Does anyone have any figures on how many tests the French are doing daily?
For us to be doing 185,000 tests - even accounting for some people being tested more than once in the same day - is quite a remarkable amount for Test & Trace. I wonder how that compares?
but that is international data - so who knows what metrics are really being compared.
Wow so we're consistently testing double the number of people per capita than the French are? Despite them having a higher case incidence rate at the minute?
That's quite remarkable. Goes to support my theory than NHS Test & Trace is a big reason why the UK isn't seeing a second surge yet. Thanks to Dido Harding, Hancock and everyone else working with it.
The gist: all schools to open as planned, even in current lockdown areas. Rotas to be used to reduce numbers in secondary schools if things in certain localities get worse. School closures and remote learning only to be implemented as a last resort.
These policies to remain in force until Nicola Sturgeon says otherwise.
See that despite the passionate pleading of me and others yesterday, the photo of Starmer has not been changed for a more representative hunkier one.
And we call ourselves a community.
It's pretty representative - it's his head in good lighting conditions. It's not as if he's just got out of bed, or he's in the middle of ravaging a bacon sandwich a la Milliband. It's not even candid; it looks like a professional headshot.
Well I think we can do better. There's some shots of him floating around where he looks like a dog's bollocks.
The exact same thing was said, including by me, last year at this time. Maybe it is finally right this time, but those who said it before were absolutely wrong then so I'd be less than confident when the exact same thing is said now.
Well Johnson capitulated last time, let's see
The capitulation, or however one chooses to interpret it, doesn't detract from the point and in fact makes it - a lot of people said that he wanted no deal and he proved he didn't, they (including me) were just flat out wrong. No ifs, ands or buts, it was said he wanted no deal (or was prepared to risk it) and he didn't. How he chose to avoid it is another matter and certainly up for debate.
Now, it may be that he was playing the long game and wanted no deal at this point all along, or is more prepared to risk it now he has a majority behind him, but once again we see over and over that he wants no deal, and if he does capitulate it will once again prove that the confident assertions he is going for no deal on purpose is, again, flat out wrong. Given we were wrong before, I think the assertion needs to be less confident even though it is certainly possible.
I remember that Jeremy Corbyn supposedly was deviously working for No Deal too. All nonsense. No Deal is a Not Happening event. Always has been. If I'm wrong I'll donate £50 to Toby Young's "Free Speech Union".
Does anyone have any figures on how many tests the French are doing daily?
For us to be doing 185,000 tests - even accounting for some people being tested more than once in the same day - is quite a remarkable amount for Test & Trace. I wonder how that compares?
but that is international data - so who knows what metrics are really being compared.
Wow so we're consistently testing double the number of people per capita than the French are? Despite them having a higher case incidence rate at the minute?
That's quite remarkable. Goes to support my theory than NHS Test & Trace is a big reason why the UK isn't seeing a second surge yet. Thanks to Dido Harding, Hancock and everyone else working with it.
Touch wood.
The French numbers claim to be *people* tested rather than tests. Except they aren't quite that either.
The crowd for Trump's speech last night was bigger than the maximum gathering size currently allowed in most US states outdoors and the maximum size of 50 in DC, though it may have been allowed in Alaska, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska and Idaho, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah and Texas with approval of public officials and Florida (though gatherings of more than 50 are discouraged in the latter still).
Even then however social distancing should be practiced
Does anyone have any figures on how many tests the French are doing daily?
For us to be doing 185,000 tests - even accounting for some people being tested more than once in the same day - is quite a remarkable amount for Test & Trace. I wonder how that compares?
People tested per week -
Thanks though I'm guessing they're UK figures since it says Pillar One and Pillar Two?
Does anyone have the French figures to compare?
7379 new cases 3.9% positivity rate Must be 189,205 tests, give or take a rounding error.
Thanks. Is that a daily figure? I wonder how that compares to prior days and weekly figures?
Does anyone have any figures on how many tests the French are doing daily?
For us to be doing 185,000 tests - even accounting for some people being tested more than once in the same day - is quite a remarkable amount for Test & Trace. I wonder how that compares?
People tested per week -
Thanks though I'm guessing they're UK figures since it says Pillar One and Pillar Two?
Does anyone have the French figures to compare?
7379 new cases 3.9% positivity rate Must be 189,205 tests, give or take a rounding error.
Thanks. Is that a daily figure? I wonder how that compares to prior days and weekly figures?
That was from the numbers in the French Tweet quoted upthread, if that account is posting the numbers every day that’s probably your best chance - unless you know enough French to google the source for the official government figures.
The crowd for Trump's speech last night was bigger than the maximum gathering size currently allowed in most USA states outdoors and the maximum size of 50 in DC, though it may have been allowed in Alaska, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska and Idaho, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah and Texas with approval of public officials and Florida (though gatherings of more than 50 are discouraged in the latter still).
Even then however social distancing should be practiced
Does anyone have any figures on how many tests the French are doing daily?
For us to be doing 185,000 tests - even accounting for some people being tested more than once in the same day - is quite a remarkable amount for Test & Trace. I wonder how that compares?
but that is international data - so who knows what metrics are really being compared.
Wow so we're consistently testing double the number of people per capita than the French are? Despite them having a higher case incidence rate at the minute?
That's quite remarkable. Goes to support my theory than NHS Test & Trace is a big reason why the UK isn't seeing a second surge yet. Thanks to Dido Harding, Hancock and everyone else working with it.
Touch wood.
The French numbers claim to be *people* tested rather than tests. Except they aren't quite that either.
Whatever their testing they have a growing problem atm. From the ECDC website today
The crowd for Trump's speech last night was bigger than the maximum gathering size currently allowed in most USA states outdoors and the maximum size of 50 in DC, though it may have been allowed in Alaska, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska and Idaho, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah and Texas with approval of public officials and Florida (though gatherings of more than 50 are discouraged in the latter still).
Even then however social distancing should be practiced
The crowd for Trump's speech last night was bigger than the maximum gathering size currently allowed in most USA states outdoors and the maximum size of 50 in DC, though it may have been allowed in Alaska, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska and Idaho, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah and Texas with approval of public officials and Florida (though gatherings of more than 50 are discouraged in the latter still).
Even then however social distancing should be practiced
The crowd for Trump's speech last night was bigger than the maximum gathering size currently allowed in most USA states outdoors and the maximum size of 50 in DC, though it may have been allowed in Alaska, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska and Idaho, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah and Texas with approval of public officials and Florida (though gatherings of more than 50 are discouraged in the latter still).
Even then however social distancing should be practiced
If she's part of the reason why there's no second wave in the UK unlike across much of western Europe, then is worth every penny.
Top value - we need to pay for the top people!
Well why didn’t we get one then
France - daily cases, huge Spain - daily cases, massive Germany - daily cases, going up UK - under control
It's the Triptastic Trio - Boris, Hancock and Dido - saving the nation!
In many ways I hope you're right but I don’t think so. I’d like this all over so I feel safe to travel and see my children or they can come and see us with no risk to them or us. I need to find out if I’ll be able to have the vaccine when it becomes available as that will make things easier. We only socialize with the same four people to minimize risk and go where people respect the rules.
Does this impact chance of Dems winning the house...
I've heard a theory - too many young, impressionable people saw the West Wing and believed that:
1) It takes a small coffee table of people to win a Presidential Election 2) They were the real Josh Lyman
Bit like my theory of what happened with Capitalism in Russia.
I agree. I genuinely think the West Wing did serious damage to the Dems in terms of generating magical thinking to solve problems rather than actual things that work.
The crowd for Trump's speech last night was bigger than the maximum gathering size currently allowed in most USA states outdoors and the maximum size of 50 in DC, though it may have been allowed in Alaska, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska and Idaho, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah and Texas with approval of public officials and Florida (though gatherings of more than 50 are discouraged in the latter still).
Even then however social distancing should be practiced
If she's part of the reason why there's no second wave in the UK unlike across much of western Europe, then is worth every penny.
Top value - we need to pay for the top people!
Well why didn’t we get one then
France - daily cases, huge Spain - daily cases, massive Germany - daily cases, going up UK - under control
It's the Triptastic Trio - Boris, Hancock and Dido - saving the nation!
In many ways I hope you're right but I don’t think so. I’d like this all over so I feel safe to travel and see my children or they can come and see us with no risk to them or us. I need to find out if I’ll be able to have the vaccine when it becomes available as that will make things easier. We only socialize with the same four people to minimize risk and go where people respect the rules.
Yes - think it could be a long and difficult autumn/winter for all of us!
If she's part of the reason why there's no second wave in the UK unlike across much of western Europe, then is worth every penny.
Top value - we need to pay for the top people!
Well why didn’t we get one then
France - daily cases, huge Spain - daily cases, massive Germany - daily cases, going up UK - under control
It's the Triptastic Trio - Boris, Hancock and Dido - saving the nation!
In many ways I hope you're right but I don’t think so. I’d like this all over so I feel safe to travel and see my children or they can come and see us with no risk to them or us. I need to find out if I’ll be able to have the vaccine when it becomes available as that will make things easier. We only socialize with the same four people to minimize risk and go where people respect the rules.
Yes - think it could be a long and difficult autumn/winter for all of us!
No room for complacency
For now, however, at least things still appear to be moving in the right direction. After some IT issues I have finally been able to look at the most recent available UK hospital figures, and the total remaining number of Covid patients is down another 12% in the last week. The English numbers, which are updated right up to today, give some cause for hope that the trend is continuing.
If she's part of the reason why there's no second wave in the UK unlike across much of western Europe, then is worth every penny.
Top value - we need to pay for the top people!
Well why didn’t we get one then
France - daily cases, huge Spain - daily cases, massive Germany - daily cases, going up UK - under control
It's the Triptastic Trio - Boris, Hancock and Dido - saving the nation!
Very, very well said and matter of fact Ave_it. A shame a couple of bitter people chose to tag your simple matter of facts as spam - wear it as a badge of honour it simply means they have no way of refuting what you're saying. Because you're right and they hate that you're right.
If she's part of the reason why there's no second wave in the UK unlike across much of western Europe, then is worth every penny.
Top value - we need to pay for the top people!
Well why didn’t we get one then
France - daily cases, huge Spain - daily cases, massive Germany - daily cases, going up UK - under control
It's the Triptastic Trio - Boris, Hancock and Dido - saving the nation!
Very, very well said and matter of fact Ave_it. A shame a couple of bitter people chose to tag your simple matter of facts as spam - wear it as a badge of honour it simply means they have no way of refuting what you're saying. Because you're right and they hate that you're right.
If she's part of the reason why there's no second wave in the UK unlike across much of western Europe, then is worth every penny.
Top value - we need to pay for the top people!
Well why didn’t we get one then
France - daily cases, huge Spain - daily cases, massive Germany - daily cases, going up UK - under control
It's the Triptastic Trio - Boris, Hancock and Dido - saving the nation!
Very, very well said and matter of fact Ave_it. A shame a couple of bitter people chose to tag your simple matter of facts as spam - wear it as a badge of honour it simply means they have no way of refuting what you're saying. Because you're right and they hate that you're right.
If she's part of the reason why there's no second wave in the UK unlike across much of western Europe, then is worth every penny.
Top value - we need to pay for the top people!
Well why didn’t we get one then
France - daily cases, huge Spain - daily cases, massive Germany - daily cases, going up UK - under control
It's the Triptastic Trio - Boris, Hancock and Dido - saving the nation!
Very, very well said and matter of fact Ave_it. A shame a couple of bitter people chose to tag your simple matter of facts as spam - wear it as a badge of honour it simply means they have no way of refuting what you're saying. Because you're right and they hate that you're right.
Thank you Philip
Sadly we have an increasing number of wokeristas on here who don't like and/or can't tolerate opposing views. Also clearly they have no sense of humour. Typical left!
Also the fact that flagging is anonymous makes them look like real brave boys! (or girls, you never know)!
If she's part of the reason why there's no second wave in the UK unlike across much of western Europe, then is worth every penny.
Top value - we need to pay for the top people!
Well why didn’t we get one then
France - daily cases, huge Spain - daily cases, massive Germany - daily cases, going up UK - under control
It's the Triptastic Trio - Boris, Hancock and Dido - saving the nation!
Very, very well said and matter of fact Ave_it. A shame a couple of bitter people chose to tag your simple matter of facts as spam - wear it as a badge of honour it simply means they have no way of refuting what you're saying. Because you're right and they hate that you're right.
Thank you Philip
Sadly we have an increasing number of wokeristas on here who don't like and/or can't tolerate opposing views. Also clearly they have no sense of humour. Typical left!
Also the fact that flagging is anonymous makes them look like real brave boys! (or girls, you never know)!
Especially when we've been asked not to do it because it spams OGH and RCS's inbox with emails - I'm guessing they just have no respect for OGH or Robert, what a shame.
If she's part of the reason why there's no second wave in the UK unlike across much of western Europe, then is worth every penny.
Top value - we need to pay for the top people!
Well why didn’t we get one then
France - daily cases, huge Spain - daily cases, massive Germany - daily cases, going up UK - under control
It's the Triptastic Trio - Boris, Hancock and Dido - saving the nation!
Very, very well said and matter of fact Ave_it. A shame a couple of bitter people chose to tag your simple matter of facts as spam - wear it as a badge of honour it simply means they have no way of refuting what you're saying. Because you're right and they hate that you're right.
Thank you Philip
Sadly we have an increasing number of wokeristas on here who don't like and/or can't tolerate opposing views. Also clearly they have no sense of humour. Typical left!
Also the fact that flagging is anonymous makes them look like real brave boys! (or girls, you never know)!
Flagging isn’t anonymous just hold on it and it tells you who flagged you, well it does for likes.
If she's part of the reason why there's no second wave in the UK unlike across much of western Europe, then is worth every penny.
Top value - we need to pay for the top people!
Well why didn’t we get one then
France - daily cases, huge Spain - daily cases, massive Germany - daily cases, going up UK - under control
It's the Triptastic Trio - Boris, Hancock and Dido - saving the nation!
Very, very well said and matter of fact Ave_it. A shame a couple of bitter people chose to tag your simple matter of facts as spam - wear it as a badge of honour it simply means they have no way of refuting what you're saying. Because you're right and they hate that you're right.
Thank you Philip
Sadly we have an increasing number of wokeristas on here who don't like and/or can't tolerate opposing views. Also clearly they have no sense of humour. Typical left!
Also the fact that flagging is anonymous makes them look like real brave boys! (or girls, you never know)!
Especially when we've been asked not to do it because it spams OGH and RCS's inbox with emails - I'm guessing they just have no respect for OGH or Robert, what a shame.
If she's part of the reason why there's no second wave in the UK unlike across much of western Europe, then is worth every penny.
Top value - we need to pay for the top people!
Well why didn’t we get one then
France - daily cases, huge Spain - daily cases, massive Germany - daily cases, going up UK - under control
It's the Triptastic Trio - Boris, Hancock and Dido - saving the nation!
Very, very well said and matter of fact Ave_it. A shame a couple of bitter people chose to tag your simple matter of facts as spam - wear it as a badge of honour it simply means they have no way of refuting what you're saying. Because you're right and they hate that you're right.
Thank you Philip
Sadly we have an increasing number of wokeristas on here who don't like and/or can't tolerate opposing views. Also clearly they have no sense of humour. Typical left!
Also the fact that flagging is anonymous makes them look like real brave boys! (or girls, you never know)!
Flagging isn’t anonymous just hold on it and it tells you who flagged you, well it does for likes.
Liking isn't anonymous, flagging is. Flagging also spams our hosts with emails as its meant to be used only to identify serious problems, not opinions you disagree with, so its incredibly rude to them too.
If she's part of the reason why there's no second wave in the UK unlike across much of western Europe, then is worth every penny.
Top value - we need to pay for the top people!
Well why didn’t we get one then
France - daily cases, huge Spain - daily cases, massive Germany - daily cases, going up UK - under control
It's the Triptastic Trio - Boris, Hancock and Dido - saving the nation!
Very, very well said and matter of fact Ave_it. A shame a couple of bitter people chose to tag your simple matter of facts as spam - wear it as a badge of honour it simply means they have no way of refuting what you're saying. Because you're right and they hate that you're right.
Thank you Philip
Sadly we have an increasing number of wokeristas on here who don't like and/or can't tolerate opposing views. Also clearly they have no sense of humour. Typical left!
Also the fact that flagging is anonymous makes them look like real brave boys! (or girls, you never know)!
Especially when we've been asked not to do it because it spams OGH and RCS's inbox with emails - I'm guessing they just have no respect for OGH or Robert, what a shame.
They count 15 states as battleground states. the list of "battlegrounds" is Arizona, Florida,Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio,Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin
Oh no, Biden is struggling in Texas, he is doomed.
IF Texas, Iowa and Georgia count as battlegrounds then Trump is fucked.
The fact that Texas is trending purple is something to give the US Republicans sleepless nights. And this is a long term trend...
There’s lots of Californians moving to Texas because California is turning to sh....
There’s lots of Texans telling the newcomers not to bring their sh.. politics with them!
The Californians moving to Texas are the batshit crazy Christian nutters. They ain’t votign Democrat
Texas polls are pretty neck and neck.
Sure but I suspect that is due to demographic change rather than nutters moving from California
We looked at this, running a week-on, week-off structure. That would mean we would only have half a class actually in at any one time so we could space them out more.
We came to the conclusion that it caused so many problems and difficulties it would be easier just to continue with remote learning if it came to that.
Now admittedly, I know what I’m doing and the DfE don’t, and I’m intelligent and they’re not, but would it have killed them to actually, y’know, ask somebody who knows their shit and has wargamed it and could tell them the likely drawbacks, before briefing the media?
They count 15 states as battleground states. the list of "battlegrounds" is Arizona, Florida,Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio,Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin
Oh no, Biden is struggling in Texas, he is doomed.
IF Texas, Iowa and Georgia count as battlegrounds then Trump is fucked.
The fact that Texas is trending purple is something to give the US Republicans sleepless nights. And this is a long term trend...
There’s lots of Californians moving to Texas because California is turning to sh....
There’s lots of Texans telling the newcomers not to bring their sh.. politics with them!
The Californians moving to Texas are the batshit crazy Christian nutters. They ain’t votign Democrat
Texas polls are pretty neck and neck.
Sure but I suspect that is due to demographic change rather than nutters moving from California
Can I make a joke about it being pretty neck v red neck?
would it have killed them to actually, y’know, ask somebody who knows their shit and has wargamed it and could tell them the likely drawbacks, before briefing the media?
Sorry, it's Beethoven's 3rd symphony (Eroica) on BBC2. The orchestra being separated makes for a visually improved presentation in our opinion. The missing audience is not missed.
We looked at this, running a week-on, week-off structure. That would mean we would only have half a class actually in at any one time so we could space them out more.
We came to the conclusion that it caused so many problems and difficulties it would be easier just to continue with remote learning if it came to that.
Now admittedly, I know what I’m doing and the DfE don’t, and I’m intelligent and they’re not, but would it have killed them to actually, y’know, ask somebody who knows their shit and has wargamed it and could tell them the likely drawbacks, before briefing the media?
I haven't looked at the detail, but would a rota system not being better than nothing for 4-11 year olds?
We looked at this, running a week-on, week-off structure. That would mean we would only have half a class actually in at any one time so we could space them out more.
We came to the conclusion that it caused so many problems and difficulties it would be easier just to continue with remote learning if it came to that.
Now admittedly, I know what I’m doing and the DfE don’t, and I’m intelligent and they’re not, but would it have killed them to actually, y’know, ask somebody who knows their shit and has wargamed it and could tell them the likely drawbacks, before briefing the media?
Surely that's the point though, that's a last resort not something that is actively wanted?
And while you might find it easier just to continue with remote learning that does not necessarily mean it is easier for other schools - or pupils - or their parents either.
We looked at this, running a week-on, week-off structure. That would mean we would only have half a class actually in at any one time so we could space them out more.
We came to the conclusion that it caused so many problems and difficulties it would be easier just to continue with remote learning if it came to that.
Now admittedly, I know what I’m doing and the DfE don’t, and I’m intelligent and they’re not, but would it have killed them to actually, y’know, ask somebody who knows their shit and has wargamed it and could tell them the likely drawbacks, before briefing the media?
They realized they didn’t have a plan B so sat down and wrote one on the back of a fag packet that they could release to the media. They don’t believe it will be needed so why bother checking it out. Meanwhile in areas of Spain they are buying thousands of laptops, turning class rooms into studios and looking to bring affordable internet to the homes that don’t have it, now that’s a plan B. They expect they will have to use it despite it being desperate to get children back to school, not least so they are under control while parents are at work.
Sorry, it's Beethoven's 3rd symphony (Eroica) on BBC2. The orchestra being separated makes for a visually improved presentation in our opinion. The missing audience is not missed.
Fine performance of the Intense funeral march that comprises the second movement. When this symphony was first performed it must have sounded like nothing ever had before, that movement especially. The symphony as a whole was some 20 minutes longer than any that had been written up to then. Beethoven’s Eroica is one of the most remarkable pieces of music in the classical repertory.
Sorry, it's Beethoven's 3rd symphony (Eroica) on BBC2. The orchestra being separated makes for a visually improved presentation in our opinion. The missing audience is not missed.
I wonder if they'll actually finish up playing better with the extra space?
We looked at this, running a week-on, week-off structure. That would mean we would only have half a class actually in at any one time so we could space them out more.
We came to the conclusion that it caused so many problems and difficulties it would be easier just to continue with remote learning if it came to that.
Now admittedly, I know what I’m doing and the DfE don’t, and I’m intelligent and they’re not, but would it have killed them to actually, y’know, ask somebody who knows their shit and has wargamed it and could tell them the likely drawbacks, before briefing the media?
I haven't looked at the detail, but would a rota system not being better than nothing for 4-11 year olds?
No - probably worse.
The problems are manifold and complex. One is that if teachers are teaching in rooms, they can’t teach effectively online, as it’s a totally different approach. So either you only cover 50% of the lessons, or you accept that 50% of what they’re taught is going to be ineffectual, which sods up learning down the line.
There’s also quite a serious case of complexity with trying to make sure all the family go in on one week, which isn’t easy across schools.
There were huge numbers of other problems around transport, shared facilities etc but those were the ones that stuck out.
It’s the sort of thing that grabs you as a great idea on paper, but I don’t teach on paper and nor does anyone else so it wasn’t going to work in this thing called the real world.
If she's part of the reason why there's no second wave in the UK unlike across much of western Europe, then is worth every penny.
Top value - we need to pay for the top people!
Well why didn’t we get one then
France - daily cases, huge Spain - daily cases, massive Germany - daily cases, going up UK - under control
It's the Triptastic Trio - Boris, Hancock and Dido - saving the nation!
Very, very well said and matter of fact Ave_it. A shame a couple of bitter people chose to tag your simple matter of facts as spam - wear it as a badge of honour it simply means they have no way of refuting what you're saying. Because you're right and they hate that you're right.
Thank you Philip
Sadly we have an increasing number of wokeristas on here who don't like and/or can't tolerate opposing views. Also clearly they have no sense of humour. Typical left!
Also the fact that flagging is anonymous makes them look like real brave boys! (or girls, you never know)!
Flagging isn’t anonymous just hold on it and it tells you who flagged you, well it does for likes.
Liking isn't anonymous, flagging is. Flagging also spams our hosts with emails as its meant to be used only to identify serious problems, not opinions you disagree with, so its incredibly rude to them too.
Thanks Philip. I never knew what the Flag was for and have certainly never used it.
What's Off Topic for? Who cares if something is off topic? Most posts are. Mine certainly are.
Sorry, it's Beethoven's 3rd symphony (Eroica) on BBC2. The orchestra being separated makes for a visually improved presentation in our opinion. The missing audience is not missed.
Fine performance of the Intense funeral march that comprises the second movement. When this symphony was first performed it must have sounded like nothing ever had before, that movement especially. The symphony as a whole was some 20 minutes longer than any that had been written up to then. Beethoven’s Eroica is one of the most remarkable pieces of music in the classical repertory.
Just to add I think awed silence is in some ways a more appropriate response to a performance of a piece like this than applause.
If she's part of the reason why there's no second wave in the UK unlike across much of western Europe, then is worth every penny.
Top value - we need to pay for the top people!
Well why didn’t we get one then
France - daily cases, huge Spain - daily cases, massive Germany - daily cases, going up UK - under control
It's the Triptastic Trio - Boris, Hancock and Dido - saving the nation!
Very, very well said and matter of fact Ave_it. A shame a couple of bitter people chose to tag your simple matter of facts as spam - wear it as a badge of honour it simply means they have no way of refuting what you're saying. Because you're right and they hate that you're right.
Thank you Philip
Sadly we have an increasing number of wokeristas on here who don't like and/or can't tolerate opposing views. Also clearly they have no sense of humour. Typical left!
Also the fact that flagging is anonymous makes them look like real brave boys! (or girls, you never know)!
Flagging isn’t anonymous just hold on it and it tells you who flagged you, well it does for likes.
Liking isn't anonymous, flagging is. Flagging also spams our hosts with emails as its meant to be used only to identify serious problems, not opinions you disagree with, so its incredibly rude to them too.
Thanks Philip. I never knew what the Flag was for and have certainly never used it.
What's Off Topic for? Who cares if something is off topic? Most posts are. Mine certainly are.
I think its just to indicate a lower level of concern with a post - as you say if strictly adhered to, 90% of all posts on here would be marked off topic!
We looked at this, running a week-on, week-off structure. That would mean we would only have half a class actually in at any one time so we could space them out more.
We came to the conclusion that it caused so many problems and difficulties it would be easier just to continue with remote learning if it came to that.
Now admittedly, I know what I’m doing and the DfE don’t, and I’m intelligent and they’re not, but would it have killed them to actually, y’know, ask somebody who knows their shit and has wargamed it and could tell them the likely drawbacks, before briefing the media?
They realized they didn’t have a plan B so sat down and wrote one on the back of a fag packet that they could release to the media. They don’t believe it will be needed so why bother checking it out. Meanwhile in areas of Spain they are buying thousands of laptops, turning class rooms into studios and looking to bring affordable internet to the homes that don’t have it, now that’s a plan B. They expect they will have to use it despite it being desperate to get children back to school, not least so they are under control while parents are at work.
The annoying thing is that giving every child in the U.K. a laptop/half decent tablet and reliable access to the internet would actually be genuinely transformative in terms of education. Even after isolation, the ways in which it would improve things would be remarkable.
I can see it wouldn’t be easy (there’s a reason we all laughed at Jezza’s plan for free WiFi) but it certainly would be big.
I'm totally with you. Apart from the last three words.
Oh come on, there aren't films you find so terrible they are actually entertaining? There's lots of movies that are technically much better than Die Another Day which are far less watchable.
We looked at this, running a week-on, week-off structure. That would mean we would only have half a class actually in at any one time so we could space them out more.
We came to the conclusion that it caused so many problems and difficulties it would be easier just to continue with remote learning if it came to that.
Now admittedly, I know what I’m doing and the DfE don’t, and I’m intelligent and they’re not, but would it have killed them to actually, y’know, ask somebody who knows their shit and has wargamed it and could tell them the likely drawbacks, before briefing the media?
They realized they didn’t have a plan B so sat down and wrote one on the back of a fag packet that they could release to the media. They don’t believe it will be needed so why bother checking it out. Meanwhile in areas of Spain they are buying thousands of laptops, turning class rooms into studios and looking to bring affordable internet to the homes that don’t have it, now that’s a plan B. They expect they will have to use it despite it being desperate to get children back to school, not least so they are under control while parents are at work.
The annoying thing is that giving every child in the U.K. a laptop/half decent tablet and reliable access to the internet would actually be genuinely transformative in terms of education. Even after isolation, the ways in which it would improve things would be remarkable.
I can see it wouldn’t be easy (there’s a reason we all laughed at Jezza’s plan for free WiFi) but it certainly would be big.
I agree. Why not be ambitious? Covid is a once in a generation opportunity to rethink our priorities and act transformatively. Sadly it seems propping up Pret is top of the agenda.
The crowd for Trump's speech last night was bigger than the maximum gathering size currently allowed in most USA states outdoors and the maximum size of 50 in DC, though it may have been allowed in Alaska, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska and Idaho, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah and Texas with approval of public officials and Florida (though gatherings of more than 50 are discouraged in the latter still).
Even then however social distancing should be practiced
If she's part of the reason why there's no second wave in the UK unlike across much of western Europe, then is worth every penny.
Top value - we need to pay for the top people!
Well why didn’t we get one then
France - daily cases, huge Spain - daily cases, massive Germany - daily cases, going up UK - under control
It's the Triptastic Trio - Boris, Hancock and Dido - saving the nation!
Very, very well said and matter of fact Ave_it. A shame a couple of bitter people chose to tag your simple matter of facts as spam - wear it as a badge of honour it simply means they have no way of refuting what you're saying. Because you're right and they hate that you're right.
Thank you Philip
Sadly we have an increasing number of wokeristas on here who don't like and/or can't tolerate opposing views. Also clearly they have no sense of humour. Typical left!
Also the fact that flagging is anonymous makes them look like real brave boys! (or girls, you never know)!
Flagging isn’t anonymous just hold on it and it tells you who flagged you, well it does for likes.
Liking isn't anonymous, flagging is. Flagging also spams our hosts with emails as its meant to be used only to identify serious problems, not opinions you disagree with, so its incredibly rude to them too.
The flagging won’t be anonymous to the moderators, unless Vanilla is different to every other forum software!
Yes, it’s supposed to be for anything potentially libellous, grossly offensive or link spam, not simply disagreements of opinion. At least not unless you want to upset the moderators and administrators.
We looked at this, running a week-on, week-off structure. That would mean we would only have half a class actually in at any one time so we could space them out more.
We came to the conclusion that it caused so many problems and difficulties it would be easier just to continue with remote learning if it came to that.
Now admittedly, I know what I’m doing and the DfE don’t, and I’m intelligent and they’re not, but would it have killed them to actually, y’know, ask somebody who knows their shit and has wargamed it and could tell them the likely drawbacks, before briefing the media?
They realized they didn’t have a plan B so sat down and wrote one on the back of a fag packet that they could release to the media. They don’t believe it will be needed so why bother checking it out. Meanwhile in areas of Spain they are buying thousands of laptops, turning class rooms into studios and looking to bring affordable internet to the homes that don’t have it, now that’s a plan B. They expect they will have to use it despite it being desperate to get children back to school, not least so they are under control while parents are at work.
The annoying thing is that giving every child in the U.K. a laptop/half decent tablet and reliable access to the internet would actually be genuinely transformative in terms of education. Even after isolation, the ways in which it would improve things would be remarkable.
I can see it wouldn’t be easy (there’s a reason we all laughed at Jezza’s plan for free WiFi) but it certainly would be big.
So 65k paid per annum for approx 100 days per year.
£650 a day - affected by additional benefits etc.
Doesn't seem excessive for that role.
It’s the standard rate for a ftse 250 non executive chair
That seems low, we have people on double that figure on python development. I guess the skill level is much higher but £650 per day gross is actually much less than I expected, wasted though because she's pretty useless.
So 65k paid per annum for approx 100 days per year.
£650 a day - affected by additional benefits etc.
Doesn't seem excessive for that role.
It’s the standard rate for a ftse 250 non executive chair
That seems low, we have people on double that figure on python development. I guess the skill level is much higher but £650 per day gross is actually much less than I expected, wasted though because she's pretty useless.
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Guess who? That is not a toy and even if it was its spooky
£650 a day - affected by additional benefits etc.
Doesn't seem excessive for that role.
These policies to remain in force until Nicola Sturgeon says otherwise.
I didn't realise the worst Bond film of all time could have been even worse...
https://twitter.com/robpowellnews/status/1299426969650688000
Edit -
Sorry, THE dog's bollocks.
"John Kay: a lifetime in investment trusts"
https://www.ft.com/content/802486eb-a669-4341-921f-01f6b6d03842
The crowd for Trump's speech last night was bigger than the maximum gathering size currently allowed in most US states outdoors and the maximum size of 50 in DC, though it may have been allowed in Alaska, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska and Idaho, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah and Texas with approval of public officials and Florida (though gatherings of more than 50 are discouraged in the latter still).
Even then however social distancing should be practiced
https://www.northstarmeetingsgroup.com/News/Industry/Coronavirus-states-cities-reopening-COVID-19-new-cases
https://twitter.com/rachelvscott/status/1299423454559703045?s=20
From the ECDC website today
1) It takes a small coffee table of people to win a Presidential Election
2) They were the real Josh Lyman
Bit like my theory of what happened with Capitalism in Russia.
Time to cut the public sector back.
Spain - daily cases, massive
Germany - daily cases, going up
UK - under control
It's the Triptastic Trio - Boris, Hancock and Dido - saving the nation!
No room for complacency
U.K. asks for something - “outrageous” “ridiculous”
EU asks for something “obvious” “essential” “no ability to discuss anything
else before this is agreed”
A negotiation is a negotiation.
Sadly we have an increasing number of wokeristas on here who don't like and/or can't tolerate opposing views. Also clearly they have no sense of humour. Typical left!
Also the fact that flagging is anonymous makes them look like real brave boys! (or girls, you never know)!
https://twitter.com/ExStrategist/status/1299414220505853954
We came to the conclusion that it caused so many problems and difficulties it would be easier just to continue with remote learning if it came to that.
Now admittedly, I know what I’m doing and the DfE don’t, and I’m intelligent and they’re not, but would it have killed them to actually, y’know, ask somebody who knows their shit and has wargamed it and could tell them the likely drawbacks, before briefing the media?
And while you might find it easier just to continue with remote learning that does not necessarily mean it is easier for other schools - or pupils - or their parents either.
Hard to see how that could have been much worse.
No audience noise is a big plus.
The problems are manifold and complex. One is that if teachers are teaching in rooms, they can’t teach effectively online, as it’s a totally different approach. So either you only cover 50% of the lessons, or you accept that 50% of what they’re taught is going to be ineffectual, which sods up learning down the line.
There’s also quite a serious case of complexity with trying to make sure all the family go in on one week, which isn’t easy across schools.
There were huge numbers of other problems around transport, shared facilities etc but those were the ones that stuck out.
It’s the sort of thing that grabs you as a great idea on paper, but I don’t teach on paper and nor does anyone else so it wasn’t going to work in this thing called the real world.
What's Off Topic for? Who cares if something is off topic? Most posts are. Mine certainly are.
I can see it wouldn’t be easy (there’s a reason we all laughed at Jezza’s plan for free WiFi) but it certainly would be big.
Sadly it seems propping up Pret is top of the agenda.
Yes, it’s supposed to be for anything potentially libellous, grossly offensive or link spam, not simply disagreements of opinion. At least not unless you want to upset the moderators and administrators.
Spectre wasn't great either
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfgCZ9lgQ3I
What sort of software eng are they doing?