Boris and Trump as world leaders is bad enough at any time, never mind in times of crisis. Trump trying to buy exclusive access to vaccines just sums that piece of s**t up.

 

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[Deleted member 5849]

Makes 0 sense

Thereby proving my point.

 

[Brylowes]

How can you make those statements when we've just left

Because Coronavirus and it’s economic impact and it’s affect on the way we live
Will completely alter and in some ways nullify the effects of Brexit.
Oh, and we still haven’t left have we.

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Thereby proving my point.

What point? How can brexit be judged yet when we haven't even sorted out a deal

 

[Astute]

Who would have thought that after all those years of arguments over the pros and cons
Of Brexit ‘a virus would come along and render the economic impact of IT ...irrelevant.
I’m a bit gutted I’ll never be proved correct over Brexit :emoji_thinking: and a little relieved I’ll never
Be proved wrong.

Brexit? What is that?

Can't see it happening this year now. Can even see the EU being a new animal once this is over.

 

[shmmeee]

Because Coronavirus and it’s economic impact and it’s affect on the way we live
Will completely alter and in some ways nullify the effects of Brexit.
Oh, and we still haven’t left have we.

We have left. We left in January.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

What point? How can brexit be judged yet when we haven't even sorted out a deal

/sighs

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

/sighs

?

 

[PVA]

We have left. We left in January.

We've left in name only tbf. We're still tied to EU rules, in the SM and CU etc.

But i guess we're digressing from Corona here.

 

[Brylowes]

What point? How can brexit be judged yet when we haven't even sorted out a deal

You don’t think there’s a new agenda in town then ?

 

[Mcbean]

People voted for an incompetent lying charlatan because they wanted Brexit. That's fine, that's their decision and they were well within their rights to vote for him.

But the problem now is we have a lying incompetent charlatan in charge during the biggest health crisis in a generation.

Having Boris and Trump as world leaders is bad enough at any time, never mind in times of crisis. Trump trying to buy exclusive access to vaccines just sums that piece of s**t up.

While that may be true - it may be the less worse of the two options - Corbin is hardly a natural decision maker but became an expert for sitting on the fence and what we need today is decisions - they might not be the totally correct ones but without doing something - incorrect ones can be redirected rather than let everything sink into a pile of poo

 

[Deleted member 5849]

?

Exactly

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Because Coronavirus and it’s economic impact and it’s affect on the way we live
Will completely alter and in some ways nullify the effects of Brexit.
Oh, and we still haven’t left have we.

Well we have left.... we just haven't sorted the deal out yet! Not sure how it can be judged either way yet

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Exactly

Exactly what?

 

[Brylowes]

Well we have left.... we just haven't sorted the deal out yet! Not sure how it can be judged either way yet

Okey Dokey.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

While that may be true - it may be the less worse of the two options - Corbin is hardly a natural decision maker but became an expert for sitting on the fence and what we need today is decisions - they might not be the totally correct ones but without doing something - incorrect ones can be redirected rather than let everything sink into a pile of poo

It's not an unfair observation about Corbyn. Personally, it'd be great if we could keep politics out of it.

Small hope though. And I do keep thinking that this is some kind of Greek Tragedy where the populists campaigning on a ticket of ignore the experts find their strategies destroyed because people... ignore the experts.

But hey, let's hope it doesn't get that far.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Exactly what?

/sighs

 

[Astute]

We've left in name only tbf. We're still tied to EU rules, in the SM and CU etc.

But i guess we're digressing from Corona here.

We have left but are still tied by our laws/regulations/payments.

If we haven't sorted something out by the end of the year will we be tied in financially for more years? Because that was the main reason Boris wanted it sorted by the end of the year.

 

[shmmeee]

No I’m not confused - I’m reading opinions daily and I’m reading the views on various strategies

Have you ever been to South Korea?

Hhahahahahaha. “Have you ever been to South Korea”

hahahahgahahahaha

Is that your new “did you go to the game” get the fuck out of a conversation you’re losing line?

My sister in law lived there for two years, not sure what relevance that has to being able to read publicly available data.

 

[PVA]

While that may be true - it may be the less worse of the two options - Corbin is hardly a natural decision maker but became an expert for sitting on the fence and what we need today is decisions - they might not be the totally correct ones but without doing something - incorrect ones can be redirected rather than let everything sink into a pile of poo

Oh I agree Corbyn is pretty useless too.

Like you say it was a case of lesser of two evils and for me the choice was Corbyn - because I utterly despise Boris and think he is totally unfit for any sort of senior government position, never mind Prime Minister. It absolutely baffles me how he is able to get away with such barefaced lies every time he opens his mouth.

But again, we are digressing a little.

 

[CCFCSteve]

I think the conclusion that can be drawn from the couple of articles just put on here is that nobody expected the impact to be as great as this and most of the continent- if not world- was caught unprepared. It doesn't help though when you parade experts out in front of the nation then undermine & contradict them 24 hours later while the PM hides away.

my point was that the inconsistent messaging and how people perceive governments responses to be poor, isn’t just relevant to our government, it’s worldwide. It’s a fast moving and nigh on impossible situation to deal with.

I still can’t believe people are trying to politicise something like this, it transcends politics (or should do), hence why there is very little disquiet from politicians from other parties.

All I’ll asked for (and continue to expect) are that decisions are made based on top medical/scientific advice, which has been adequately challenged and are in the best interests of the public and country.

ps agree that communication needs to be clearer and more regular, which sounds like it’s happening with the planned daily briefings (as long as it doesn’t risk widespread panic - I still think most of the country are keeping relatively calm, it’s hopefully just a relatively small number of idiots behaviour and the media/social media that’s whipping up a frenzy)

 

[Ring Of Steel]

People voted for an incompetent lying charlatan because they wanted Brexit. That's fine, that's their decision and they were well within their rights to vote for him.

But the problem now is we have a lying incompetent charlatan in charge during the biggest health crisis in a generation.

Having Boris and Trump as world leaders is bad enough at any time, never mind in times of crisis. Trump trying to buy exclusive access to vaccines just sums that piece of s**t up.

A generation? More like a century

 

[Grendel]

Hhahahahahaha. “Have you ever been to South Korea”

hahahahgahahahaha

Is that your new “did you go to the game” get the fuck out of a conversation you’re losing line?

My sister in law lived there for two years, not sure what relevance that has to being able to read publicly available data.

It’s entirely relevant as it’s an entirely different society with different behaviours and structure.

It’s like the hapless idiots who quote Singapore as a containment example

It’s an idiotic argument as the population is effectively in two cities and it’s a more government compliant culture

Sadly you are about as coherent as Forest Gump when you are actually asked to debate. You either ignore or resort to a chocolate box world of economic utopia

 

[Philosoraptor]

Wasps bond price down over 17% for today.

Every cloud..

Hoping they have a fresh supply of toilet roll over there.

 

[Ring Of Steel]

my point was that the inconsistent messaging and how people perceive governments responses to be poor, isn’t just relevant to our government, it’s worldwide. It’s a fast moving and nigh on impossible situation to deal with.

I still can’t believe people are trying to politicise something like this, it transcends politics (or should do), hence why there is very little disquiet from politicians from other parties.

All I’ll asked for (and continue to expect) are that decisions are made based on top medical/scientific advice, which has been adequately challenged and are in the best interests of the public and country.

ps agree that communication needs to be clearer and more regular, which sounds like it’s happening with the planned daily briefings (as long as it doesn’t risk widespread panic - I still think most of the country are keeping relatively calm, it’s hopefully just a relatively small number of idiots behaviour and the media/social media that’s whipping up a frenzy)

The govt have made a total fucking mess of this so far, and politics is irrelevant, they need to get it right. I wouldn't care if it was Corbyn or Sreaming Lord Sutch in charge, the facts would be the same- and Corbyn making demands on twitter for rent deferrals etc just comes across as pathetic political games quite frankly- they are in charge and they need to get aligned and lead the country. Its not political to point out that Johnson & Hancock are letting the population down with the shambolic communication, thats just a fact.

It would be nice if this thread could go on without constant reference to how shit other countries are compared to us & bringing brexit of all things into it, I'd say its gone beyond that stuff now. But pointing out the failings of people who are failing is hardly "political". The people most vulnerable are mostly Johnson supporters, its arguably his main support base- so where is he now? Where was he until he realised he wasn't going to get away with doing his "hiding in the fridge" routine?

 

[PVA]

The govt have made a total fucking mess of this so far, and politics is irrelevant, they need to get it right. I wouldn't care if it was Corbyn or Sreaming Lord Sutch in charge, the facts would be the same- and Corbyn making demands on twitter for rent deferrals etc just comes across as pathetic political games quite frankly- they are in charge and they need to get aligned and lead the country. Its not political to point out that Johnson & Hancock are letting the population down with the shambolic communication, thats just a fact.

It would be nice if this thread could go on without constant reference to how shit other countries are compared to us & bringing brexit of all things into it, I'd say its gone beyond that stuff now. But pointing out the failings of people who are failing is hardly "political"

Agreed. It doesn't matter what Corbyn would do, it's no use saying Corbyn would do no better.

Maybe he would, maybe he wouldn't, who knows. The fact is Corbyn is not in charge so he is totally irrelevant.

The current government is not beyond scrutiny just because the opposition are useless. And so far just about everyone in the world thinks their response has not been good enough, so they need to be held to account.

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

The govt have made a total fucking mess of this so far,

Please explain how they have made a total mess of it so far? Didn't realise you were an expert on diseases.....

We need to follow what the experts are saying and thats what Boris is doing fool

 

[Ring Of Steel]

Please explain how they have made a total mess of it so far? Didn't realise you were an expert on diseases

My god you're stupid

 

[Monners]

On a positive note, this should put pay to the ridiculous idea of Heathrow expansion. Although it would have been nice to watch Boris lie in front of a bulldozer!

 

[PVA]

Please explain how they have made a total mess of it so far? Didn't realise you were an expert on diseases.....

We need to follow what the experts are saying and thats what Boris is doing fool

Their 'strategy' was to do nothing and hope it would flatten the curve.

It does not seem to be working. Turns out doing nothing is actually a bad thing.

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Their 'strategy' was to do nothing and hope it would flatten the curve.

It does not seem to be working. Turns out doing nothing is actually a bad thing.

How is it doing nothing FFS, they have a plan in place and are going on timing like the experts have said...

 

[Bumberclart]

Chinese media is now saying that it was some kind of biological weapon made in USA and was only discovered in China, the world has gone completely nuts.

I wonder how many knew what a Pangolin was until a few days ago.

A starter??

 

[PVA]

How is it doing nothing FFS, they have a plan in place and are going on timing like the experts have said...

Their advice was literally 'wash your hands while singing happy birthday'

Compare that to the measures put in by other countries.

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Their advice was literally 'wash your hands while singing happy birthday'

Compare that to the measures put in by other countries.

Have you not been watching/listening to the 2 experts either side of Boris saying what our plan is? Or are you just going to ignore that completely

 

[fellatio_Martinez]

But again, we are digressing a little.

If you started a thread about cats it would descend into politics within no time.

Some people just can't help themselves.