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Re: Get well soon Boris

Post by Martin Y » Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:00 pm

headshot wrote:
Sat Apr 11, 2020 2:34 pm
This is not a parody...

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/getwellbo ... k4jZyUGYaU
I’m looking to raise £1000 to cover the cost of purchasing a pair of PURDEY Sterling Silver Duelling Cufflinks from Harrods, These cufflinks cost £645 and then the additional funds will be used to get a professional engraving put onto each cufflinks.

No matter where you stand left-wing or right-wing , you can only agree that Boris has led the United Kingdom through COVID-19 with sheer determination and passion for his country and the people within. Boris has worked relentlessly and if we look at what our UK Prime Minister is paid compared to that of a professional footballer It is minuscule especially for doing the job that he does and having the burden of responsibility that he does.
Duelling cufflinks? Are they like duelling banjos? I don't see how that works.

Can we get them engraved: "Thank you for ignoring your doctor's advice and staying at work in order to appear tough, no matter how unproductive you became, until the point you realised you were really going to die and spent days in intensive care followed by a long convalescence while you were too weak to work. This gift from a grateful nation was inspired by some Daily Express reading cockend who thinks that's the most patriotic thing he's ever heard of".

I don't really know how big these cufflinks are.

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Re: Get well soon Boris

Post by jimbob » Sat Apr 11, 2020 7:40 pm

Martin Y wrote:
Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:00 pm
headshot wrote:
Sat Apr 11, 2020 2:34 pm
This is not a parody...

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/getwellbo ... k4jZyUGYaU
I’m looking to raise £1000 to cover the cost of purchasing a pair of PURDEY Sterling Silver Duelling Cufflinks from Harrods, These cufflinks cost £645 and then the additional funds will be used to get a professional engraving put onto each cufflinks.

No matter where you stand left-wing or right-wing , you can only agree that Boris has led the United Kingdom through COVID-19 with sheer determination and passion for his country and the people within. Boris has worked relentlessly and if we look at what our UK Prime Minister is paid compared to that of a professional footballer It is minuscule especially for doing the job that he does and having the burden of responsibility that he does.
Duelling cufflinks? Are they like duelling banjos? I don't see how that works.

Can we get them engraved: "Thank you for ignoring your doctor's advice and staying at work in order to appear tough, no matter how unproductive you became, until the point you realised you were really going to die and spent days in intensive care followed by a long convalescence while you were too weak to work. This gift from a grateful nation was inspired by some Daily Express reading cockend who thinks that's the most patriotic thing he's ever heard of".

I don't really know how big these cufflinks are.
Have a look at this GoFundMe to support the Sun

Read through to the end


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Re: Get well soon Boris

Post by Martin Y » Sat Apr 11, 2020 8:03 pm

jimbob wrote:
Sat Apr 11, 2020 7:40 pm

Have a look at this GoFundMe to support the Sun

Read through to the end


https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-sun-newspaper
I'm glad you said to read it through. Made me smile.

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Re: Get well soon Boris

Post by Herainestold » Sun Apr 12, 2020 11:54 pm

I think this whole Boris thing will raise the value of the NHS when Boris sells it to the yanks. They probably wish they had it now.
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Post by shpalman » Mon Apr 13, 2020 10:40 am

I'm sure everyone has Johnson talking about his debt to the NHS.

£350 million a week, wasn't it?
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Post by discovolante » Mon Apr 13, 2020 10:45 am

shpalman wrote:
Mon Apr 13, 2020 10:40 am
I'm sure everyone has Johnson talking about his debt to the NHS.

£350 million a week, wasn't it?
Well you can't really owe something that never existed in the first place.*




*magical economic sleights of hand aside at this point...
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Post by shpalman » Wed Apr 15, 2020 7:42 am

I do wonder if it would be possible to estimate the cost of Johnson's stay in hospital.

In a world where this 99-year-old war veteran has raised £4 million for the NHS I really have extremely little time for Johnson saying he "owes a debt".
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Re: Get well soon Boris

Post by lpm » Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:10 am

Raising charity money for the NHS is a terrible mistake. Coming up with the "cost" of a person's visit to the NHS is a terrible terrible mistake.

The NHS must always be a service supplied by the nation through progressive taxation, it is not a charity. Costs are shared across society, they must never be allocated to an individual.
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shpalman wrote:
Wed Apr 15, 2020 7:42 am
I do wonder if it would be possible to estimate the cost of Johnson's stay in hospital.

In a world where this 99-year-old war veteran has raised £4 million for the NHS I really have extremely little time for Johnson saying he "owes a debt".
£4m is 2 hours worth of £350m per week
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Post by Boustrophedon » Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:18 am

lpm wrote:
Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:10 am
Raising charity money for the NHS is a terrible mistake. Coming up with the "cost" of a person's visit to the NHS is a terrible terrible mistake.

The NHS must always be a service supplied by the nation through progressive taxation, it is not a charity. Costs are shared across society, they must never be allocated to an individual.
It has always struck me as obscene that the air ambulances and the RNLI seem to be funded entirely by charity. This is not how it should be.
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Re: Get well soon Boris

Post by veravista » Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:34 am

A doctor friend of mine in the States estimated that when Mrs V had Legionnaires her stay in hospital, including the time in ICU, would have come to about $350k in all.

Just saying

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Post by Lew Dolby » Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:05 am

Boustrophedon wrote:
Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:18 am
It has always struck me as obscene that the air ambulances and the RNLI seem to be funded entirely by charity. This is not how it should be.
RNLI has always resisted the idea of government funding - poss 'cos that would mean gov wanting a say in how its run and it leaves the risk of cuts as we've seen in public services under tory govs.
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Re: Get well soon Boris

Post by jimbob » Wed Apr 15, 2020 5:31 pm

lpm wrote:
Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:10 am
Raising charity money for the NHS is a terrible mistake. Coming up with the "cost" of a person's visit to the NHS is a terrible terrible mistake.

The NHS must always be a service supplied by the nation through progressive taxation, it is not a charity. Costs are shared across society, they must never be allocated to an individual.
So aren't you impressed with the £12.5-million that the Duke of Westminster has publicly donated?

I do hope he can deduct that from his incredibly onerous taxes.
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Re: Get well soon Boris

Post by Blackcountryboy » Wed Apr 15, 2020 7:31 pm

Lew Dolby wrote:
Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:05 am
Boustrophedon wrote:
Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:18 am
It has always struck me as obscene that the air ambulances and the RNLI seem to be funded entirely by charity. This is not how it should be.
RNLI has always resisted the idea of government funding - poss 'cos that would mean gov wanting a say in how its run and it leaves the risk of cuts as we've seen in public services under tory govs.
A speaker we (Pedmore Men's Club) had from air ambulance said they prefered not to have Government Funding.

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Re: Get well soon Boris

Post by Bird on a Fire » Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:17 pm

This account on Instagram is sharing versions of Downing Street's covid communiqué with added artwork by recipients' children.

I think this one is my favourite:
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Re: Get well soon Boris

Post by Martin Y » Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:59 pm

When Boris reemerges into public view, is he going to look like Emperor Palpatine?
That would be awesome.

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Re: Get well soon Boris

Post by Gfamily » Fri Apr 17, 2020 4:49 pm

Interesting timelines

25th March - Comet C/2019 Y4 Atlas is forecast to be one of the brightest comets for several years
26th March - Boris Johnson is self isolating, having experienced symptoms and after testing positive for SARS-CoV-2

March into early April: Comet brightens
March into early April: PM Johnson sickens

April 5th PM Johnson taken into hospital
April 6th Comet appears to split and begins dimming.
April 6th PM Johnson worsens
April 7th PM Johnson remains seriously unwell

April 9th Comet continues to fade
April 9th PM moved out of intensive care
April 12th PM leaves hospital

April 12th Comet confirmed as grave disappointment#

"When beggars die there are no comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes."
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Re: Get well soon Boris

Post by Herainestold » Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:14 pm

You can't even count on the heavens for portentious omens in these dark times.

I must admit I am rather disappointed in the virus, too.
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Re: Get well soon Boris

Post by raven » Sun Apr 19, 2020 4:31 pm

Boustrophedon wrote:
Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:18 am

It has always struck me as obscene that the air ambulances and the RNLI seem to be funded entirely by charity. This is not how it should be.
Our air ambulance is appealing for donations of PPE. Because they're not part of the NHS they're not on the distribution pathway.

https://www.tvairambulance.org.uk/call- ... equipment/

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Re: Get well soon Boris

Post by shpalman » Tue Oct 31, 2023 1:43 pm

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Re: Get well soon Boris

Post by bolo » Tue Oct 31, 2023 1:49 pm

Seems like an overbid. Surely at least one or two of them aren't morons?

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Post by Woodchopper » Tue Oct 31, 2023 3:04 pm

He seems to have called them that using every available communications medioum.

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Re: Get well soon Boris

Post by noggins » Wed Nov 01, 2023 11:58 am

bolo wrote:
Tue Oct 31, 2023 1:49 pm
Seems like an overbid. Surely at least one or two of them aren't morons?
I challenge you to find them:


Alister Jack 
Alok Sharma 
Amanda Milling  
Andrea Leadsom 
Andrew Stephenson 
Anne-Marie Trevelyan 
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
Baroness Morgan of Cotes
Ben Wallace 
Boris Johnson 
Brandon Lewis  
Chris Heaton-Harris 
Dominic Raab 
Dr Thérèse Coffey 
Gavin Williamson  
George Eustice 
Grant Shapps 
Greg Clark 
Jacob Rees-Mogg 
James Cleverly
Johnny Mercer 
Julian Smith 
Kit Malthouse 
Kwasi Kwarteng 
Liz Truss 
Lord Frost
Mark Spencer 
Matt Hancock 
Michael Ellis
Michael Gove 
Michelle Donelan 
Nadhim Zahawi 
Nadine Dorries 
Nigel Adams 
Oliver Dowden  
Priti Patel 
Robert Buckland
Robert Jenrick 
Sajid Javid 
Shailesh Vara 
Simon Clarke 
Simon Hart 
Sir Robert Buckland
Steve Barclay 
Suella Braverman
Theresa Villiers 

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