Catching the bug and spreading it has killed off what little chance Trump still had. He now looks like a loser, and a mad loser at that.
That was his final USP: he was a winner! Not any more.
I am surprised by this actually, I thought he'd get a degree of sympathy for catching the virus. Boris certainly did here.
Boris showed contrition, real contrition, thanked his medics profusely, praised the NHS to the hilt, acknowledged the science about the virus, got real and serious about the virus and changed his and his Government's response.
Trump has done the exact opposite of all those things.
Yes. About the only good moment, for Boris, during this pandemic, was his personal response to catching it. He made a couple of good speeches, he looked statesmanlike and gracious.
Trump has acted like a selfish lunatic, wilfully exposing his poor minions to a deadly disease, and practically boasting about it.
He's a fucking madman. I sometimes wonder if it would actually be Constitutional for the CIA to remove him by force, for the sake of the world.
Yes, his response to it was the exact opposite of the approach he should have taken.
Made me wonder for the first time ever whether he is just an old fool who got lucky once.
Nobody has this undercontrol hence todays measures in Scotland and indeed across Europe
Exactly. Where is the virus 'under control.....??
Within the British Isles, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.
Neither have any internal controls - no masks, no social distancing, no curfews.
Both have robust external controls - in Guernsey all arrivals have to self quarantine for 14 days and breaches can - and do - lead to fines up to £10,000. And robust testing capability. Guernsey will shortly be able to run the UK equivalent of 2 million tests a day.
Newcastle Venue the Wylam Brewery closes their tap room venue. The "Palace of Arts" was a thriving arts / music / weddings / events venue with a popular brewery tap room. Now shutting for the duration and laying off their staff
Some key lines from their statement:
"Since lockdown in March we have put the preservation of jobs at the forefront of our mission with the furloughing, flexi-furloughing and retention of all staff.
Furlough ends on 31st October 2020 and the new ‘job protection’ scheme is not fit for purpose for the hospitality industry."
Liam Fox apparently out of the running for WTO job. (I mean, I don't think he was ever in the running, but he's not in the final two according to Bloomberg).
Newcastle Venue the Wylam Brewery closes their tap room venue. The "Palace of Arts" was a thriving arts / music / weddings / events venue with a popular brewery tap room. Now shutting for the duration and laying off their staff
Some key lines from their statement:
"Since lockdown in March we have put the preservation of jobs at the forefront of our mission with the furloughing, flexi-furloughing and retention of all staff.
Furlough ends on 31st October 2020 and the new ‘job protection’ scheme is not fit for purpose for the hospitality industry."
When the people remove Trump from the White House there's the perfect place for him to live. Buffalo Bill's house is up for sale. It would suit him well.
Catching the bug and spreading it has killed off what little chance Trump still had. He now looks like a loser, and a mad loser at that.
That was his final USP: he was a winner! Not any more.
I am surprised by this actually, I thought he'd get a degree of sympathy for catching the virus. Boris certainly did here.
Boris showed contrition, real contrition, thanked his medics profusely, praised the NHS to the hilt, acknowledged the science about the virus, got real and serious about the virus and changed his and his Government's response.
Trump has done the exact opposite of all those things.
Yes. About the only good moment, for Boris, during this pandemic, was his personal response to catching it. He made a couple of good speeches, he looked statesmanlike and gracious.
Trump has acted like a selfish lunatic, wilfully exposing his poor minions to a deadly disease, and practically boasting about it.
He's a fucking madman. I sometimes wonder if it would actually be Constitutional for the CIA to remove him by force, for the sake of the world.
Yes, his response to it was the exact opposite of the approach he should have taken.
Made me wonder for the first time ever whether he is just an old fool who got lucky once.
He was once, clearly, a clever man. Persuasive and articulate (albeit amoral, vain and greedy, and so on). He even had a certain charm (check out old interviews from the 1980s)
It seems obvious to me that he is in steep cognitive decline, maybe even demented, so madness has been added to all those original character flaws, making for a deeply dangerous man, given his status.
The national polls are looking horrific for Trump with several double digits leads for Biden recently, but state polls in the battleground states are not too bad for him and he could still get the 3% swing necessary to turn things around.
Indeed, the key is Pence needs to win tonight's VP debate to steady the ship then Trump needs to look Presidential in the 2nd and 3rd debates and adopt a tone and message more appealing to the key swing voters he has lost to Biden ie suburban women and independent voters in particular
Face Masks, Public Policies and Slowing the Spread of COVID-19: Evidence from Canada https://www.nber.org/papers/w27891#fromrss We estimate the impact of mask mandates and other non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) on COVID-19 case growth in Canada, including regulations on businesses and gatherings, school closures, travel and self-isolation, and long-term care homes. We partially account for behavioral responses using Google mobility data. Our identification approach exploits variation in the timing of indoor face mask mandates staggered over two months in the 34 public health regions in Ontario, Canada's most populous province. We find that, in the first few weeks after implementation, mask mandates are associated with a reduction of 25 percent in the weekly number of new COVID-19 cases. Additional analysis with province-level data provides corroborating evidence. Counterfactual policy simulations suggest that mandating indoor masks nationwide in early July could have reduced the weekly number of new cases in Canada by 25 to 40 percent in mid-August, which translates into 700 to 1,100 fewer cases per week.
The national polls are looking horrific for Trump with several double digits leads for Biden recently, but state polls in the battleground states are not too bad for him and he could still get the 3% swing necessary to turn things around.
Indeed, the key is Pence needs to win tonight's VP debate to steady the ship then Trump needs to look Presidential in the 2nd and 3rd debates and adopt a tone and message more appealing to the key swing voters he has lost to Biden ie suburban women and independent voters in particular
The national polls are looking horrific for Trump with several double digits leads for Biden recently, but state polls in the battleground states are not too bad for him and he could still get the 3% swing necessary to turn things around.
Indeed, the key is Pence needs to win tonight's VP debate to steady the ship then Trump needs to look Presidential in the 2nd and 3rd debates and adopt a tone and message more appealing to the key swing voters he has lost to Biden ie suburban women and independent voters in particular
The 2nd and 3rd debates may not even happen.
I think Biden should do anything to avoid them. He needs to do nothing now except exactly what he is. Speaking where he can. Being seen wearing a face mask. Staying alive.
Catching the bug and spreading it has killed off what little chance Trump still had. He now looks like a loser, and a mad loser at that.
That was his final USP: he was a winner! Not any more.
I am surprised by this actually, I thought he'd get a degree of sympathy for catching the virus. Boris certainly did here.
Boris showed contrition, real contrition, thanked his medics profusely, praised the NHS to the hilt, acknowledged the science about the virus, got real and serious about the virus and changed his and his Government's response.
Trump has done the exact opposite of all those things.
Yes. About the only good moment, for Boris, during this pandemic, was his personal response to catching it. He made a couple of good speeches, he looked statesmanlike and gracious.
Trump has acted like a selfish lunatic, wilfully exposing his poor minions to a deadly disease, and practically boasting about it.
He's a fucking madman. I sometimes wonder if it would actually be Constitutional for the CIA to remove him by force, for the sake of the world.
Yes, his response to it was the exact opposite of the approach he should have taken.
Made me wonder for the first time ever whether he is just an old fool who got lucky once.
He was once, clearly, a clever man. Persuasive and articulate (albeit amoral, vain and greedy, and so on). He even had a certain charm (check out old interviews from the 1980s)
It seems obvious to me that he is in steep cognitive decline, maybe even demented, so madness has been added to all those original character flaws, making for a deeply dangerous man, given his status.
He has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I've been saying it on here for ages and got some grief for it. The classic symptoms scream Trump. Him having the virus, and his response to it, has revealed this to all but the most determined not to see it.
Never expected to be so happy to see a man kicked when he's down. I'd be wary of that poll though. Doesn't pass the smell test in various respects.
Thanks, Peter. I take most polls with a grain of salt, even the "gold standards". What is noteworthy to me about this is that it is The Hill publishing it. They are certainly right of centre, albeit way more Establishment than Trump, so there is that.
Liam Fox apparently out of the running for WTO job. (I mean, I don't think he was ever in the running, but he's not in the final two according to Bloomberg).
Well I never, I mean there must be loads of other retired GPs who have as much knowledge of trade as the Disgraced Former Defence Secretary.
Recently heard at an NHS GP surgery: "Excuse me, but are you qualified to inspect my haemorrhoids? You are really a doctor?" "Oh no, I am actually an official from the DTI, but I am sure I can look up what I need to know from this book"
The national polls are looking horrific for Trump with several double digits leads for Biden recently, but state polls in the battleground states are not too bad for him and he could still get the 3% swing necessary to turn things around.
The Nationals were accurate in 2016, it was the State polls that were wrong. The extensive post mortems have done a good job of exposing the reasons. If the pollsters haven't changed their methods there is hope for Trump, as you indicate. If however the State pollsters have brought their methods in line with the Nationals it's hard to make a credible case for him.
Nationals currently give Biden a 9 point lead. Knock off 4.5 for MoE, then bend over backwards and knock off another point for the amount they were out last time (ok it's not logical but I'm trying for him) and you are still 3.5 points down. It's too much. Even with a fair wind, he need to be down below 3.
Serious question now. Do we think he is still trying to win? That last tweet was bizarre.
Liam Fox apparently out of the running for WTO job. (I mean, I don't think he was ever in the running, but he's not in the final two according to Bloomberg).
Liam Fox apparently out of the running for WTO job. (I mean, I don't think he was ever in the running, but he's not in the final two according to Bloomberg).
Who are the final two? I have few quid on this.
Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala & South Korea's Yoo Myung-hee
It's remarkable how Trump has taken on the mantle of Hillary Clinton, appearing elite and out of touch with ordinary Americans. The very thing which led him to win has gone.
It will be a landslide.
It is absolutely remarkable that a billionaire New York estate baron who keeps to his own family and tight circle has ended up being elite and out of touch.
For those who know these things, how do the hold ups in the US trials impact this vaccine's progress in other jurisdictions (UK, EU etc...)?
It's the overall numbers. There will be trials in different countries but the evidence and data will be coalesced to give the results to be presented to the various regulatory bodies for approval.
Liam Fox apparently out of the running for WTO job. (I mean, I don't think he was ever in the running, but he's not in the final two according to Bloomberg).
Who are the final two? I have few quid on this.
Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala & South Korea's Yoo Myung-hee
For those who know these things, how do the hold ups in the US trials impact this vaccine's progress in other jurisdictions (UK, EU etc...)?
It's restarted here and in Brazil. I think the vaccine regulator is just playing it ultra safe on the US because they already got burned by the flu vaccine all those years ago and they don't want to risk poisoning the well for a COVID vaccine before one is ready.
For those who know these things, how do the hold ups in the US trials impact this vaccine's progress in other jurisdictions (UK, EU etc...)?
It's restarted here and in Brazil. I think the vaccine regulator is just playing it ultra safe on the US because they already got burned by the flu vaccine all those years ago and they don't want to risk poisoning the well for a COVID vaccine before one is ready.
The national polls are looking horrific for Trump with several double digits leads for Biden recently, but state polls in the battleground states are not too bad for him and he could still get the 3% swing necessary to turn things around.
Indeed, the key is Pence needs to win tonight's VP debate to steady the ship then Trump needs to look Presidential in the 2nd and 3rd debates and adopt a tone and message more appealing to the key swing voters he has lost to Biden ie suburban women and independent voters in particular
The 2nd and 3rd debates may not even happen.
I think Biden should do anything to avoid them. He needs to do nothing now except exactly what he is. Speaking where he can. Being seen wearing a face mask. Staying alive.
Last 2 words are key. It's the biggest risk left. That he gets infected. Should not take even the tiniest chance of that.
It seems obvious to me that he is in steep cognitive decline, maybe even demented, so madness has been added to all those original character flaws, making for a deeply dangerous man, given his status.
He has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I've been saying it on here for ages and got some grief for it. The classic symptoms scream Trump. Him having the virus, and his response to it, has revealed this to all but the most determined not to see it.
Not sure how that formatting happened.
All of that. But more bad than mad for me. If charged with the offence of "worst US President there has ever been or could ever be" he would not be able to claim diminished responsibility and get off with a cushy hospital gig.
Liam Fox apparently out of the running for WTO job. (I mean, I don't think he was ever in the running, but he's not in the final two according to Bloomberg).
Who are the final two? I have few quid on this.
Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala & South Korea's Yoo Myung-hee
Perhaps, although perhaps we should wait to see what has unlocked it first? Particularly when people couldn't stop crowing about how he wasn't going to get any deal at all, implicitly presuming he wouldn't capitulate either.
There was nothing in the winning 2019 Tory manifesto about regaining control of state aid, there was a line in the 2019 Tory manifesto about regaining control of fisheries
Perhaps, although perhaps we should wait to see what has unlocked it first? Particularly when people couldn't stop crowing about how he wasn't going to get any deal at all, implicitly presuming he wouldn't capitulate either.
Well Johnson has more than suggested that he would countenance no deal rather than accept the EU red lines.
I am quite happy for him to capitulate to his hearts content, but if he does it means he lied.
Never expected to be so happy to see a man kicked when he's down. I'd be wary of that poll though. Doesn't pass the smell test in various respects.
Thanks, Peter. I take most polls with a grain of salt, even the "gold standards". What is noteworthy to me about this is that it is The Hill publishing it. They are certainly right of centre, albeit way more Establishment than Trump, so there is that.
Yeah, but the problem isn't their political orientation. There's sample size for a start but more significant to me is that they are polling in an affluent area. This is exactly where you would expect to find Shy Trump Voter Syndrome. Nationally STVS is insignificant after netting out against its mirror image Shy Biden Voter Syndrome, but of course in a single County poll, it could be substantial.
New Rasmussen national poll is a shocker for Trump .
Biden 52
Trump 40
Amazes me that 40% of Americans could think of voting for that lunatic.
Dumb Americans, dumb Americans, they are the dumb Americans ...
But not nearly enough this time.
Still enough to form Tea Party 2 or something similar assuming Biden wins
Yes, it will be interesting what happens with him and his base post defeat. Neither will be minded to shut up, I wouldn't have thought. If I were the "Authorities" I would look to assemble a solid case against him for something criminal that would put him away and then I would cut a deal.
"Donald, we have you. It's 15 years minimum. But, look, here's an offer and it's take it or leave it. We won't prosecute if you undertake to retire to Florida, play golf, and be very very quiet. No media, no business, no politics. Applies to the whole family."
I am beyond caring over point scoring - just do a deal
My point BigG, is if we accede to the EU'S every whim, what was the point of Brexit in the first place, except as a vehicle to propel Johnson to Prime Minister.
Regarding universities, the decision to allow students to return to campuses ranks right up there with some of the worst decisions taken during the epidemic. Yes to try and rescue the situation I would look to a managed shutdown now of halls of residences for those with a home to return to, subject to testing immediately prior to return. Teaching to continue online, practical work postponed until 2021.
Regarding schools, no, simply because of the huge constraint that places on most parents' ability to work other than from home.
If students wish to return from Halls of Residence to their parent's house, they should be allowed to. I bet almost all won't.
The assumption that every student has a large comfortable bedroom in a house with supportive parents is clearly wrong. Many students do not, and many will find it easier to work at their University town rather than home.
Note almost every Western country has allowed students back to their Universities (including Wales where Labour is in power), and almost all the teaching is already online.
However, as far as I am concerned, if students wish to return home, they should be let off any rent obligations and be permitted to do so. I don't believe many will. If the tuition is significantly compromised by being online (as it is in some subjects), then students deserve a partial rebate.
In Scotland the Government enacted some such immunity for students back in, IIRC, April.
Perhaps, although perhaps we should wait to see what has unlocked it first? Particularly when people couldn't stop crowing about how he wasn't going to get any deal at all, implicitly presuming he wouldn't capitulate either.
Well Johnson has more than suggested that he would countenance no deal rather than accept the EU red lines.
I am quite happy for him to capitulate to his hearts content, but if he does it means he lied.
Fisheries is a political hot potato - most people will have heard about retaining control of our fish. Who actual understands the level playing field issues?
New Rasmussen national poll is a shocker for Trump .
Biden 52
Trump 40
Amazes me that 40% of Americans could think of voting for that lunatic.
Dumb Americans, dumb Americans, they are the dumb Americans ...
But not nearly enough this time.
Still enough to form Tea Party 2 or something similar assuming Biden wins
Yes, it will be interesting what happens with him and his base post defeat. Neither will be minded to shut up, I wouldn't have thought. If I were the "Authorities" I would look to assemble a solid case against him for something criminal that would put him away and then I would cut a deal.
"Donald, we have you. It's 15 years minimum. But, look, here's an offer and it's take it or leave it. We won't prosecute if you undertake to retire to Florida, play golf, and be very very quiet. No media, no business, no politics. Applies to the whole family."
His base will not be going anywhere even if they put him away for life, in that case they would just make him a Martyr for them
Stuart Armstrong, Kieran Tierney and Ryan Christie will all miss Scotland's Euro 2020 play-off semi-final against Israel on Thursday after the former tested positive for Covid-19.
The poll number that should terrify the GOP in its rush to get Barrett onto the Supreme Court .
Latest poll 61% do not want the SC to overturn Obamacare .
GOP Senators in tight races who vote for her will be attacked by Dems as effectively voting to overturn that and with it the coverage for pre-existing conditions.
I am beyond caring over point scoring - just do a deal
My point BigG, is if we accede to the EU'S every whim, what was the point of Brexit in the first place, except as a vehicle to propel Johnson to Prime Minister.
Let us wait to see the deal but Boris was not PM when the referendum took place
There was nothing in the winning 2019 Tory manifesto about regaining control of state aid, there was a line in the 2019 Tory manifesto about regaining control of fisheries
Perhaps, although perhaps we should wait to see what has unlocked it first? Particularly when people couldn't stop crowing about how he wasn't going to get any deal at all, implicitly presuming he wouldn't capitulate either.
Well Johnson has more than suggested that he would countenance no deal rather than accept the EU red lines.
I am quite happy for him to capitulate to his hearts content, but if he does it means he lied.
Fisheries is a political hot potato - most people will have heard about retaining control of our fish. Who actual understands the level playing field issues?
It is negotiation by focus group.
A lot of people understand the concept that British laws should be set in Britain.
What the EU were demanding originally on State Aid was absolutely unacceptable but there is definitely scope for a reasonable compromise.
Nicola Sturgeon "forgot" about a meeting with an aide to Alex Salmond
Here's what she "forgot"
"For context, I think the meeting took place not long after the weekly session of FMQs and in the midst of a busy day in which I would have been dealing with a multitude of other matters.
"However, from what I recall, the discussion covered the fact that Alex Salmond wanted to see me urgently about a serious matter, and I think it did cover the suggestion that the matter might relate to allegations of a sexual nature."
Yes, clearly that's the kind of meeting you would very quickly forget. Being told that your former boss, the ex First Minister of Scotland, was facing serious allegations of a sexual nature. Pff. Sort of thing you hear every day,
New Rasmussen national poll is a shocker for Trump .
Biden 52
Trump 40
Amazes me that 40% of Americans could think of voting for that lunatic.
How did you arrive at 12% for your total loon measure?
(I think Trump's awful, but the Democrats found someone worse)
:E Always one I guess.
Perhaps you're trying to be rude. If so then you're not doing it very well are you? I'd suggest anyway that being rude is a bad idea. Should you wish to persist though then getting it right is a must.
There was nothing in the winning 2019 Tory manifesto about regaining control of state aid, there was a line in the 2019 Tory manifesto about regaining control of fisheries
New Rasmussen national poll is a shocker for Trump .
Biden 52
Trump 40
Amazes me that 40% of Americans could think of voting for that lunatic.
Dumb Americans, dumb Americans, they are the dumb Americans ...
But not nearly enough this time.
Still enough to form Tea Party 2 or something similar assuming Biden wins
Yes, it will be interesting what happens with him and his base post defeat. Neither will be minded to shut up, I wouldn't have thought. If I were the "Authorities" I would look to assemble a solid case against him for something criminal that would put him away and then I would cut a deal.
"Donald, we have you. It's 15 years minimum. But, look, here's an offer and it's take it or leave it. We won't prosecute if you undertake to retire to Florida, play golf, and be very very quiet. No media, no business, no politics. Applies to the whole family."
His base will not be going anywhere even if they put him away for life, in that case they would just make him a Martyr for them
No exactly, that's what I'm saying. Do NOT put him away. Force him and the rest of the clan out of the picture with the threat of it. Then the base will have to find an alternative. Odds are it will be somebody less electorally dangerous this time.
Liam Fox apparently out of the running for WTO job. (I mean, I don't think he was ever in the running, but he's not in the final two according to Bloomberg).
Who are the final two? I have few quid on this.
Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala & South Korea's Yoo Myung-hee
The virus has been virtually eradicated there by the use of highly efficient testing, tracking and quarantining, unhindered by consideration of human rights or privacy laws. Or they are lying. I think mostly the former, and maybe some of the latter.
There was nothing in the winning 2019 Tory manifesto about regaining control of state aid, there was a line in the 2019 Tory manifesto about regaining control of fisheries
State aid is a Cummings obsession.
It may be very important post covid
Having the EU able to unilaterally reject our laws or budgets is patently unacceptable.
A reasonable FTA compromise should be achievable though.
There was nothing in the winning 2019 Tory manifesto about regaining control of state aid, there was a line in the 2019 Tory manifesto about regaining control of fisheries
State aid is a Cummings obsession.
He thinks the state can build a British rival to Google. Probably powered by an Excel spreadsheet.
Perhaps, although perhaps we should wait to see what has unlocked it first? Particularly when people couldn't stop crowing about how he wasn't going to get any deal at all, implicitly presuming he wouldn't capitulate either.
Well Johnson has more than suggested that he would countenance no deal rather than accept the EU red lines.
I am quite happy for him to capitulate to his hearts content, but if he does it means he lied.
Fisheries is a political hot potato - most people will have heard about retaining control of our fish. Who actual understands the level playing field issues?
It is negotiation by focus group.
Yes agree. Arcane regulations on state subsidies will be tomorrow’s chip paper, fishing is far more visible on the news channels (shots of boats, nets, fishermen etc etc play better than shots of office blocks and lawyers), even though it’s an economic minnow (so to speak).
Now Macron’s hanging tough on fish for all the same reasons but it’s probably the area where he will really come under pressure from the other 26 if that’s the last block to a deal. Only 7 or 8 states have any interest at all directly in U.K. fishing grounds and some of them must be a handful of boats ( Belgium? Sweden?). So it shouldn’t be beyond the wit to bribe ( sorry compensate) Macron and his fleet with use of “EU structural adjustment payments”, and a sliding scale upwards on UK quotas over 3/4 years so the Tories can go to Grimsby and declare a ( probably genuinely here) win of sorts. Macron can flash the cash to buy some salty seafarers of Boulogne off handsomely and we all move forwards.
For those who know these things, how do the hold ups in the US trials impact this vaccine's progress in other jurisdictions (UK, EU etc...)?
It's restarted here and in Brazil. I think the vaccine regulator is just playing it ultra safe on the US because they already got burned by the flu vaccine all those years ago and they don't want to risk poisoning the well for a COVID vaccine before one is ready.
New Rasmussen national poll is a shocker for Trump .
Biden 52
Trump 40
Amazes me that 40% of Americans could think of voting for that lunatic.
Dumb Americans, dumb Americans, they are the dumb Americans ...
But not nearly enough this time.
Still enough to form Tea Party 2 or something similar assuming Biden wins
Yes, it will be interesting what happens with him and his base post defeat. Neither will be minded to shut up, I wouldn't have thought. If I were the "Authorities" I would look to assemble a solid case against him for something criminal that would put him away and then I would cut a deal.
"Donald, we have you. It's 15 years minimum. But, look, here's an offer and it's take it or leave it. We won't prosecute if you undertake to retire to Florida, play golf, and be very very quiet. No media, no business, no politics. Applies to the whole family."
His base will not be going anywhere even if they put him away for life, in that case they would just make him a Martyr for them
If he loses the election, the news the following day will be that no professional politician ever supported him except for reasons of party loyalty.
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Made me wonder for the first time ever whether he is just an old fool who got lucky once.
Neither have any internal controls - no masks, no social distancing, no curfews.
Both have robust external controls - in Guernsey all arrivals have to self quarantine for 14 days and breaches can - and do - lead to fines up to £10,000. And robust testing capability. Guernsey will shortly be able to run the UK equivalent of 2 million tests a day.
Would be sensible policy at all large retailers.
Some key lines from their statement:
"Since lockdown in March we have put the preservation of jobs at the forefront of our mission with the furloughing, flexi-furloughing and retention of all staff.
Furlough ends on 31st October 2020 and the new ‘job protection’ scheme is not fit for purpose for the hospitality industry."
https://www.wylambrewery.co.uk/what-a-load-of-pants/
https://deadline.com/2020/10/the-silence-of-the-lambs-house-for-sale-1234591101/
It seems obvious to me that he is in steep cognitive decline, maybe even demented, so madness has been added to all those original character flaws, making for a deeply dangerous man, given his status.
https://twitter.com/grantshapps/status/1313870852413370368?s=20
There was no misuse of data by CA.
Their governor got a storm of criticism from the media for not complying. Toughed it out. Now saying lockdowns are useless.
Might well be worth a tenner for the repub nomination, one day.....Kristi Noem
He was once, clearly, a clever man. Persuasive and articulate (albeit amoral, vain and greedy, and so on). He even had a certain charm (check out old interviews from the 1980s)It seems obvious to me that he is in steep cognitive decline, maybe even demented, so madness has been added to all those original character flaws, making for a deeply dangerous man, given his status.
He has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I've been saying it on here for ages and got some grief for it.
The classic symptoms scream Trump.
Him having the virus, and his response to it, has revealed this to all but the most determined not to see it.
Not sure how that formatting happened.
Recently heard at an NHS GP surgery: "Excuse me, but are you qualified to inspect my haemorrhoids? You are really a doctor?" "Oh no, I am actually an official from the DTI, but I am sure I can look up what I need to know from this book"
Nationals currently give Biden a 9 point lead. Knock off 4.5 for MoE, then bend over backwards and knock off another point for the amount they were out last time (ok it's not logical but I'm trying for him) and you are still 3.5 points down. It's too much. Even with a fair wind, he need to be down below 3.
Serious question now. Do we think he is still trying to win? That last tweet was bizarre.
But not nearly enough this time.
https://twitter.com/robyounguk/status/1313875912824365056
https://twitter.com/RealLyndaCarter/status/1313851225352400897
(I think Trump's awful, but the Democrats found someone worse)
Clearly Trump has a personal vote, but for many others he may be a twat, but he is still a Republican. Biden though is no threat to those.
A landslide is what America needs, anything less and the conspiracy theorists will go even more bonkers.
So Johnson capitulated again
Or more likely there was a compromise.
https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1313881667912773633?s=20
https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1313881672425893889?s=20
I am quite happy for him to capitulate to his hearts content, but if he does it means he lied.
https://twitter.com/HTScotPol/status/1313842845531410432?s=20
"Donald, we have you. It's 15 years minimum. But, look, here's an offer and it's take it or leave it. We won't prosecute if you undertake to retire to Florida, play golf, and be very very quiet. No media, no business, no politics. Applies to the whole family."
It is negotiation by focus group.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8809987/Coronavirus-Chinese-tourist-attractions-swamped-hordes-people-snub-social-distancing.html
Latest poll 61% do not want the SC to overturn Obamacare .
GOP Senators in tight races who vote for her will be attacked by Dems as effectively voting to overturn that and with it the coverage for pre-existing conditions.
What the EU were demanding originally on State Aid was absolutely unacceptable but there is definitely scope for a reasonable compromise.
Here's what she "forgot"
"For context, I think the meeting took place not long after the weekly session of FMQs and in the midst of a busy day in which I would have been dealing with a multitude of other matters.
"However, from what I recall, the discussion covered the fact that Alex Salmond wanted to see me urgently about a serious matter, and I think it did cover the suggestion that the matter might relate to allegations of a sexual nature."
Yes, clearly that's the kind of meeting you would very quickly forget. Being told that your former boss, the ex First Minister of Scotland, was facing serious allegations of a sexual nature. Pff. Sort of thing you hear every day,
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-54439758
Do let me know if you need any further tips.
Have you been asleep or on another planet for most of the year?
A reasonable FTA compromise should be achievable though.
Now Macron’s hanging tough on fish for all the same reasons but it’s probably the area where he will really come under pressure from the other 26 if that’s the last block to a deal. Only 7 or 8 states have any interest at all directly in U.K. fishing grounds and some of them must be a handful of boats ( Belgium? Sweden?). So it shouldn’t be beyond the wit to bribe ( sorry compensate) Macron and his fleet with use of “EU structural adjustment payments”, and a sliding scale upwards on UK quotas over 3/4 years so the Tories can go to Grimsby and declare a ( probably genuinely here) win of sorts. Macron can flash the cash to buy some salty seafarers of Boulogne off handsomely and we all move forwards.