Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

The government mandates a lot of things.
It's up to the police to determine how to implement that.
And they had been moving to a more commonsense approach to policing, leanred through painful lessons since the 80s.
Covid, however, seems to have unleashed a wave of control freakery.
They should pick their battles more wisely if they want to avoid the lockdown collapsing through the loss of public consent.

You couldnt come across any less of a roaster if you posted nothing other than ‘i am a roaster’. Just picturing oaksoft organising a mass uprising because a police officer spoke to a man in an area of a park that was taped off and finds it outrageous.

[Bairnardo]

Speaking to, but not arresting someone who is in an area that the government has mandated are not used, seem entirely reasonable when considering the line between the need to enforce the lockdown and the pointlessness of filling the cells with reasonably minor, no harm done infractions.

Suspect oaksoft is just bored on his enforced sabbatical from Thatcher style union busting and poslishing the name plate on the door of his (formerly) successful business.

Of course, he will absolutely not be busy with anything to do with a mortgage. No siree

[BFTD]

4 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

You couldnt come across any less of a roaster if you posted nothing other than ‘i am a roaster’. Just picturing oaksoft organising a mass uprising because a police officer spoke to a man in an area of a park that was taped off and finds it outrageous.

It's all a bit meh from him so far. I was hoping for some righteous outrage about the filthy layabouts sponging off the state for their "furlough" payments when they could be out scrubbing the pavements with disinfectant.

[Chicken Wing]

Oaksoft coming across as a p***k. Quelle surprise

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

1 hour ago, Bairnardo said:

Speaking of horse riding, I just seen a lassie trotting down Foundry Loan on a horse.... Genuinely have no idea where that lies in the lockdown scheme of things.

Did you not tell her there is a fetlockdown?

[NotThePars]

Can't believe oaksoft has made me take the side of the police. Nothing that boy isn't capable of.

[stumigoo]

[Marshmallo]

1 minute ago, stumigoo said:

And yet you still get nonsense like the below

3 hours ago, pandarilla said:

There's a very difficult balance to be struck with the lockdown. If the politicians had went full absolute lockdown then the police response would've had to be harsher. But I'm not sure how long that would've been possible - unless we had an Italy style overload of deaths (that would've hardened people's resolve).
 

 

[dorlomin]

20 000 was being touted as a good outcome about a month ago. 

[madwullie]

For the love of f**k mods, don't let this turn into a pun thread. 

[welshbairn]

6 minutes ago, stumigoo said:

Delighted to see the data collectors and virus testers in the City slums and villages of India are accurately passing on the true figure.

[stumigoo]

Delighted to see the data collectors and virus testers in the City slums and villages of India are accurately passing on the true figure.

Even without India (which is undoubtedly inaccurate), it’s a horrific figure.

[Granny Danger]

6 minutes ago, madwullie said:

For the love of f**k mods, don't let this turn into a pun thread. 

Yeah, one pundemic is bad enough.

[welshbairn]

5 minutes ago, stumigoo said:

 

Even without India (which is undoubtedly inaccurate), it’s a horrific figure.

 

Might have been a bit hasty about India, there are a lot of possible factors to juggle. But that's also the case with comparing UK with other countries with different variables. Portugal with Spain for example? 

https://qz.com/india/1839018/why-does-india-have-so-few-coronavirus-covid-19-cases-and-deaths/

Edited April 25, 2020 by welshbairn

[Suspect Device]

3 minutes ago, stumigoo said:

 

Even without India (which is undoubtedly inaccurate), it’s a horrific figure.

 

Particularly when you know that our figure is not including the non hospitalised deaths. I read today that Belgium's figure was the worst in Europe because they were including everyone where coronavirus is mentioned on the death certificate. We aren't.

 

[doulikefish]

20k deaths but shop lifting is down 

[Granny Danger]

2 minutes ago, doulikefish said:

20k deaths but shop lifting is down 

^^^^ Priti Patel

 

[Kejan]

Just waiting for Todd Is God to tell me to keep steady/Blitz spirit old chummer.

[Kneal Down Caster]

I just go to the local wet market for all my meat [emoji185]

Batshit mental !!

[Theroadlesstravelled]

Melville has more than doubled the UK deaths using unproven findings, then take other countries dubious numbers as fact.

The buffoonery is endless.