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Re: Covid-19

Post by jackmiggins » Sun May 24, 2020 8:27 pm

For goodness sake, it was just resting in my account! Oops........sorry, wrong thread.

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Re: Covid-19

Post by Bin Ont Turf » Sun May 24, 2020 8:30 pm

Russell Kane has been brilliant through this Covid 19 period, has had me in stitches.

Here he is with another Kaneing, the latest episode about Dominic (Clarence from Robocop) Cummings. :D


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQGjW4KUf1c
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Re: Covid-19

Post by bfcjg » Sun May 24, 2020 8:30 pm

A point worth debating is just how much knowledge of the amount of virus there was in London at the time did he have ? He will have known as data now confirms that London was a hotbed of infection with up to 20% of the population infected he obviously thought sod this and hot tailed it away, others trying this were turned back .
It wouldn't surprise me if motorway camera operators and police patrols were told not to monitor and let him through .

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Re: Covid-19

Post by RingoMcCartney » Sun May 24, 2020 8:44 pm

ksrclaret wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 1:53 pm
By the far the most incriminating thing about this whole situation is the fact his London address is in... wait for it... Islington.

I'm sure Wrongo will be along shortly to call him out for being an Islington bubble dwelling elite.
Not been anywhere near this messageboard for days! I don’t wish to be mean, but I don’t want to live rent free in your head anymore. You’re obviously a really generous landlord , with an under used resource, but I need to move on now.

I hope you can accept my apology for getting so under your skin and move on too.
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Re: Covid-19

Post by RingoMcCartney » Sun May 24, 2020 8:48 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:55 am
Only if Ringo let's him out of his cellar.
Obsessed

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Re: Covid-19

Post by RingoMcCartney » Sun May 24, 2020 8:49 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:
Sat May 23, 2020 10:33 pm
Some truly jaw-dropping defence of Cummings and the government going on. And that's without Ringo breaking his silence on the matter.
Clearly obsessed

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Re: Covid-19

Post by ksrclaret » Sun May 24, 2020 8:51 pm

RingoMcCartney wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 8:44 pm
Not been anywhere near this messageboard for days! I don’t wish to be mean, but I don’t want to live rent free in your head anymore. You’re obviously a really generous landlord , with an under used resource, but I need to move on now.

I hope you can accept my apology for getting so under your skin and move on too.
Haha fair play I'll give you that one!

I just couldn't resist when the News said he lives in Islington. Who'd have thought it!?

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Re: Covid-19

Post by TheFamilyCat » Sun May 24, 2020 8:52 pm

RingoMcCartney wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 8:48 pm
Obsessed
Aren't you just. Probably on the same level as this:
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Re: Covid-19

Post by RingoMcCartney » Sun May 24, 2020 8:53 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:
Mon May 11, 2020 12:16 pm
Question one, from a Mr Ringo McCartney of Burnley: "Mr Johnson, would you like to shag my wife?"

Some on hear clearly need something as a distraction. This lockdown is doing them no good. Far too much time on their hands.
When do the schools go back!?
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Re: Covid-19

Post by jackmiggins » Sun May 24, 2020 8:55 pm

Wouldn’t worry - if posters mention you in their response, it only shows that you’ve hit a nerve and they are on a guilt trip (or don’t have any understanding of their surroundings).

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Re: Covid-19

Post by TheFamilyCat » Sun May 24, 2020 8:57 pm

RingoMcCartney wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 8:44 pm
Not been anywhere near this messageboard for days! I don’t wish to be mean, but I don’t want to live rent free in your head anymore. You’re obviously a really generous landlord , with an under used resource, but I need to move on now.

I hope you can accept my apology for getting so under your skin and move on too.
Not since you had a bit of a mare last weekend.

Anyway, less of playing the man and have an attempt at the ball: what are your thoughts on Cummings' behaviour and Johnson's attempt at defending him today?

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Re: Covid-19

Post by jackmiggins » Sun May 24, 2020 9:04 pm

Incidentally, can anyone tell me why ‘witty’ responses to posts are only posted when the poster is logged off???

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Re: Covid-19

Post by NewClaret » Sun May 24, 2020 9:15 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 8:12 pm
Indeed they could https://uk.yahoo.com/news/eyewitness-do ... 3479.html
I’m waiting for the photos. Not telling me that nobody thought to take a photo of him if he was there.

The story here is a bit odd.

“He said it matches the first five characters of a vehicle shown in a photograph he found online of the Downing Street aide”?

So the first five characters were available For him to find online? Five out of how many?

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Re: Covid-19

Post by RingoMcCartney » Sun May 24, 2020 9:21 pm

A lot has been said about Dominic Cummings over the past couple of days.

Whatever he's done pales into insignificance compared to a previous communications man in Number 10 Downing Street.

He "sexed up" a dossier and was instrumental in the UK being directly involved in an illegal war.

An illegal war that lead to the needless deaths of 100s of thousands of innocent Iraqi men , women and children .

Perspective.......

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Re: Covid-19

Post by tiger76 » Sun May 24, 2020 9:25 pm

RingoMcCartney wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 9:21 pm
A lot has been said about Dominic Cummings over the past couple of days.

Whatever he's done pales into insignificance compared to a previous communications man in Number 10 Downing Street.

He "sexed up" a dossier and was instrumental in the UK being directly involved in an illegal war.

An illegal war that lead to the needless deaths of 100s of thousands of innocent Iraqi men , women and children .

Perspective.......
All correct however you appear to have omitted one important fact he resigned.

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Re: Covid-19

Post by AndrewJB » Sun May 24, 2020 9:28 pm

I see the “great white” has been feeding on some chum. :)

I’ve missed your polling numbers. Tell us again what the great British public make of our PM.

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Re: Covid-19

Post by keith1879 » Sun May 24, 2020 9:29 pm

It would have been worse if Corbyn had been driving.
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Re: Covid-19

Post by Tall Paul » Sun May 24, 2020 9:30 pm

lol Ringo

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Re: Covid-19

Post by Darthlaw » Sun May 24, 2020 9:46 pm

AlargeClaret wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 5:59 pm
While I appreciate this thread is mainly a Twitter esque circle jerk of hysterical left wingers ( of course they hate Cummings) this could go either way
Seems the most accurate post on here.

They’ll get the Guardians bogeyman, sure as night follows day.

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Re: Covid-19

Post by tiger76 » Sun May 24, 2020 9:49 pm

AndrewJB wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 9:28 pm
I see the “great white” has been feeding on some chum. :)

I’ve missed your polling numbers. Tell us again what the great British public make of our PM.
Polling's pretty quiet just now,but I've found these snippets Andrew.Can't imagine why Ringo didn't post them.

Boris Johnson:
Approve: 45% (-1)
Disapprove: 39% (+3)

Keir Starmer:
Approve: 47% (+5)
Disapprove: 17% (-1)

via
@OpiniumResearch

Chgs. w/ 14 May

On whether Dominic Cummings should or should not resign from his job as advisor to the Prime Minister:

Should resign: 52%
Should not resign: 28%

via
@YouGov
, 23 May

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Re: Covid-19

Post by Damo » Sun May 24, 2020 9:55 pm

Never been a fan of Dominic Cummings until the past few days.
The way he has dealt with the screamers and the press has been fantastic though.
Good on him

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Re: Covid-19

Post by TsarBomba » Sun May 24, 2020 9:57 pm

bfcjg wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 8:30 pm
A point worth debating is just how much knowledge of the amount of virus there was in London at the time did he have ? He will have known as data now confirms that London was a hotbed of infection with up to 20% of the population infected he obviously thought sod this and hot tailed it away, others trying this were turned back .
It wouldn't surprise me if motorway camera operators and police patrols were told not to monitor and let him through .
:lol:

Those ‘police patrols’ were more than likely at domestics.

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Re: Covid-19

Post by ksrclaret » Sun May 24, 2020 10:01 pm

Damo wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 9:55 pm
Never been a fan of Dominic Cummings until the past few days.
The way he has dealt with the screamers and the press has been fantastic though.
Good on him
Leaving aside getting one over the media and left wingers like me who obviously disliked him before this, if I'd had a family member seriously ill or even dying alone because I was following the rules whilst he was off wherever he wanted I really do think I'd be horrified and distraught over this.

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Re: Covid-19

Post by Damo » Sun May 24, 2020 10:03 pm

ksrclaret wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:01 pm
Leaving aside getting one over the media and left wingers like me who obviously disliked him before this, if I'd had a family member seriously ill or even dying alone because I was following the rules whilst he was off wherever he wanted I really do think I'd be horrified and distraught over this.
"Off wherever he wanted"
I thought he was dropping off his autistic child with family members?

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Re: Covid-19

Post by ksrclaret » Sun May 24, 2020 10:05 pm

Damo wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:03 pm
"Off wherever he wanted"
I thought he was dropping off his autistic child with family members?
Yep. I assume he wanted to, or he'd not have done it.

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Re: Covid-19

Post by Damo » Sun May 24, 2020 10:07 pm

ksrclaret wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:05 pm
Yep. I assume he wanted to, or he'd not have done it.
Not exactly a day at the beach was it?
Incidentally I just searched for your posts about Jeremy Corbyn turning up at parliament when he had no reason to. Or Andrew Kinnock flouting the lockdown rules.
I cant find them?

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Re: Covid-19

Post by joey13 » Sun May 24, 2020 10:11 pm

Damo wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:07 pm
Not exactly a day at the beach was it?
Incidentally I just searched for your posts about Jeremy Corbyn turning up at parliament when he had no reason to. Or Andrew Kinnock flouting the lockdown rules.
I cant find them?
Andrew Kinnock , do keep up , I know it’s tough , it’s been a long day

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Re: Covid-19

Post by joey13 » Sun May 24, 2020 10:12 pm

android wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 5:40 pm
Great advice Joey. What was your problem with my post?
It was factually wrong , but you knew that didn’t you :lol:

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Re: Covid-19

Post by ksrclaret » Sun May 24, 2020 10:12 pm

Damo wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:07 pm
Not exactly a day at the beach was it?
Incidentally I just searched for your posts about Jeremy Corbyn turning up at parliament when he had no reason to. Or Andrew Kinnock flouting the lockdown rules.
I cant find them?
Well beaches were closed at that point so he'd have had a job. I think castle's were still accessible though?

I didn't even know about those two flouting lockdown rules. Obviously that was really poor too and I'm sure they were given hell for it, but the main distinction I can make there is that neither of those two were instrumental in putting rules in place.

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Re: Covid-19

Post by Damo » Sun May 24, 2020 10:17 pm

joey13 wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:11 pm
Andrew Kinnock , do keep up , I know it’s tough , it’s been a long day
Too long a day to address my point it seems.

Stephen Kinnock

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Re: Covid-19

Post by tiger76 » Sun May 24, 2020 10:17 pm

I'm amazed at the deflection on this thread,whatever others have or haven't done during this lockdown is irrelevant,Cummings clearly has no regard for the government's own guidance so why should the rest of the country.

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Re: Covid-19

Post by AndrewJB » Sun May 24, 2020 10:19 pm

keith1879 wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 9:29 pm
It would have been worse if Corbyn had been driving.
Hahaha! You think someone who actually cares about people would have got it worse? I think we’d have taken earlier measures and saved way more lives. And come out of the lockdown earlier, also saving the economy.

Johnson has done so poorly already, I’d be interested in your thoughts on how Corbyn could have possibly been worse.

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Re: Covid-19

Post by Damo » Sun May 24, 2020 10:20 pm

ksrclaret wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:12 pm
Well beaches were closed at that point so he'd have had a job. I think castle's were still accessible though?

I didn't even know about those two flouting lockdown rules. Obviously that was really poor too and I'm sure they were given hell for it, but the main distinction I can make there is that neither of those two were instrumental in putting rules in place.
You said he was "off wherever he wanted" does that not include closed beaches?

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Re: Covid-19

Post by Blackrod » Sun May 24, 2020 10:24 pm

AndrewJB wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:19 pm
Hahaha! You think someone who actually cares about people would have got it worse? I think we’d have taken earlier measures and saved way more lives. And come out of the lockdown earlier, also saving the economy.

Johnson has done so poorly already, I’d be interested in your thoughts on how Corbyn could have possibly been worse.
Whilst action should have happened sooner to suggest Corbyn would have done any better is laughable. Full of indecision and could have been a shambles.

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Re: Covid-19

Post by ksrclaret » Sun May 24, 2020 10:25 pm

Damo wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:20 pm
You said he was "off wherever he wanted" does that not include closed beaches?
I really couldn't tell you if he wanted to visit a beach or not. So far I only know he wanted to visit his mum's and a castle.

You're doing a grand job of deflecting this though, Damo, fair play. Johnson should have put you up at the podium today and saved himself the flack.

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Re: Covid-19

Post by tiger76 » Sun May 24, 2020 10:26 pm

A couple of anecdotal tales,but if these are anyway representative of the nation's pulse,then Cummings can't stay in his post surely.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-m ... 4571.html

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dominic-cummi ... 2034.html

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Re: Covid-19

Post by android » Sun May 24, 2020 10:26 pm

joey13 wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:12 pm
It was factually wrong , but you knew that didn’t you :lol:
No - which bit was wrong?

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Re: Covid-19

Post by martin_p » Sun May 24, 2020 10:26 pm

Blackrod wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:24 pm
Whilst action should have happened sooner to suggest Corbyn would have done any better is laughable. Full of indecision and could have been a shambles.
At the moment I’d take ‘could have been a shambles’ over the ‘definitely is a shambles’ that we have.

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Re: Covid-19

Post by Damo » Sun May 24, 2020 10:27 pm

ksrclaret wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:25 pm
I really couldn't tell you if he wanted to visit a beach or not. So far I only know he wanted to visit his mum's and a castle.

You're doing a grand job of deflecting this though, Damo, fair play. Johnson should have put you up at the podium today and saved himself the flack.
I'm not deflecting anything.
You said he was off wherever he wanted, without knowing if he wanted to go somewhere.
It just sounds a bit daft that's all

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Re: Covid-19

Post by android » Sun May 24, 2020 10:31 pm

Andrew (and Blackrod, Martin) I don't think Keith was making a serious point about Corbyn it was just a bit of sarcasm. Joey will put us all straight if I thought wrong!

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Re: Covid-19

Post by Swizzlestick » Sun May 24, 2020 10:35 pm

Doubt Johnson was expecting that Mail front page.

This isn’t political for a lot of people, it’s very personal. Makes a mockery of everything they’ve been saying for the past 10 weeks.

I thought yesterday cabinet ministers queuing up to defend him was unedifying, today was next level.
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Re: Covid-19

Post by Spijed » Sun May 24, 2020 10:35 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:26 pm
A couple of anecdotal tales,but if these are anyway representative of the nation's pulse,then Cummings can't stay in his post surely.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-m ... 4571.html

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dominic-cummi ... 2034.html
Cummings couldn't care less about people like that. He wont have an ounce of sympathy for those families.

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Re: Covid-19

Post by CrosspoolClarets » Sun May 24, 2020 10:42 pm

Cummings’ mum was a special needs teacher so you can certainly see why they wanted the child in her orbit in case they were both incapacitated (luckily his wife recovered quickly). I bet the plan would have been for the sister to take the child if necessary and for the grandmother to advise. If I was in the exact same situation, I’d have done the same, without doubt. Family comes first, no matter what, and there was no evidence anyone else was put at risk.

In my many years following politics, I can’t remember anyone triggering as much hate as Cummings. Just an observation.
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Re: Covid-19

Post by tiger76 » Sun May 24, 2020 10:46 pm

Swizzlestick wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:35 pm
Doubt Johnson was expecting that Mail front page.

This isn’t political for a lot of people, it’s very personal. Makes a mockery of everything they’ve been saying for the past 10 weeks.

I thought yesterday cabinet ministers queuing up to defend him was unedifying, today was next level.
It's not political for me i couldn't care if they're blue,green,red,yellow or any other party,it's laughable that an unelected adviser is so feared by even cabinet ministers,that they'll defend his actions however wrong they happen to be.

Why is he so feared that's what i can't get my head round,the warning signs were there in the Javid affair,and this is just becoming more crazy by the day,the government don't even seem to care that they're losing the support of the public and their own backbenchers.

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Re: Covid-19

Post by joey13 » Sun May 24, 2020 10:48 pm

CrosspoolClarets wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:42 pm
Cummings’ mum was a special needs teacher so you can certainly see why they wanted the child in her orbit in case they were both incapacitated (luckily his wife recovered quickly). I bet the plan would have been for the sister to take the child if necessary and for the grandmother to advise. If I was in the exact same situation, I’d have done the same, without doubt. Family comes first, no matter what, and there was no evidence anyone else was put at risk.

In my many years following politics, I can’t remember anyone triggering as much hate as Cummings. Just an observation.
So let’s get this straight, you would put your child in a car with an infected person and drive 260 miles ?

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Re: Covid-19

Post by TheFamilyCat » Sun May 24, 2020 10:52 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:46 pm
It's not political for me i couldn't care if they're blue,green,red,yellow or any other party,it's laughable that an unelected adviser is so feared by even cabinet ministers,that they'll defend his actions however wrong they happen to be.

Why is he so feared that's what i can't get my head round,the warning signs were there in the Javid affair,and this is just becoming more crazy by the day,the government don't even seem to care that they're losing the support of the public and their own backbenchers.
I don't know much about him so did a bit of reading up as a result of this episode. Seems like his strength is in PR and leading campaigns. Also seems like he isn't particularly loyal to any party so maybe they fear they'll lose him to Labour to lead the campaign against them.

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Re: Covid-19

Post by ksrclaret » Sun May 24, 2020 10:52 pm

CrosspoolClarets wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:42 pm
Cummings’ mum was a special needs teacher so you can certainly see why they wanted the child in her orbit in case they were both incapacitated (luckily his wife recovered quickly). I bet the plan would have been for the sister to take the child if necessary and for the grandmother to advise. If I was in the exact same situation, I’d have done the same, without doubt. Family comes first, no matter what, and there was no evidence anyone else was put at risk.

In my many years following politics, I can’t remember anyone triggering as much hate as Cummings. Just an observation.
Certainly wasn't an ideal situation for Cummings. But neither was having someone in your family die alone because the rules he helped orchestrate said you couldn't visit them. So you might have done the same, but you didn't make the rules.

He does trigger a lot of hate, you're right, from all sides of politics including the civil service by the tonight's evidence. He's either terribly misunderstood or...

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Re: Covid-19

Post by Swizzlestick » Sun May 24, 2020 10:53 pm

CrosspoolClarets wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:42 pm
Cummings’ mum was a special needs teacher so you can certainly see why they wanted the child in her orbit in case they were both incapacitated (luckily his wife recovered quickly). I bet the plan would have been for the sister to take the child if necessary and for the grandmother to advise. If I was in the exact same situation, I’d have done the same, without doubt. Family comes first, no matter what, and there was no evidence anyone else was put at risk.

In my many years following politics, I can’t remember anyone triggering as much hate as Cummings. Just an observation.
The day before the 2017 election, the Sun ran 16 pages eviscerating Jeremy Corbyn - a terrorist sympathiser, unpatriotic, unfit to lead, take your pick. I put it that you have more of a selective memory.

And if you can’t see where the anger stems from when the unelected adviser mainly responsible for the policy whereby people have missed funerals, special occasions, the last moments of loved ones, while wilfully ignoring it himself, then I can’t help you.
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Re: Covid-19

Post by Darthlaw » Sun May 24, 2020 10:56 pm

joey13 wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:48 pm
So let’s get this straight, you would put your child in a car with an infected person and drive 260 miles ?
For balance, you would leave your child in a household with multiple infected persons for 7-14 days? Where there is no option but for someone infected with Covid to feed and care for your child?

I’m not defending him btw, just pointing out the shades of grey, to your black and white.

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Re: Covid-19

Post by Tall Paul » Sun May 24, 2020 11:02 pm

Darthlaw wrote:
Sun May 24, 2020 10:56 pm
For balance, you would leave your child in a household with multiple infected persons for 7-14 days?
He did that anyway, didn't he? It was just a different house.
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