How many of them signed the pledge? The pledge not to receive treatment if the get sick and to pay the cost of treatment for those they infect.

Not one of them.

Selfish loons the lot of them.

I was prepared to the gov't the benefit of the doubt initially as the epidemic is a hugely difficult problem for any gov't to deal with.

But as you say the lying and presentation of information which is easily verifiable to be untrue has been breath taking.

Honesty is always the best policy in these situations otherwise no-one will believe anything you say.

The unmistakable conclusion is the gov't is crooked as well as incompetent.

He'd actually cheer that! 

One of the big problems is we don't know anything about the medium to long term effects of C19. That is another reason why letting it rip carries a huge risk. Even in economic terms the cost could be enormous due to the increased requirement for medical care and the reduced productivity of the workforce. On top of that we have no idea whether immunity lasts more than a few months. 

I think Hancock is the type of Tory who could be described as being "not a very nice man". Having been an active member of the party in the past I can assure you the description does not apply to all. For example, I was fortunate enough to meet Sir Geoffrey Howe on two occasions and both times he was courteous to me and always appeared to treat his staff and those around him with dignity, regardless of their status. 

Absolutely.

When this started I was   quite keen on  contracting it to "get it over with".  That now seems like a foolhardy idea even for someone ho isn't  in the maximum  risk age group and with no underling health issues 

Seems to me this  wretched thing could well give you a load of "underlying health issues"  even if it doesn't finish you off !

NHS England has reported 181 new hospital deaths down from 186 yesterday

Last Saturday. NHS England reported 207 new hospital deaths. Data included lower counting from bank holiday Friday.

Yes and people like Ken Clarke and even someone like Heseltine who was once seen as on the right of the Party now seem like reasonable and decent human beings.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYJCh8AXQAcrQT8?format=jpg&name=small

This kind of thing is why the police needs to step back and think about what they are doing.

Should he have done that? No.

Will the optics of publicizing this rather than dealing with it quietly do more harm than good? Obviously.

The backdated data today for England shows the earliest death was April 4th with May 14th the highest single reporting day

• 39 on May 15th


• 89 on May 14th


• 22 on May 13th


• 23 between May 3rd and May 12th


• 8 in April with one on April 4th

Humans had a pretty good run.

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) May 15, 2020

Well, that's what we voted for!

This shower are expert at only 3 things - slogans, lying and xenophobia

CDC in America have issued an alert for the Kawasaki type disease in children that we know about, and cases across the country are now rising again and death toll expected to pass 100,000 before the end of the month

Johnson is following a similar path. The economy is important of course, but as Justin always mentions, we can afford to print lots of money and give it to people without risking inflation just yet

The US and UK are alone in their reckless approach and re-opening without a test and trace programme, and infection levels are too high to be able to track and isolate the disease anyway.

But lets get the media to spend the day attacking teachers and Sadiq Khan

Despite last Saturday covering a bank holiday's data i think that there was slightly more backdating last Saturday than this Saturday. Still looks like a slight downward trend after the plateau just over a week ago.

Just to contrast how seriously other countries take things. Sri Lanka going back into curfew until Monday after just TWO new cases!

2 Covid19 patients identified today. One patient recently arrived from Chennai. All Island Curfew from 8 PM today until Monday 5 am https://t.co/0FapjNPHlW

— Azzam Ameen (@AzzamAmeen) May 16, 2020

Clearly, insanity is a trait in the Corbyn family!

 Poltroon means utter or spiritless coward so i think you are a little confused .

But which traits do you find insane - the left wing compassionate idealist or the right wing lockdown breaker and global warming denier?

“Two planned anti-lockdown protests didn’t take place today after members of the public in Aberdeen continued to follow the Scottish Government’s guidelines.

Photographers from the Evening Express were at both of the events in the city with not a single protester seen at either location.”

https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/aberdeen-lockdown-protests-deserted-after-public-sticks-to-police-advice/ 

And at the other end of Britain...

Tourists fail to flock to Kent's beaches and 'anti coronavirus' mass gatherings in Margate and Folkestone amount to nothing

Fears of a flood of tourists flocking to many of our beaches as a result of a relaxation of lockdown measures failed to materialise on Saturday.

And mass gatherings proposed in two of our towns, spread on social media by those opposed to any form of lockdown, also failed to attract crowds.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/beaches-empty-as-day-trippers-heed-warnings-227294/

Good news all round!