Hi
Not bothered about the BBC at at all.
He is a disaster.
The Express and Mail are against him.
That speaks volumes
I didânt know Dianne Abbot could sing Omah??
Donkeyman!
Forecasts are frequently wrong too Omah. For a start that 80k figure was discredited a couple of weeks ago. However, if you add the current (disputed) total of a bit under 42k to that, itâs still 28k fewer than the 150k youâre talking about. Did you borrow the Abbottamusâs calculator?
Really ⊠well, I only read it a couple of days ago ⊠
Whatâs your source for the âdiscreditâ ⊠:?:
Some Prof of statistics on telly sometime in the last week or so (canât remember when or who, sorry).
However, if you add the current (disputed) total of a bit under 42k to that, itâs still 28k fewer than the 150k youâre talking about.
Thereâs no dispute about âthe current (disputed) total of a bit under 42kâ (a government-massaged figure) unless itâs accepted only as a measure of recorded deaths from COVID-19 when the total number of âexcess deathsâ for the same period is in excess of 66,000.
You said âa couple of weeks agoâ ⊠:confused2:
Obviously youâre confused and canât substantiate your statement ⊠:roll:
That figure still includes deaths from other causes beside Covid 19. I havenât seen or heard anyone quote even an approximate death toll that EXCLUSIVELY relates to Covid 19.
Of course you havenât ⊠
The FT joins the fray:
Boris Johnson is battling the wrong blob (extract from a much larger article)
In Whitehall the bodies are stacking up like an episode of Inspector Morse. Five permanent secretaries, including the UKâs most senior official, have been dispatched. The organisation responsible for public health is being dismembered. The head of the exams regulator has gone following a fiasco over A-level grades.
This is the âhard rainâ that Dominic Cummings, Prime Minister Boris Johnsonâs chief strategist, promised would fall on the âblobâ â his name for the civil service which he says resists real change. The blob is this governmentâs equivalent of the illuminati: an all-powerful force to be blamed for all failures.
So it seems ⊠:shock:
Boris Johnson fails to back up claim people are âreturning to the office across the country in huge numbersâ
Boris Johnson was drawn into a row today as he claimed people are âreturning to the office across the country in huge numbersâ but then failed to back up the claim.
No 10 were unable to provide any evidence to back up the Prime Ministerâs confident assertion which he made in an address to Cabinet colleagues. Mr Johnsonâs official spokesman said: âIt is too soon for us to be able to share figures with you on people returning to work today.
Despite Mr Johnsonâs words, many trains, platforms and Underground services were empty after the morning peak today, offering little sign of any major surge of people going back to offices in central London.
BJâs learned to lie like Trump, leaving his âaidesâ to âcover his assâ âŠ
In colourful language, Mr Johnson addressed criticism of the Government for carrying out a string of U-turns on face masks, exam grading and other topics, and he blamed the pandemic.
âIn the last few months weâve been sailing into the teeth of a gale, no question,â he said. âI am no great nautical expert but sometimes it is necessary to tack here and there in response to the facts as they change, in response to the windâs change.â
He forecast more âturbulence aheadâ but said âcalmer days, brighter days and calmer seasâ would follow.
Now BJ turns to Churchill for inspiration ⊠:roll:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be freed and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands.
If BJ fought a war like he âfightsâ a pandemic then weâd all be under the jackboot within weeks - his ineptitude has already cost the country 66,000 lives - more than the Lufwaffe killed in the UK throughout World War II ⊠:!:
The BBC is sounding just like you again Omah !!
BTW, we are just emerging from under the jackboot if you haveânt
noticed ! Due to who?
Donkeyman!
Hi
It is not just the so called Left Wing who are after Boris.
The Conservative Press are also criticising him.
There is nothing as ruthless as the Tories when they feel threatened.
Maggie was their darling, look what happened to her.
Boris had a majority of 80.
That is the past.
They are focusing on the next Election.
They have to keep the Red Wall otherwise they are toast.
They no longer have idiot Corbyn to rely on to give them votes.
Boris Johnson âbroke his own social distancing rules after meeting with 50 MPsâ
Johnson has been accused of breaking the Governmentâs own social distancing rules after at least 50 Tory MPs packed into a room âcheek by jowlâ to hear him speak. The Liberal Democrats have demanded an investigation after Mr Johnson addressed the MPs in a committee room on Wednesday night, despite a sign on the door warning only 29 people should be in the room to stop the spread of coronavirus. Bloomberg news reported the prime minister even quipped that he wanted people packed in together in the same way â âcheek by jowlâ â in time for Christmas.
People who were at the meeting said attendees initially followed social distancing rules by taking seats that were spaced one metre apart. However, later arrivals âcrammedâ together at the back of the room to hear Mr Johnson speak, three witnesses told Bloomberg. Just 40 minutes after the meeting finished, the prime ministerâs office tweeted a warning that gatherings of more than 30 people were banned under social distancing rules.
Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse wrote to Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg demanding an inquiry and action be taken if rules were broken. She said: âThere is no end to the Toriesâ hypocrisy. Gatherings of more than 30 people are currently banned. The prime minister and his ministers have already evaporated the publicâs trust in them with their shameless defence of Dominic Cummings, but it appears they have not learned their lesson.â
BJ will escape the ÂŁ10,000 - the Met say:
Gatherings
Gatherings of more than 30 people are banned.
There are exceptions for specific events, and for things like schools and workplaces.
Nevertheless, not a good example set by the PM ⊠
Funny how certain elements of society seem able to get away with breaking these distancing rules:
- anarchist marches
- muslim meetings
Just two recently reported examples.
The police (or their bosses) seem to have quite flexible rules.
Hi
The Police have become Politicised.
This is not good, the Law should apply to all.
I agree⊠on both counts.
Isnât Spitting Image due to begin again soon?
Donât think itâs BBC though.
Theyâll have some great material with the Boris, Patel and Rees Mogg.