When will this shit end?

[Dark Star]

1 hour ago, RobertProsineckisLighter said:

I think the decision in schools will actually be based on the science. If this new variant is actually more transmissible or worse for kids they will close the schools.

That would mean them taking decisions based on science rather than what will keep them popular with their base. Every action they have taken has been a reaction to ensure they're loved by the public. 

Tougher restrictions was an easy one, even with Christmas, because the public could see that they were a recipe for disaster with the case rises.

Keeping children in school seems to be one of their priorities, which is good in so far as they do slip behind quickly (as noted by a previous poster) and will then need to catch up. However, keeping them out would dumb the kids down more, make them prime fodder to believe the red tops and become Tories of the future. I guess that's a Tory win-win. 

28 minutes ago, Paul ™ said:

Apparently millions of pounds of seafood stuck in Kent slowly going off and the French don't seem to want it. 

Does anyone want the fish apart from a few Tories who think it's still 1830? 

Edited December 22, 2020 by Dark Star

[xxialac]

42 minutes ago, Copperface said:

I think Johnson just wants to be adoored.

Yes. He's desperately needy so surrounds himself with sycophants and yes men.

Who cares if they are any good - say nice things about me and feed my ego...

[Copperface]

6 minutes ago, xxialac said:

Yes. He's desperately needy so surrounds himself with sycophants and yes men.

Who cares if they are any good - say nice things about me and feed my ego...

Bloody hell. You've missed it as well. It was a (admittedly poor) pun. Adoored, website picture of a doo......ah, never mind.

[Chawk]

1 hour ago, Homer said:

I'm old enough to remember when we were told that 20,000 would be a failure.

actually it was '20,000 deaths would be a good result'. which is true, it would have been.

[Homer]

9 minutes ago, xxialac said:

Yes. He's desperately needy so surrounds himself with sycophants and yes men.

Who cares if they are any good - say nice things about me and feed my ego...

Trump is the same. May seem weird considering, you know, everything, but underneath it all he is desperate for everyone to like him.

An irony is that he detests his own base; all he wants is to be accepted by the establishment figures who all hate him.

 

[BobWillis]

49 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

 

With, not because. That’s the difference between now and April. 

[steviewevie]

I guess some people think the govt is doing a good job...

 

[Crazyfool01]

lorry drivers to get tested by military to get the queues moving .... not sure why this didnt happen very quickly ?!!!

[Guest]

Just now, steviewevie said:

I guess some people think the govt is doing a good job...

 

That was taken before Saturdays changes.

[chuckles07]

15 minutes ago, Homer said:

An irony is that he detests his own base; all he wants is to be accepted by the establishment figures who all hate him.

 

But what about Donald Trump......?

[squirrelarmy]

A friend of mine has just tested positive. She lives with her twin sister whose tested negative. Both of them are teachers at separate schools. 
 

Neither have symptoms. Think this just shows how random the testing is. You don’t know what results you’re going to get. Better to be on the safe side. 

[xxialac]

18 minutes ago, Copperface said:

Bloody hell. You've missed it as well. It was a (admittedly poor) pun. Adoored, website picture of a doo......ah, never mind.

I hadn't noticed the picture of the door! Had I done I would have absolutely liked the comment (rather than take a trip to down(vot)ing street).

[JoeyT]

2 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

A friend of mine has just tested positive. She lives with her twin sister whose tested negative. Both of them are teachers at separate schools. 
 

Neither have symptoms. Think this just shows how random the testing is. You don’t know what results you’re going to get. Better to be on the safe side. 

Had to give me daughter a test yesterday which was one of the more troubling experiences of my life given she's only 11months old. Thankfully the tears subsided after a while and once she was bribed with a farleighs rusk. 

Most likely just a cold but doctor insisted (cheers mate needed to self isolate on my final 2 days of work before Christmas... not)

It'll be a shitshow if it comes back positive.

[xxialac]

6 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

I guess some people think the govt is doing a good job...

 

I assume most of the 39% are people who will vote Conservative even if Boris Johnson slept with their wife and asked Priti Patel to deport them.

[steviewevie]

7 minutes ago, xxialac said:

I assume most of the 39% are people who will vote Conservative even if Boris Johnson slept with their wife and asked Priti Patel to deport them.

all just shows what an uphill task it is for labour...

[SheffJeff]

34 minutes ago, Copperface said:

Bloody hell. You've missed it as well. It was a (admittedly poor) pun. Adoored, website picture of a doo......ah, never mind.

After clicking the link I finally understand... before that I had been trying to work out what the meaning of adoored was or what the fuck a doo was.  Even google wasn't helping.

[steviewevie]

 

[Crazyfool01]

2 minutes ago, SheffJeff said:

After clicking the link I finally understand... before that I had been trying to work out what the meaning of adoored was or what the fuck a doo was.  Even google wasn't helping.

how on earth could they not find a photo of him ..... or was it an issue finding one where he had combed his hair !!

[xxialac]

1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said:

how on earth could they not find a photo of him ..... or was it an issue finding one where he had combed his hair !!

He doesn't want illegitimate children to be able to easily track him down online.

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, xxialac said:

He doesn't want illegitimate children to be able to easily track him down online.

😂

[priest17]

26 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

That was taken before Saturdays changes.

Yes because with their record this year I'm sure this weekend's activities would be the final straw for those 39%

[steviewevie]

 

[incident]

8 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

If that's the main thing propping up the Tories in the polls, then it's hugely positive news.

Sunak is inevitably going to become public enemy number one just as soon as the dust settles and the full scale of the impact on the economy and national finances is revealed.

[steviewevie]

Cases up in Cumbria...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/22/covid-infections-eden-cumbria-new-strain

[steviewevie]

1 minute ago, incident said:

If that's the main thing propping up the Tories in the polls, then it's hugely positive news.

Sunak is inevitably going to become public enemy number one just as soon as the dust settles and the full scale of the impact on the economy and national finances is revealed.

we'll see...they kept winning despite the last lot of austerity...