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How the pandemic impacted the UK – politicalbetting.com
How the pandemic impacted the UK – politicalbetting.com
So concerns about implications for mental health: a third feel their mental hlth is worse than 2 years ago, even higher among young people and women (and in fact on many issues young people often feel hit harder). Probably not helped by changes in sleeping patterns either… 2/6 pic.twitter.com/DVHeh3hZfi
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Handled well you say. Now, about Michelle Mone's £120m of never to be used Chinese PPE contract.
I don't think that a population that is isolated and pessimistic is going to elect a Labour government. The conditions that are most likely to result in the population electing a Labour government are optimism that a better future is possible and greater trust in other people (which you can't cultivate if you're too scared to leave home to mix with them).
M Pete promoted to first.
You forgot the DfE.
But is there a market for the next England captain assuming - and I think this is a safe assumption - that Root will not be captain come the summer?
Still a deep pool of caution out there
Map here: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/26/health/ukraine-health-tb-hiv.html
if they did do a small boat landing in this area, it might have had the benefit of tactical surprise and the advantage of advancing from a direction the enemy was not expecting. On the other hand it might just be the 'Advance' arrow is in slightly the wrong place, and therefor nothing of the sort.
How did this simple step fail here?
They’re the opposite of the Uber-cautious types I mentioned below. The young, in particular
And I encountered several people walking outside wearing masks, including a possibly 60 ish woman with a stick.
If they delivered something unsuitable for purpose, and ask millions for it, Mrs Mone can go ... herself. If the government pay, it's akin to asking for their JSA.
And so, while the inevitable variants and waves will have a fairly negative impact on the provision of health care in other areas, we are highly unlikely to go anywhere near full lockdown again.
No luck catching them leads then
Scholz is in a much better position than Schröder who scraped a razor thin win in 2002 then the SPD collapsed immediately afterwards and got destroyed in State elections from 2003-2005.
'A lawyer for PPE Medpro indicated that the company believes it is entitled to keep the money paid for the unused gowns, on the basis that it did fulfil the contract. They said: “The gowns were fully inspected by DHSC agents and only when they were satisfied that the contractual requirements had been met was payment sent to PPE Medpro. Payment was sent in full, clearly signifying complete satisfaction with the inspection process.”'
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'A lawyer for PPE Medpro did not dispute that no notified body had certified the gowns as sterile, but suggested that was not required because the gowns had been approved under “an equivalent technical solution” that meant that “the normal rules do not apply”.
They suggested PPE Medpro was exempted from standard rules because its products were supplied under “very specifically and precisely agreed processes” and “in accordance with the annexures to the contract”.'
And so on. Rather odd story, not least thast the DHSC won't say what is wrong with the things.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/mar/27/government-paid-firm-linked-to-tory-peer-122m-for-ppe-bought-for-46m
Nottingham, too, had a very tightly drawn boundary and also eschewed tower blocks.
Often in Britain we managed to build tower blocks without actually creating all that much density (actually this is pretty much how le corbusier imagined it).
THey seem to have paid for them before delivery ... unless I am misreading the Graun piece. The PPE gowns ceretainly seem to ihave been paid for when the DHSC etc actually inspected them in the UK, or so I assume. Else there was a huge cockup in DHSC over approval of the payment. I can;t read it in any other than those ways. [Edited]
This isn't complicated stuff.
Folk may not know ( probably do on here), that the Lander governments appoint their State representatives to the Bundesrat.
Therefore, as a member of the government, it becomes in the interests of the FDP and the Greens to side with the SPD at State level, and thus make it easier to get National policy through.
In all probability these gowns were self-certified by the manufacturer as compliant with the relevant Chinese standard. Whether the annex covers this scenario, we simply don't know.
Irrespective, HMG should be pushing for a full refund.
Sorry I will stop now.
Did see a claim that the Ukrainians have pushed the Russians back to the border after taking Trostyanets.
These sorts of advances will become more difficult, because the remaining Russian forces will have had time to dig in and fortify their positions. I think this is why the emphasis on Zelensky's requests for weaponry has shifted to include Tanks as well as aircraft. They'll need tanks to break through Russian fortified positions, but they feel as though they are in a position where that is a relevant concern.
Anyone seen a TB2 video recently? I realised I didn't remember seeing one when I saw a video from a drone dropping munitions on a tank in a more improvised manner. Possible that they've all been shot down now.
I would avoid making a donation to an Oxbridge college in future if you don’t want post mortem opprobrium.
My stuff is a fair bit more small time than that!
I got a teeny bit of satisfaction in a guy opening a claim for not receiving an item thinking I hadn't sent it tracked; in response I sent the proof of delivery including pic of signature and the claim was rapidly closed by him. Trouble is it's extremely difficult to leave bad feedback for buyers so they carry on on their merry way.
And fewer will be prepared to surrender as today's video of Russian PoWs being shot in the legs is circulated.
Could someone explain the logic?
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3440997-russians-plant-mines-in-hospital-before-retreating-from-trostianets.html
Deja vu all over again.
Maybe he wants his own little war? [Edit: that last is SARCASTIC and not meant literally. But what is the logic? I don't understand it either.]
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3441342-ukrainian-forces-shoot-down-another-russian-su34-armyinform.html
You wouldn't bounce a cheque to the Krays, in the day.
Sun shining here in east London and a sense of moving beyond winter with the prospect of some outdoor evenings beckoning (though not next week if the weather forecast is correct).
On topic, it's complex and nuanced. I know of more people who have had the virus in the past month than in most of the past two years but it's not been much more than an inconvenience or nuisance at most.
The medium and longer term societal, economic and cultural impacts of the virus are still emerging and will do so for some time. We can all answer for the personal and immediate impacts on ourselves and our families and our friends.
One area of clear change is work - particularly for administrative or office-based staff. Whether it's outright WFH or "hybrid" or "flexible" working, the days of working five days a week at a desk in an office are over for many people. That has impacts on the commercial and residential property sectors as well as transport provision and the local economies of where people live. Culturally, it's blurring the distinction of work life and home life and changing the suburban lifestyle and ending the compartmentalisation of work and home.
All this has been made possible by the technology of domestic broadband provision which has meant, for those whose work is primarily digital, work is no longer location dependent. That has both positive and negative impacts in terms of socialisation, team building, organisational functionality etc. It's also fair to say it's not the same for everyone - there are those who have taken to the new world better than others and some organisations have embraced the new reality while others have tried to return to pre-virus ways of working.
I was once told the only constant is change but the speed and scale of the change (at least in this area) caused by the virus has been profoundly difficult for some, indeed many, to adapt.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/uvf-believed-to-have-been-behind-bomb-hoax-in-which-coveney-was-targeted-1.4836439
Violence is more likely if Boris does not trigger Art 16 now.
Most Unionists of course oppose the NIP
however, I do suspect it will be shown to the Russian troops as evidence of how the Ukrainians treat prisoners in an attempt, to discourage defection.
https://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/insa.htm
Except the incident occurred during training eighteen months ago, and people are posting as though it happened during the war.
https://theaviationist.com/2020/08/29/ukrainian-su-27-flanker-hit-a-road-sign-during-highway-landing-training/
The EU and Dublin ploughed on regardless and the UVF bomb threat last week is the result.
There is of course NO increase in support for SF, latest Stormont poll has SF on 23%, down on the 27% they got in 2017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election
Re the a lot of Russian soldiers have been prepared to die argument, I’m not sure how right that is. Obviously, lots have died but it is also clear from multiple sources and the visuals that the morale isn’t high. There is only so much of that you can take.
1) Corners are too tight, so they crash.
2) Surface is too rough, so they can't grip the corners.
3) Temperatures are too high, so the cars break down.
4) It's held in a state whose rulers make Putin look like a tame pussycat.
I mean - seriously, F1?
https://apple.news/AuG5aXWJzS-aHSYfzoPm75g
In Malta, the incumbent Labour Party looks to have won another clear victory over the Nationalists. The Nationalist leader, Bernard Grech, has already conceded defeat - one estimate I've seen has Labour at 56% and actually gaining seats but we'll see.
As for Saarland, the latest exit poll has the SPD at 43.6% and the CDU at 28.2% with AfD on 5.3%, the Greens on 5.0% and the FPD on 4.9%. It seems very likely the SPD will win an overall majority with 26 of the 51 seats in the Landtag. A terrible result for the Union under the new leader, Friedrich Merz, whose first serious test this was.
Sinn Fein is indeed down although possibly by only 4 seats or so. I can see Alliance and the nationalist parties having more efficient seat distribution than unionist parties and Alliance and SDLP are of course the most transfer friendly. I don't see why the DUP wouldn't serve under a SF FM but expects SF to serve under a DUP FM? The positions are equal. What's the end game here?
Shame the EU did not reciprocate
AP (via Seattle Times) - US Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska announces resignation
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska on Saturday resigned from office after a California jury convicted him of lying to federal authorities about an illegal campaign donation from a foreign national.
In a letter to the House, Fortenberry said he was resigning from Congress, effective March 31.
“It has been my honor to serve with you in the United States House of Representatives,” he said in the letter. “Due to the difficulties of my current circumstances, I can no longer effectively serve.”
Fortenberry’s resignation letter opened with a poem, “Do It Anyway,” that’s associated with fellow Catholic Mother Teresa. One line from the poem says: “What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight. Build anyway.”
Fortenberry’s announcement followed concerted pressure from political leaders in Nebraska and Washington for him to step down. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Friday urged Fortenberry to resign.
Nebraska Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts said Fortenberry should “do the right thing for his constituents” and leave the office he has held since 2005.
Fortenberry was indicted in October after authorities said he lied to FBI agents in two separate interviews about his knowledge of an illegal $30,000 contribution from his campaign from a foreign billionaire. Fortenberry was interviewed at his home in Lincoln, and then again with his lawyers present in Washington, D.C.
At trial, prosecutors presented recorded phone conversations in which Fortenberry was repeatedly warned that the contributions came from Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire of Lebanese descent. The donations were funneled through three strawmen at a 2016 fundraiser in Los Angeles.
Fortenberry’s withdrawal from the primary leaves state Sen. Mike Flood as the likely GOP nominee. The former speaker of the Nebraska Legislature, who has won endorsements from Ricketts and former Gov. Dave Heineman, has a strong advantage in the Republican-leaning 1st Congressional District. State Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks, a Democrat from Lincoln, is also running for the seat. . . .
SSI - Note that according to Politico, redistricting has made Neb CD1, which includes Lincoln and rural turf in eastern part of great Cornhusker state, somewhat less friendly to GOP, going from Trump G20 margin of +15.4 to +11.2%. Meaning that Republican hold is highly likely, if not carved in stone.
The DUP have made clear they will not serve in the Stormont Executive full stop as FM or DFM until Article 16 is triggered and the Irish Sea border removed
What Boris proposed instead was a technical solution
It hasn't, and that's now a problem without an obvious solution.
Which is why the EU's idea was such a stupid idea, and Johnson was stupider still to accept it.
So he lied to win voters? A revolutionary new assessment of our PM.