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Johnson’s Commons response on the UK’s COVID infection rate is really quite extraordinary – politica
Johnson’s Commons response on the UK’s COVID infection rate is really quite extraordinary – politicalbetting.com
What an amazing answer from Johnson. Asked why the UK's Covid infection rate is worse than Germany and Italy he says it's because we're a "freedom loving country" pic.twitter.com/vbOFSzgpfM
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It will directly affect millions of people lives and i am sure will be incredibly expensive, he needs to get it right.
Prior to the last election in the Ipsos-MORI poll 36% approved of Boris.
4% more people approve of Boris than did nine months ago as we were heading to the polls according to Ipsos-MORI.
Looks like they will ram through the nominee before the election.
And given that he's going on TV blaming these "freedom loving" people for not following the rules, perhaps he might be having second thoughts about whether being "freedom loving" always leads to optimal outcomes...
There's something in the Prime Minister's response - not the usual jingoistic hyperbole but a cultural nuance that seems unique to Britain and America around respect for the law and willingness to obey guidelines and restrictions.
I saw a man on the Tube this afternoon NOT wearing a mask - should I have challenged him? Should there have been an authority presence on the train to ensure mask wearing was followed?
"Freedom" as practised by some in the UK seems to be the individual freedom TO do whatever suits and in particular whatever the individual thinks they can get away with. The notion collective action might lead to freedom FROM further restrictions or the virus itself is going to struggle to get past this individualist self-obsessed aspect of our character.
"There are more Asian people in this country" ?
"There are more self-obsessed people in this country" ?
Both of which are a factor but not necessarily wise to say.
That they won their seats because of him and without him we'd be in for more years of Hung Parliament hell?
People who actually like this country and its character are unlikely to have much issue with Boris' answer.
- will Conservatives thank Trump by coming out to vote for him
or
- will they think 'job done'
I've always felt that a liberal Supreme Court - and Roe vs Wade in particular - were amazing recruiting sargeants for the Republican Party. We're about to see that reversed.
The other thing worth remembering, of course, is that Supreme Court nominees do not always behave as expected. Did many Gorusch backers expect that he would expand sexual discrimination to include homosexuality? Or that he would make Indian tribal rights a priority? (Or more specifically, Gorusch said that legislatures an executives couldn't just make override signed treaties... Hmmm...)
Sturgeon wins because she explains why people are being asked to take restrictive measures. Priorities are saving lives, opening schools, doing other NHS treatments and saving jobs in that order. Meeting other households isn't a priority so it gets chopped. You may or may not agree with those priorities but the rationale is clear.
Johnson was seven minutes of drivel.
Quite frankly your entire comment is just the usual pointless bait-seeking drivel from you.
Even if the vote is as one might wish.
https://twitter.com/Supermansings/status/1307890917744037888
But BoJo's speeches are always "meh" at best. And what was he doing with his hands?
https://twitter.com/chrisgreybrexit/status/1308486165226496001
MICHIGAN: Biden 49%, Trump 44%
NORTH CAROLINA: Biden 47%, Trump 47%
At least we're both staying true to type, eh?
He will have to be back in a couple of weeks to tell everybody to get in their homes (again).
Maybe there's efficiency savings that can be made here along the way.
Whether by coincidence or not 40% is also the Tory vote share in the latest Ipsos-MORI poll.
So if your hypothesis is right that there are plenty of Conservatives who dislike Boris there must be plenty of non-Conservatives who do like him to balance that out.
https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1308515039217811456
Proactive works, even (or especially) if there are bumps along the way.
Just so incredibly irresponsible.
https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1308320060772093953?s=20
https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1308391247241973762?s=20
Also, no question from Bradshaw about why the UK has a lower Covid infection rate than Spain or France was there?
Thank goodness the odious May was gone before this hit. We dodged a bullet there.
As far as anyone can tell, the infection count is increasing 10% a day at the moment, doubling every week.
Do we have to wait for the problem to become obvious to the most bone-headed MPs on the government benches before taking further action?
Puts our current world beating system in context.
Clearly I'm not Boris, because he seems to be trying to avoid a bit of short-term pain in what should be full knowledge that that approach maximises the chance of major disruption at Christmas.
@BluestBlue posted some dog whistle culture war nonsense and I called him out on it. Thats it.
A Young Kennedy, in Kushnerland, Turned Whistle-Blower
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/09/28/a-young-kennedy-in-kushnerland-turned-whistle-blower
When Robert F. Kennedy’s grandson Max volunteered with Jared Kushner’s COVID-19 task force, he likened the Trump Administration’s pandemic response to “a family office meets organized crime, melded with ‘Lord of the Flies.’ ”...
As for what its got to do with your comment, you claimed plenty of Tories think Boris is inept. The evidence from the polling is to the contrary, unless an equally balanced amount of non-Tories like him.
So whichever way you butter it, that Christmas and New Year out the window.
https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/update-18-september
The rest of your comment is just repeating the same dog whistle culture war tosh.
“Those who think Boris is clueless hate this country and what it stands for” give me strength.
And if that means annoying the fringes of your party, so be it. It's the difference between a statesman and a partisan hack.
The zoe app doesn't at least suggest that the rate of increase might be reducing.
But we will see.
Can Americans in the flyover states handle such a grainy exercise?
Doesn't know much, does he?
It's just not worth it. Why bother living if everything worthwhile in life is taken away, so all you can do is work? Those advocating more lockdown have got this terribly terribly wrong - it's time to give up on this stupid idea that we can control a viral disease forever.
Talk about must-see TV.
That’s been clear for months now - and a practical proposition for some time, too. Had we chosen to pursue it.
Which is why so many people - mainly shallow apolitical types - like him. His gross approval rating will therefore never drop though the floor.
The thing to be avoided, if at all possible, is a second full-fat lockdown, because that really would stuff the economy and mental health of people. The only way to do that is to stop infections running out of control.
England is set to have weaker controls than other parts of the UK, which you would expect to lead to faster growth going forwards. The kindest thing you can say is that it's a heck of a gamble.
One university doing over 1% of the entire US testing effort, with no such lags.
At the moment, they literally said, no need to shield, keep calm and carry on. However, i think it is inevitable that they will have to be shielded for 3+ months. We should be preparing people for this to be the case.
I have told my elderly parents today, you are going to be doing this again. Lets get everything you need and make a plan.
I don't view treating adults as adults as that big of a gamble. We'll see.
If we don't need a further national lockdown in a couple of weeks will you put your hands up and say fair enough?