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We’ve now had the initial three day session of the extraordinary half price meal deal announced by Chancellor Sunak last month and from my totally unscientific findings it has certainly grabbed the public’s attention. Just about everybody I’ve meet over the first three days is talking about it and certainly participating cafes and restaurants seemed to have been full.
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Though you can take precautions. Such as asking for extra leeks in you soup.
Initially, he seemed to think Brexit — “taking back control” as the Brexiters call it — would be purpose enough. In the event, his premiership is being shaped by coronavirus. Here, all the decision-making has belonged to No 10 from the outset, with no one in Brussels to gainsay British politicians. The policy and communications strategy have belonged to the prime minister and his special adviser Dominic Cummings. The result has been a shambles.
https://www.ft.com/content/f029ebf7-557c-46cc-81ca-ae94202d5229
The answer has to be sort out trade agreements with everyone, and protect, so far as possible, the British economy. The trouble is that none of that is likely to be dramatic and eye-catching.
https://twitter.com/steverichards14/status/1291256678239932417
One wonders, how many old-fashioned Conservatives there still are in the House; who put honour and reputation above fortune, or perchance, becoming a Lord.
Ear loop masks are OK in offices etc, but not good enough in hot zones.
And his answer to this is a government sponsored Meerkat Meal. Amateur hour.
I suspect in much of the country eating in is low risk, but low risk is not zero risk. With thousands of restaurants participating, even places like Leicester and Blackburn, it surely is just a matter of time.
*Local councils are proving far more effective at tracing on a fraction of the budget:
https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2020/aug/04/english-councils-with-highest-covid-rates-launch-own-test-and-trace-systems?__twitter_impression=true
If it was Pot Noodles, then yes, you would be £10 worse off. Plus you would be worse off still as you would eat something horrible and then probably throw it up.
If you had bought rump steak to cook at home with potatoes, maybe not.
Gove and Milling, in the cabinet without any departmental responsibilities, should have stepped up to help, test, track and trace could have been led by the Home Secretary, care homes by the Communities Secretary, sourcing PPE could have been the responsibility of the Business and Industrial Strategy, leaving Hancock to focus on the NHS.
Given the hand he was dealt by his managers I would agree he has done well, but in terms of overall effectiveness it was poor because he was trying to do much, and therefore could only focus on firefighting daily issues.
Or should I say Cummings's plans.
Of course they don't as there are very few grounds you can complain about. People look up the list of reasons you can object and there is usually sod all.
No doubt gruel will be fine whilst sitting up at night polishing your groats and shekels...
(BTW - there are no pockets in a shroud)
As for Gove...
As long as building regulations are followed and enforced this is a long overdue change
I would say he and the Treasury have had the best crisis of any government department by a distance but whether Rishi can avoid opprobrium during the more difficult days ahead remains to be seen.
However, there is little evidence they are having any effect
Boris is chaotic and mistakes are being made.
I am neutral at present over Conservative v Labour but it's certain that Starmer, or indeed anyone else, would be making multitudes of errors and really there is nobody in labour, outside of Starmer, who is recognisable by the public or gives confidence they would know what they are doing
Mine are Cruithin with likely some Pict.
https://twitter.com/foxinsoxuk/status/1291264253874380800?s=19
https://twitter.com/foxinsoxuk/status/1290727606640357378?s=09
The number of my fans who whine incessantly about the posts is increasing steadily
You guys seem nervous about something
https://www.britishmuseum.org/visit/object-trails/death-memory-meaning
It shows that “taking it with you” is a common idea across a large part of history and pre-history.
Echo class was always considered a plum draft in the RN due to the (relative) luxury of the crew accommodation and the unlikelihood of ever having to do any hard graft.
I am not condoning it but am indicating that even beyond that the elite/establishment are seeing change that is driving them near insane.
There is probably a technical term for the “you are complaining about something therefore I must be right” logical fallacy, but it does get a bit tedious whichever side is doing it.
As can be seen by my posts about masks I most certainly do not agree with everything the Government does.
As previously observed fundamentally theres a disconnect at work here. The public want planning policies and procedures to work to say no to things, the government want policies and procedures to work to say yes to things. And in the middle you have developers messing about even if the policies are not what is holding them up.
As the forum's soi disant paladin of probity I am surprised you are so sanguine about it. But, hey, 80+ majority and all that. Enjoy it while it lasts.
I am sure that I have kept my disdain for Brown well hidden over the years and you may not have picked up on it but even I would accept that he had considerable substance and was a key part of the Blair proposition in 1997. SKS needs a Brown, ideally without the accompanying psychosis, and I think he will struggle until he gets one. It's very unfortunate that Ed Balls is no longer in the Commons. I think he could do worse than Ed Miliband myself.
Sure it was a possible motivation, but there were clearly other possible motivations which were more likely, and theres risks in presuming an attack is for the reason you want than the reason people give.
Brining in flight restrictions from hot zones is an absolute must. People should not be allowed to arrive into the UK from any of the current red listed countries at all even if it means pissing off giant baby Trump and the airlines. The last thing we need is a bunch of irresponsible people going to India and Pakistan in October after monsoon season ends and coming back infected in December setting off a whole new wave.
https://twitter.com/peter_tl/status/1291278120117469185?s=21
Have a good day folks, too nice not to be out and enjoying the weather
So local lockdowns are the pattern....
In the rush of positive/negative nationalism, it is often useful to step back and ask yourself - what is happening elsewhere?
*Not sure that "second wave" is the right term for "Increase on the tail end of epidemic curve". Like this -
One of my abiding memories of Election night back in December was seeing the Ed B and George O double act on ITV and wishing that both were still senior members of their respective parties.
https://twitter.com/tnewtondunn/status/1291282214886477826
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53675467
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