Fighting like tats in a sack! Although that being so Ellwood is an urbane, rather agreeable rodent.
Number 10's contempt for democratic norms is shameless.
No yours is. The electorate returned the conservatives with a big majority, why should they behave like the media that clearly hasn't accepted that result want them to?
IF the electorate want Boris & co out that is their privilege.
What's the media, and most papers backed the Tories and Brexit btw, got to do with parliamentary committees and conventions?
But for the greater good. Perhaps a test can be administered after a few days to see if they do have it?
Christ - wait until the lockdown snitch Stasis get a load of that- the curtains will be twitching and the hotline to the Covid Police buzzing.
"He's going to the shop after 6.34 days ! "
My prediction: the people who have been whining the loudest for the lockdown to be relaxed will also whine the loudest about the tracing and isolation operation that's necessary to relax it.
Tracking and tracing and ADVISING people to stay home is fine.
Putting them under house arrest is not.
I'm afraid Mr Cummings has just given us ample proof that you can't trust people to put the public good above their own - even when they wrote the bloody rules!
Yes - we cannot trust people to work for the glorious revolution - hence why we must spy on them and "re-educate" them in special camps if required.
Can you explain to me why it is wrong for the Scots to do that and right for the English to do that? I'd really like to know.
Find people, test them - if positive they stay in.
Scottish approach seems to be - have a different system because TOARIES - find people, cant test them because testing rates are so low - so lock everyone up.
Don't restart construction Don't open retail Don't open schools Don't open golf courses Don't open flipping garden centres.
It's like January in Wuhan - but without the exotic cuisine.
You still haven't answered the point - which is that infected people take time to show a p ositive response.
Also, the tests currently used have varying false negative rates, and I imagine they are worst for swab tests given the probelms involved in self-testing.
As the infection dies down, it will become more and more important to catch every last focus - and lettingf them out on the basis of one test is not good enough.
It's not at all clear how the various factors interact, but those are amongst the ones that would worry me.
Fighting like tats in a sack! Although that being so Ellwood is an urbane, rather agreeable rodent.
Number 10's contempt for democratic norms is shameless.
No yours is. The electorate returned the conservatives with a big majority, why should they behave like the media that clearly hasn't accepted that result want them to?
IF the electorate want Boris & co out that is their privilege.
The people upset the most now with Boris etc are the same losers who were upset when he won the election. Funny that.
Hmmm. I think I'd wait and see some election polling before being so sure.
The polling on how upset people are about Cummings suggests a lot of the centre switchers are unhappy. What if the Tory lead is down by another 4-6 points. Going from 20%+ leads into single figures, Boris' will have lost his "honeymoon", and "the nation pulling together" poll boosts.
Given that we're likely to face the biggest recession for many years, he'd much prefer to be heading there with goodwill in the bank.
How much of an electoral weakness was he the last two times he ran an electoral strategy and the entire weight of establishment politics and media said he had no chance?
Apart from the majority of the establishment and media who were cheerleading and throwing money at his side?
Queue another thousand posts of Boris is so weak - who won't he give us the scalp we want?
Indeed. Neither Cummings nor Boris is going anywhere - and the louder the whining, the more firmly they're going to stand their ground, and the more immovable they'll be once this silliness dies down.
Cummings is going, at this rate over 50% of Tory MPs will have demanded his resignation by the end of the week, maybe even the end of the day
Boris will look like a useless dick if Cummings does go.
Yes, Boris now can't sack him, it will show up his own weaknesses and willingness to bend to the mob.
By showing up his own weaknesses and willingness to bend over for Dom? Is that a one cancels out the other kinda thing?
No, you don't understand: Cummings can do whatever he likes. Because any issues with anything he does can only be Brexit-motivated. That way, we don't have to sully our minds with considering rights and wrongs. Cummings is in trouble, therefore it's Brexit-motivated. The question of whether or not he's done anything wrong doesn't even come into the equation.
The UK Government in England will have a similarly difficult message to sell too if they want an effective track, trace and quarantine program. It's not an easy message to sell at the best of times. I don't think their actions will make it any easier to sell now.
Telling someone to be at home for 72 to 96 hours while you arrange a test and get the results is one thing.
14 days because you can't be bothered with testing. What logic is there in that?
Because the virtus takes up to 14 days to be manifest, ergo appear in test results, I imagine. (Well, perhaps a bit less, but it needs a margin.)
Just tell the public the the longest detectable virus survival period found is 46 days, and most will agree it’s reasonable.
About par for the course with the other polls to be honest. I expected a smaller gap.
AAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!
Is that the best you've got?!
The polling period covers ALL of Cummingsgate. How embarrassing!
How is it possible that the Conservatives, with 30k plus dead from a disease they are being blamed for being unable to control, and the senior SPAD the most hated man in Britain, are leading forensic Keir Starmer's Labour by more than they beat Corbyn's lot back in December?
Fighting like tats in a sack! Although that being so Ellwood is an urbane, rather agreeable rodent.
Number 10's contempt for democratic norms is shameless.
No yours is. The electorate returned the conservatives with a big majority, why should they behave like the media that clearly hasn't accepted that result want them to?
IF the electorate want Boris & co out that is their privilege.
The people upset the most now with Boris etc are the same losers who were upset when he won the election. Funny that.
That is clearly rubbish. The upset crosses party lines and you well know it. Denying it will not make that fact go away.
About par for the course with the other polls to be honest. I expected a smaller gap.
AAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!
Is that the best you've got?!
The polling period covers ALL of Cummingsgate. How embarrassing!
How is it possible that the Conservatives, with 30k plus dead from a disease they are being blamed for being unable to control, and the senior SPAD the most hated man in Britain, are leading forensic Keir Starmer's Labour by more than they beat Corbyn's lot back in December?
How is it possible?
Because the media is so far out of touch that they're in another galaxy.
What was all that BS jesting some people were posting about a 'buBBle sTorY'?
About par for the course with the other polls to be honest. I expected a smaller gap.
AAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!
Is that the best you've got?!
The polling period covers ALL of Cummingsgate. How embarrassing!
How is it possible that the Conservatives, with 30k plus dead from a disease they are being blamed for being unable to control, and the senior SPAD the most hated man in Britain, are leading forensic Keir Starmer's Labour by more than they beat Corbyn's lot back in December?
Like the drowning man grasping for a lifebelt, for some it seems to be a case of one poll and crisis over.
Perhaps but issues like this have a tendency to ripple below the surface and resonate over time and the next time something happens and the next time....
OGH is correct - this has damaged the Conservatives who were enjoying leads of 20+ not so long ago.
The immediate impact may simply be a) the gloss has fallen off Johnson and he will be held much more to account than was the case in the post-election honeymoon and b) Starmer has at least persuaded some to stop ignoring Labour and IF he can put together a persuasive offering then more will be prepared to listen than had been the case in the Corbyn years.
Will the poll gap close? I suspect so - a lot will depend on the medium term economic impact of all this.
Fighting like tats in a sack! Although that being so Ellwood is an urbane, rather agreeable rodent.
Number 10's contempt for democratic norms is shameless.
No yours is. The electorate returned the conservatives with a big majority, why should they behave like the media that clearly hasn't accepted that result want them to?
IF the electorate want Boris & co out that is their privilege.
The people upset the most now with Boris etc are the same losers who were upset when he won the election. Funny that.
That is clearly rubbish. The upset crosses party lines and you well know it. Denying it will not make that fact go away.
The upset crosses party lines, the witch-hunt doesn't.
Once this moved on from being genuine upset to a witch-hunt this ceased to be about what he did. He's given an account for his actions, they were legal, drop the witch-hunt now.
About par for the course with the other polls to be honest. I expected a smaller gap.
AAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!
Is that the best you've got?!
The polling period covers ALL of Cummingsgate. How embarrassing!
How is it possible that the Conservatives, with 30k plus dead from a disease they are being blamed for being unable to control, and the senior SPAD the most hated man in Britain, are leading forensic Keir Starmer's Labour by more than they beat Corbyn's lot back in December?
How is it possible?
Labour need more crates of "forensic".
Polls don't matter now, but its worth noting that by this stage of his leadership Red Ed had polled multiple poll leads. And that's without considering the Tories have been in Downing Street for over a decade now.
About par for the course with the other polls to be honest. I expected a smaller gap.
AAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!
Is that the best you've got?!
The polling period covers ALL of Cummingsgate. How embarrassing!
How is it possible that the Conservatives, with 30k plus dead from a disease they are being blamed for being unable to control, and the senior SPAD the most hated man in Britain, are leading forensic Keir Starmer's Labour by more than they beat Corbyn's lot back in December?
How is it possible?
It would be funny if the ex-Labour voters have started supporting the Tories unconditionally in a way that they once supported Labour like a football team.
I predict that the 2019 intake from the "red wall" seats are going to be a very jittery bunch, they have very different electorates to appease than the Tories in traditional seats who can afford to ignore a bit of turbulence because they know the Labour Party doesn't pose much threat.
Fighting like tats in a sack! Although that being so Ellwood is an urbane, rather agreeable rodent.
Number 10's contempt for democratic norms is shameless.
No yours is. The electorate returned the conservatives with a big majority, why should they behave like the media that clearly hasn't accepted that result want them to?
IF the electorate want Boris & co out that is their privilege.
The people upset the most now with Boris etc are the same losers who were upset when he won the election. Funny that.
That is clearly rubbish. The upset crosses party lines and you well know it. Denying it will not make that fact go away.
It's a right versus wrong issue. Characterising it as Left v Right, or Remain v Leave trivialises the matter.
Although, a sustained 5 point swing to Labour is not good long term.
The current trend remains that the Tory lead is shrinking, albeit not as fast as I thought it would.
My prediction of parity by the end of July, remains.
The damage Labour did to itself over the last few years really cannot be underestimated. It's going to take more than seven weeks to undo. Tory incompetence, arrogance and lies will help, but the onus is on Labour to sort itself out.
About par for the course with the other polls to be honest. I expected a smaller gap.
AAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!
Is that the best you've got?!
The polling period covers ALL of Cummingsgate. How embarrassing!
How is it possible that the Conservatives, with 30k plus dead from a disease they are being blamed for being unable to control, and the senior SPAD the most hated man in Britain, are leading forensic Keir Starmer's Labour by more than they beat Corbyn's lot back in December?
How is it possible?
Labour need more crates of "forensic".
Tory hubris will help. When the Tories think they are untouchable they become beatable.
Fighting like tats in a sack! Although that being so Ellwood is an urbane, rather agreeable rodent.
Number 10's contempt for democratic norms is shameless.
No yours is. The electorate returned the conservatives with a big majority, why should they behave like the media that clearly hasn't accepted that result want them to? IF the electorate want Boris & co out that is their privilege.
Come off it, Contrarian. The Tories "won" the election by cheating and lying. In doing so, they destroyed trust in the government, which they now want to claim as legitimate. And everything they do now just undermines that trust even further.
What they need to do is to start building up trust, not gamble away the future of the country.
Oh boo frigging hoo.
Go cry me a river. Keep crying about cheating and lying until you cry over why you lost the next election too.
The Tories won the last election by convincing millions more people to vote for them than any opposition party managed. Despite Twitter.
Although, a sustained 5 point swing to Labour is not good long term.
The current trend remains that the Tory lead is shrinking, albeit not as fast as I thought it would.
My prediction of parity by the end of July, remains.
The damage Labour did to itself over the last few years really cannot be underestimated. It's going to take more than seven weeks to undo. Tory incompetence, arrogance and lies will help, but the onus is on Labour to sort itself out.
There's a huge economic crash coming. How the government handles it and how Labour respond will determine the next election. It really is all to play for.
Also reminded of The Prince and Machiavelli writing that problems that are small and hard to see are easy to remedy, whilst problems that have grown so large as to be obvious are far harder to combat.
About par for the course with the other polls to be honest. I expected a smaller gap.
AAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!
Is that the best you've got?!
The polling period covers ALL of Cummingsgate. How embarrassing!
How is it possible that the Conservatives, with 30k plus dead from a disease they are being blamed for being unable to control, and the senior SPAD the most hated man in Britain, are leading forensic Keir Starmer's Labour by more than they beat Corbyn's lot back in December?
How is it possible?
Easy: 1. Labour has been a disaster for years and is only just beginning to put itself right. 2. Most voters agree with the general lockdown policy 3. Most voters agree with the economic measures the government has taken. This is the easy part for the Tories. As the lockdown and the furlough unwind it is going to get a whole lot tougher. The Labour experience shows that once trust is lost it takes a hell of a lot to win it back.
Although, a sustained 5 point swing to Labour is not good long term.
The current trend remains that the Tory lead is shrinking, albeit not as fast as I thought it would.
My prediction of parity by the end of July, remains.
The damage Labour did to itself over the last few years really cannot be underestimated. It's going to take more than seven weeks to undo. Tory incompetence, arrogance and lies will help, but the onus is on Labour to sort itself out.
There's a huge economic crash coming. How the government handles it and how Labour respond will determine the next election. It really is all to play for.
Yep - going into what's coming with the electorate beginning to lose faith will make things very tricky.
Although, a sustained 5 point swing to Labour is not good long term.
The current trend remains that the Tory lead is shrinking, albeit not as fast as I thought it would.
My prediction of parity by the end of July, remains.
The damage Labour did to itself over the last few years really cannot be underestimated. It's going to take more than seven weeks to undo. Tory incompetence, arrogance and lies will help, but the onus is on Labour to sort itself out.
There's a huge economic crash coming. How the government handles it and how Labour respond will determine the next election. It really is all to play for.
True, but the incumbent gets the blame for an economic shock not the Opposition, even if that shock was out of their control.
About par for the course with the other polls to be honest. I expected a smaller gap.
AAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!
Is that the best you've got?!
The polling period covers ALL of Cummingsgate. How embarrassing!
How is it possible that the Conservatives, with 30k plus dead from a disease they are being blamed for being unable to control, and the senior SPAD the most hated man in Britain, are leading forensic Keir Starmer's Labour by more than they beat Corbyn's lot back in December?
How is it possible?
Because the media is so far out of touch that they're in another galaxy.
What was all that BS jesting some people were posting about a 'buBBle sTorY'?
Looks pretty stupid now, doesn't it?
Twitter. Is. Not. Real. Life.
That and furlough.
The tories will tank in the polls when the economy does. Not long to wait.
Just look at the restrictions businesses are facing as they strive to re-open.
In July, Johnson and Sunak will be desperately wondering why the take up is so low. Look in the mirror lads.
Totally O/t but I've just been out for 5k walk; exercise and all that. Lying in the middle of the path, a considerable distance from anywhere we found a bra. If it had been knickers and closer to a wood I could have understood it!
About par for the course with the other polls to be honest. I expected a smaller gap.
AAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!
Is that the best you've got?!
The polling period covers ALL of Cummingsgate. How embarrassing!
How is it possible that the Conservatives, with 30k plus dead from a disease they are being blamed for being unable to control, and the senior SPAD the most hated man in Britain, are leading forensic Keir Starmer's Labour by more than they beat Corbyn's lot back in December?
How is it possible?
Labour need more crates of "forensic".
Polls don't matter now
Not unless they panic backbenchers (and we're still a very long way off that) - but as the old saying goes "The Tories only ever panic in a crisis".
About par for the course with the other polls to be honest. I expected a smaller gap.
AAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!
Is that the best you've got?!
The polling period covers ALL of Cummingsgate. How embarrassing!
How is it possible that the Conservatives, with 30k plus dead from a disease they are being blamed for being unable to control, and the senior SPAD the most hated man in Britain, are leading forensic Keir Starmer's Labour by more than they beat Corbyn's lot back in December?
How is it possible?
Labour need more crates of "forensic".
Polls don't matter now
Not unless they panic backbenchers (and we're still a very long way off that) - but as the old saying goes "The Tories only ever panic in a crisis".
I have a strong suspicion that Tory MPs are at this very moment being served a large plate of Survation with a tall glass of shut-up juice...
Although, a sustained 5 point swing to Labour is not good long term.
The current trend remains that the Tory lead is shrinking, albeit not as fast as I thought it would.
My prediction of parity by the end of July, remains.
If it happens this year, October/November is far more likely. The furlough will still be running in July. The economic reality will only hit once the autumn comes.
This Scottish track and trace without an App seems not pointless but not exactly effective. In a store or a hairdressers or cafe people come into face-to-face contact with upto 100s of people a week without knowing who they are speaking to. How is this going to work? I doubt I would get all of the people I do know the names of that I have either had face-to-face or 15 mintues of contact with in the previous week. (Obvioisly under normal circumstances at the moment it much easier!)
Second issue is that in many small businesses like a hairdresser, if 1 person working there has to self isolate having got the virus almost everyone else in the business will have to self isolate effectively shutting down the business for 2 weeks. I cannot see how this is a sustainable idea unless the government are willing to pay for it in the coming months.
It would cause real issues for people like the fire brigrade if 1 crew member gets the virus and a whole shift is taken out of the rotation. Not to mention how on earth could the NHS even get close to having everyone else going into self-isolation that has had close contact or face-to-face contact.
I wonder how much pressure people will under to go into work from their employers even if the rules state they should isolate. After all without an App tracking them who will know?
He's still got an Everest to climb, but Sir Keir appears to have played a blinder during all this. The minimalism - sticking to the lofty heights of public health whilst ignoring the playground stuff - strikes an admirable note. Quite professional.
About par for the course with the other polls to be honest. I expected a smaller gap.
AAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!
Is that the best you've got?!
The polling period covers ALL of Cummingsgate. How embarrassing!
How is it possible that the Conservatives, with 30k plus dead from a disease they are being blamed for being unable to control, and the senior SPAD the most hated man in Britain, are leading forensic Keir Starmer's Labour by more than they beat Corbyn's lot back in December?
How is it possible?
Labour need more crates of "forensic".
Polls don't matter now
Not unless they panic backbenchers (and we're still a very long way off that) - but as the old saying goes "The Tories only ever panic in a crisis".
I have a strong suspicion that Tory MPs are at this very moment being served a large plate of Survation with a tall glass of shut-up juice...
Fighting like tats in a sack! Although that being so Ellwood is an urbane, rather agreeable rodent.
Number 10's contempt for democratic norms is shameless.
No yours is. The electorate returned the conservatives with a big majority, why should they behave like the media that clearly hasn't accepted that result want them to?
IF the electorate want Boris & co out that is their privilege.
The people upset the most now with Boris etc are the same losers who were upset when he won the election. Funny that.
That is clearly rubbish. The upset crosses party lines and you well know it. Denying it will not make that fact go away.
Irony alert! Person who spends his time 24/7 on a political blogging site refers to others as "losers". Take the beam out of thine own eye Mr Thompson. lol.
Fighting like tats in a sack! Although that being so Ellwood is an urbane, rather agreeable rodent.
Number 10's contempt for democratic norms is shameless.
No yours is. The electorate returned the conservatives with a big majority, why should they behave like the media that clearly hasn't accepted that result want them to?
IF the electorate want Boris & co out that is their privilege.
The people upset the most now with Boris etc are the same losers who were upset when he won the election. Funny that.
That is clearly rubbish. The upset crosses party lines and you well know it. Denying it will not make that fact go away.
Irony alert! Person who spends his time 24/7 on a political blogging site refers to others as "losers". Take the beam out of thine own eye Mr Thompson. lol.
Do you have any hobbies? Discussing politics online is a hobby of mine. And we won, not lost.
He's still got an Everest to climb, but Sir Keir appears to have played a blinder during all this. The minimalism - sticking to the lofty heights of public health whilst ignoring the playground stuff - strikes an admirable note. Quite professional.
Unlike the Fat Crofter who demanded Johnson's resignation.....
He's still got an Everest to climb, but Sir Keir appears to have played a blinder during all this. The minimalism - sticking to the lofty heights of public health whilst ignoring the playground stuff - strikes an admirable note. Quite professional.
This letter published in The National - basically the SNP house newspaper - is just typical of the unctuous self-regarding anti-English sentiment that now openly permeates Scottish society after 12 years of SNP government. Don't think Southrons really understand the terms of trade up here.
About par for the course with the other polls to be honest. I expected a smaller gap.
AAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!
Is that the best you've got?!
The polling period covers ALL of Cummingsgate. How embarrassing!
How is it possible that the Conservatives, with 30k plus dead from a disease they are being blamed for being unable to control, and the senior SPAD the most hated man in Britain, are leading forensic Keir Starmer's Labour by more than they beat Corbyn's lot back in December?
How is it possible?
Easy: 1. Labour has been a disaster for years and is only just beginning to put itself right. 2. Most voters agree with the general lockdown policy 3. Most voters agree with the economic measures the government has taken. This is the easy part for the Tories. As the lockdown and the furlough unwind it is going to get a whole lot tougher. The Labour experience shows that once trust is lost it takes a hell of a lot to win it back.
No, I cant agree with that given they got 40% in a GE less than three years ago.
Totally O/t but I've just been out for 5k walk; exercise and all that. Lying in the middle of the path, a considerable distance from anywhere we found a bra. If it had been knickers and closer to a wood I could have understood it!
I will be changing my prediction of polling parity to by the end of 2020. Thank you for coming to my TED talk
I am inclined to agree. The doing a good job on coronavirus, and overall satisfaction, collapses for Johnson are startlingly bad. They won't diverge from VI forever and it seems more likely that VI will sink to their level than the other way round.
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Is that the best you've got?!
The polling period covers ALL of Cummingsgate. How embarrassing!
Ooops.
Also, the tests currently used have varying false negative rates, and I imagine they are worst for swab tests given the probelms involved in self-testing.
As the infection dies down, it will become more and more important to catch every last focus - and lettingf them out on the basis of one test is not good enough.
It's not at all clear how the various factors interact, but those are amongst the ones that would worry me.
The polling on how upset people are about Cummings suggests a lot of the centre switchers are unhappy. What if the Tory lead is down by another 4-6 points. Going from 20%+ leads into single figures, Boris' will have lost his "honeymoon", and "the nation pulling together" poll boosts.
Given that we're likely to face the biggest recession for many years, he'd much prefer to be heading there with goodwill in the bank.
The scalp so longed-for by the frothers seems to be floating far, far out of reach...
This can only cause problems for the Scottish government
Or are you planning to 'Wait for Survation'?
Like I said, no doubt when the Tory lead does shrink into the single figures, you'll be here proclaiming polls don't matter again.
That way, we don't have to sully our minds with considering rights and wrongs. Cummings is in trouble, therefore it's Brexit-motivated. The question of whether or not he's done anything wrong doesn't even come into the equation.
Do you have any idea how many poll leads Red Ed had?
How is it possible?
How Australia's 'fake genuine Russian choir' Dustyesky went viral during the coronavirus pandemic
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-25/australian-fake-russian-choir-dustyesky-goes-viral-mullumbimby/12270670
What was all that BS jesting some people were posting about a 'buBBle sTorY'?
Looks pretty stupid now, doesn't it?
Twitter. Is. Not. Real. Life.
Perhaps but issues like this have a tendency to ripple below the surface and resonate over time and the next time something happens and the next time....
OGH is correct - this has damaged the Conservatives who were enjoying leads of 20+ not so long ago.
The immediate impact may simply be a) the gloss has fallen off Johnson and he will be held much more to account than was the case in the post-election honeymoon and b) Starmer has at least persuaded some to stop ignoring Labour and IF he can put together a persuasive offering then more will be prepared to listen than had been the case in the Corbyn years.
Will the poll gap close? I suspect so - a lot will depend on the medium term economic impact of all this.
Once this moved on from being genuine upset to a witch-hunt this ceased to be about what he did. He's given an account for his actions, they were legal, drop the witch-hunt now.
https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1265301809201020932
The current trend remains that the Tory lead is shrinking, albeit not as fast as I thought it would.
My prediction of parity by the end of July, remains.
Marginally better than Jezza, although not always
Go cry me a river. Keep crying about cheating and lying until you cry over why you lost the next election too.
The Tories won the last election by convincing millions more people to vote for them than any opposition party managed. Despite Twitter.
1. Labour has been a disaster for years and is only just beginning to put itself right.
2. Most voters agree with the general lockdown policy
3. Most voters agree with the economic measures the government has taken.
This is the easy part for the Tories. As the lockdown and the furlough unwind it is going to get a whole lot tougher. The Labour experience shows that once trust is lost it takes a hell of a lot to win it back.
Prog-rock album cover to die for:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-52771655
https://twitter.com/AllieHBNews/status/1265304956774617091
The tories will tank in the polls when the economy does. Not long to wait.
Just look at the restrictions businesses are facing as they strive to re-open.
In July, Johnson and Sunak will be desperately wondering why the take up is so low. Look in the mirror lads.
If it had been knickers and closer to a wood I could have understood it!
Just thought I save you lads the trouble.
Second issue is that in many small businesses like a hairdresser, if 1 person working there has to self isolate having got the virus almost everyone else in the business will have to self isolate effectively shutting down the business for 2 weeks. I cannot see how this is a sustainable idea unless the government are willing to pay for it in the coming months.
It would cause real issues for people like the fire brigrade if 1 crew member gets the virus and a whole shift is taken out of the rotation. Not to mention how on earth could the NHS even get close to having everyone else going into self-isolation that has had close contact or face-to-face contact.
I wonder how much pressure people will under to go into work from their employers even if the rules state they should isolate. After all without an App tracking them who will know?
https://www.thenational.scot/news/18460257.nationals-comment-piece-easy-nts-neil-oliver/
Paging Brenda from Bristol...
https://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2020/05/rolling-list-of-conservative-mps-whove-called-on-cummings-to-go.html
batlie for Cumming's Administration.