Chinese "Devil Virus" - anyone worried?

[HC]

Surely when there is a review or inquest for how the government failed to act with stopping the virus spreading, they’ll both get done anyway.
If Boris is able to continue as PM after skipping 5 Cobra meetings and thus contributing to thousands losing their lives, your country is beyond saveble.

The only way forward then is a revolution, or being smashed with Ketamine 24 hours a day and living in a parallell universe.

Nah the only way forward is Keir Starmer merely being competent and normal until the next GE , that will guarantee the demise of Bojo

We've always just needed a competent alternative , not entirely sure it will be fast tracked in anyway but there's surely no way back for the Tories especially once austerity 2.0 Pro edition kicks in

 

[Richey]

What I don’t understand is how out of all the horrible things Cummings and this government did, this is what’s going to bring him down. Surely their inaction and stupidity at the outset of the crisis were far more consequential than a guy visiting his kid in Durham?

All the horrible things that Cummings has done? What are they then? What horrible things that you are aware of that Dominic Cummings has personally done?

 

[dantes]

Ah tapatalk didn't let me load the hi res image. But NY Times front page today is 1,000 names of those who have died in the US - as they put it 1%.

An incalculable loss, then proceeds to calculate 1% of it.

 

[dantes]

All the horrible things that Cummings has done? What are they then? What horrible things that you are aware of that Dominic Cummings has personally done?

Can you blame him for being born, or is that one down to his parents?

 

[Richey]

Can you blame him for being born, or is that one down to his parents?

I'm sure a lot of people would!

But seriously, if someone says something like 'ALL the horrible things that Cummings has done" I was just interested in what some of them were, that's all. I always seems a little hazy about what he actually does, doesn't it? So thought there might be some interesting insight on offer!

 

[Hansern]

His response to the Durham trip and this story tells you all you need to know about a snakelike cunt whose only looking out for himself.

 

[Richey]

His response to the Durham trip and this story tells you all you need to know about a snakelike cunt whose only looking out for himself.

But the point was about "all the horrible things" that Cummings has done BEFORE the Durham trip. So his response to the Durham trip can't really be one of them, can it?

Honestly, I don't have much time for Dominic Cummings, and don't really care if he stays or he goes. I know a load of people who do know him a bit though. I get the impression he is more 'weird oddball' than 'evil tyrant'. But hey, if apparently he's personally done loads of horrible things, as stated, then maybe I've made the wrong assessment?

 

[dantes]

Being born. Being a communist. Being a government adviser. Being a workplace bully. Allegedly being a reptile. Allegedly being a russian agent. Worst of all, the thing he should be killed for, is advising upon a brexit that gives the people "sovereignty" as if that was the thing the racist masses really wanted, to feed their poverty stricken kids with sovereign air, eat that air son, it's sovereign air, whilst treating the economic growth as a side issue that's nothing to do with the people, no the people are too stupid to understand global finance, all they want is sovereignty, so the money they never even knew could be made ought to be reserved for my already wealthy mates. That is why he ought to be killed.

 

[6TimesaRed]

His response to the Durham trip and this story tells you all you need to know about a snakelike cunt whose only looking out for himself.

If Cummings doesn’t go, every time he appears in public everyone will do the Pink Panther theme.....

.....durhamdurham ....durhamdurham

 

[Judge Jules]

Surely when there is a review or inquest for how the government failed to act with stopping the virus spreading, they’ll both get done anyway.
If Boris is able to continue as PM after skipping 5 Cobra meetings and thus contributing to thousands losing their lives, your country is beyond saveble.

The only way forward then is a revolution, or being smashed with Ketamine 24 hours a day and living in a parallell universe.

Sorry but that's ludicrous (and most unlike you). If Boris is so brilliant that his absence from those meetings cost lives, (a) that seems to have escaped everyone's notice so far and (b) we can't afford to lose him. I for one suspect that isn't the case, but either way our country's at least as saveable as yours, thanks.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Johnson (I refuse to call him Boris & I have no idea why its persisted with, it's not even his first fucking name) missing those cobra meetings was an issue because the Sage sources in the meetings have said they were concerned about the way he was interpreting their messages based upon what he was saying in those meetings.

As its previously been stated that Johnson doesn't like to read meeting summaries & prefers someone to tell him what happened, it's not a leap to assume the main source of information from this meetings was from Cummings.

Given his statement regards herd immunity & Johnson's early 'take it on the chin' rhetoric, it's not a stretch to blame him missing those meetings for the delay in lockdown, which costs tens of thousands of lives.

History will not be kind to those decisions, I just don't understand why so few question them today.

 

[Hansern]

Sorry but that's ludicrous (and most unlike you). If Boris is so brilliant that his absence from those meetings cost lives, (a) that seems to have escaped everyone's notice so far and (b) we can't afford to lose him. I for one suspect that isn't the case, but either way our country's at least as saveable as yours, thanks.

I dont think its ludicrous to say that he contributed to that. His attitude towards the virus clearly saw you as a country lock down much later then anyone else.

If our PM had done that prior to this pandemic I can assure you that she wouldnt be in charge now as the other members of cabinett and parties would have forwarded a mistrust motion.

 

[The Nomad]

Shapps has said it's not true he went back to Durham after April 14th..

*Patiently awaits CCTV footage to out him as a liar ones and for all*

 

[MomoWASright]

History will not be kind to those decisions, I just don't understand why so few question them today.

It is because those with power refuse to sit before certain audiences. It’s been something like 6 weeks since a minister has sat in front of Piers fucking Morgan. He’s a twat but he’s not afraid to pull people up and call them liars. The government do not like difficult questions and the bbc morning presenters are just too nice.

 

[Athens]

Potentially infecting his parents with the 'rona...

 

[peterhague]

I've never accepted why we're not allowed to drive to other parts of the country, anyway. What's the problem? Is my car spreading the infection or something?

I've heard some people suggest it's to minimise the chance of road accidents, but that seems like a pretty thin excuse for tyranny.

 

[Athens]

I've never accepted why we're not allowed to drive to other parts of the country, anyway. What's the problem? Is my car spreading the infection or something?

I've heard some people suggest it's to minimise the chance of road accidents, but that seems like a pretty thin excuse for tyranny.

Do you want to drive somewhere 140 miles away just to turn around and drive back without stopping at all?

 

[peterhague]

No, but what's the problem if I did?

 

[Athens]

Normally there is no problem, but now there's a virus going about which can kill people so it's better for everyone if people didn't make unnecessary journeys.

 

[The Nomad]

I've never accepted why we're not allowed to drive to other parts of the country, anyway. What's the problem? Is my car spreading the infection or something?

I've heard some people suggest it's to minimise the chance of road accidents, but that seems like a pretty thin excuse for tyranny.

I'd get your point if it wasn't in black and white on the governments own published documents. In several different guises.

There is a small ambiguous paragraph which says you may leave the house to provide 'care' for a vulnerable person, which Cummings, Shapp et al. Appear to be clinging on to (6d).

 

[peterhague]

I'd get your point if it wasn't in black and white on the governments own published documents. In several different guises.

There is a small ambiguous paragraph which says you may leave the house to provide 'care' for a vulnerable person, which Cummings, Shapp et al. Appear to be clinging on to (6d).

I'm not defending Cummings, tbh I couldn't give a shit about that.

I'm just saying it's a stupid rule.

 

[peterhague]

Normally there is no problem, but now there's a virus going about which can kill people so it's better for everyone if people didn't make unnecessary journeys.

Yes but why?

 

[Athens]

Yes but why?

In case you have it but you're asymptomatic and you take it to a place that doesn't have it and give it to someone.

I'm not sure you can guarantee you won't leave your car. If you're 140 miles from home and you're bursting for a piss, are you just going to hold on until you get home?

 

[The Nomad]

Here is your free cut out keep 'breakthelockdown' mask.

Allows you to travel upto 270 miles without fear of a potential fine or worse.

 

[HC]

Lol

Cummings has really cobra commander'd the Tory party , it's impressive

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

I've never accepted why we're not allowed to drive to other parts of the country, anyway. What's the problem? Is my car spreading the infection or something?

I've heard some people suggest it's to minimise the chance of road accidents, but that seems like a pretty thin excuse for tyranny.

A couple of reasons, people tend to congregate in certain places, if you restrict people's distance they can travel, less people can be there. So places like parks and beaches will have less people on them.

Secondly, certain areas of the country have higher cases than others, if you restrict movements, that will be more likely to remain that way. The more people move from high infection areas to low, the more it'll spread.

I don't think road accidents is a reason, but may be a happy outcome from it.

 

[MomoWASright]

I'd get your point if it wasn't in black and white on the governments own published documents. In several different guises.

There is a small ambiguous paragraph which says you may leave the house to provide 'care' for a vulnerable person, which Cummings, Shapp et al. Appear to be clinging on to (6d).

Could I use this ambiguity to drop the kids off at the grandparents so I can consume my body weight in rum? The kids will need caring for whilst I deal with the hangover.

 

[The Nomad]

Cummings has just entered #10. One last nosh off of Boris?

 

[The Nomad]

Could I use this ambiguity to drop the kids off at the grandparents so I can consume my body weight in rum? The kids will need caring for whilst I deal with the hangover.

If it works for Dom.. why not?

 

[peterhague]

In case you have it but you're asymptomatic and you take it to a place that doesn't have it and give it to someone.

I'm not sure you can guarantee you won't leave your car. If you're 140 miles from home and you're bursting for a piss, are you just going to hold on until you get home?

I don't really see why that's more of a problem than going food shopping.

We're not at the point of trying to isolate the virus to certain areas.