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I want out of the lockdown as much as the next person but I really hope the 4th July weekend is proper miserable weatherwise as the country feels like a pressure cooker at the moment about to burst.
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Deeply depressing isn't it? And we think we are so superior to those inferior Europeans......
Who have also been crowding beaches!
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The sheer arrogance that has come from the ruling elite during all this is astounding, yet not entirely surprising.
Similarly, the blind support is worrying, it’s as if folk can’t see it, don’t want to see it or just believe it’ll all blow over. We’ve had morons saying ‘imagine if it was Corbyn’ like that’s some sort of defence of of the incompetence. It’s not Corbyn, it’s not Abbott, it’s not Kermit the frog or flipping ET, it’s Boris and co and they are not immune to criticism, a ruling party never is.
Criticism excelled at them has pretty much been fact based and justified. They’ve been so incompetent it’s unfathomable.
The only consistent comments we’ve heard time and time again through this, the only common theme is incompetence on a level never seen before.
Acknowledging the government is incompetent is it about which party you follow, it’s about having your eyes open. I’ve met several folk who voted for this shitshow and pretty much to a man they are as equally outraged as those that didn’t, not because they don’t like Boris but because they recognise the absolute clusterfuck we’ve witnessed...and ultimately, some have been victims of...
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The sheer arrogance that has come from the ruling elite during all this is astounding, yet not entirely surprising.
Similarly, the blind support is worrying, it’s as if folk can’t see it, don’t want to see it or just believe it’ll all blow over. We’ve had morons saying ‘imagine if it was Corbyn’ like that’s some sort of defence of of the incompetence. It’s not Corbyn, it’s not Abbott, it’s not Kermit the frog or flipping ET, it’s Boris and co and they are not immune to criticism, a ruling party never is.
Criticism excelled at them has pretty much been fact based and justified. They’ve been so incompetent it’s unfathomable.
The only consistent comments we’ve heard time and time again through this, the only common theme is incompetence on a level never seen before.
Acknowledging the government is incompetent is it about which party you follow, it’s about having your eyes open. I’ve met several folk who voted for this shitshow and pretty much to a man they are as equally outraged as those that didn’t, not because they don’t like Boris but because they recognise the absolute clusterfuck we’ve witnessed...and ultimately, some have been victims of...
I have seen a lot of governments since the late 50's and they all had problems galore and most became unpopular in short order. With this particular government they have received a lot of leeway and some sympathy because people appreciated they were dealt an impossible situation to deal with. At the start most people nodded along to their efforts to control the virus but of course after several months of hindsight some people are laying everything that is wrong with the world at their door. They are also trying to govern the country in these extraordinary times with the full glare of social media beating down with seemingly everyone in the country saying they would do things differently/better. The opposition parties have not proposed anything radically different from the government's approach, just minor changes of emphasis but of course it is very easy to run the country from the opposition benches. I see the Conservative party are still ahead in the polls, even after months of an ongoing nightmare for the country which is a bizarre situation but perhaps people have drawn the conclusion that with such unusual circumstances no UK government would have done much better. These are dramatic and febrile times but let's hope things continue to return to relative normality asap.
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The two previous posts present different but very arriculate views of the pandemic and the government's approach.
The most interesting thing to await is whether we see a spike in those coastal towns in the coming weeks. If not, then I wonder whether we are already developing immunity or if millions have actually already had the disease?
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The two previous posts present different but very arriculate views of the pandemic and the government's approach.
The most interesting thing to await is whether we see a spike in those coastal towns in the coming weeks. If not, then I wonder whether we are already developing immunity or if millions have actually already had the disease?
You won’t see a spike in the coastal towns. Most of the locals stayed away. It was mainly people from out of town who were on the beaches, some travelling from as far a Birmingham which is ludicrous for one day.
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You won’t see a spike in the coastal towns. Most of the locals stayed away. It was mainly people from out of town who were on the beaches, some travelling from as far a Birmingham which is ludicrous for one day.
Good point. Well fingers crossed their stupidity doesn't set us all back.
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Good point. Well fingers crossed their stupidity doesn't set us all back.
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Who have also been crowding beaches!
In the same ignorant, anti social way that we saw at Bournemouth?? I'd be surprised if you can find anything equivalent in Europe
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