Distant Doonhamer Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Salford eh? That should give the Tories a prime opportunity to close the BBC.Why would the Tories want to close the BBC. Laura Kuenssberg has been sucking off most of the cabinet since the pandemic started 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 12 minutes ago, effeffsee_the2nd said: This entire thing is just fucking farcical now I give it a couple of months before the general public just start seeing this as a losing cyclic battle with no end in sight and think “f*** it, YOLO”. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Dido Harding can probably look forward to another promotion as reward for uncovering all the missing positive tests. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Snafu said: I've never heard them called that. I suppose it depends on what part of the country you are brought up. Tattie picking holidays....Each farmer would send his tractor into town with a flatbed attached and pick up all the bairns aged over 14 that wanted to work( usually told to by your parents) to go and pick tatties from there fields. And whats probably caused half the ageing population to have fucked backs Edited October 5, 2020 by doulikefish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven W Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Some months ago, Sarah Smith of the BBC rightfully got a lot of flak for saying Nicola Sturgeon was "enjoying" the pandemic. However, hurriedly retweeting Sam Coates' tweet yesterday, followed quickly by another about the Irish version of SAGE's recommendation of a national 4 week lockdown, does give impression of someone who just can't wait to get another lockdown on the go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Snafu said: I've never heard them called that. I suppose it depends on what part of the country you are brought up. Well it may be a generational thing as it is certainly a well recognised term around these parts 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 9 hours ago, 101 said: How could we afford it? Or we just going to tell all the businesses to pay their staff for 2 weeks whilst they have no income either that or the circuit breaker is going to be so weak it won't have any effect. The Furlough scheme technically runs to October 23rd. I don't know though, if you can re- furlough staff after they have gone back to work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 31 minutes ago, sophia said: Well it may be a generational thing as it is certainly a well recognised term around these parts I think it maybe is generational. I grew up in Perth and half the kids I was at school with had no idea what the tattie holidays were 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Waldo Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 23 minutes ago, renton said: The Furlough scheme technically runs to October 23rd. I don't know though, if you can re- furlough staff after they have gone back to work. You can refurlough some people who have been furloughed for 3 weeks or more and some other conditions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 (edited) Meanwhile, the head of the government's vaccine taskforce, Kate Bingham, has told the Financial Times that less than half of the UK population could be vaccinated against coronavirus. "There is going to be no vaccination of people under 18," she said. "It's an adult-only vaccine for people over 50, focusing on health workers, care home workers and the vulnerable." Edited October 5, 2020 by superbigal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 8 hours ago, Rob1885 said: You had Leitch on the radio the other day casting doubts over the effectiveness of a supposed "circuit breaker"(don't get me started on how fucking patronising that term is) due to the "R" rate already being too high. Compliance is going to be that much of an issue, I see it being very ineffective and will do more harm than good. Nothing surprises me with that balloon any more. Look what he's hitting out with now. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szamo's_Ammo Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 8 hours ago, Rob1885 said: You had Leitch on the radio the other day casting doubts over the effectiveness of a supposed "circuit breaker"(don't get me started on how fucking patronising that term is) due to the "R" rate already being too high. Compliance is going to be that much of an issue, I see it being very ineffective and will do more harm than good. Yet no one is asking either government why they didn't have this "circuit breaker" at the beginning of September when infections began to increase and the R number was lower or why they are seemingly delaying again (we all know why that is). Once the R number is above 1 it is only going to go in one direction if you do nothing. Another proper lockdown is pointless if we just return everything back to the way it is now afterwards. This pandemic has revealed how terrible journalism is in this country. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Szamo's_Ammo said: This pandemic has revealed how terrible journalism is in this country. The biggest national newspaper did a story yesterday about signing into the Starbucks WiFi under the name "Tess Tickle" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szamo's_Ammo Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 8 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: Nothing surprises me with that balloon any more. Look what he's hitting out with now. "Not full lockdown like the 23rd March, so you might make some choices in there about schools or further education..." Closing the pubs and nail bars for 2 weeks is going to bring infections down significantly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Thing is i would say most people would accept that schools have to have some kind of priority in these times BUT if it looks more obvious that literally everything else is being sacrificed in order to keep them open then more and more people will adopt a VT viewpoint rightly or wrongly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 "Not full lockdown like the 23rd March, so you might make some choices in there about schools or further education..." Closing the pubs and nail bars for 2 weeks is going to bring infections down significantly. Not the fucking bucket story again! Buying time is what the first lockdown was supposed to do! We had weeks and weeks with a tiny handful of cases. This now is the equivalent of being 4-0 up at half time then blowing it to then park the bus at 4 each to see out the game for a point. Ridiculous 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, effeffsee_the2nd said: Thing is i would say most people would accept that schools have to have some kind of priority in these times BUT if it looks more obvious that literally everything else is being sacrificed in order to keep them open then more and more people will adopt a VT viewpoint rightly or wrongly Schools being a priority is a completely understandable position for a variety of reasons and I think most people would agree it is largely positive for the kids and allows parents to work and/or be more productive if they're working from home. What I take issue with is the messaging. Do we want to drive case numbers back down or not? If we do then how can schools stay open on a full time basis with no distancing and no masks? Just be honest with the public. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Another proper lockdown is pointless if we just return everything back to the way it is now afterwards.Unfortunately he appears to be hinting in there that we won’t return everything back to the way it is now, and it’ll be another slow reopen. I suppose if the UK Gov can happily throw nightclubs and conference centres to the wolves by providing no financial support but preventing them from opening, maybe the Scottish Government will give it a whirl with gyms or hairdressers. Don’t want to be left behind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 22 minutes ago, Szamo's_Ammo said: Yet no one is asking either government why they didn't have this "circuit breaker" at the beginning of September when infections began to increase and the R number was lower or why they are seemingly delaying again (we all know why that is). Once the R number is above 1 it is only going to go in one direction if you do nothing. Another proper lockdown is pointless if we just return everything back to the way it is now afterwards. This pandemic has revealed how terrible journalism is in this country. It doesn't help that journalists have about as much pre-existing knowledge as you and I about the subject. It means they don't get whether something is run of the mill, or so out of the ordinary it demands further investigation - but by the time they learn something needs deeper investigation, the moment has passed and there's some other shit show to report 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bernardblack Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 How bad is the covid test?Asking for a friend...Who has the same name as me...Looks like me....Okay it’s for me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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