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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Mudball said:
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Did not know that Deport Patel was on today... will have to find out on iplayer
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Surprising myself but I thought she was pretty good to be fair, I've not seen much of her before but she was an awful lot better than Raab. She chaired well and had a confident demeanour imo. Also managed a roundabout apology re PPE. What is most annoying is the greedy journalists always try and get 2 or 3 Q's in instead of 1 good one. That seems to leave wriggle room as the panel answer one Q with a long explanation then move onto the next journo.
 
Hacker Khan said:
I hear Priti Patel was on the daily update today. Missed it myself so could anyone confirm that she managed to get through it without threatening to deport many of the people that are keeping this country going at the moment? Also hear Rees-Mogg is lined up for one next week where he will share some investment opportunities he's noticed among the death and misery. Every cloud and all that.
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She spoke very well, why not try a catchup on it before issueing the vitriolic outpouring of divisive bile above, or am I misinterpreting your well honed sarcastic attributes. How about we give the Government a modicum of support in these very difficult circumstances.
 
maxfli65 said:
Surprising myself but I thought she was pretty good to be fair, I've not seen much of her before but she was an awful lot better than Raab. She chaired well and had a confident demeanour imo. Also managed a roundabout apology re PPE. What is most annoying is the greedy journalists always try and get 2 or 3 Q's in instead of 1 good one. That seems to leave wriggle room as the panel answer one Q with a long explanation then move onto the next journo.
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I did watch it. She’s awful. She brings a new level of nonsense to her answers to any questioning. Most politicians can’t answer a direct question but her waffle can only be construed as lack of preparation or understanding.
Do you not see the irony of her supporting those very workers that she was castigating 6 weeks ago?
 
therod said:
I did watch it. She’s awful. She brings a new level of nonsense to her answers to any questioning. Most politicians can’t answer a direct question but her waffle can only be construed as lack of preparation or understanding.
Do you not see the irony of her supporting those very workers that she was castigating 6 weeks ago?
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Oh, I must have been watching a different Daily briefing, in the one I watched she spoke well and seemed to give a good update and answer questions confidently. Did you try removing your anti-conservative filters before watching?
 
SocketRocket said:
Oh, I must have been watching a different Daily briefing, in the one I watched she spoke well and seemed to give a good update and answer questions confidently. Did you try removing your anti-conservative filters before watching?
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No filter, she speaks terribly. Raab, Sunak & Hancock are much better, much more authoritative.
On a side note, why do you constantly seek to deflect by using some supposition to undermine a point of view? You have no idea re my political viewpoint.
There are some very capable Tory politicians, our Home Secretary isn’t one of them. IMO of course
 
funkycoldmedina said:
The bit where it's 6 weeks too late. Carry in defending the indefensible though.
Read the article
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Ah ok, the government have a cunning plan to stop people being tested. The technical logistics are fairly well beyond the governments control, who knows what issues the technicians may come across but let's not ruin a good Tory knocking oppertunity.
 
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therod said:
No filter, she speaks terribly. Raab, Sunak & Hancock are much better, much more authoritative.
On a side note, why do you constantly seek to deflect by using some supposition to undermine a point of view? You have no idea re my political viewpoint.
There are some very capable Tory politicians, our Home Secretary isn’t one of them. IMO of course
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You honestly believe Raab speaks more confident than she does. Really !

Regarding undermining a point of view, isnt that normal when you believe it to be wrong?
 
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SocketRocket said:
Ah ok, the government have a cunning plan to stop people being tested. The technical logistics are fairly well beyond the governments control, who knows what issues the technicians may come across but let's not ruin a good Tory knocking oppertunity.
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Don't be so ridiculous. They didn't start the logistics till Mid March, weeks too late. We had the capacity it needed co-coordinating.
If you don't have a constructive reply as why they were so late to kick it off don't bother replying.
It's not an anti Tory conspiracy, they're in charge and are judged on the decisions they've made.
 
funkycoldmedina said:
Don't be so ridiculous. They didn't start the logistics till Mid March, weeks too late. We had the capacity it needed co-coordinating.
If you don't have a constructive reply as why they were so late to kick it off don't bother replying.
It's not an anti Tory conspiracy, they're in charge and are judged on the decisions they've made.
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They and all the civil servants are obviously lagging behind your expert insight. What experience do you have in setting up a major virus testing facility, is there a chance that they will be on track by the end of the month or do you and the person who wrote that article for sky news have some inside information showing the people setting it up are not doing it correctly.
I'll tell you what, I'll give them a chance to do their best.
 
SocketRocket said:
They and all the civil servants are obviously lagging behind your expert insight. What experience do you have in setting up a major virus testing facility, is there a chance that they will be on track by the end of the month or do you and the person who wrote that article for sky news have some inside information showing the people setting it up are not doing it correctly.
I'll tell you what, I'll give them a chance to do their best.
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You've not read the article have you but are still going on the attack as is your style.
I do have some inside track on this and they've fallen behind where they should be which is having serious ramifications.
 
Am I alone in being incredulous at an advert I saw this evening on TV.
This doctor was asking people to " slip a note through a neighbours door offering your assistance ......etc"
No thank you! I don't want any notes from anyone . How and when they touched it last , leaving perhaps the virus they don't know they have on it for me, is something I can well do without.
This advice implies that the virus cannot be passed via paper, which I understand is nonsense. It can live on paper, cardboard etc etc for some while.
Or have I got it wrong?
 
IainP said:
I noticed that on booking sites like golfnow you could book tee times from Tuesday (14 April) onwards. I guess this is because no formal extension has been announced.
I think we all expect it, and maybe the Boris situation has delayed announcing a little. Agree it needs to happen soon.
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Probably means nothing at all, but no tee times now until the 4th of May.
 
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