When did Boris become the messiah

I'm not excusing the government's reaction. But can you see what will happen though? The example I have there is what people will come up with the further they dig back in time.

Quick question, why do you think nobody closed any borders when China first announced this highly infectious virus?
I have no idea why nobody closedtheir borders with China Randy, I would have given 7 days to repatriate only and then stopped flights from China.

Too many governments, not just ours, put profit above people.
 
To those (few) who still think Johnson has done a reasonable jobm I came across this comparison with the Irish Republic.

We started the year with roughly the same number of ICU beds per capita
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As of yesterday, there have been 320 deaths from the coronavirus in Ireland, and 9,875 deaths in the UK. But the UK has a bigger population. So we adjust per capita - how many deaths per 100,000?

Ireland - 6.5 deaths per 100,000
UK - 14.8 deaths per 100,000

This is even worse if we compare just England with Ireland the rate is nearly three time the Irish.

So what happened?

Ireland closed down faster and the communication was clearer. Simple. While Boris was telling the British people to wash their hands, the Taoiseach was closing the schools. While Cheltenham was going ahead, Ireland had "cancelled" St Patrick's Day.

Ireland cancelled Paddy's Day on 9 March, initiating a series of rolling, controlled restrictions, from school closures & large group bans (12 March), to closure of non-essential businesses & social distancing, to full lockdown. It was precise, clearly communicated, controlled. The UK closed schools on 20 March, a full week after Ireland. Full lockdown came to the UK on 23 March. Ireland, from the same starting position effectively locked down two weeks earlier.

Johnson is culpable for a lot of our loved ones dying.

You can argue over whether it was calculated (herd immunity) or incompetence, but he must answer for this. So as we prepare for his return and the political posturings to divert our eyes from a simple truth, remember. IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS.
 
On every know metric Mutley we are performing badly in containing this pandemic. I have given up arguing with folks who think the government are doing a decent job under the circumstances. You can provide whatever numbers you like, and it doesn't get through. People trying to justify their ballot papers at the last election maybe?
 
To those (few) who still think Johnson has done a reasonable jobm I came across this comparison with the Irish Republic.

We started the year with roughly the same number of ICU beds per capita
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As of yesterday, there have been 320 deaths from the coronavirus in Ireland, and 9,875 deaths in the UK. But the UK has a bigger population. So we adjust per capita - how many deaths per 100,000?
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Ireland - 6.5 deaths per 100,000
UK - 14.8 deaths per 100,000

This is even worse if we compare just England with Ireland the rate is nearly three time the Irish.

So what happened?

Ireland closed down faster and the communication was clearer. Simple. While Boris was telling the British people to wash their hands, the Taoiseach was closing the schools. While Cheltenham was going ahead, Ireland had "cancelled" St Patrick's Day.

Ireland cancelled Paddy's Day on 9 March, initiating a series of rolling, controlled restrictions, from school closures & large group bans (12 March), to closure of non-essential businesses & social distancing, to full lockdown. It was precise, clearly communicated, controlled. The UK closed schools on 20 March, a full week after Ireland. Full lockdown came to the UK on 23 March. Ireland, from the same starting position effectively locked down two weeks earlier.

Johnson is culpable for a lot of our loved ones dying.

You can argue over whether it was calculated (herd immunity) or incompetence, but he must answer for this. So as we prepare for his return and the political posturings to divert our eyes from a simple truth, remember. IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS.
Best thing old mop head could do now is contact Angela Merkel and ask her to email him a copy of how to handle a pandemic properly



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Just a few days ago I went on record here as saying that I thought the govt has done a reasonable job at managing this situation. All I've seen seen and read in those last few days is evidence to the contrary. It doesn't feel good to be wrong, but wrong I am. That's not a good place to be. I didn't vote Tory in the GE, but thought I should view this on merit. Turns out there is little to be found.
 
Best thing old mop head could do now is contact Angela Merkel and ask her to email him a copy of how to handle a pandemic properly



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He’s too busy reading Tin Tin and love letters from his 25 years younger fiance, oh and catching up on a few films.

If that was a Labour PM he would have been crucified as too weak and ill to continue but it’s good old Boris so it’s ok.

It would be laughable if it weren’t so serious.
 
He’s too busy reading Tin Tin and love letters from his 25 years younger fiance, oh and catching up on a few films.

If that was a Labour PM he would have been crucified as too weak and ill to continue but it’s good old Boris so it’s ok.

It would be laughable if it weren’t so serious.
Hhmmm an attractive young lady suddenly finding a rotund average looking 55 year old multimillionaire, old enough to be her dad, attractive enough to marry - I wonder what the appeal was 🤔



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Just a few days ago I went on record here as saying that I thought the govt has done a reasonable job at managing this situation. All I've seen seen and read in those last few days is evidence to the contrary. It doesn't feel good to be wrong, but wrong I am. That's not a good place to be. I didn't vote Tory in the GE, but thought I should view this on merit. Turns out there is little to be found.

Well done for admitting your misjudgement Artie. You won't be the first to be fooled by the Fools but you went out of your will to read up further and get a look at the bigger picture.(y)
 
Watching Andrew Marr this morning has made so angry. The news came on first and spoke about the increasing numbers dying, the numbers of medical staff catching the disease and some dying, the lack of PPE, and this ludicrous statement by Hancock that they will investigate how NHS staff caught the virus. Then we went to the newspaper headlines most of which was on the subjects above except these two little gems from Mail on Sunday https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...e-close-death-battle-against-coronavirus.html and the Express https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1...onavirus-hospital-latest-update-today-uk-news. When Marr did the newspaper review guess which story it went to. Yes that's right Boris and the continuing adventures of Tin Tin. Don't get me wrong I am glad he is getting better but all of a sudden they are printing quotes from his friends how he was close to death when the he was never on a ventilator and always described as stable. He is thanking the NHS and rightly so but he had his own medical team with him according to news. All these two newspapers are doing is trying to deflect away from other issues that would show what an hash they are making of things.
 
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