hk blues Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 12 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: almost without exception funds that all of us depend upon for pensions etc. are subject to this at the moment. It's not about speculating, it's about it gubbing X years of someone's planned investments now, meaning when they come to retire their investment has had to repeat this growth over X years, meaning they have a crapper pension. Yep...I was teaching a Japanese guy 2 weeks ago who was 1 week from retirement and was having to defer his plans for a while as his retirement fund had lost too much. For most, they can ride out the ups and downs over time but some need to cash in at a particular time. In Hong Kong, the mandatory pension fund requires individual's funds to be moved to a guaranteed income fund if it was within 10 years (I think) of retirement - not a bad idea that perhaps individuals should consider. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: It's easier than it's been in the past, lot of pick your own ISAs, SIPPs etc. out there. If you're buying into funds as opposed to single company shares, the commission is only a pound or two so you can begin without a lot of dough. In fact without wanting to sound to mercenary, now would be a great time to start. That’s pretty optimistic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Apparently Westminster (the area rather than just Parliament) has a very high infection rate, not that surprising that someone who is there has picked it up,. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 7 minutes ago, doulikefish said: Boris has covid 19 That virus has no taste... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 There yer BoJo got the CoVo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, doulikefish said: Boris has covid 19 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Was there a shortage of PPE in the Scottish NHS prior to this. If the answer is yes then you have a point. As for the obvious lack of a plan to deal with a pandemic, you’re absolutely right, it’s shocking that we have been caught flat footed on this but again I’m pretty certain that’s not a devolved function.Yes mate, i absolutely promise you this is the case and was the case across the emergency services. People arent getting that a lot of the damage and risk to public sector workers could be mitigated! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 9 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: That is absolute bollocks. The overwhelming majority of shares (stocks) are held by institutional investors like insurance companies and pension funds and are held medium-to-long term. If they reacted in a speculative manner to minor, let alone major, events the system simply wouldn’t work. You obviously don’t have a clue what you’re talking about. Obviously. As you say, these steady eddie types don't trade much and aren't generally responsible for most of the day to day movement in normal times. Most of that comes from hedge funds and merchant banks looking to arbitrage short term movements. The institutional types are probably trading now. Due to fundamentals shifting. If the ontario teachers'pension fund needs liquidity it hurts the economy far less if they sell some shares than if they try calling in debts or selling property portfolios. You suggest that the least bad option for the economy should be made unavailable. I disagree. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, doulikefish said: Boris has covid 19 It would be very crass to say “ I hope the c**t dies”. Fortunately I have no problems with being crass. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 11 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: coincidentally I live in Bangalore Lucky cnunt - 5th wealthiest country in the world and ahead of the UK! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, pandarilla said: But surely normal levels of supplies will have been used up pretty quickly, and now getting these things is incredibly difficult due to unprecedented high demand? I'm not blaming either administration too much as there's a lot of simple stuff that simply takes time due to the logistics right now. You can't expect them to keep stock piles, surely? The stuff goes out of date. There's criticism about long term funding of the health service which is absolutely legitimate - but I'm not sure the snp administration can take much blame for that. There's obviously been failures across the system, but keeping constantly prepared for a once in a hundred years pandemic without knowing its form, like the need for huge amounts of ventilators for example, could only be at the expense of ordinary healthcare when you're working with a Westminster controlled budget. It's a bit like all the outrage about the new Forth road bridge having to be closed for a short time due to rare weather patterns. And when the needs became apparent there was a global price war for getting hold of the needed kit. Not excusing the failures to get the available PPE kit directly to those in the front line though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 minute ago, KnightswoodBear said: There yer BoJo got the CoVo No there’s ‘yer’ Boris got the CoVo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Alert Mongoose said: Dominic Raab Will Take Over If Boris Johnson Is Seriously Ill With Coronavirus – No.10 Edited March 27, 2020 by welshbairn 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 24 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: It’s naive to look at that in isolation (no pun). The NHS in Scotland is grossly underfunded due to the Tories austerity policy and I imagine there are far more pressing priorities that stockpiling equipment in the ‘unlikely’ event of a serious global pandemic. I think you've hit the nail on the head here. Say (all) the UK governments had done this. Imagine the SHOCK HORROR headlines about WAREHOUSES FULL OF equipment while BRAVE NURSES go without suitable thermometers and VULNERABLE PATIENTS have no charge point for their mobile (or similar ludicrous shite). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Turns out that shaking hands with patients who were confirmed to have the virus was not in fact a sensible idea. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 https://news.sky.com/video/coronavirus-i-shook-hands-with-everybody-11948548 "I was at a hospital where there were a few coronavirus patients and I shook hands with everybody." Fucking dickhead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Just now, Dunning1874 said: Turns out that shaking hands with patients who were confirmed to have the virus was not in fact a sensible idea. And we've got lads on here saying the UK government response has been great! -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Jag Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) Hope it claims the c**t. Edited March 27, 2020 by Hammer Jag 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Fucking delicious. #Torycunt 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Lviv Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Be lucky to be allowed out the house at all now. Fucked it again, Boris. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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