miss direct
misfungled
I suppose that'll be shops opening. May as well be.
Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion
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souljacker
innit
Because he didn't like talking about the 100k dead yesterday. This is a classic case of controlling the narrative. Criminal.
LeytonCatLady
Well-Known Member
In Tesco today, I was at the newspaper stand and saw him on the front of the Mirror with his head bowed "in sorrow for the dead". I had a mad urge to yell Alan Partridge style "What a bloody hypocrite!"
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Unbelievably the article was in the Telegraph and the author is part of the Spiked network . I was surprised. However it’s one of the best articles I’ve seen showing how chaotic , disjointed , arms length, pass the buck yet self affirming the system is .It was a good read and, for me, nicely applied what a neo-liberal state regulatory state means in practice. That diffused regulatory function is an ongoing nightmare in most sectors, but was a concentrated disaster in terms of the last 12 months/Covid. It almost made me nostalgic for social democracy (Anarchists For War Socialism). The other thing is, this all has a bearing on whether there will be a reckoning. At one level, even if every word of that article found its way into the inevitable Covid Inquiry the Tories will, essentially, shrug their shoulders and ignore it - they have the numbers in Parliament. That's another aspect of the old politics that has disappeared, politicians don't take responsibility for their actions, however deadly. But more than that, the very diffusion of regulation that is part of the problem allows them to deflect the blame ('no one individual... lessons learned... officials should have... co-ordination issues... communication needs to be... partner agencies... hold a review').
elbows
Well-Known Member
I enjoyed the bit where Jim reeled off a list of Johnsons pandemic failings including not sacking Cummings, late first lockdown, ignoring autumn measures recommendations etc. As expected Johnsons response was not worth repeating, except that he had the nerve to hind behind the currently hideous pressures on the country and the NHS as reasons why official resources should not be dedicated to finding out what went wrong right now. Now isnt the time to learn lessons you know, lets wait till the pandemic is safely behind us before daring to do anything better. Pathetic.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
Just like yesterday I regret having watched this buffoon
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
elbows
Well-Known Member
Well as I said the other day Johnson prefers to do zero or one press conference a week, and its only special occasions where we get two in a week out of him these days. So I certainly hope I dont have to sit through that again till next week.
I dont thnk Johnson was offering a fair sense of history today when he described how they were mostly able to stick to the relaxation timetable they unveiled for the first lockdown. If I remember correctly there were some things that they ended up reopening only a week or so later than originally hoped, but his original ambitions for timing of schools reopening for all and people going back to work were completely trashed back then.
I dont thnk Johnson was offering a fair sense of history today when he described how they were mostly able to stick to the relaxation timetable they unveiled for the first lockdown. If I remember correctly there were some things that they ended up reopening only a week or so later than originally hoped, but his original ambitions for timing of schools reopening for all and people going back to work were completely trashed back then.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
I think he feels safe brushing those questions off in the absence of any sustained campaigns in the country over his failures and excess deaths. It's something he can handle with a few phrases and insincere body language, doesn't have to engage with any kind of sustained political or social pressure.
1984: How does it feel to be the mother of 1,000 dead? (Crass)
2021: How does it feel to be the father of 100,000 dead?
Latest Opinion Poll: Tory lead of 5%
Fucking despair.
Spandex
A crazy bulbous punchbag of sound
Today Johnson says now is not the time to reflect on why UK's death toll so high.
On 15th July last year, when the first wave had passed and 'only' 22 UK deaths were reported, Johnson was saying now is not the time for inquiry into UK handling of pandemic.
So when is the fucking time you fucking shitbag? Afraid of what people might turn up if they look into your performance? If the media are desperate to get him to put dates on things, get him to put a date on that.
On 15th July last year, when the first wave had passed and 'only' 22 UK deaths were reported, Johnson was saying now is not the time for inquiry into UK handling of pandemic.
So when is the fucking time you fucking shitbag? Afraid of what people might turn up if they look into your performance? If the media are desperate to get him to put dates on things, get him to put a date on that.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Hospital incursions by Covid deniers putting lives at risk, say health leaders
Healthcare and police chiefs also say online activity is channelling hatred against NHS staff
Jesus Christ.
Leighsw2
strictly off the record
Fun fact for all those Government apologists who have suddenly become intensely interested in income and health inequalities, obesity, population density and age - Britain now has a higher death rate from Covid than the United States. A country without a universal health care system, with massive income inequalities and until recently led by an orange-coloured former reality TV star who thought you could treat Covid with disinfectant.
Meanwhile in Vietnam - a country with a GDP per head that's half of Bulgaria's - 35 people have died so far in this pandemic.
What a time to be alive!
Meanwhile in Vietnam - a country with a GDP per head that's half of Bulgaria's - 35 people have died so far in this pandemic.
What a time to be alive!
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Leighsw2
strictly off the record
No doubt the BBC's line that emerged last night in the face of 100,000 dead - blame it on poor, fat people - will inevitably result in tabloid columns: 'we could have been like New Zealand if it wasn't for those fat bastards eating sausage rolls out of Greggs....'
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
He said it the same fucking day he shut then down and we got lockdown 3.0
Leighsw2
strictly off the record
See, I told you that sausage rolls would come into this sooner or later.
elbows
Well-Known Member
Current situation in regards number of people in hospital with Covid-19.
And admissions/diagnoses for England, smoothed via 7 day averages and unsmoothed versions. A bit large so I'm putting it behind spoiler tags. I dont have admission figures for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in graph form right now, I'm a bit behind with some of my data.
And admissions/diagnoses for England, smoothed via 7 day averages and unsmoothed versions. A bit large so I'm putting it behind spoiler tags. I dont have admission figures for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in graph form right now, I'm a bit behind with some of my data.
editor
hiraethified
Because prohibition worked wonders last time.
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Leighsw2
strictly off the record
Good article. What's the betting it'll be totally ignored by MSM, partic. BBC and print media?
Cid
Proper break this time
Be interesting to see the actual paper once published... It's a drum I've been banging for bloody ages (the economy thing). It's hard to get a grasp of though, I mean it was quite easy to see that various European countries have done terribly in economic terms (especially UK and France)... But comparing them with other economies is very difficult unless you have a decent idea of economic trends pre-covid. And of course the UK was heading for tough economic times anyway with brexit.
e2a: and yeah, article is interesting.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Don't think I've made it all the way through a single one of his press conferences since this whole thing started. Not that I've tried very often. Everything he says is either complete bullshit or something everyone else figured out weeks ago.
Cid
Proper break this time
Did he actually say that? The utterly reprehensible cunt.
1984: How does it feel to be the mother of 1,000 dead? (Crass)
2021: How does it feel to be the father of 100,000 dead?
Latest Opinion Poll : Tory lead of 5%
Fucking despair.
So do I!
Easy to blame Starmer/ the LP, and yes they've been largely useless (
).Even easier to blame the Tory Press
But it's about time some of those actual bloody voters who pick Tory in opinion polls (and in actual ones!
), took some bloody responsibility (agency?) for their own choices too ..... </for another thread this, really, but still!!!! >It works in Saudi Arabia, just need to insentivise people to be more healthy
teuchter
je suis teuchter
So, UK was not authoritarian enough in its response?
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Woe is me, my government is forcing us to not die from a horrible disease.
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