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Mrs Miggins said:
I honestly don't think anything is going to change when all this is over. There will be good people who will help the vulnerable through this but they have always been there.

The majority have already shown themselves to be selfish cunts buying up everything in sight. That is not going to change at any point soon.

Yeah the government are stepping in saying they are going to help people out but as soon as this is over, it will be business as usual. I think you are fucking mad if you think otherswise.
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im more concerned abut the new laws being rushed through allowing the police to nick people with suspected symptoms, and them not being rolled back when its all over

( i am a little bit fucking mad too, and not in an ironic way )
 
I'm extremely anxious about what is to come both here in Turkey and in the UK. Here, cases and deaths have been rising at over 100% per DAY. And yet there are still crowds outside and ignorant people saying it's God's will and it won't affect them because they use lemon cologne. I stayed at home today. PLEASE STAY AT HOME if you can and only go out for walks in uncrowded places or for essential things.
 
Mrs Miggins said:
Yeah the government are stepping in saying they are going to help people out but as soon as this is over, it will be business as usual. I think you are fucking mad if you think otherwise.
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Well I am happy to confidently predict that things will never be the same again. But there are a number of different directions they could go, and it wouldnt be very wise of me to try to guess which one will actually happen.

Even if they keep the economy on life support in a way that theoretically offers a resumption of most of the old way of doing things, some cats have been let out of the bag in terms of economics and what is actually possible and what people can demand and what our priorities should be.

With some previous big events and issues I think one of the areas that people were searching with hope for some kind of positive change was, to cut a long story short, some kind of equivalent to Roosevelts new deal. Some people thought of such a thing in the wake of the financial crisis. Some people have long imagined a green new deal to tackle climate change and energy issues. Signs of such things in those contexts came there none. With this pandemic, I cannot say that there will also be no signs, the potential on that front is there, big government is suddenly fashionable again and there is such a thing as society.
 
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Friend holed up in a hotel in Benares (india). Says all restaurants ordered to shut today, shops shut. I think he’s mad to stay there but he’s got no home to come to back here .
 
Went out for a cycle this morning, mostly off road and some lanes. Went down one lane and then onto a long cut through path to get to another. About half way along I noticed a crowd gathering at the end of the cut through, about a dozen individuals, dressed as paramilitaries all in black, helmets and full visors on, carrying weapons.

Momentarily my mind raced. What new fucked up reality was this? For another moment I wondered if the village I was in had begun some sort of militia preparations.

However, it soon became apparent that this was a gathering of massive nerds off to romp around the countryside, dressed a bit like Imperial Stomtroopers and shoot paintball pellets at each other. :) Bless.
 
Did anyone else hear the twat from easyjet on the radio a few days ago? They'll be asking from funds from the govt to pay wages etc. That's fair enough, but they're about to pay £170 million in dividends to shareholders :eek:

The interviewer didn't press them in this as easyjet man said paying the dividends was a legal obligation.

So's paying your fucking staff. Sort your priorities out
 
rubbershoes said:
Did anyone else hear the twat from easyjet on the radio a few days ago? They'll be asking from funds from the govt to pay wages etc. That's fair enough, but they're about to pay £170 million in dividends to shareholders :eek:

The interviewer didn't press them in this as easyjet man said paying the dividends was a legal obligation.

So's paying your fucking staff. Sort your priorities out
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Funny how these grotesquely wealthy tycoons are not coming out of this too well, innit?

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Mr.Bishie said:
Message obviously not getting through in Brighton! @brightonsnapper took this an hour ago:

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Just back from a nice 4 mile wander round town - weirdly quiet with very little traffic. Some shops are still open, and there were some shoppers in the main shopping street but the rest of the centre just seemed to be people going for a walk to get out and about. A helicopter was circling town for some reason - took a picture of it and it seems to be a private one rather than the police - this was its flight path this afternoon. No idea what it was doing - maybe hired by a media company.

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People flocking to the countryside and coasts in cars loaded with food and supplies. Traffic Jams on some motorways and roads. Destination councils saying they do not have anywhere near the medical infrastructure to cope with anything close to the increase in tourists.

London congestion charge dropped for key workers and lots of the parks crowded with traffic jams blocking access roads.

Going well so far this :thumbs:
 
Badgers said:
People flocking to the countryside and coasts in cars loaded with food and supplies. Traffic Jams on some motorways and roads. Destination councils saying they do not have anywhere near the medical infrastructure to cope with anything close to the increase in tourists.

London congestion charge dropped for key workers and lots of the parks crowded with traffic jams blocking access roads.

Going well so far this :thumbs:
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Where do they think they're going to stay?
 
The beach is packed with picknickers, Preston Park rammed, Devils Dyke rammed, & Stanmer Park rammed. Lots of coffee shops still open on St. James’s St & London Rd.

Bonkers.
 
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