When will this shit end?

[steviewevie]

11 minutes ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

But I feel like the whole of the UK was already hit, so we should have more herd immunity 

like Spain?

[shoptildrop]

37 minutes ago, dotdash79 said:

Is this a hoax site?

 

I was just about to post this, OMFG I'm dying here!!! 

(I know it's not real news like dailythump but made me laugh)

Edited August 20, 2020 by shoptildrop

[SheffJeff]

10 minutes ago, shoptildrop said:

I was just about to post this, OMFG I'm dying here!!! 

(I know it's not real news like dailythump but made me laugh)

Related articles also sound intriguing...

[parsonjack]

2 hours ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

I believe this was in the week upto August 12

Yup.  Figures are also a bit off...there was a 14% case increase in week to 12th July and a 1% drop in tests.  In week to 19th there was a 9% case increase and a further 1% test drop.

Not much to see here.....

[zahidf]

 

[Chapple12345]

28 minutes ago, zahidf said:

 

Sounds slightly better news on that front, I do wonder though if the overhead costs of events may still put venues off  

[Leyrulion]

2 hours ago, JoeyT said:

Am I the only one chilled at the moment about it all?

A rise in cases but no dramatic increase on hospitalizations or deaths...

I think everyone also needs to remember we know much more about this virus than we did 5 months ago.

I'm personally quite positive about the situation.

Not necessarily chill but I'm expecting an increase in cases come the winter so I'm taking advantage of the relatively low numbers whilst I can to socialise and enjoy my self a bit.

[Quark]

2 hours ago, Sasperella said:

Urrrrm....you guys do know why she got fired from the Department of International Development, right??

Aye, was thinking in terms of recent fuckups in current govt crisis. But good point.

[philipsteak]

12 minutes ago, Quark said:

Aye, was thinking in terms of recent fuckups in current govt crisis. But good point.

There was definitely a feeling that she was being hidden away during the early part of the pandemic, so she's had fewer opportunities to fuck things up

[Ryan1984]

[shoptildrop]

No way is anyone staying in the tent, who they trying to kid?? Its probably for the dog... I still reckon he was in Greece with a swift return and suitable pics provided 

[Comfy Bean]

15 hours ago, eFestivals said:

not necessarily true.

I reckon there's an opposite effect within England, that the more likely Scotland is to return SNP MPs the more likely England is to vote tory.

I think it's likely that if Scotland was still returning mostly Labour MPs that one of the past 3 elections would have been won by Labour - because (policies aside, and outside of Scotland) why would people want a UK govt comprised of a party that doesn't want the best for the UK?

As well as extras even-more-extras for Scotland (the SNPs overriding policy within the UK) being at the expense of their own area - when people everywhere tend to vote on the basis of "I want more for me". If most people didn't vote on the basis of "I want more for me" the SNP wouldn't be winning in Scotland.  

There can be little doubt that the folks living in Scotland not returning loads of Tory MPs is the reason for these ongoing decades of Tory rule in the UK.

In the same way that all 32 wards in Scotland voting to remain led to Brexit. Obviously....

[Leyrulion]

2 hours ago, Ryan1984 said:

Even more proof that the mail only cares about the message, not the messenger.

[Guest]

I think it’s important, as it appears the Mail is starting to turn against Johnson. 

[Zoo Music Girl]

Johnson is ultimately unimportant though. He is easily replaceable. It's not like the Mail is going to come out in favour of Labour.

[steviewevie]

42 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Johnson is ultimately unimportant though. He is easily replaceable. It's not like the Mail is going to come out in favour of Labour.

is he easily replaceable though? I know he doesn't do the detail and is pretty lazy by all accounts, and others like Gove and Cummings are effectively running the show...but Johnson was a big reason a lot of people voted tory in the last election. Can you imagine Gove or Raab doing the same?

Actually...saying that...the future could be Rishi Sunak...although things might about to go pear shaped for the economy and he will be in the firing line.

[Guest]

46 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Johnson is ultimately unimportant though. He is easily replaceable. It's not like the Mail is going to come out in favour of Labour.

Does Mrs Gove work for the Mail? That could be what this is all about, to eventually get Michael Gove in power, he’s friends with Cummings after all. 

[zahidf]

A US  vaccine may be ready by November

 

[steviewevie]

2 minutes ago, zahidf said:

A US  vaccine may be ready by November

 

handy for a certain election.

[Quark]

11 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Does Mrs Gove work for the Mail? That could be what this is all about, to eventually get Michael Gove in power, he’s friends with Cummings after all. 

Yup.  Johnson's outlived his usefulness for the Mail.  Brexit is happening and the Tories have a big old majority off the back of his bluster and other nonsense.  

[Zoo Music Girl]

15 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

is he easily replaceable though? I know he doesn't do the detail and is pretty lazy by all accounts, and others like Gove and Cummings are effectively running the show...but Johnson was a big reason a lot of people voted tory in the last election. Can you imagine Gove or Raab doing the same?

Actually...saying that...the future could be Rishi Sunak...although things might about to go pear shaped for the economy and he will be in the firing line.

Yeah but it doesn't matter what the public thinks for another four years. Tory leadership battles don't really need a public vote of confidence for a while.

13 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Does Mrs Gove work for the Mail? That could be what this is all about, to eventually get Michael Gove in power, he’s friends with Cummings after all. 

Pretty sure she works for The Times?

[steviewevie]

Apparently Biden gave a good speech yesterday, according to The Guardian which is not biased at all of course.

[eFestivals]

12 hours ago, steviewevie said:

yeah, maybe not. I mean...she's useless, I'm not denying that...I think I was mainly pointing out that politically she is in a lot better place than others in the list. She's very popular with a certain type of tory...the type that joins the party and goes to conferences.

yep, the string-them-up types. Which is what Patel is too.

[Quark]

6 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Pretty sure she works for The Times?

Nope, Sarah Vain's a Heil columnist. She fits right in there as well.

[zahidf]

6 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Apparently Biden gave a good speech yesterday, according to The Guardian which is not biased at all of course.

Have you seen it? It was very good