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2 hours ago, madwullie said:

Everyone needs to calm down a bit. There is an end in sight: we're rolling out vaccines. 

Even if it takes a bit longer than some would hope (which is just speculation anyway) any lockdown now would genuinely save lives as we jab arms like mofos in the meantime.

It's really not ' speculation' at all to claim that the SG will not reach its '1 million vaccinated by the end of January' target.

And no, it's actually not okay 'if it takes a bit longer'. 'It took a bit longer' to exit original lockdown because the government followed Sridhar and the gang in pursuing a ridiculous 'zero Covid' strategy. It then 'took a bit longer' than the two weeks announced as a 'circuit breaker' in October: indeed, large parts of central Scotland have been in one form of lockdown or another for nearly three months. If the government at UK and Scottish levels do not get their act together and start vaccinating in a prompt and efficient manner then it should be resignation material for them all round. 

Between now and then they must also enact consistent and credible policies which include shielding (if there's an end in sight then that applies above all to those who are high risk of hospitalisation), no half-arsed 'just another two weeks/secondary but not primary' approach to school closures and also binning 'elite sport' exemptions.

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1 minute ago, virginton said:

It's really not ' speculation' at all to claim that the SG will not reach its '1 million vaccinated by the end of January' target.

And no, it's actually not okay 'if it takes a bit longer'. 'It took a bit longer' to exit original lockdown because the government followed Sridhar and the gang in pursuing a ridiculous 'zero Covid' strategy. It then 'took a bit longer' than the two weeks announced as a 'circuit breaker': indeed, large parts of central Scotland have been in one form of lockdown or another for nearly three months. If the government at UK and Scottish levels do not get their act together and start vaccinating in a prompt and efficient manner then it should be resignation material for them all round. 

Between now and then they must also enact consistent and credible policies which include shielding (if there's an end in sight then that applies above all to those who are high risk of hospitalisation), no half-arsed 'just another two weeks/secondary but not primary' approach to school closures and also binning 'elite sport' exemptions.

There's been no such thing as resignation material for any politician in any party since about 2015. 

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Just now, Big Fifer said:

That was a glorious week of outrage, but big Deek took the tried and tested approach. Wait 10 days, folk forget and get annoyed about something else, carry on regardless. 

He did resign as Finance Secretary but as you say, the tried and tested approach is to keep taking the money until the next election when the public get to empty you.

So going after schoolboys is resignation material. Obviously not resignation material as in leaving your well paid job, but still. It remains to be seen whether the current handling of this crisis is resignation material.

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10 minutes ago, Scary Bear said:

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Seeing him stoating about town (he lives very close by) pretending he’s not letting his constituents down through an incredibly difficult time is very annoying to put it mildly. I feel sorry for the lassie Natalie Don who’s been chosen as the new candidate for the SNP, shes a decent councillor but Deeks actions coupled with the absolute mess of covid and the failed vaccine roll out makes the seat absolutely up for grabs. 

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If you read news from 20 years back, the stuff that regularly caused cabinet resignations wouldn't even last half a day on twitter now.
We live in a society where someone working for a massive subscription based media service can literally spit in the face of a fifteen year old lassie then take a wee holiday and cruise back into the same armchair as before like f**k all happened. Folk are stupid, and get the public figures they deserve.
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I had a look at their Facebook page they have 12,000 members. Either they don't all subscribe to their views or Scotland has come so far off the rails that even asking parents to look after their kids for 10 days to stop the spread of virus is now too much to ask parents to do. It's honestly unbelievable.
I get the impression that it's a few Tory loudmouths like Jo Bisset driving this - they can't even agree on their own Twitter about this.
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13 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:
16 minutes ago, MixuFruit said:
If you read news from 20 years back, the stuff that regularly caused cabinet resignations wouldn't even last half a day on twitter now.

We live in a society where someone working for a massive subscription based media service can literally spit in the face of a fifteen year old lassie then take a wee holiday and cruise back into the same armchair as before like f**k all happened. Folk are stupid, and get the public figures they deserve.

Spitting, aye. Noncing, not so much.

Is that Carragher, with the spitting? Maybe it’s just football fans who have no morals. I mean look at Clyde.

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28 minutes ago, Scary Bear said:

Spitting, aye. Noncing, not so much.

Is that Carragher, with the spitting? Maybe it’s just football fans who have no morals. I mean look at Clyde.

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