UK lockdown - Winter 2021/22 edition

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UK lockdown - Winter 2021/22 edition

Post by shpalman » Sun Dec 26, 2021 8:54 am

Cabinet ministers vying to succeed Boris Johnson have been warned by Tory colleagues that they will damage their chances unless they stridently oppose further Covid measures in England.
“If No 10 proposes tighter restrictions straight after Christmas, those cabinet ministers with freedom-loving instincts – who gave us all so much hope last week – must speak out,” said one member of the Covid Recovery Group of Tory MPs. “In any future leadership contest, we will all remember how they acted this week. We need real, gutsy, freedom-loving Conservatives to rescue us from this madness.”
... while the rest of the UK reintroduces restrictions England will be the control group.
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Re: UK lockdown - Winter 2021/22 edition

Post by shpalman » Sun Dec 26, 2021 6:58 pm

having that swing is a necessary but not sufficient condition for it meaning a thing
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Re: UK lockdown - Winter 2021/22 edition

Post by Herainestold » Mon Dec 27, 2021 1:51 am

Its too late to lockdown now anyway.

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Re: UK lockdown - Winter 2021/22 edition

Post by shpalman » Mon Dec 27, 2021 5:00 pm

Boris Johnson examines hospital data, decides not to do anything
Johnson and the health secretary, Sajid Javid, will put an emphasis on everyone having personal responsibility to not catch the virus
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Post by discovolante » Mon Dec 27, 2021 6:18 pm

shpalman wrote:
Mon Dec 27, 2021 5:00 pm
Boris Johnson examines hospital data, decides not to do anything
Johnson and the health secretary, Sajid Javid, will put an emphasis on everyone having personal responsibility to not catch the virus
Jesus f.cking Christ. Not surprising but always fairly disgusting to read. The way omicron is spreading it seems pretty clear that the only way to be fairly certain you won't catch it is to just not leave the house at all. Class warfare*.


*and age warfare, sickness warfare, etc etc.
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Re: UK lockdown - Winter 2021/22 edition

Post by Trinucleus » Mon Dec 27, 2021 6:28 pm

discovolante wrote:
Mon Dec 27, 2021 6:18 pm
shpalman wrote:
Mon Dec 27, 2021 5:00 pm
Boris Johnson examines hospital data, decides not to do anything
Johnson and the health secretary, Sajid Javid, will put an emphasis on everyone having personal responsibility to not catch the virus
Jesus f.cking Christ. Not surprising but always fairly disgusting to read. The way omicron is spreading it seems pretty clear that the only way to be fairly certain you won't catch it is to just not leave the house at all. Class warfare*.


*and age warfare, sickness warfare, etc etc.
Plus you don't need to compensate businesses if they haven't been ordered to close, and it doesn't upset the back benchers.

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Re: UK lockdown - Winter 2021/22 edition

Post by shpalman » Mon Dec 27, 2021 9:45 pm

Trinucleus wrote:
Mon Dec 27, 2021 6:28 pm
discovolante wrote:
Mon Dec 27, 2021 6:18 pm
Jesus f.cking Christ. Not surprising but always fairly disgusting to read. The way omicron is spreading it seems pretty clear that the only way to be fairly certain you won't catch it is to just not leave the house at all. Class warfare*.


*and age warfare, sickness warfare, etc etc.
Plus you don't need to compensate businesses if they haven't been ordered to close, and it doesn't upset the back benchers.
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Re: UK lockdown - Winter 2021/22 edition

Post by lpm » Mon Dec 27, 2021 10:40 pm

Infected on Christmas day means infectious on New Year's Eve. The timing of all this is comically unlucky.
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Re: UK lockdown - Winter 2021/22 edition

Post by Bird on a Fire » Mon Dec 27, 2021 11:45 pm

It was comic when it happened last year.

The joke's wearing a bit thin for my tastes, especially when the punchline has been heavily signposted for months.
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