Coronavirus

Well, at least that 40 billion on a world class test and trace system was money well spent. Can't wait to do my tax return and put a bit back into the coffers, safe in the knowledge that they will use it to good effect.

Quoted from ginnywings

Well, at least that 40 billion on a world class test and trace system was money well spent. Can't wait to do my tax return and put a bit back into the coffers, safe in the knowledge that they will use it to good effect.

That reminds me, I wonder what Baroness Dido Harding MBE is upto these days.

Whatever it is, she'll probably be doing a excrement job, just as she has throughout most of her career. A fine example of failing upwards if ever I saw one. All you need is to be born into the nobility, married to a Tory MP (who is on an advisory board of a shady thinktank which wants to abolish the NHS) and a university classmate of a Prime Minister. As soon as you see somebody has studied PPE (not that one) at Oxford, you're almost certain that they are going to be bloody useless once they get their hands on the levers of power. The bit about studying PPE is true for politicians from every political party, it must be said.

So apart from the building site I live on being in full operation today we have DIY shops and Garden centres remaining open, Banks, post offices, Laundrettes, pet shops, Public toilets, places of worship, your corners shops, off - licences and you can still jump in a Taxi!
Oh and we still have planes flying in from all over the world, and illegal migrants still coming ashore on a daily basis.

I’m not against lockdown if it’s a full lockdown but this is not a lockdown and like the last 2 this will not work and people will still die because of it, we will possibly be in a worst place after lockdown.
And why do I say this is because the only Data available to us.....tells us this! (Nov 2020)

The Government has a dossier from the ONS they call an impact assessment on how many people would die through lockdown measures, compared to how many lives you’ll save though lockdown measures but the government who have the evidence will not release the data!
Professor of risk management Phillip Thomas from Bristol University has done is own impact assessment on this which is the only one available to date, there is no other evidence available I know of (Nov 2020)

Published on 8th of NOV he claims that lockdown will claim the equivalent of 56000 lives because of the health impact of the deep and prolonged recession it will cause. Only 10% of that number will die through Covid by the lockdown measures that are there to protect lives, a 90% increase in deaths because of lockdown!

The Head of the UN is on record saying as much the same when he announced hundreds of thousands lives of children will die because of the economic harm of lockdowns globally.

Quoted from Humbercod

So apart from the building site I live on being in full operation today we have DIY shops and Garden centres remaining open, Banks, post offices, Laundrettes, pet shops, Public toilets, places of worship, your corners shops, off - licences and you can still jump in a Taxi!

I’m not against lockdown if it’s a full lockdown but this is not a lockdown and like the last 2 this will not work and people will still die because of it, we will possibly be in a worst place after lockdown.

Most of those on your list are pretty essential.

Banks need to be open
Post offices likewise
Launderettes - not everyone has a washing machine in their house
Corner shops
Off-licences - like it or not, many are dependent on alcohol
Taxis - most of my younger staff don’t drive / have cars for various reasons and public transport isn’t always an option (even if they are WFH)
Pet shops - some people’s animals will rely on specialist food etc - though I agree it could probably be ordered online

The shop I work at (David Burys) will have to close again and I will probably be furloughed again.

I say that you could argue that we do sell "essential" goods as I wouldn't like to be too long without a fridge freezer or washer or cooker etc.

It must be difficult for you Les, let’s hope we get back to some normality soon.

Quoted from cmackenzie4

It must be difficult for you Les, let’s hope we get back to some normality soon.

Yeah, just got confirmation I'm being part-time furloughed again. Just working Monday, Wednesday and Friday now.

I work in the office doing all the paperwork and accounting but although the shop is now closed again we are still taking orders over the telephone and via our website, so a couple of lads and the delivery staff are still working full time.

Do you sell televisions Les that must be essential .

Let’s face it, fundamentally the only thing shut is the hospitality industry, we can’t visit pubs or theatres/cinemas etc but literally everything else seems open.

Schools aren’t shut, shops that one could argue aren’t essential are open, some have circumvented rules to stay open (not a criticism) and garden centre and the like remain open.

Yet again a fine example of some truly atrocious leadership and more opportunity for them to shift accountability and literally blame the public rather than themselves for obscene levels of incompetence...