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springsunshine
05 April 2020 17:15:45


 


Indeed. Also, why should parents lose a child and children lose a parent around the rest of the world because of something that started in their country.


For me, the days when the UK and many other western countries cosy up to the Chinese, at least in economic terms, need to be a thing of the past. We can't decide for them who forms their government and we can't decide for them how the country is run, but we can take action in other ways, starting with hitting them economically.


Originally Posted by: David M Porter 


Nations could also default on their debts to them and will only pay when they cease live animal markets and bring in stringent safety standards and allow international inspections to ensure compliance. This is where the US could wield its power to exert massive pressure on the Chinese.


This virus is their fault!

Ulric
05 April 2020 17:19:22


 


Indeed. Also, why should parents lose a child and children lose a parent around the rest of the world because of something that started in their country.


For me, the days when the UK and many other western countries cosy up to the Chinese, at least in economic terms, need to be a thing of the past. We can't decide for them who forms their government and we can't decide for them how the country is run, but we can take action in other ways, starting with hitting them economically.


Originally Posted by: David M Porter 


I strongly suggest that we don't raise the subject of reparations with China.


I think the conversation could be somewhat, er, strained.

To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. - Henri Poincaré
RobN
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05 April 2020 17:22:05

Has anyone received their letter from Boris Johnson yet that we were told would arrive last week?

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 


I haven't but I read it online so I'm not waiting behind the letterbox.


I wonder if any Americans have got their check (sic) from Trump so they can go and buy more guns.

Rob
In the flatlands of South Cambridgeshire 15m ASL.
RobN
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05 April 2020 17:23:53


 


I strongly suggest that we don't raise the subject of reparations with China.


I think the conversation could be somewhat, er, strained.


Originally Posted by: Ulric 


They might start mentioning the reparations they are owed for the British involvement in the Opium Wars.

Rob
In the flatlands of South Cambridgeshire 15m ASL.
westv
05 April 2020 17:27:40


 


 


It has  been going on rather too long now.


As has been noticed before., if you don't get rid of the cursed thing after a week or so, then the outlook gets progressively worse.  It wouldn't surprise me in the least if he's been carted into hospital.


 


 


Originally Posted by: Bugglesgate 


I wouldn't dismiss the idea.

At least it will be mild!
Gavin D
05 April 2020 17:41:26

John p
05 April 2020 17:42:06

Has anyone received their letter from Boris Johnson yet that we were told would arrive last week?

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 


As Frankie Boyle wrote earlier, as the letter originates from what seems to be the Covid capital of the UK (Whitehall*) I might be tempted to open mine from safe distance with a pair of snooker cues 😀


 


*I acknowledge they will be a mail merge from some random distribution centre in the middle of nowhere!

Camberley, Surrey
Justin W
05 April 2020 17:50:14

I would not be at all surprised if Johnson does not make it. His BMI must be over 30 and I suspect he now has pneumonia.


To be clear, I sincerely hope he pulls through. But it doesn’t sound good.

Yo yo yo. 148-3 to the 3 to the 6 to the 9, representing the ABQ, what up, biatch?
Phil G
05 April 2020 17:55:55
Anyone heard how Chris Witty is doing as well? He went down with it just about the same time.
RobN
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05 April 2020 17:57:39




Originally Posted by: Gavin D 


To which the reply must be:


Thank You


Thank You


Thank You


for ensuring all NHS front line staff are adequately protected.




Nurses ‘holding breath’ as hospitals run out of masks


Medics working without adequate protection, but Government says PPE is not in short supply




  • The Sunday Telegraph

  • 5 Apr 2020

  • By Edward Malnick




NURSES are treating coronavirus patients while “holding their breath” as a result of shortages of protective masks, doctors have claimed.


A dossier being compiled by the Doctors’ Association UK, a lobbying group, contains claims of medics being unable to access the equipment they need in the past week, to protect themselves from becoming infected.


The evidence includes testimony from doctors at Manchester Royal Infirmary, Kettering General Hospital, Northants, Ealing Hospital in west London, and Ipswich Hospital in Suffolk, all warning of shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) required by national guidelines.


Rob
In the flatlands of South Cambridgeshire 15m ASL.
Heavy Weather 2013
05 April 2020 17:58:21




Originally Posted by: Gavin D 


These tweets are probably either automated and/or managed by his media teams.


 

Mark
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Gandalf The White
05 April 2020 18:06:09

The BBC have the graphics from from the presentation.

It’s bad news. Hospital admissions are at their highest in London. And have surged passed 4k

Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013 


They were about 4,000 three days ago. If you look at the graph the trend last five days is steady at worst.

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Whether Idle
05 April 2020 18:10:34


I would not be at all surprised if Johnson does not make it. His BMI must be over 30 and I suspect he now has pneumonia.


To be clear, I sincerely hope he pulls through. But it doesn’t sound good.


Originally Posted by: Justin W 


Im no fan of his, to say the least.  This is not the time to list his multifarious shortcomings and flaws, as you say, let's hope he has the will to live and that can get him through.

Dover, 5m asl. Half a mile from the south coast.
bledur
05 April 2020 18:16:21

A good explanation of what a nasty virus this is.


 https://youtu.be/4J0d59dd-qM?t=177

Essan
05 April 2020 18:39:37

Has anyone received their letter from Boris Johnson yet that we were told would arrive last week?

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 



Aye, the Post Office are delivering on Sundays now 

(and we were only told it was going to be sent out last week - albeit I've already seen it (posted to FB by my MP) 


As an aside, has anyone received their letter from the Govt telling us how many toilet rolls and tins of baked beans we need to survive a terrorist attack, in the wake of 9/11 yet?  I haven't and ma getting quite concerned.   

Next week the Govt will fail to tell me how to breathe and that jumping off a 5,000ft cliff into the sea is a bad idea ....

Andy
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The Beast from the East
05 April 2020 18:58:56

King Boris is fine


Starmer told Marr he spoke to him on the phone and to Witty as well. They were fine


 

"We have some alternative facts for you"
Kelly-Ann Conway - special adviser to the President
The Beast from the East
05 April 2020 19:00:12


 


These tweets are probably either automated and/or managed by his media teams.


 


Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013 


Yes, he doesn't do them himself like Trump


But he is fine. We would know if he wasnt


 

"We have some alternative facts for you"
Kelly-Ann Conway - special adviser to the President
The Beast from the East
05 April 2020 19:02:32


I would not be at all surprised if Johnson does not make it. His BMI must be over 30 and I suspect he now has pneumonia.


To be clear, I sincerely hope he pulls through. But it doesn’t sound good.


Originally Posted by: Justin W 


As a respected journalist, you should not be punting fake news speculation like this


If he was that ill, he wouldn't have been able to talk to Starmer on the phone today


 

"We have some alternative facts for you"
Kelly-Ann Conway - special adviser to the President
Justin W
05 April 2020 19:07:33


 


As a respected journalist, you should not be punting fake news speculation like this


If he was that ill, he wouldn't have been able to talk to Starmer on the phone today


 


Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 


You can still hold a conversation in the early stages of pneumonia. And who said I was respected? Clearly you have been on the sauce all evening.

Yo yo yo. 148-3 to the 3 to the 6 to the 9, representing the ABQ, what up, biatch?
The Beast from the East
05 April 2020 19:09:41


 


You can still hold a conversation in the early stages of pneumonia. And who said I was respected? Clearly you have been on the sauce all evening.


Originally Posted by: Justin W 


They had Leffe back in Tesco today. 6.6%. 


 


 

"We have some alternative facts for you"
Kelly-Ann Conway - special adviser to the President
Chichesterweatherfan2
05 April 2020 19:12:21
I hate all this speculation....utterly pointless! There is enough going on without idiotic rumour etc etc..I’ll only pass comment when there are some facts to respond to.....
CreweCold
05 April 2020 19:21:04
I think at this point, beast has become a caricature of himself 😂

Crewe, Cheshire
55 metres above sea level
Rob K
05 April 2020 19:30:47
Re what I said earlier about the lockdown being quite relaxing for me, yes it was written in haste and I appreciate many won’t be as lucky as me. (I certainly don’t have a large house though: I have a three-bed end of terrace, with two kids each with their own bedroom, and have had to move furniture around to squeeze a desk in beside my bed to work from home!). I am lucky enough to have a decent sized garden though.

From the other side of the coin, my wife heard today from one of her friends who is separated from her partner but still stuck living in the same house: reasonably amicably but of course a far from ideal situation at the best of times. They had the house on the market but of course that is all now on hold. For people in that situation, the lockdown must be pretty hellish.
Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome
springsunshine
05 April 2020 19:30:51

I hate all this speculation....utterly pointless! There is enough going on without idiotic rumour etc etc..I’ll only pass comment when there are some facts to respond to.....

Originally Posted by: Chichesterweatherfan2 


I think its time,tomorrow at the latest, for No10 to give an update on Boris`s condition purely to stop any unessesary and damaging speculation.


I sincerely hope he is ok.

RobN
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05 April 2020 20:00:16

Fascinating interview here from Al Jazeera with John Barry the author of "The Great Influenza" a book about the 1918 epidemic, drawing parallels with the current situation- skip the ad and ignore the first few seconds -  it gets more interesting towards the end.


"Telling the truth bluntly and transparently will only help people deal with it"


https://players.brightcove.net/665003303001/SJg0bzqkZ_default/index.html?videoId=6146942198001

Rob
In the flatlands of South Cambridgeshire 15m ASL.

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