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  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 49,868

    kinabalu said:

    MaxPB said:

    He's a massive c*** and he's going to destroy the party's credibility with voters. He has to go and so does Boris.

    Didn't see it but I would imagine this is the appropriate response.
    I didn't see it either. I can't imagine anything more boring. We were advised against non-essential travel. His travel sounds essential. At that point, for me, this just becomes a silly story sustained because people dislike him and the Government, and want to humiliate one and weaken the other.
    No non essential travel was the earliest FCO advice for those considering going abroad. Did you miss the later stay at home, backed by regulation?
  • AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 23,486
    eadric said:

    Cummings and Johnson need to put this rubbish behind them and get back to work.

    Weston-Super-Mare Hospital halts admissions this afternoon due to major spike in Coronavirus cases (BBC).

    It begins. Give it two weeks and we'll be back in full lockdown as the majority of people have not been following the guidelines to a lesser or greater degree in the past fortnight. There has effectively been no lockdown since Boris eased things.
    What do you mean...everybody is acting very sensibly...oh wait...

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8354291/Fears-lockdown-collapse-crowds-hitting-parks-beaches-79F-heatwave.html
    On the other hand, countries like Denmark, Germany, Austria, etc, have eased their lockdowns and had similar scenes, and there have not been major second waves
    We’d be in a second wave now if the PB forecasts were true. Long before the lockdown was eased, people were falling over themselves on here to lambast Londoners for sitting in parks during a mid spring mini heatwave.

    We were assured it would lead to a second spike.


    It didn’t.
  • Richard_TyndallRichard_Tyndall Posts: 32,563

    IshmaelZ said:

    London to Durham is roughly 416,000 metres.
    2068 furlongs is a more intuitive way to look at it.
    By rail, Durham station is 254 miles 53 chains north of Kings Cross.
    List all the stations between as quick as you can.
    Mainline?

    Stevenage
    Peterborough
    Grantham
    Newark
    Retford
    Doncaster
    York
    Northallerton
    Darlington
    Durham
    I can do all the rest up to Aberdeen if you like as well. They are seared into my memory by far too many 7 hour train journeys.

    I drive these days. Takes a bit longer but less stressful.
    I came across this once:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberside_Airport#Routes

    and noticed the Humberside to Aberdeen route is the second most used.

    I couldn't help wondering if you were a big user :smile:
    I used to. But to be honest it is bloody expensive and when you factor in all the waiting times at each airport you are not much worse off taking the train or driving. At least with those two options I am not limited on weight and I always carry far too many books :)
  • MangoMango Posts: 1,019

    rcs1000 said:

    Cummings has survived.

    But I am far from convinced this is the right outcome for the government. A narrative has been created that there is one rule for those in power, and one for the rest of us.

    Labour is no longer run by a complete idiot, and I suspect this message will be repeated and repeated and repeated. Every scandal and misdemeanor will be seen through this lens.

    there always has been one law for those in power and one for everyone else or didn't you realise that.

    The only difference on this is those in power have changed
    Really? Seems like a bunch of Tories in charge as usual, representing the ruling class and oligarchies. They've simply ditched most of those with a shed of scruples or principles.
  • MangoMango Posts: 1,019
    rcs1000 said:



    Governments are like the banks of rivers. It can look like nothing has changed but erosion, once it has happened, cannot easily be undone. The path of the river, slowly but surely, begins to change.

    Countries and institutions are the same. Which is why the UK is totally screwed. It's been happening for decades. This latest crock is merely symptomatic.
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