When will this shit end?

[Spindles]

8 minutes ago, Homer said:

Money laundering - mainly for Russia.

The tales of people (including family members) going into his casinos, buying millions in chips and then just walking straight out certainly point to that.

[Homer]

15 minutes ago, Spindles said:

The tales of people (including family members) going into his casinos, buying millions in chips and then just walking straight out certainly point to that.

That was his dad who did that - that was more to bail him out for the billionth time when he was going bust. The main money laundering was done via flogging property to Russians at hideously inflated prices, and via Deutsche Bank (so I read anyway).

Edited October 2, 2020 by Homer

[RobertProsineckisLighter]

42 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

SAGE have increased the overall R estimate.

 

I can't help but think the reporting at a level the size of Yorkshire and the North East is so big it's almost pointless - that's approaching half the of England! 

[squirrelarmy]

3 minutes ago, RobertProsineckisLighter said:

I can't help but think the reporting at a level the size of Yorkshire and the North East is so big it's almost pointless - that's approaching half the of England! 

The population of Yorkshire alone is bigger than Scotland and bigger than Wales & NI combined. 

[Fuzzy Afro]

21 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

The population of Yorkshire alone is bigger than Scotland and bigger than Wales & NI combined. 

So is London

[steviewevie]

Marina Hyde on Trump/Covid

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/02/trump-joked-covid-president-diagnosis-maga-virus

[Fuzzy Afro]

Some scary numbers in Northern Ireland. The 7 day average there is now the highest in any region of the entire UK, higher even that the NW of England 

[Guest]

6,968 new cases today up from 6,874 this time last week. 

[Mr.Tease]

11 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Marina Hyde on Trump/Covid

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/02/trump-joked-covid-president-diagnosis-maga-virus

It certainly is a confusing time for the trumpers who think covid-19 is a hoax but now must fathom out how the liberals have deliberately infected him with something that is both deadly but also doesn't exist and pray that he recovers from something that's really just the sniffles but still somehow be outraged at something or someone... 

[Mr.Tease]

14 minutes ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

Some scary numbers in Northern Ireland. The 7 day average there is now the highest in any region of the entire UK, higher even that the NW of England 

Scary how quickly this thing can catch fire in a region 

[ace56blaa]

[zahidf]

England seems to be on a better trend thankfully than the rest of the UK

 

[Fuzzy Afro]

30 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

6,968 new cases today up from 6,874 this time last week. 

Minor increase of 1.5% from last week but note that Northern Ireland had around 770 more cases than last week whereas the rest of the UK dropped a fair bit. 

[FloorFiller]

22 minutes ago, Mr.Tease said:

It certainly is a confusing time for the trumpers who think covid-19 is a hoax but now must fathom out how the liberals have deliberately infected him with something that is both deadly but also doesn't exist and pray that he recovers from something that's really just the sniffles but still somehow be outraged at something or someone... 

Not quite sure what she thought she was getting at here, but she’s sure hit the nail on the head without even realising it.

[RobertProsineckisLighter]

1 hour ago, squirrelarmy said:

The population of Yorkshire alone is bigger than Scotland and bigger than Wales & NI combined. 

Yep and it's so diverse too, south and west Yorkshire are pretty densely populated in comparison to the rest of it. 

South Yorkshire is doing pretty well when compared to the rest of that region.

[Crazyfool01]

Good to see those testing availability  numbers still rising ....part of the way out is going to be the availability and turnaround of tests .... do I trust the figures though as we have 500,000 to get to at the end of the ,month 

[Gingerfish79]

 

34 minutes ago, Mr.Tease said:

Scary how quickly this thing can catch fire in a region 

Didn't they only recently open drink only pubs, or have I imagined that?

[zero000]

13 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Not quite sure what she thought she was getting at here, but she’s sure hit the nail on the head without even realising it.

So close. Yet she missed the point spectacularly. 

[Gingerfish79]

12 minutes ago, RobertProsineckisLighter said:

Yep and it's so diverse too, south and west Yorkshire are pretty densely populated in comparison to the rest of it. 

South Yorkshire is doing pretty well when compared to the rest of that region.

Similarly the west and east midlands grouped as one. The midlands covers a vast area with very different characteristics such that an R rate for the whole region is effectively meaningless.

[parsonjack]

19 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Not quite sure what she thought she was getting at here, but she’s sure hit the nail on the head without even realising it.

Good god.  What an utter dope.

[shoptildrop]

Jesus!! 

 

 

[Leyrulion]

54 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

6,968 new cases today up from 6,874 this time last week. 

A definite flattening off. 

Although the ZOE app had numbers increasing today. 

Doesn't look like the "scenario" Vallance presented of 50k cases by end of October will happen.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, shoptildrop said:

Jesus!! 

 

 

Just seen that on the news. Horrible for the students and the uni!

[squirrelarmy]

56 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

6,968 new cases today up from 6,874 this time last week. 

I was so close with my 6969

[Guest]

Just now, Leyrulion said:

A definite flattening off. 

Although the ZOE app had numbers increasing today. 

Doesn't look like the "scenario" Vallance presented of 50k cases by end of October will happen.

Because we put restrictions in place. Their scenario was if we did nothing. Looks like they intervention helped steer people’s minds.