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Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:22 pm
by discovolante
Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:35 pm
Probably watching the rugger with the lads.
So, there you go. UK re-lockdowned next month as well. Turns out SAGE and Starmer were right all along.
Leaking to the media hours before the PM bothered to turn up was a nice touch.
We are staying in semi lockdown at least until Boris deigns to let us know if he will give us any more money.
ETA also Señor von Laté reckons he was late because he was having a stress poo.
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:24 pm
by veravista
They were all like that - sh.t powerpoint
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:30 pm
by Hunting Dog
AMS wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:14 pm
Lockdown from Thursday. Why not earlier?
Apparently so parliament can vote on it Wednesday! So I wonder what would happen if they rebel?
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:42 pm
by Bird on a Fire
discovolante wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:22 pm
Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:35 pm
Probably watching the rugger with the lads.
So, there you go. UK re-lockdowned next month as well. Turns out SAGE and Starmer were right all along.
Leaking to the media hours before the PM bothered to turn up was a nice touch.
We are staying in semi lockdown at least until Boris deigns to let us know if he will give us any more money.
ETA also Señor von Laté reckons he was late because he was having a stress poo.
An intriguing theory. Please thank S von L from me for the mental imagine of Boris grimacing while curling one out in the Downing Street khazi.
I reckon there was loads of disagreement behind the scenes over it and that Boris couldn't be bothered to make a decision. And the poo thing.
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:55 pm
by Fishnut
Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:42 pm
discovolante wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:22 pm
Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:35 pm
Probably watching the rugger with the lads.
So, there you go. UK re-lockdowned next month as well. Turns out SAGE and Starmer were right all along.
Leaking to the media hours before the PM bothered to turn up was a nice touch.
We are staying in semi lockdown at least until Boris deigns to let us know if he will give us any more money.
ETA also Señor von Laté reckons he was late because he was having a stress poo.
An intriguing theory. Please thank S von L from me for the mental imagine of Boris grimacing while curling one out in the Downing Street khazi.
I reckon there was loads of disagreement behind the scenes over it and that Boris couldn't be bothered to make a decision. And the poo thing.
That was an image I could have done without!
DAG thinks that getting the
furlough scheme extended is the cause for the delay.
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:02 pm
by discovolante
Sorry everyone.
I feel like Johnson saying he 'isn't going to ask anyone to shield again' was good code for 'we are not going to provide extra help for anyone who needs to shield'.
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:09 pm
by Fishnut
discovolante wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:02 pm
Sorry everyone.
I feel like Johnson saying he 'isn't going to ask anyone to shield again' was good code for 'we are not going to provide extra help for anyone who needs to shield'.
You're not alone
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:10 pm
by AMS
Fishnut wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:55 pm
DAG thinks that getting the
furlough scheme extended is the cause for the delay.
More accurately, DAG quotes Dr Catherine Haddon (of Institute for Government), who thinks that...
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:14 pm
by Opti
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Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:16 pm
by Bird on a Fire
These images just get worse and worse...
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:22 pm
by tenchboy
Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:16 pm
These images just get worse and worse...
What? Cos they han't bothered to photoshop a reflection of his arm into the mirror to match? Or because they think his dick is in his armpit?
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:28 pm
by headshot
No mention of help for the self-employed either.
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 9:58 pm
by discovolante
There's our mikeh in the Guardian again, big sleb that he is. OK the live news feed.
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 10:56 pm
by plodder
It takes time to make a presentation where technical detail is translated to a lay audience. I think the piss poor powerpoint suggests this decision was made very recently.
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 10:58 pm
by Bird on a Fire
tenchboy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:22 pm
Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:16 pm
These images just get worse and worse...
What? Cos they han't bothered to photoshop a reflection of his arm into the mirror to match? Or because they think his dick is in his armpit?
I assume it's a bit of warm-up nipple tweaking.
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 11:02 pm
by jimbob
Meanwhile whilst the CCHQ twitter account keeps this up - it's worth a listen from only ten days ago:
https://twitter.com/CCHQPress/status/13 ... 88866?s=20
CCHQ Press
@CCHQPress
·
Oct 21
.
@BorisJohnson
The Labour leader attacks local lockdowns when he wants to plunge the whole country into a full national lockdown
Something his own Shadow Health Secretary called "disastrous" #pmqs
The lack of judgement in this is on multiple levels, given that they were ignoring their scientific advice, and it was clear to anyone numerate that it was going to have to change.
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 9:38 am
by TimW
Not clear to Grant Shapps though. Obviously this isn't the most important issue, but 9 days ago he opened a travel corridor to the Canaries. Vast numbers of bookings ensued.
Airlines in scramble to find planes for holidaymakers to Canary Islands
Industry caught short as government unexpectedly removes islands from quarantine list
But now
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/international-travel-ban-uk-four-week-lockdown-b1482052.html wrote:
The government says: “Avoid all non-essential travel by private or public transport.”
"Overnight stays and holidays away from primary residences will not be allowed – including holidays in the UK and abroad."
According to easyJet’s Johan Lundgren, “Bookings went through the roof”. Many of those trips are for November, with many people desperate for a break.
Those trips are now off. To travel on holiday anywhere abroad before early December will break the lockdown rules, and therefore you cannot go.
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 12:57 pm
by dyqik
plodder wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 10:56 pm
It takes time
and skill to make a presentation where technical detail is translated to a lay audience. I think the piss poor powerpoint suggests this decision was made very recently.
Just adding an alternative reason for piss poor PowerPoint presentation...
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 1:00 pm
by Bird on a Fire
We're getting another lockdown-ish in Portugal too. Not quite everywhere, but all the big urban centres are covered. Up to 4000 new cases a day which is a bit scary.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54766184
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 4:48 pm
by veravista
dyqik wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 12:57 pm
plodder wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 10:56 pm
It takes time
and skill to make a presentation where technical detail is translated to a lay audience. I think the piss poor powerpoint suggests this decision was made very recently.
Just adding an alternative reason for piss poor PowerPoint presentation...
It wasn't that, it was all facts and figures, very technical so it was obviously just ripped out of the official briefings. The point was that they didn't actually bother to get the aspect ratio right, one slide had the performance/ICU bed availability of all the trusts, but all you could see on the left was 'ds NHS Trust' or 'dation Trust'. And most of the date axes on the bottom were hidden under the scrolling news bar. f.cking useless.
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 5:01 pm
by shpalman
there's an infograph here about how occupied the Italian intensive care units are in the various regions
The brighter colours refer to how big an increase there has been since last week.
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Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 5:02 pm
by discovolante
Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'death by Powerpoint'. Ho ho ho.
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 6:10 pm
by shpalman
Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:13 pm
by veravista
And the same Italian information as per the UK government and the BBC
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Re: Covid-19 the re-lockdown
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:33 pm
by discovolante
