news & politics:discussion

[steviewevie]

 

[Zoo Music Girl]

15 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

I popped in there briefly. 
 

It looks like this for me. 

Ha yeah mine isn't quite that bad but getting there...

[Zoo Music Girl]

2 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Javid is spineless, it’s clear restrictions need to be brought back in some form yet they refuse to do so. This press briefing is an irrelevance. 

It feels pretty pointless. When he said it could get to 100,000 a day he almost sounded excited about it.

[Zoo Music Girl]

If the plan is to just let it rage while other countries aren't, then surely international travel will become an issue soon enough?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58981507

First of many?

[steviewevie]

2 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

It feels pretty pointless. When he said it could get to 100,000 a day he almost sounded excited about it.

you know, he said this in the summer too...and then it didn't and everyone thinks it's all over. Is there some super clever reverse psychology shit going on here?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

It feels pretty pointless. When he said it could get to 100,000 a day he almost sounded excited about it.

His priority will be keeping people in offices to help his landlord mates. They should be acting now, after that report last week it was said you need to act earlier than you think and the government are again making the mistakes of last year. 

[Zoo Music Girl]

4 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

you know, he said this in the summer too...and then it didn't and everyone thinks it's all over. Is there some super clever reverse psychology shit going on here?

Yeah that's a good point. Pick a really high number and then everything else looks better than that.

[steviewevie]

I mean, Hancock was obviously a dodgy twat, but Javid really seems like a slimy little libertarian turd to me,

[Kurosagi]

3 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Yeah that's a good point. Pick a really high number and then everything else looks better than that.

It was a cynical political play...and it worked a treat for the govt.

A look in the cesspool thread and you can see where it is used to show how the current situation isn't a problem and isn't worthy of any social mitigations to deal with the ongoing high number of cases...because the cases are sooooo much lower than the 100k predicted.

[Kurosagi]

10 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Javid really seems like a slimy little libertarian turd

Funny, was just describing him in very similar language in my rant at the radio during his presser!

It was his attitude that he's in control, the govt are on top of this, it's all part of their plan etc etc that gets my goat when once again the govt have left things far too late and have been shamed into doing something...and that something on closer inspection amounts to little more than a pile of beans <sigh>

[fraybentos1]

36 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Javid is spineless, it’s clear restrictions need to be brought back in some form yet they refuse to do so. This press briefing is an irrelevance. 

No it isn't and no they don't

[fraybentos1]

So cases are way lower than most models and hospitalisations better than even optimistic modelling. But we need more restrictions? Right ok... People need to calm down 

[steviewevie]

4 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

So cases are way lower than most models and hospitalisations better than even optimistic modelling. But we need more restrictions? Right ok... People need to calm down 

sorry, wrong thread.

[squirrelarmy]

48 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

Am I on ignore then ? I’ve had a brief dabble back in there today 🙂 or was it when I went for my swim 🏊‍♀️? 🙂 

Who said that? 😉

[Guest]

‘Is there more the government like be doing?’

’Yes there is and we (the government) are doing more.’

Everything they spout is drivel and lies. 

[steviewevie]

 

[oneeye]

I had my flu jab yesterday, feel like shit today, never reacted like this before, aches,  coughing, runny nose. I appreciate the jab is meant to protect but at the moment its laughing at me. Need to have a rummage for my man suit, put it on and zip it up, I know.

[Ryan1984]

44 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

His priority will be keeping people in offices to help his landlord mates. They should be acting now, after that report last week it was said you need to act earlier than you think and the government are again making the mistakes of last year. 

He’s the health of the ‘economy’ secretary, not the public.

[Zoo Music Girl]

47 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

I mean, Hancock was obviously a dodgy twat, but Javid really seems like a slimy little libertarian turd to me,

Completely charmless, isn't he?

Edited October 20, 2021 by Zoo Music Girl

[Guest]

18 minutes ago, Ryan1984 said:

He’s the health of the ‘economy’ secretary, not the public.

He seems to know better than all the Medical bosses and experts; what could possibly go wrong. 

[Crazyfool01]

36 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

 

so plan b is masks ....... we arent implementing plan b asking you to wear masks but could you please wear masks to stop plan b being needed ? despite the fact very few of the Tory party wear them in the HoC ..... yeah perfectly clear Sajid 

[steviewevie]

 

[Guest]

 

[philipsteak]

2 hours ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Just reading it now (I still read it sometimes but just don't want to contribute due to the aggressive posting style of most of the inhabitants!)...

Ha good plan! 

Probably best just to leave them to it. Posting and then getting angry about Tweets seems to mostly keep them occupied

[Zoo Music Girl]

24 minutes ago, philipsteak said:

Probably best just to leave them to it. Posting and then getting angry about Tweets seems to mostly keep them occupied

Yeah I've kind of resigned myself to it not being a thing I can contribute to any more!