Coronavirus

[Carth]

Originally Posted by Mick

BREAKING: Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and Chancellor, Rishi Sunak will now Self Isolate after earlier declaring that they will not.

Damn, that's another huge decorating bill then

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by jfman

I don’t champion Scottish nationalism, I just don’t buy into the British colonial trope that nobody could possibly, ever, anywhere survive and be successful without England.

The Irish Republic now has twice the GDP per capita of the UK.

The Irish people won’t take home even half of that. The per capita stat paints a false picture. The UK people take home a much higher proportion of GDP.

[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by Carth

Damn, that's another huge decorating bill then

Whilst I love bashing Boris as much as the next person this isn’t as much of a story as has been sensationalised by the media, there’s about twenty public sector orgs and private companies involved in this trial that Boris & Rishi found themselves on.

It does however present itself as another spectacular gaffe/uturn.

[peanut]

BoJo is now actually piloting the new 'Back-Track and Trace'.

[Carth]

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

Whilst I love bashing Boris as much as the next person this isn’t as much of a story as has been sensationalised by the media, there’s about twenty public sector orgs and private companies involved in this trial that Boris & Rishi found themselves on.

It does however present itself as another spectacular gaffe/uturn.

Quite agree with the sensationalism, but we should be used to that from the media by now.

As for a gaffe/U-turn . . . maybe Bojo and Rishi have decided that the trial (involving around twenty public sector orgs and private companies) isn't as good as was first made out to be

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

Whilst I love bashing Boris as much as the next person this isn’t as much of a story as has been sensationalised by the media, there’s about twenty public sector orgs and private companies involved in this trial that Boris & Rishi found themselves on.

It does however present itself as another spectacular gaffe/uturn.

That's what BoJo would like you to think- the BBC is reporting that organisstions cited have not taken part. Whatever the truth of the matter, BoJo looks to have been poorly advised

[nomadking]

Any nonsense about people who are meant to to be immune, either from vaccination or previous actual infection, being reinfected, misses the fact that they must have come in close contact with somebody who is able to transmit it.

If 1m people are or might be infected, that means over 100,000 infected people out there, still able to transmit it. With lockdowns and people sticking to the rules, that just not be possible.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by peanut

BoJo is now actually piloting the new 'Back-Track and Trace'.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Chris

Not difficult to achieve when you use aggressive tax policy to attract the world’s biggest companies to place their offices in your territory. It’s amazing how many Apple products are ‘sold’ by the Irish. Oddly enough their standard of living and likelihood of going bankrupt in a financial crash don’t seem commensurate.

Fortunately the developed world seems to be coming to its collective senses on this sort of thing. So I guess within a few years we’re going to see whether the Celtic Tiger was made of paper all along.

Does the EU not prevent member States from undercutting other members to increase their own tax take?

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

Whilst I love bashing Boris as much as the next person this isn’t as much of a story as has been sensationalised by the media, there’s about twenty public sector orgs and private companies involved in this trial that Boris & Rishi found themselves on.

It does however present itself as another spectacular gaffe/uturn.

And it was just pure chance that they both happened to be picked for this trial.....

I think even Johnson has realised that this one rule for us and another for everyone else attitude would annoy the public.

[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Does the EU not prevent member States from undercutting other members to increase their own tax take?

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And it was just pure chance that they both happened to be picked for this trial.....

I think even Johnson has realised that this one rule for us and another for everyone else attitude would annoy the public.

The decision making today imho is nowhere near as bad the decision making that’s going to lead to an all out s***show starting in approx 3.5hrs

[joglynne]

How other countries are coping with coronavirus as lockdowns ease and cases rise
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...downs-21045658

[Mad Max]

Project fear.

[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by Mad Max

Project fear.

How is it 'Project Fear' where's your evidence to support this ?

This isn't 'Freedom Day' we're not 'free' until we can control this pandemic at a local, national & global level. Our actions from today have the potential to cause significant suffering to others. Our actions should be considered & thoughtful. Unlike the government's.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Mad Max

Project fear.

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[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

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