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BobbyCummingsTackle
March 25, 2020, 12:35pm
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We're certainly suffering because London is so bloody large and so many commute to add to the numbers. Anyone know the figures for Bejing, Tokio, Rome etc? I haven't heard anything about the first two How did they handle it or did it simply not get to Bejing because of the early Wuhan lockdown? I understand New York is looking desperate too.




Tokyo introduced compulsory working from home around 4 weeks ago and Japan closed all municipally owned public spaces (museums etc). They very quickly put travel restrictions in place, especially if you are arriving to Japan from or via China. They recently introduced a compulsory 14 day isolation requirement if you arrived from anywhere abroad.
Restaurants and cafes are still open. Tokyo is unusually quiet and the streets are pretty much deserted. The city relies on public transport and particularly trains and The Metro (car ownership rates in Tokyo are very low) so working from home has reduced public travel a lot.
But, it is not under the kind of restrictions we are currently facing and that may explain why the rate of infection has reportedly risen again. That said, the Japanese are fastidious in their personal hygiene anyway and culturally do not like close contact with strangers (and in some cases, friends and family) so they are almost culturally better prepared for the outbreak.
Tokyo's population is about a third more than London's c. 9.2 million v 6.6ish


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My lad has just been called in to work (although the showrrom is closed) Apparently there are loads of selfish inconsiderate twits still demanding delivery of the bathroom suites they have on order and an equally selfish  bunch of bathroom fitters and plumbers wanting to do the job.


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Breaking news.......Prince Charles tests positive for Coronavirus and is displaying mild symptoms.


Well he will keep going round shaking hands with everyone he meets.


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Out of interest how do the royals and the top establishment people get their food etc at times like this, do they have special shops that only they can go to or suppliers that only they can use. Cannot see William or Kate standing in a line with a trolley outside Tesco.
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I have been self isolating for over 2 weeks but there are people out there who are either selfish greedy illegitimates or just too thick to understand anything or both I fear.  You WILL BE PUNISHED !


A police officer in Los Cristianos had to strip to his boxers to dive in to a hotel swimming pool to arrest a British woman who was breaking the strict Spanish lockdown. The clever shite refused to come out and return to her room. Guess what - she was a 53 year old Labour councillor from Kings Lyn  and Unison campaign organiser . Bet she doesn't get voted in next time.  Birch the bastad
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A 21 year old woman with no underlying health conditions has died today from the virus. Tragic, really awful. Maybe it will wake some people up and make them realise that this is serious, it can kill anyone. You or a loved one may be next so for the love of God stay inside as much as possible.


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A police officer in Los Cristianos had to strip to his boxers to dive in to a hotel swimming pool to arrest a British woman who was breaking the strict Spanish lockdown. The clever shite refused to come out and return to her room. Guess what - she was a 53 year old Labour councillor from Kings Lyn  and Unison campaign organiser . Bet she doesn't get voted in next time.  Birch the bastad


What has her political affiliations got to do with it FFS.












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Breaking news.......Prince Charles tests positive for Coronavirus and is displaying mild symptoms.


He's self isolating at Balmoral with Covid-19.
Andrew is self isolating at the Hilton with Ellie 15.
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A common misconception among the populace is that most tradesmen pocket all the cash they make and don't pay their taxes. Some do that, but the vast majority don't. I always declare everything and pay whatever i have to and most of the people i know in the trades do the same. A big chunk of the self employed builders sub contract on sites and the tax is deducted at source, so it's not that difficult to know what they are earning and how much tax they are paying. I get that it's more difficult to work out the who and what compared to the directly employed, but to expect people to go from earning a good living to existing on paltry state benefits is just wrong. The self employed always get looked upon with suspicion, find it harder to get loans and mortgages than others and are left to fend for themselves.

It won't affect me, but i know plenty of very worried, hard working tradesmen, who see no option but to carry on as long as they can, regardless of any lockdown.



Accurate comments.
I was a self employed signwriter for 25 years and also worked 3 and 4 nights a week in music to pay my way.
Paid 2 lots of tax plus stamp and accountant fees and actually received very little cash in hand at all.
Getting finance for a replacement vehicle was also somewhat fraught.
No complaints - it was my choice - but people do seem to get the wrong idea about self  employed folk.


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Accurate comments.
I was a self employed signwriter for 25 years and also worked 3 and 4 nights a week in music to pay my way.
Paid 2 lots of tax plus stamp and accountant fees and actually received very little cash in hand at all.
Getting finance for a replacement vehicle was also somewhat fraught.
No complaints - it was my choice - but people do seem to get the wrong idea about self  employed folk.




Received very little cash in hand!🤔 Think that was Ken Dodd's excuse.


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