Well, still no vaccines here, despite more first hand reports of people in Group 6 being vaccinated in London.
Grrrr.... 🤬
Meanwhile a Covid outbreak at BaE and since lots of employees live in the local village I remain confined to my living-room. Thrillingly, I may spend time in the bedroom later.
Laters
I'm hearing of people in their early 60s get the vaccine in other parts of county, whilst in some places including my own they are still very slowly working through the 70+ years olds. I reckon we are at least two weeks behind many other places.
Some places have more oldies than others.
Some places have more anti-vaxxers than others.
And some places (with a greater proportion of oldies, as you call them, than others) have had their allocation of vaccines cut by a third so that other places can get ahead - as is happening in London - not simply catch up.
Do you have any evidence for that claim ?
Lets look at some actual data.
Yesterday's update showed that 38,523 new vaccinations in North East and Yorkshire (which includes most of Cumbria) and 21,057 in London.
And if we look in more detail at each health area we see that in Cumbria and North East the most recent data gives this as the proportion of each age group vaccinated:
80+ 91.8% 75-79 85.5% 70-74 22.8%
So if Cyclefree's area has fully vaccinated all the 70+ age group then perhaps its not receiving any more vaccine because it is instead being sent to Carlisle or Workington so that they can complete their 70+ vaccinations.
Every ongoing decision that needs to be sorted will be in the full glare of publicity, both sides will need to take public stances. If you voted Leave so as to not have to think about EU Commissioners any more, I've got bad news for you.
Cost benefit analysis of rapid antigen tests under a variety of assumptions.
Clinical and Economic Impact of Widespread Rapid Testing to Decrease SARS-CoV-2 Transmission https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.06.21251270v1 ...The value of frequent, rapid testing to reduce community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is poorly understood. Objective: To define performance standards and predict the clinical, epidemiological, and economic outcomes of nationwide, home-based, antigen testing. Design: A simple compartmental epidemic model estimated viral transmission, clinical history, and resource use, with and without testing. Data Sources: Parameter values and ranges informed by Centers for Disease Control guidance and published literature. Target Population: United States population. Time Horizon: 60 days. Perspective: Societal. Costs include: testing, inpatient care, and lost workdays. Intervention: Home-based SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing. Outcome Measures: Cumulative infections and deaths, numbers isolated and/or hospitalized, and total costs. Results of Base-Case Analysis: Without a testing intervention, the model anticipates 15 million infections, 125,000 deaths, and $10.4 billion in costs ($6.5 billion inpatient; $3.9 billion lost productivity) over a 60-day horizon. Weekly availability of testing may avert 4 million infections and 19,000 deaths, raising costs by $21.5 billion. Lower inpatient outlays ($5.9 billion) would partially offset additional testing expenditures ($12.0 billion) and workdays lost ($13.9 billion), yielding incremental costs per infection (death) averted of $5,400 ($1,100,000). Results of Sensitivity Analysis: Outcome estimates vary widely under different behavioral assumptions and testing frequencies. However, key findings persist across all scenarios: large reductions in infections, mortality, and hospitalizations; and costs per death averted roughly an order of magnitude lower than commonly accepted willingness-to-pay values per statistical life saved ($5-17 million). Limitations: Analysis restricted to at-home testing and limited by uncertainties about test performance. Conclusion: High-frequency home testing for SARS-CoV-2 using an inexpensive, imperfect test could contribute to pandemic control at justifiable cost and warrants consideration as part of a national containment strategy...
Note the pessimistic assumptions: ...To account for concerns about individual willingness to adhere to testing and isolation protocols, we adopted a highly pessimistic view of the behavioral response to the testing intervention. In the base case, we assumed that: a) only 50% of individuals would elect to make use of the test kits provided to them; b) only 50% of individuals receiving a positive test finding would respond by isolating themselves as instructed; and c) even among those who did initially isolate, 20% each day would abandon isolation and return to the “active” population against recommended guidance. We further assumed that only 50% of persons exhibiting moderate symptoms of COVID-19 would elect to self-isolate, in the absence of positive test finding. Here again, we assumed that even among symptomatic individuals who did initially elect to isolate, 20% would abandon isolation each day...
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
I must say, as someone who is generally agnostic on the monarchy, the idea that the crown estates could be getting 220 million pounds a year from what is effectively an archaic claim to the seabed around British coasts, in the current social and economic circumstances especially , is certainly fairly obscene.
Well, still no vaccines here, despite more first hand reports of people in Group 6 being vaccinated in London.
Grrrr.... 🤬
Meanwhile a Covid outbreak at BaE and since lots of employees live in the local village I remain confined to my living-room. Thrillingly, I may spend time in the bedroom later.
Laters
I'm hearing of people in their early 60s get the vaccine in other parts of county, whilst in some places including my own they are still very slowly working through the 70+ years olds. I reckon we are at least two weeks behind many other places.
Some places have more oldies than others.
Some places have more anti-vaxxers than others.
Every pensioner in Bradford who misguidedly refuses the jab puts me one step closer to the front of the queue. So be it.
Well, still no vaccines here, despite more first hand reports of people in Group 6 being vaccinated in London.
Grrrr.... 🤬
Meanwhile a Covid outbreak at BaE and since lots of employees live in the local village I remain confined to my living-room. Thrillingly, I may spend time in the bedroom later.
Laters
I'm hearing of people in their early 60s get the vaccine in other parts of county, whilst in some places including my own they are still very slowly working through the 70+ years olds. I reckon we are at least two weeks behind many other places.
Some places have more oldies than others.
Some places have more anti-vaxxers than others.
And some places (with a greater proportion of oldies, as you call them, than others) have had their allocation of vaccines cut by a third so that other places can get ahead - as is happening in London - not simply catch up.
Do you have any evidence for that claim ?
Lets look at some actual data.
Yesterday's update showed that 38,523 new vaccinations in North East and Yorkshire (which includes most of Cumbria) and 21,057 in London.
Vaccines to Cumbria have been cut. This has meant that the local GP has announced that it cannot continue with vaccinations which, since it has completed those in groups 1-4, means those in groups 5 + 6.
Meanwhile I know 2 people in London in group 6 who have got vaccines.
Why has the North West's vaccine allocation been cut?
Well, still no vaccines here, despite more first hand reports of people in Group 6 being vaccinated in London.
Grrrr.... 🤬
Meanwhile a Covid outbreak at BaE and since lots of employees live in the local village I remain confined to my living-room. Thrillingly, I may spend time in the bedroom later.
Laters
I'm hearing of people in their early 60s get the vaccine in other parts of county, whilst in some places including my own they are still very slowly working through the 70+ years olds. I reckon we are at least two weeks behind many other places.
Some places have more oldies than others.
Some places have more anti-vaxxers than others.
And some places (with a greater proportion of oldies, as you call them, than others) have had their allocation of vaccines cut by a third so that other places can get ahead - as is happening in London - not simply catch up.
Do you have any evidence for that claim ?
Lets look at some actual data.
Yesterday's update showed that 38,523 new vaccinations in North East and Yorkshire (which includes most of Cumbria) and 21,057 in London.
And if we look in more detail at each health area we see that in Cumbria and North East the most recent data gives this as the proportion of each age group vaccinated:
80+ 91.8% 75-79 85.5% 70-74 22.8%
So if Cyclefree's area has fully vaccinated all the 70+ age group then perhaps its not receiving any more vaccine because it is instead being sent to Carlisle or Workington so that they can complete their 70+ vaccinations.
It is the whole of the North West's allocation which has been cut not just my local area.
Well, still no vaccines here, despite more first hand reports of people in Group 6 being vaccinated in London.
Grrrr.... 🤬
Meanwhile a Covid outbreak at BaE and since lots of employees live in the local village I remain confined to my living-room. Thrillingly, I may spend time in the bedroom later.
Laters
I'm hearing of people in their early 60s get the vaccine in other parts of county, whilst in some places including my own they are still very slowly working through the 70+ years olds. I reckon we are at least two weeks behind many other places.
Some places have more oldies than others.
Some places have more anti-vaxxers than others.
And some places (with a greater proportion of oldies, as you call them, than others) have had their allocation of vaccines cut by a third so that other places can get ahead - as is happening in London - not simply catch up.
Do you have any evidence for that claim ?
Lets look at some actual data.
Yesterday's update showed that 38,523 new vaccinations in North East and Yorkshire (which includes most of Cumbria) and 21,057 in London.
Vaccines to Cumbria have been cut. This has meant that the local GP has announced that it cannot continue with vaccinations which, since it has completed those in groups 1-4, means those in groups 5 + 6.
Meanwhile I know 2 people in London in group 6 who have got vaccines.
Why has the North West's vaccine allocation been cut?
The reason that London has proceeded to further groups is because of levels of refusals of vaccination.
Overall, there has been less vaccination in London per head of 16+ population than anywhere else in England -
First vaccinations as % of 16+ population
East Of England 24.31% London 16.83% Midlands 23.44% North East And Yorkshire 23.38% North West 25.09% South East 23.61% South West 26.17%
- They'd really like Trump to be banned from running again - For any individual to vote for this would get them in trouble with their base, and maybe lose them their job
This is particularly acute for people like Ted Cruz, who don't want to have to run against Trump but also really, really don't want to upset his base.
Isn't the solution for people who aren't already on the record as anti-Trumpers to say it's unconstitutional and boycott the whole thing?
Silly question maybe. Cannot the Senate hold a secret ballot?
The fact the Democrats now control the Senate means a vote to convict is very likely.
However the fact any GOP Senator who votes to convict would face a primary challenge from a Trump loyalist makes it equally likely the vote will fall short of the 2/3 majority required.
That would still mean Trump is only the second US President after Andrew Johnson to have had a vote to convict him on an impeachment vote, though again in Johnson's case it fell short of the 2/3 majority needed
Well, still no vaccines here, despite more first hand reports of people in Group 6 being vaccinated in London.
Grrrr.... 🤬
Meanwhile a Covid outbreak at BaE and since lots of employees live in the local village I remain confined to my living-room. Thrillingly, I may spend time in the bedroom later.
Laters
I'm hearing of people in their early 60s get the vaccine in other parts of county, whilst in some places including my own they are still very slowly working through the 70+ years olds. I reckon we are at least two weeks behind many other places.
Some places have more oldies than others.
Some places have more anti-vaxxers than others.
And some places (with a greater proportion of oldies, as you call them, than others) have had their allocation of vaccines cut by a third so that other places can get ahead - as is happening in London - not simply catch up.
Do you have any evidence for that claim ?
Lets look at some actual data.
Yesterday's update showed that 38,523 new vaccinations in North East and Yorkshire (which includes most of Cumbria) and 21,057 in London.
Vaccines to Cumbria have been cut. This has meant that the local GP has announced that it cannot continue with vaccinations which, since it has completed those in groups 1-4, means those in groups 5 + 6.
Meanwhile I know 2 people in London in group 6 who have got vaccines.
Why has the North West's vaccine allocation been cut?
But how do you know that's not supply related, Pfizer have already said February shipments will be significantly lower and we know all of the issues with AZ.
You're looking at one part of a picture and then filling in the rest for yourself based on no knowledge of what's going on.
I get that you're anxious and want to be vaccinated ASAP. Let's just let them get on with it. Ultimately we're all in lockdown so whether you get it tomorrow or in 10 days it's not really going to be a huge difference, is it?
- They'd really like Trump to be banned from running again - For any individual to vote for this would get them in trouble with their base, and maybe lose them their job
This is particularly acute for people like Ted Cruz, who don't want to have to run against Trump but also really, really don't want to upset his base.
Isn't the solution for people who aren't already on the record as anti-Trumpers to say it's unconstitutional and boycott the whole thing?
Silly question maybe. Cannot the Senate hold a secret ballot?
In that case the Trumpists would try to primary EVERY Republican senator.
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
We spend x million on these gits, let us spend it on the NHS instead.
Hate to break it you.
Zara T does not get anything from the Civil List.
If you find anything she does get from the public do let us know, but never let reality get in the way of a good story etc...
Many seem to forget how much the Royal family contribute via tourism.
Is your name a clue?
They contribute square root of f all.
As a republican, I don't think that's an entirely fair comment. I'm sure people would still come to look at such places as Windsor Castle if HMQ were not there. Just perhaps, not as many. After all, people still visit Versailles!
Well, still no vaccines here, despite more first hand reports of people in Group 6 being vaccinated in London.
Grrrr.... 🤬
Meanwhile a Covid outbreak at BaE and since lots of employees live in the local village I remain confined to my living-room. Thrillingly, I may spend time in the bedroom later.
Laters
I'm hearing of people in their early 60s get the vaccine in other parts of county, whilst in some places including my own they are still very slowly working through the 70+ years olds. I reckon we are at least two weeks behind many other places.
Some places have more oldies than others.
Some places have more anti-vaxxers than others.
And some places (with a greater proportion of oldies, as you call them, than others) have had their allocation of vaccines cut by a third so that other places can get ahead - as is happening in London - not simply catch up.
Do you have any evidence for that claim ?
Lets look at some actual data.
Yesterday's update showed that 38,523 new vaccinations in North East and Yorkshire (which includes most of Cumbria) and 21,057 in London.
Vaccines to Cumbria have been cut. This has meant that the local GP has announced that it cannot continue with vaccinations which, since it has completed those in groups 1-4, means those in groups 5 + 6.
Meanwhile I know 2 people in London in group 6 who have got vaccines.
Why has the North West's vaccine allocation been cut?
Has it relative to elsewhere - the North East also has the same problem.
So if people are happy with the principle of a hereditary head of state that means they'd be fine with the principle of a the principle of a hereditary Prime Minister?
Happened before with the Pitts for example, US Presidents of course from the Adams to the Kennedys to the Bushes to the Clintons have long done dynasties
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
Youd expect London to have done a smaller percentage of vaccinations for 4 reasons: fewer old people, fewer people with conditions like diabetes/obesity, higher percentage of BAMEs whom we know are more sceptical of taking the vaccine, less settled population than places like the north-east of England which makes organising something like a mass vaccination programme more difficult. [BAMEs are more likely to have diabetes but that factor is outweighed by the much younger population in the capital].
Region of Residence ICS/STP of Residence Percent of all 70-74 population* Percent of all 75-79 population* Percent of all 80+ population* London East London Health and Care Partnership 61.1% 72.3% 69.6% London North London Partners in Health and Care 62.9% 76.0% 73.3% London North West London Health and Care Partnership 57.1% 74.8% 75.6% London Our Healthier South East London 68.9% 79.3% 76.3% London South West London Health and Care Partnership 56.5% 78.8% 79.5%
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
The pound Scots was abolished as long ago as 1707, worth just one-twelfth of the pound sterling, and ceased to be used at all after new paper money was issued in the 1790s.
Well, still no vaccines here, despite more first hand reports of people in Group 6 being vaccinated in London.
Grrrr.... 🤬
Meanwhile a Covid outbreak at BaE and since lots of employees live in the local village I remain confined to my living-room. Thrillingly, I may spend time in the bedroom later.
Laters
I'm hearing of people in their early 60s get the vaccine in other parts of county, whilst in some places including my own they are still very slowly working through the 70+ years olds. I reckon we are at least two weeks behind many other places.
Some places have more oldies than others.
Some places have more anti-vaxxers than others.
And some places (with a greater proportion of oldies, as you call them, than others) have had their allocation of vaccines cut by a third so that other places can get ahead - as is happening in London - not simply catch up.
Do you have any evidence for that claim ?
Lets look at some actual data.
Yesterday's update showed that 38,523 new vaccinations in North East and Yorkshire (which includes most of Cumbria) and 21,057 in London.
And if we look in more detail at each health area we see that in Cumbria and North East the most recent data gives this as the proportion of each age group vaccinated:
80+ 91.8% 75-79 85.5% 70-74 22.8%
So if Cyclefree's area has fully vaccinated all the 70+ age group then perhaps its not receiving any more vaccine because it is instead being sent to Carlisle or Workington so that they can complete their 70+ vaccinations.
It is the whole of the North West's allocation which has been cut not just my local area.
Please take a look at the actual data and compare how many vaccinations are being done day by day and week by week by each region of the country and each health area.
Off topic, an interesting piece on BBC Breakfast from a British supermarket in Belgium who haven't been able to get resupply since Brexit.
Bless - we haven't even got started yet. Our government insisted on full 3rd country status without knowing what that means in practice. As an example, should this store want to buy McVities Chocolate Digestives, a Veterinary certificate is needed.
These are the standard 3rd country rules that we demanded - seemingly without knowing what they were. We could of course reopen negotiations - so that we are able to send things from one part of the UK to another part of the UK. But to do so would be treason or whatever. So instead we will enjoy "this is what we voted for" and "stop attacking our Brilliant Brexit" etc etc
I understand that there is a large issue at play here but trying to get some sort of sympathy from yesterday a lobster supplier and today a British supermarket in Belgium - it's hardly man of the people stuff. In fact over the weekend there was an article on the BBC about how people would struggle to find an au pair.
If it wasn't all brewed here under license I would suggest something like Belgian beer.
Can anyone else think of something that will be affected that will actually lead to outrage down the pub!
Down the pub is difficult as anything that could be a problem there (wine) is probably substitutable in ways no one would notice (there is more than enough mark up to swallow a slight price increase and they will just up the price per glass to reflect it anyway).
While the saloon bar might be loud with the difficulties of getting an au pair, I don't the public one will be bothered until there are problems over travelling, or the recruitment of overseas footballers, and perhaps cricketers. No more Saffers travelling on Dutch passports.
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
The key argument for keeping the royal family is look at the horses arses that would try to be elected head of state if we didn't
I suppose the House of Commons was a big mistake and we should just gave a House of Lords with hereditary peers then?
Sure, voters might end up making choices we think are crap, but it's not inevitable. Ireland has generally ended up with reasonably inoffensive people for its figurehead of a President.
Why do you hate British people so much that you won't trust them to choose?
Ireland has a President most of the world has not heard of who lives in a vast house with 92 rooms anyway
But none on the key metric of how many asked to self isolate actually did so.
You have anonymised locationless data where you have no idea if people are following up on the guidance, and with an adoption rate that is far below the level needed for supression. So, does it do anything useful? Well obviously if anyone follows the guidance, that's good, but is it worth the time and money? Probably not, and certainly the small distances used and relatively low adoption offer only a marginal advantage over no automated contact tracing at all. If you aren't going to use proper location data or other data sets at a near universal level, like Israel and South Korea have, you are probably better off with boots on the ground going door to door.
- They'd really like Trump to be banned from running again - For any individual to vote for this would get them in trouble with their base, and maybe lose them their job
This is particularly acute for people like Ted Cruz, who don't want to have to run against Trump but also really, really don't want to upset his base.
Isn't the solution for people who aren't already on the record as anti-Trumpers to say it's unconstitutional and boycott the whole thing?
I pointed out earlier that that is how Rand Paul is planning to play the impeachment and it would make sense for others to do the same.
If 25 GOP senators did that Trump would be impeached and so couldn't stand and all 25 could say nothing to do with me - we voted against it on constitution grounds and didn't play any further part...
Off topic, an interesting piece on BBC Breakfast from a British supermarket in Belgium who haven't been able to get resupply since Brexit.
Bless - we haven't even got started yet. Our government insisted on full 3rd country status without knowing what that means in practice. As an example, should this store want to buy McVities Chocolate Digestives, a Veterinary certificate is needed.
These are the standard 3rd country rules that we demanded - seemingly without knowing what they were. We could of course reopen negotiations - so that we are able to send things from one part of the UK to another part of the UK. But to do so would be treason or whatever. So instead we will enjoy "this is what we voted for" and "stop attacking our Brilliant Brexit" etc etc
I understand that there is a large issue at play here but trying to get some sort of sympathy from yesterday a lobster supplier and today a British supermarket in Belgium - it's hardly man of the people stuff. In fact over the weekend there was an article on the BBC about how people would struggle to find an au pair.
If it wasn't all brewed here under license I would suggest something like Belgian beer.
Can anyone else think of something that will be affected that will actually lead to outrage down the pub!
Down the pub is difficult as anything that could be a problem there (wine) is probably substitutable in ways no one would notice (there is more than enough mark up to swallow a slight price increase and they will just up the price per glass to reflect it anyway).
While the saloon bar might be loud with the difficulties of getting an au pair, I don't the public one will be bothered until there are problems over travelling, or the recruitment of overseas footballers, and perhaps cricketers. No more Saffers travelling on Dutch passports.
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
The key argument for keeping the royal family is look at the horses arses that would try to be elected head of state if we didn't
The thing is the Royalists on here tell me that the Queen and monarchy is so popular, they'd easily win elections for Head of State.
69% of UK voters want to keep the monarchy and the monarchist Boris trounced the republican Corbyn in 2019 (with Starmer now also supporting a reformed monarchy) that is the end of it
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
The key argument for keeping the royal family is look at the horses arses that would try to be elected head of state if we didn't
I suppose the House of Commons was a big mistake and we should just gave a House of Lords with hereditary peers then?
Sure, voters might end up making choices we think are crap, but it's not inevitable. Ireland has generally ended up with reasonably inoffensive people for its figurehead of a President.
Why do you hate British people so much that you won't trust them to choose?
Ireland has a President most of the world has not heard of who lives in a vast house with 92 rooms anyway
Off topic, an interesting piece on BBC Breakfast from a British supermarket in Belgium who haven't been able to get resupply since Brexit.
Bless - we haven't even got started yet. Our government insisted on full 3rd country status without knowing what that means in practice. As an example, should this store want to buy McVities Chocolate Digestives, a Veterinary certificate is needed.
These are the standard 3rd country rules that we demanded - seemingly without knowing what they were. We could of course reopen negotiations - so that we are able to send things from one part of the UK to another part of the UK. But to do so would be treason or whatever. So instead we will enjoy "this is what we voted for" and "stop attacking our Brilliant Brexit" etc etc
What does, what can a vet certify about chocolate biscuits?
Also, what is this "cricket" about which everyone is going on, interminably?
The emerging problem, beyond even chocolate biscuits, is something like this, once the EEA/EFTA solution had been ignored or abandoned by Remainers and gradualist Brexiteers:
Was the truth in the referendum campaign really that we may want to leave the EU but actually we can't. That 3rd country status is impossible because it is so damaging economically, and dangerous to the Irish situation?
I think that is what Remainers thought, but that to say so admits that we had got so far in to something without real whole hearted consent that it is better to be in denial.
If that's right then the real choice in the Referendum was between the potential disaster we have now (if the critics are correct) or an eternal democratic deficit with so solution and no getting off.
It is an epic fail; but the fail was between 1975 and 2016.
It wasn't even that - I lot of leave voters on here voted live because they thought the Government wouldn't be stupid enough to leave the EEA as they would grasp how important avoiding 3rd country was to our economy.
Were it not for Covid we would see the full scale of the mess we are now in, Boris however has the advantage that Covid is hiding the full scale of the issue.
Considering Boris and Gove explicitly said "we will leave the Single Market" why would they possible think that?
Reality is we aren't in a mess. Apart from possibly Northern Ireland which either needs Gove's letter addressing in full or Article 16 invoking.
As I predicted in my New Years Eve predictions, there are some issues much magnified on Twitter or by those who don't want to let the matter rest, but not really concerning to the rest of the country.
The Port of Dover this week reported that their traffic is back up to 90% of normal volumes already for this time of year - despite Brexit and despite Covid.
Your and RP's and Nabavi's and Scott's and others projections of doom just aren't happening.
I’m a bit puzzled. I was recently told that it was unfair to say that UK Jan ‘21 exports were 68% down on Jan ‘20 without factoring in Covid. Now I’m being told that Dover traffic is back up to 90% of what it was at the same time last year. Why is 90% of 2020 traffic carrying only 32% of 2020 exports? Have exporters recovered most of that lost 68% in 8 days?
Essentially, yes.
As was widely anticipated (and as happened twice before) there was much stockpiling ahead of Brexit. Volumes were massively down initially as the trade had already been stockpiled in December so wasn't happening in January. That was a transient effect that has already unwound, without revealing any anticipated catastrophe or breakdown of the border.
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
Off topic, an interesting piece on BBC Breakfast from a British supermarket in Belgium who haven't been able to get resupply since Brexit.
Bless - we haven't even got started yet. Our government insisted on full 3rd country status without knowing what that means in practice. As an example, should this store want to buy McVities Chocolate Digestives, a Veterinary certificate is needed.
These are the standard 3rd country rules that we demanded - seemingly without knowing what they were. We could of course reopen negotiations - so that we are able to send things from one part of the UK to another part of the UK. But to do so would be treason or whatever. So instead we will enjoy "this is what we voted for" and "stop attacking our Brilliant Brexit" etc etc
What does, what can a vet certify about chocolate biscuits?
Also, what is this "cricket" about which everyone is going on, interminably?
The emerging problem, beyond even chocolate biscuits, is something like this, once the EEA/EFTA solution had been ignored or abandoned by Remainers and gradualist Brexiteers:
Was the truth in the referendum campaign really that we may want to leave the EU but actually we can't. That 3rd country status is impossible because it is so damaging economically, and dangerous to the Irish situation?
I think that is what Remainers thought, but that to say so admits that we had got so far in to something without real whole hearted consent that it is better to be in denial.
If that's right then the real choice in the Referendum was between the potential disaster we have now (if the critics are correct) or an eternal democratic deficit with so solution and no getting off.
It is an epic fail; but the fail was between 1975 and 2016.
It wasn't even that - I lot of leave voters on here voted live because they thought the Government wouldn't be stupid enough to leave the EEA as they would grasp how important avoiding 3rd country was to our economy.
Were it not for Covid we would see the full scale of the mess we are now in, Boris however has the advantage that Covid is hiding the full scale of the issue.
Considering Boris and Gove explicitly said "we will leave the Single Market" why would they possible think that?
Reality is we aren't in a mess. Apart from possibly Northern Ireland which either needs Gove's letter addressing in full or Article 16 invoking.
As I predicted in my New Years Eve predictions, there are some issues much magnified on Twitter or by those who don't want to let the matter rest, but not really concerning to the rest of the country.
The Port of Dover this week reported that their traffic is back up to 90% of normal volumes already for this time of year - despite Brexit and despite Covid.
Your and RP's and Nabavi's and Scott's and others projections of doom just aren't happening.
I’m a bit puzzled. I was recently told that it was unfair to say that UK Jan ‘21 exports were 68% down on Jan ‘20 without factoring in Covid. Now I’m being told that Dover traffic is back up to 90% of what it was at the same time last year. Why is 90% of 2020 traffic carrying only 32% of 2020 exports? Have exporters recovered most of that lost 68% in 8 days?
Essentially, yes.
As was widely anticipated (and as happened twice before) there was much stockpiling ahead of Brexit. Volumes were massively down initially as the trade had already been stockpiled in December so wasn't happening in January. That was a transient effect that has already unwound, without revealing any anticipated catastrophe or breakdown of the border.
Any evidence to back any of that up?
And it's not imports into the UK that is a problem at the moment - we don't seem to be checking paperwork.
It's exports (and imports into NI) where the problems are occurring.
The issue isn’t so much the summer holidays, it’s the Easter holiday that needs to be moved.
But that would require some intelligence on the part of divers Education departments, and as we all know they’ve got the same approach to facts and reality as Trumpists who have been lobotomised.
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
We spend x million on these gits, let us spend it on the NHS instead.
Hate to break it you.
Zara T does not get anything from the Civil List.
If you find anything she does get from the public do let us know, but never let reality get in the way of a good story etc...
Many seem to forget how much the Royal family contribute via tourism.
Is your name a clue?
They contribute square root of f all.
As a republican, I don't think that's an entirely fair comment. I'm sure people would still come to look at such places as Windsor Castle if HMQ were not there. Just perhaps, not as many. After all, people still visit Versailles!
"Not as many"? I see your "not as many" and raise you "far more".
The most visited palaces in the world tend to be in republics not monarchies. Not having the monarch there clogging up the space allows it to be actually used for tourists instead.
Off topic, an interesting piece on BBC Breakfast from a British supermarket in Belgium who haven't been able to get resupply since Brexit.
Bless - we haven't even got started yet. Our government insisted on full 3rd country status without knowing what that means in practice. As an example, should this store want to buy McVities Chocolate Digestives, a Veterinary certificate is needed.
These are the standard 3rd country rules that we demanded - seemingly without knowing what they were. We could of course reopen negotiations - so that we are able to send things from one part of the UK to another part of the UK. But to do so would be treason or whatever. So instead we will enjoy "this is what we voted for" and "stop attacking our Brilliant Brexit" etc etc
What does, what can a vet certify about chocolate biscuits?
Also, what is this "cricket" about which everyone is going on, interminably?
The emerging problem, beyond even chocolate biscuits, is something like this, once the EEA/EFTA solution had been ignored or abandoned by Remainers and gradualist Brexiteers:
Was the truth in the referendum campaign really that we may want to leave the EU but actually we can't. That 3rd country status is impossible because it is so damaging economically, and dangerous to the Irish situation?
I think that is what Remainers thought, but that to say so admits that we had got so far in to something without real whole hearted consent that it is better to be in denial.
If that's right then the real choice in the Referendum was between the potential disaster we have now (if the critics are correct) or an eternal democratic deficit with so solution and no getting off.
It is an epic fail; but the fail was between 1975 and 2016.
It wasn't even that - I lot of leave voters on here voted live because they thought the Government wouldn't be stupid enough to leave the EEA as they would grasp how important avoiding 3rd country was to our economy.
Were it not for Covid we would see the full scale of the mess we are now in, Boris however has the advantage that Covid is hiding the full scale of the issue.
Considering Boris and Gove explicitly said "we will leave the Single Market" why would they possible think that?
Reality is we aren't in a mess. Apart from possibly Northern Ireland which either needs Gove's letter addressing in full or Article 16 invoking.
As I predicted in my New Years Eve predictions, there are some issues much magnified on Twitter or by those who don't want to let the matter rest, but not really concerning to the rest of the country.
The Port of Dover this week reported that their traffic is back up to 90% of normal volumes already for this time of year - despite Brexit and despite Covid.
Your and RP's and Nabavi's and Scott's and others projections of doom just aren't happening.
I’m a bit puzzled. I was recently told that it was unfair to say that UK Jan ‘21 exports were 68% down on Jan ‘20 without factoring in Covid. Now I’m being told that Dover traffic is back up to 90% of what it was at the same time last year. Why is 90% of 2020 traffic carrying only 32% of 2020 exports? Have exporters recovered most of that lost 68% in 8 days?
Essentially, yes.
As was widely anticipated (and as happened twice before) there was much stockpiling ahead of Brexit. Volumes were massively down initially as the trade had already been stockpiled in December so wasn't happening in January. That was a transient effect that has already unwound, without revealing any anticipated catastrophe or breakdown of the border.
Any evidence to back any of that up?
And it's not imports into the UK that is a problem at the moment - we don't seem to be checking paperwork.
It's exports (and imports into NI) where the problems are occurring.
Off topic, an interesting piece on BBC Breakfast from a British supermarket in Belgium who haven't been able to get resupply since Brexit.
Bless - we haven't even got started yet. Our government insisted on full 3rd country status without knowing what that means in practice. As an example, should this store want to buy McVities Chocolate Digestives, a Veterinary certificate is needed.
These are the standard 3rd country rules that we demanded - seemingly without knowing what they were. We could of course reopen negotiations - so that we are able to send things from one part of the UK to another part of the UK. But to do so would be treason or whatever. So instead we will enjoy "this is what we voted for" and "stop attacking our Brilliant Brexit" etc etc
What does, what can a vet certify about chocolate biscuits?
Also, what is this "cricket" about which everyone is going on, interminably?
The emerging problem, beyond even chocolate biscuits, is something like this, once the EEA/EFTA solution had been ignored or abandoned by Remainers and gradualist Brexiteers:
Was the truth in the referendum campaign really that we may want to leave the EU but actually we can't. That 3rd country status is impossible because it is so damaging economically, and dangerous to the Irish situation?
I think that is what Remainers thought, but that to say so admits that we had got so far in to something without real whole hearted consent that it is better to be in denial.
If that's right then the real choice in the Referendum was between the potential disaster we have now (if the critics are correct) or an eternal democratic deficit with so solution and no getting off.
It is an epic fail; but the fail was between 1975 and 2016.
It wasn't even that - I lot of leave voters on here voted live because they thought the Government wouldn't be stupid enough to leave the EEA as they would grasp how important avoiding 3rd country was to our economy.
Were it not for Covid we would see the full scale of the mess we are now in, Boris however has the advantage that Covid is hiding the full scale of the issue.
Considering Boris and Gove explicitly said "we will leave the Single Market" why would they possible think that?
Reality is we aren't in a mess. Apart from possibly Northern Ireland which either needs Gove's letter addressing in full or Article 16 invoking.
As I predicted in my New Years Eve predictions, there are some issues much magnified on Twitter or by those who don't want to let the matter rest, but not really concerning to the rest of the country.
The Port of Dover this week reported that their traffic is back up to 90% of normal volumes already for this time of year - despite Brexit and despite Covid.
Your and RP's and Nabavi's and Scott's and others projections of doom just aren't happening.
I’m a bit puzzled. I was recently told that it was unfair to say that UK Jan ‘21 exports were 68% down on Jan ‘20 without factoring in Covid. Now I’m being told that Dover traffic is back up to 90% of what it was at the same time last year. Why is 90% of 2020 traffic carrying only 32% of 2020 exports? Have exporters recovered most of that lost 68% in 8 days?
Essentially, yes.
As was widely anticipated (and as happened twice before) there was much stockpiling ahead of Brexit. Volumes were massively down initially as the trade had already been stockpiled in December so wasn't happening in January. That was a transient effect that has already unwound, without revealing any anticipated catastrophe or breakdown of the border.
Any evidence to back any of that up?
And it's not imports into the UK that is a problem at the moment - we don't seem to be checking paperwork.
It's exports (and imports into NI) where the problems are occurring.
"There also remains the tantalising suspicion that Mr Salmond has been keeping his powder dry and has more explosive allegations to unleash at the appropriate time."
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
Well, still no vaccines here, despite more first hand reports of people in Group 6 being vaccinated in London.
Grrrr.... 🤬
Meanwhile a Covid outbreak at BaE and since lots of employees live in the local village I remain confined to my living-room. Thrillingly, I may spend time in the bedroom later.
Laters
I'm hearing of people in their early 60s get the vaccine in other parts of county, whilst in some places including my own they are still very slowly working through the 70+ years olds. I reckon we are at least two weeks behind many other places.
Some places have more oldies than others.
Some places have more anti-vaxxers than others.
And some places (with a greater proportion of oldies, as you call them, than others) have had their allocation of vaccines cut by a third so that other places can get ahead - as is happening in London - not simply catch up.
Do you have any evidence for that claim ?
Lets look at some actual data.
Yesterday's update showed that 38,523 new vaccinations in North East and Yorkshire (which includes most of Cumbria) and 21,057 in London.
And if we look in more detail at each health area we see that in Cumbria and North East the most recent data gives this as the proportion of each age group vaccinated:
80+ 91.8% 75-79 85.5% 70-74 22.8%
So if Cyclefree's area has fully vaccinated all the 70+ age group then perhaps its not receiving any more vaccine because it is instead being sent to Carlisle or Workington so that they can complete their 70+ vaccinations.
It is the whole of the North West's allocation which has been cut not just my local area.
That article, already a fortnight old, was refuted as fake news within 24 hours of it being published two whole weeks ago. Its embarrassing that the website still has it up.
All areas got a reduction for a week because of a national disruption in supplies. That happened nationally. The North has been progressing with vaccinations much faster than London and has much more people vaccinated, that's the actual real data.
London has a lot of people refusing vaccinations and the North does not. That is a real, real problem for London. I'm glad up here we're not as bad as London - your looking enviously at them is completely backwards.
Off topic, an interesting piece on BBC Breakfast from a British supermarket in Belgium who haven't been able to get resupply since Brexit.
Bless - we haven't even got started yet. Our government insisted on full 3rd country status without knowing what that means in practice. As an example, should this store want to buy McVities Chocolate Digestives, a Veterinary certificate is needed.
These are the standard 3rd country rules that we demanded - seemingly without knowing what they were. We could of course reopen negotiations - so that we are able to send things from one part of the UK to another part of the UK. But to do so would be treason or whatever. So instead we will enjoy "this is what we voted for" and "stop attacking our Brilliant Brexit" etc etc
What does, what can a vet certify about chocolate biscuits?
Also, what is this "cricket" about which everyone is going on, interminably?
The emerging problem, beyond even chocolate biscuits, is something like this, once the EEA/EFTA solution had been ignored or abandoned by Remainers and gradualist Brexiteers:
Was the truth in the referendum campaign really that we may want to leave the EU but actually we can't. That 3rd country status is impossible because it is so damaging economically, and dangerous to the Irish situation?
I think that is what Remainers thought, but that to say so admits that we had got so far in to something without real whole hearted consent that it is better to be in denial.
If that's right then the real choice in the Referendum was between the potential disaster we have now (if the critics are correct) or an eternal democratic deficit with so solution and no getting off.
It is an epic fail; but the fail was between 1975 and 2016.
It wasn't even that - I lot of leave voters on here voted live because they thought the Government wouldn't be stupid enough to leave the EEA as they would grasp how important avoiding 3rd country was to our economy.
Were it not for Covid we would see the full scale of the mess we are now in, Boris however has the advantage that Covid is hiding the full scale of the issue.
Considering Boris and Gove explicitly said "we will leave the Single Market" why would they possible think that?
Reality is we aren't in a mess. Apart from possibly Northern Ireland which either needs Gove's letter addressing in full or Article 16 invoking.
As I predicted in my New Years Eve predictions, there are some issues much magnified on Twitter or by those who don't want to let the matter rest, but not really concerning to the rest of the country.
The Port of Dover this week reported that their traffic is back up to 90% of normal volumes already for this time of year - despite Brexit and despite Covid.
Your and RP's and Nabavi's and Scott's and others projections of doom just aren't happening.
I’m a bit puzzled. I was recently told that it was unfair to say that UK Jan ‘21 exports were 68% down on Jan ‘20 without factoring in Covid. Now I’m being told that Dover traffic is back up to 90% of what it was at the same time last year. Why is 90% of 2020 traffic carrying only 32% of 2020 exports? Have exporters recovered most of that lost 68% in 8 days?
Essentially, yes.
As was widely anticipated (and as happened twice before) there was much stockpiling ahead of Brexit. Volumes were massively down initially as the trade had already been stockpiled in December so wasn't happening in January. That was a transient effect that has already unwound, without revealing any anticipated catastrophe or breakdown of the border.
Off topic, an interesting piece on BBC Breakfast from a British supermarket in Belgium who haven't been able to get resupply since Brexit.
Bless - we haven't even got started yet. Our government insisted on full 3rd country status without knowing what that means in practice. As an example, should this store want to buy McVities Chocolate Digestives, a Veterinary certificate is needed.
These are the standard 3rd country rules that we demanded - seemingly without knowing what they were. We could of course reopen negotiations - so that we are able to send things from one part of the UK to another part of the UK. But to do so would be treason or whatever. So instead we will enjoy "this is what we voted for" and "stop attacking our Brilliant Brexit" etc etc
What does, what can a vet certify about chocolate biscuits?
Also, what is this "cricket" about which everyone is going on, interminably?
The emerging problem, beyond even chocolate biscuits, is something like this, once the EEA/EFTA solution had been ignored or abandoned by Remainers and gradualist Brexiteers:
Was the truth in the referendum campaign really that we may want to leave the EU but actually we can't. That 3rd country status is impossible because it is so damaging economically, and dangerous to the Irish situation?
I think that is what Remainers thought, but that to say so admits that we had got so far in to something without real whole hearted consent that it is better to be in denial.
If that's right then the real choice in the Referendum was between the potential disaster we have now (if the critics are correct) or an eternal democratic deficit with so solution and no getting off.
It is an epic fail; but the fail was between 1975 and 2016.
It wasn't even that - I lot of leave voters on here voted live because they thought the Government wouldn't be stupid enough to leave the EEA as they would grasp how important avoiding 3rd country was to our economy.
Were it not for Covid we would see the full scale of the mess we are now in, Boris however has the advantage that Covid is hiding the full scale of the issue.
Considering Boris and Gove explicitly said "we will leave the Single Market" why would they possible think that?
Reality is we aren't in a mess. Apart from possibly Northern Ireland which either needs Gove's letter addressing in full or Article 16 invoking.
As I predicted in my New Years Eve predictions, there are some issues much magnified on Twitter or by those who don't want to let the matter rest, but not really concerning to the rest of the country.
The Port of Dover this week reported that their traffic is back up to 90% of normal volumes already for this time of year - despite Brexit and despite Covid.
Your and RP's and Nabavi's and Scott's and others projections of doom just aren't happening.
I’m a bit puzzled. I was recently told that it was unfair to say that UK Jan ‘21 exports were 68% down on Jan ‘20 without factoring in Covid. Now I’m being told that Dover traffic is back up to 90% of what it was at the same time last year. Why is 90% of 2020 traffic carrying only 32% of 2020 exports? Have exporters recovered most of that lost 68% in 8 days?
Essentially, yes.
As was widely anticipated (and as happened twice before) there was much stockpiling ahead of Brexit. Volumes were massively down initially as the trade had already been stockpiled in December so wasn't happening in January. That was a transient effect that has already unwound, without revealing any anticipated catastrophe or breakdown of the border.
Any evidence to back any of that up?
And it's not imports into the UK that is a problem at the moment - we don't seem to be checking paperwork.
It's exports (and imports into NI) where the problems are occurring.
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
Nor does the monarchy risk a President Le Pen, which remains an outside chance for France in 2022 on current polls
Erm, Edward VIII? An actual Nazi sympathiser.
Quickly replaced by his brother, who led us through WW2.
It was of course Chamberlain and Churchill who directed our dealings with the Nazis anyway, at the time Edward V111 was monarch most people supported appeasement
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
We spend x million on these gits, let us spend it on the NHS instead.
Hate to break it you.
Zara T does not get anything from the Civil List.
If you find anything she does get from the public do let us know, but never let reality get in the way of a good story etc...
Many seem to forget how much the Royal family contribute via tourism.
Is your name a clue?
They contribute square root of f all.
As a republican, I don't think that's an entirely fair comment. I'm sure people would still come to look at such places as Windsor Castle if HMQ were not there. Just perhaps, not as many. After all, people still visit Versailles!
"Not as many"? I see your "not as many" and raise you "far more".
The most visited palaces in the world tend to be in republics not monarchies. Not having the monarch there clogging up the space allows it to be actually used for tourists instead.
The 2011 royal wedding gave a £2 billion boost to the UK economy, you do not get that in a republic
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
The issue isn’t so much the summer holidays, it’s the Easter holiday that needs to be moved.
But that would require some intelligence on the part of divers Education departments, and as we all know they’ve got the same approach to facts and reality as Trumpists who have been lobotomised.
But surely if we are following the science otherwise people will die, can’t then start using jab as a bargaining chip, to split and rule and get projects through?
I don’t believe Cole, because I don’t believe the government would diverge from the roll out and use jabs as bargaining chips.
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
Nor does the monarchy risk a President Le Pen, which remains an outside chance for France in 2022 on current polls
Erm, Edward VIII? An actual Nazi sympathiser.
Quickly replaced by his brother, who led us through WW2.
It was of course Chamberlain and Churchill who directed our dealings with the Nazis anyway, at the time Edward V111 was monarch most people supported appeasement
Churchill directed our dealings with the Nazis in 1936?
Well, still no vaccines here, despite more first hand reports of people in Group 6 being vaccinated in London.
Grrrr.... 🤬
Meanwhile a Covid outbreak at BaE and since lots of employees live in the local village I remain confined to my living-room. Thrillingly, I may spend time in the bedroom later.
Laters
I'm hearing of people in their early 60s get the vaccine in other parts of county, whilst in some places including my own they are still very slowly working through the 70+ years olds. I reckon we are at least two weeks behind many other places.
Some places have more oldies than others.
Some places have more anti-vaxxers than others.
And some places (with a greater proportion of oldies, as you call them, than others) have had their allocation of vaccines cut by a third so that other places can get ahead - as is happening in London - not simply catch up.
Do you have any evidence for that claim ?
Lets look at some actual data.
Yesterday's update showed that 38,523 new vaccinations in North East and Yorkshire (which includes most of Cumbria) and 21,057 in London.
And if we look in more detail at each health area we see that in Cumbria and North East the most recent data gives this as the proportion of each age group vaccinated:
80+ 91.8% 75-79 85.5% 70-74 22.8%
So if Cyclefree's area has fully vaccinated all the 70+ age group then perhaps its not receiving any more vaccine because it is instead being sent to Carlisle or Workington so that they can complete their 70+ vaccinations.
It is the whole of the North West's allocation which has been cut not just my local area.
Please take a look at the actual data and compare how many vaccinations are being done day by day and week by week by each region of the country and each health area.
I have no problem with allowing other areas to catch up so that all groups 1-4 get done.
But I do have a problem if some areas are moving onto people in group 6 when others are getting no vaccines at all and are not told when this will change.
Hopefully supply issues will ease up. But fairness in allocation between regions is also important.
This is not just a vaccines issue. There is a perception here of unfair treatment, that problems only get attention when they happen in London and the South East.
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
The key argument for keeping the royal family is look at the horses arses that would try to be elected head of state if we didn't
I suppose the House of Commons was a big mistake and we should just gave a House of Lords with hereditary peers then?
Sure, voters might end up making choices we think are crap, but it's not inevitable. Ireland has generally ended up with reasonably inoffensive people for its figurehead of a President.
Why do you hate British people so much that you won't trust them to choose?
Ireland has a President most of the world has not heard of who lives in a vast house with 92 rooms anyway
The issue isn’t so much the summer holidays, it’s the Easter holiday that needs to be moved.
But that would require some intelligence on the part of divers Education departments, and as we all know they’ve got the same approach to facts and reality as Trumpists who have been lobotomised.
But surely if we are following the science otherwise people will die, can’t then start using jab as a bargaining chip, to split and rule and get projects through?
I don’t believe Cole, because I don’t believe the government would diverge from the roll out and use jabs as bargaining chips.
Can I disassociate myself from that comment because nothing, however dishonest, that this government would do if it thought it would be to it's advantage would surprise me.
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
We spend x million on these gits, let us spend it on the NHS instead.
Hate to break it you.
Zara T does not get anything from the Civil List.
If you find anything she does get from the public do let us know, but never let reality get in the way of a good story etc...
I know but she lives in a Crown property, which we pay the uptake and security for.
If she and her husband can live in a property like that they don't need furlough.
Nope.
They live in a house on Princess Anne's Estate at Gatcombe, which is owned privately by Princess Anne.
Z does not even have a Royal Title AIUI.
Any more for any more?
It was bought by the Queen and gifted to Princess Anne on the occasion of her first marriage. When she was above paying income tax.
How much taxes do you think the Queen would owe the country during the years she thought income tax was for the plebs? The property was bought via a tax dodge.
But you Conservatives believe in tax dodges... What is your problem? You seem to be getting very bitter these days.
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
Nor does the monarchy risk a President Le Pen, which remains an outside chance for France in 2022 on current polls
Erm, Edward VIII? An actual Nazi sympathiser.
Quickly replaced by his brother, who led us through WW2.
It was of course Chamberlain and Churchill who directed our dealings with the Nazis anyway, at the time Edward V111 was monarch most people supported appeasement
Churchill directed our dealings with the Nazis in 1936?
He was monarch at the very end of Baldwin's reign and as Chamberlain was about to come in ie at the time when most British people supported appeasement.
We would have to spend it on the President and family not the NHS
The UK wouldn't have to have a president. Switzerland gets along fine with no royals or president.
Mort aux rois.
Switzerland has lower public spending as a percentage of gdp than we do, so thanks for confirming you want to cut NHS spending.
Switzerland also has a President of the Swiss Confederation, Guy Parmelin, who lives in the Federal Palace
That’s a flight of fancy to draw that conclusion.
I think the argument is, a little bit more power both to No. 10 and the speakers chair is all it’s needs to disestablish monarch complete from politics, no president required, and that old blocker argument, it’s either Queen or president Blair is dead in the water.
We would have to spend it on the President and family not the NHS
The UK wouldn't have to have a president. Switzerland gets along fine with no royals or president.
Mort aux rois.
Switzerland has lower public spending as a percentage of gdp than we do, so thanks for confirming you want to cut NHS spending.
Switzerland also has a President of the Swiss Confederation, Guy Parmelin, who lives in the Federal Palace
That’s a flight of fancy to draw that conclusion.
I think the argument is, a little bit more power both to No. 10 and the speakers chair is all it’s needs to disestablish monarch complete from politics, no president required, and that old blocker argument, it’s either Queen or president Blair is dead in the water.
No it isn't, no country in the world does not have a Head of State in some form to head the armed forces, lead the executive branch, represent the nation at home and abroad etc.
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
We spend x million on these gits, let us spend it on the NHS instead.
Hate to break it you.
Zara T does not get anything from the Civil List.
If you find anything she does get from the public do let us know, but never let reality get in the way of a good story etc...
Many seem to forget how much the Royal family contribute via tourism.
Is your name a clue?
They contribute square root of f all.
As a republican, I don't think that's an entirely fair comment. I'm sure people would still come to look at such places as Windsor Castle if HMQ were not there. Just perhaps, not as many. After all, people still visit Versailles!
"Not as many"? I see your "not as many" and raise you "far more".
The most visited palaces in the world tend to be in republics not monarchies. Not having the monarch there clogging up the space allows it to be actually used for tourists instead.
The 2011 royal wedding gave a £2 billion boost to the UK economy, you do not get that in a republic
Instead you just have to settle for getting billions extra annually rather than once every few decades.
The French Republic doesn't suffer from a lack of tourism - it is the most popular tourist destination of all.
Tourists prefer to actually go inside and tour royal palaces not just gawp at them from outside. That's why the French Republic does better from its Palaces than we do for tourism.
Off topic, an interesting piece on BBC Breakfast from a British supermarket in Belgium who haven't been able to get resupply since Brexit.
Bless - we haven't even got started yet. Our government insisted on full 3rd country status without knowing what that means in practice. As an example, should this store want to buy McVities Chocolate Digestives, a Veterinary certificate is needed.
These are the standard 3rd country rules that we demanded - seemingly without knowing what they were. We could of course reopen negotiations - so that we are able to send things from one part of the UK to another part of the UK. But to do so would be treason or whatever. So instead we will enjoy "this is what we voted for" and "stop attacking our Brilliant Brexit" etc etc
What does, what can a vet certify about chocolate biscuits?
Also, what is this "cricket" about which everyone is going on, interminably?
The emerging problem, beyond even chocolate biscuits, is something like this, once the EEA/EFTA solution had been ignored or abandoned by Remainers and gradualist Brexiteers:
Was the truth in the referendum campaign really that we may want to leave the EU but actually we can't. That 3rd country status is impossible because it is so damaging economically, and dangerous to the Irish situation?
I think that is what Remainers thought, but that to say so admits that we had got so far in to something without real whole hearted consent that it is better to be in denial.
If that's right then the real choice in the Referendum was between the potential disaster we have now (if the critics are correct) or an eternal democratic deficit with so solution and no getting off.
It is an epic fail; but the fail was between 1975 and 2016.
It wasn't even that - I lot of leave voters on here voted live because they thought the Government wouldn't be stupid enough to leave the EEA as they would grasp how important avoiding 3rd country was to our economy.
Were it not for Covid we would see the full scale of the mess we are now in, Boris however has the advantage that Covid is hiding the full scale of the issue.
Considering Boris and Gove explicitly said "we will leave the Single Market" why would they possible think that?
Reality is we aren't in a mess. Apart from possibly Northern Ireland which either needs Gove's letter addressing in full or Article 16 invoking.
As I predicted in my New Years Eve predictions, there are some issues much magnified on Twitter or by those who don't want to let the matter rest, but not really concerning to the rest of the country.
The Port of Dover this week reported that their traffic is back up to 90% of normal volumes already for this time of year - despite Brexit and despite Covid.
Your and RP's and Nabavi's and Scott's and others projections of doom just aren't happening.
I’m a bit puzzled. I was recently told that it was unfair to say that UK Jan ‘21 exports were 68% down on Jan ‘20 without factoring in Covid. Now I’m being told that Dover traffic is back up to 90% of what it was at the same time last year. Why is 90% of 2020 traffic carrying only 32% of 2020 exports? Have exporters recovered most of that lost 68% in 8 days?
Need to be clear what you are measuring. Imports are relatively unaffected at the moment. There are no UK border controls on EU goods until April and we can see that there aren't substantial gaps on supermarket shelves. Dover Port measures truck movements in and at out at 90% because by definition any truck that comes in must go out again, even if it's empty. The evidence is that hauliers are refusing backloads of UK exports because they don't want to be stuck on the UK or French border ports.
Exports are a different kettle of fish and appear to be very substantially affected by Brexit. The 68% drop in loads exported comes from a survey of members of the Road Haulage Association. Reasons for thinking this might be a one-off figure: stockpiling in December; increasing loads during January; RHA deliveries only part of total goods exports and not necessarily representative of it.
There is no doubt Brexit will permanently clobber UK exports. People will lose jobs and businesses as a result of it. It won't be a permanent drop of 68% however.
Covid has little to do with this unless we can date the onset of the epidemic precisely to 1 January 2021, when exports collapsed.
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
We spend x million on these gits, let us spend it on the NHS instead.
Hate to break it you.
Zara T does not get anything from the Civil List.
If you find anything she does get from the public do let us know, but never let reality get in the way of a good story etc...
I know but she lives in a Crown property, which we pay the uptake and security for.
If she and her husband can live in a property like that they don't need furlough.
Nope.
They live in a house on Princess Anne's Estate at Gatcombe, which is owned privately by Princess Anne.
Z does not even have a Royal Title AIUI.
Any more for any more?
It was bought by the Queen and gifted to Princess Anne on the occasion of her first marriage. When she was above paying income tax.
How much taxes do you think the Queen would owe the country during the years she thought income tax was for the plebs? The property was bought via a tax dodge.
But you Conservatives believe in tax dodges... What is your problem? You seem to be getting very bitter these days.
TSE votes LD and is a republican, he is not a Conservative and nor is he a Tory
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
Nor does the monarchy risk a President Le Pen, which remains an outside chance for France in 2022 on current polls
Erm, Edward VIII? An actual Nazi sympathiser.
Quickly replaced by his brother, who led us through WW2.
It was of course Chamberlain and Churchill who directed our dealings with the Nazis anyway, at the time Edward V111 was monarch most people supported appeasement
Churchill directed our dealings with the Nazis in 1936?
He was monarch at the very end of Baldwin's reign and as Chamberlain was about to come in ie at the time when most British people supported appeasement.
Arguing with a history teacher about history is, I suggest, a trifle unwise. Particularly when one appears to convoluted the facts.
There had to be limits to free speech though, otherwise there’s nothing free about a society descending into anarchy. The weakness of Rupert, and everyone agreeing, is saying prison. The most extreme example of punishment for this charge. That’s not this case is it?
Well, still no vaccines here, despite more first hand reports of people in Group 6 being vaccinated in London.
Grrrr.... 🤬
Meanwhile a Covid outbreak at BaE and since lots of employees live in the local village I remain confined to my living-room. Thrillingly, I may spend time in the bedroom later.
Laters
I'm hearing of people in their early 60s get the vaccine in other parts of county, whilst in some places including my own they are still very slowly working through the 70+ years olds. I reckon we are at least two weeks behind many other places.
Some places have more oldies than others.
Some places have more anti-vaxxers than others.
And some places (with a greater proportion of oldies, as you call them, than others) have had their allocation of vaccines cut by a third so that other places can get ahead - as is happening in London - not simply catch up.
Do you have any evidence for that claim ?
Lets look at some actual data.
Yesterday's update showed that 38,523 new vaccinations in North East and Yorkshire (which includes most of Cumbria) and 21,057 in London.
And if we look in more detail at each health area we see that in Cumbria and North East the most recent data gives this as the proportion of each age group vaccinated:
80+ 91.8% 75-79 85.5% 70-74 22.8%
So if Cyclefree's area has fully vaccinated all the 70+ age group then perhaps its not receiving any more vaccine because it is instead being sent to Carlisle or Workington so that they can complete their 70+ vaccinations.
It is the whole of the North West's allocation which has been cut not just my local area.
Please take a look at the actual data and compare how many vaccinations are being done day by day and week by week by each region of the country and each health area.
I have no problem with allowing other areas to catch up so that all groups 1-4 get done.
But I do have a problem if some areas are moving onto people in group 6 when others are getting no vaccines at all and are not told when this will change.
Hopefully supply issues will ease up. But fairness in allocation between regions is also important.
This is not just a vaccines issue. There is a perception here of unfair treatment, that problems only get attention when they happen in London and the South East.
Again the same fortnight old fake news.
The NHS responded very clearly that numbers everywhere were temporarily cut due to the disruption in supplies from Pfizer etc - it was not the case that Cumbria or the Northwest was targetted.
In case you've missed it too there's been plenty more news and data in the past fortnight. Perhaps look at the news and data from February rather than scare mongering fake news articles from January?
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
We spend x million on these gits, let us spend it on the NHS instead.
Hate to break it you.
Zara T does not get anything from the Civil List.
If you find anything she does get from the public do let us know, but never let reality get in the way of a good story etc...
Many seem to forget how much the Royal family contribute via tourism.
Is your name a clue?
They contribute square root of f all.
As a republican, I don't think that's an entirely fair comment. I'm sure people would still come to look at such places as Windsor Castle if HMQ were not there. Just perhaps, not as many. After all, people still visit Versailles!
"Not as many"? I see your "not as many" and raise you "far more".
The most visited palaces in the world tend to be in republics not monarchies. Not having the monarch there clogging up the space allows it to be actually used for tourists instead.
The 2011 royal wedding gave a £2 billion boost to the UK economy, you do not get that in a republic
Instead you just have to settle for getting billions extra annually rather than once every few decades.
The French Republic doesn't suffer from a lack of tourism - it is the most popular tourist destination of all.
Tourists prefer to actually go inside and tour royal palaces not just gawp at them from outside. That's why the French Republic does better from its Palaces than we do for tourism.
People go to France because it has better weather and warmer beaches than we do, especially in the South, because it has more countryside than we do as it is a bigger nation, because it has more mountains for skiing than we do as well as its historic chateaux etc, not all of those connected with royalty anyway and some still lived in by those connected to old aristocratic families.
The royal family is one of our main draws, if we lose it and we lose royal weddings, coronations etc we lose one of our key sources of tourism revenue, plus all those selling royal souvenirs in London lose their jobs, how many in Paris sell souvenirs of the Macrons?
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
We spend x million on these gits, let us spend it on the NHS instead.
Hate to break it you.
Zara T does not get anything from the Civil List.
If you find anything she does get from the public do let us know, but never let reality get in the way of a good story etc...
I know but she lives in a Crown property, which we pay the uptake and security for.
If she and her husband can live in a property like that they don't need furlough.
Nope.
They live in a house on Princess Anne's Estate at Gatcombe, which is owned privately by Princess Anne.
Z does not even have a Royal Title AIUI.
Any more for any more?
It was bought by the Queen and gifted to Princess Anne on the occasion of her first marriage. When she was above paying income tax.
How much taxes do you think the Queen would owe the country during the years she thought income tax was for the plebs? The property was bought via a tax dodge.
But you Conservatives believe in tax dodges... What is your problem? You seem to be getting very bitter these days.
TSE votes LD and is a republican, he is not a Conservative and nor is he a Tory
He’s now a mud blood! To use the Potterism to explain your argument.
Well, still no vaccines here, despite more first hand reports of people in Group 6 being vaccinated in London.
Grrrr.... 🤬
Meanwhile a Covid outbreak at BaE and since lots of employees live in the local village I remain confined to my living-room. Thrillingly, I may spend time in the bedroom later.
Laters
I'm hearing of people in their early 60s get the vaccine in other parts of county, whilst in some places including my own they are still very slowly working through the 70+ years olds. I reckon we are at least two weeks behind many other places.
Some places have more oldies than others.
Some places have more anti-vaxxers than others.
And some places (with a greater proportion of oldies, as you call them, than others) have had their allocation of vaccines cut by a third so that other places can get ahead - as is happening in London - not simply catch up.
Do you have any evidence for that claim ?
Lets look at some actual data.
Yesterday's update showed that 38,523 new vaccinations in North East and Yorkshire (which includes most of Cumbria) and 21,057 in London.
And if we look in more detail at each health area we see that in Cumbria and North East the most recent data gives this as the proportion of each age group vaccinated:
80+ 91.8% 75-79 85.5% 70-74 22.8%
So if Cyclefree's area has fully vaccinated all the 70+ age group then perhaps its not receiving any more vaccine because it is instead being sent to Carlisle or Workington so that they can complete their 70+ vaccinations.
It is the whole of the North West's allocation which has been cut not just my local area.
That article, already a fortnight old, was refuted as fake news within 24 hours of it being published two whole weeks ago. Its embarrassing that the website still has it up.
All areas got a reduction for a week because of a national disruption in supplies. That happened nationally. The North has been progressing with vaccinations much faster than London and has much more people vaccinated, that's the actual real data.
London has a lot of people refusing vaccinations and the North does not. That is a real, real problem for London. I'm glad up here we're not as bad as London - your looking enviously at them is completely backwards.
The current programme is to get everyone in groups 1-4 vaccinated by next week. It looks as if we're going to do it. Great. Then we move onto groups 5 & 6.
All I'm asking is why is it that some people in group 6 are already being vaccinated whereas in others vaccination centres are being denied vaccines which can be used for the same group of people, indeed for groups at higher risk than those in group 6.
The local surgery/hospital has been told by the NHS that it is going to have to wait for vaccines. This is not fake news.
And yes I am bloody anxious about it - because there has been a resurgence of the pox in the area, which has so far largely kept clear of it. The longer I have to wait for the first vaccine, the longer I have to wait for the second and immunity and some hope of a vaguely normal life. It's been over a year now and I am absolutely fucking depressed about it all and terrified of catching this because I know what it is like to have to gasp for fucking breath to stay alive and to have oxygen pumped into you and cough up blood and get blood clots and if I get this my chances of survival are frankly not good so quoting statistics back at me really doesn't help.
Obviously not made of the right stuff, a proper royal would have made massive efforts to stop the public knowing how much they got from the national tit. And that tweed...
Nor does the monarchy risk a President Le Pen, which remains an outside chance for France in 2022 on current polls
Erm, Edward VIII? An actual Nazi sympathiser.
Quickly replaced by his brother, who led us through WW2.
It was of course Chamberlain and Churchill who directed our dealings with the Nazis anyway, at the time Edward V111 was monarch most people supported appeasement
Churchill directed our dealings with the Nazis in 1936?
He was monarch at the very end of Baldwin's reign and as Chamberlain was about to come in ie at the time when most British people supported appeasement.
Arguing with a history teacher about history is, I suggest, a trifle unwise. Particularly when one appears to convoluted the facts.
A history teacher can’t know everything! Do you claim to know everything Doctor?
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80+ 91.8%
75-79 85.5%
70-74 22.8%
So if Cyclefree's area has fully vaccinated all the 70+ age group then perhaps its not receiving any more vaccine because it is instead being sent to Carlisle or Workington so that they can complete their 70+ vaccinations.
Every ongoing decision that needs to be sorted will be in the full glare of publicity, both sides will need to take public stances.
If you voted Leave so as to not have to think about EU Commissioners any more, I've got bad news for you.
...To account for concerns about individual willingness to adhere to testing and isolation protocols, we adopted a highly pessimistic view of the behavioral response to the testing intervention. In the base case, we assumed that: a) only 50% of individuals would elect to make use of the test kits provided to them; b) only 50% of individuals receiving a positive test finding would respond by isolating themselves as instructed; and c) even among those who did initially isolate, 20% each day would abandon isolation and return to the “active” population against recommended guidance. We further assumed that only 50% of persons exhibiting moderate symptoms of COVID-19 would elect to self-isolate, in the absence of positive test finding. Here again, we assumed that even among symptomatic individuals who did initially elect to isolate, 20% would abandon isolation each day...
We all know that means you have no arguments and I am right, as ever.
My argument is correct, otherwise you wouldn't have to resort to insults.
But given past form, they meant citing.
And here - https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/19042573.inexcusable---tim-farron-criticises-cut-vaccine-supplies-north-west/
Vaccines to Cumbria have been cut. This has meant that the local GP has announced that it cannot continue with vaccinations which, since it has completed those in groups 1-4, means those in groups 5 + 6.
Meanwhile I know 2 people in London in group 6 who have got vaccines.
Why has the North West's vaccine allocation been cut?
Otherwise - nah.
Although of course we have had, in effect, hereditary PMs - Pitt to Pitt the Younger, the Grenvilles, Salisbury to Balfour, Churchill to Eden.
Overall, there has been less vaccination in London per head of 16+ population than anywhere else in England -
First vaccinations as % of 16+ population
East Of England 24.31%
London 16.83%
Midlands 23.44%
North East And Yorkshire 23.38%
North West 25.09%
South East 23.61%
South West 26.17%
Cannot the Senate hold a secret ballot?
However the fact any GOP Senator who votes to convict would face a primary challenge from a Trump loyalist makes it equally likely the vote will fall short of the 2/3 majority required.
That would still mean Trump is only the second US President after Andrew Johnson to have had a vote to convict him on an impeachment vote, though again in Johnson's case it fell short of the 2/3 majority needed
You're looking at one part of a picture and then filling in the rest for yourself based on no knowledge of what's going on.
I get that you're anxious and want to be vaccinated ASAP. Let's just let them get on with it. Ultimately we're all in lockdown so whether you get it tomorrow or in 10 days it's not really going to be a huge difference, is it?
After all, people still visit Versailles!
Some think it is all over then
Percent of all 70-74 population* Percent of all 75-79 population* Percent of all 80+ population*
London East London Health and Care Partnership 61.1% 72.3% 69.6%
London North London Partners in Health and Care 62.9% 76.0% 73.3%
London North West London Health and Care Partnership 57.1% 74.8% 75.6%
London Our Healthier South East London 68.9% 79.3% 76.3%
London South West London Health and Care Partnership 56.5% 78.8% 79.5%
Says quite a lot.
‘advice we have received but do not share about not being able to transport live bivalve molluscs’
‘the collaborative and cooperative spirit in which we wish to work going forward’
The data is available here:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-vaccinations/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Áras_an_Uachtaráin
https://twitter.com/DSanderson_85/status/1358917129437917184?s=20
If 25 GOP senators did that Trump would be impeached and so couldn't stand and all 25 could say nothing to do with me - we voted against it on constitution grounds and didn't play any further part...
https://wisden.com/stories/county-cricket/kolpak-loophole-to-close-at-end-of-2020-ecb-advise-counties
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2018/05/18/who-are-monarchists
https://twitter.com/SadiqKhan/status/1359081982572003329?s=20
Nor does the monarchy risk a President Le Pen, which remains an outside chance for France in 2022 on current polls
Mort aux rois.
I know it’s Gondor mant, but it’s still an awesome title.
As was widely anticipated (and as happened twice before) there was much stockpiling ahead of Brexit. Volumes were massively down initially as the trade had already been stockpiled in December so wasn't happening in January. That was a transient effect that has already unwound, without revealing any anticipated catastrophe or breakdown of the border.
https://twitter.com/mrharrycole/status/1359057952485892097?s=21
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_High_Steward
And it's not imports into the UK that is a problem at the moment - we don't seem to be checking paperwork.
It's exports (and imports into NI) where the problems are occurring.
The issue isn’t so much the summer holidays, it’s the Easter holiday that needs to be moved.
But that would require some intelligence on the part of divers Education departments, and as we all know they’ve got the same approach to facts and reality as Trumpists who have been lobotomised.
Versailles annual visitors: 7,527,122
Louvre annual visitors: 9,334,000
Windsor Castle annual visitors: 1,650,000
The most visited palaces in the world tend to be in republics not monarchies. Not having the monarch there clogging up the space allows it to be actually used for tourists instead.
Or evidence that trade volumes are now back up to 90% again? http://www.doverport.co.uk/about/news/traffic-continues-to-flow-smoothly-through-the-por/13575/
https://stephendaisley.com/2021/02/09/one-for-sorrow-two-for-joy-three-for-a-straight-answer/
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/opinion/columnists/derek-tucker/2884666/derek-tucker-crucial-the-word-for-snp-fate-fortnight/
"There also remains the tantalising suspicion that Mr Salmond has been keeping his powder dry and has more explosive allegations to unleash at the appropriate time."
All areas got a reduction for a week because of a national disruption in supplies. That happened nationally. The North has been progressing with vaccinations much faster than London and has much more people vaccinated, that's the actual real data.
London has a lot of people refusing vaccinations and the North does not. That is a real, real problem for London. I'm glad up here we're not as bad as London - your looking enviously at them is completely backwards.
Its not new that the UK has a major trade deficit with the continent.
https://www.politico.eu/coronavirus-in-europe/
It was of course Chamberlain and Churchill who directed our dealings with the Nazis anyway, at the time Edward V111 was monarch most people supported appeasement
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/apr/29/royal-wedding-tourism-boost
Switzerland also has a President of the Swiss Confederation, Guy Parmelin, who lives in the Federal Palace
I don’t believe Cole, because I don’t believe the government would diverge from the roll out and use jabs as bargaining chips.
I have no problem with allowing other areas to catch up so that all groups 1-4 get done.
But I do have a problem if some areas are moving onto people in group 6 when others are getting no vaccines at all and are not told when this will change.
Hopefully supply issues will ease up. But fairness in allocation between regions is also important.
This is not just a vaccines issue. There is a perception here of unfair treatment, that problems only get attention when they happen in London and the South East.
https://twitter.com/RupertMyers/status/1359091567999537153?s=20
I think the argument is, a little bit more power both to No. 10 and the speakers chair is all it’s needs to disestablish monarch complete from politics, no president required, and that old blocker argument, it’s either Queen or president Blair is dead in the water.
https://twitter.com/estwebber/status/1359066500317995009?s=20
https://twitter.com/estwebber/status/1359067240566554624?s=20
https://twitter.com/estwebber/status/1359070099328622599?s=20
The French Republic doesn't suffer from a lack of tourism - it is the most popular tourist destination of all.
Tourists prefer to actually go inside and tour royal palaces not just gawp at them from outside. That's why the French Republic does better from its Palaces than we do for tourism.
Exports are a different kettle of fish and appear to be very substantially affected by Brexit. The 68% drop in loads exported comes from a survey of members of the Road Haulage Association. Reasons for thinking this might be a one-off figure: stockpiling in December; increasing loads during January; RHA deliveries only part of total goods exports and not necessarily representative of it.
There is no doubt Brexit will permanently clobber UK exports. People will lose jobs and businesses as a result of it. It won't be a permanent drop of 68% however.
Covid has little to do with this unless we can date the onset of the epidemic precisely to 1 January 2021, when exports collapsed.
The weakness of Rupert, and everyone agreeing, is saying prison. The most extreme example of punishment for this charge. That’s not this case is it?
Nice shirt though Rupert.
The NHS responded very clearly that numbers everywhere were temporarily cut due to the disruption in supplies from Pfizer etc - it was not the case that Cumbria or the Northwest was targetted.
In case you've missed it too there's been plenty more news and data in the past fortnight. Perhaps look at the news and data from February rather than scare mongering fake news articles from January?
The royal family is one of our main draws, if we lose it and we lose royal weddings, coronations etc we lose one of our key sources of tourism revenue, plus all those selling royal souvenirs in London lose their jobs, how many in Paris sell souvenirs of the Macrons?
TSE is not a true wizard!
He is a very naughty boy though.
2.8 million walking, talking reasons why mandatory hotel quarantine is needed.
All I'm asking is why is it that some people in group 6 are already being vaccinated whereas in others vaccination centres are being denied vaccines which can be used for the same group of people, indeed for groups at higher risk than those in group 6.
The local surgery/hospital has been told by the NHS that it is going to have to wait for vaccines. This is not fake news.
And yes I am bloody anxious about it - because there has been a resurgence of the pox in the area, which has so far largely kept clear of it. The longer I have to wait for the first vaccine, the longer I have to wait for the second and immunity and some hope of a vaguely normal life. It's been over a year now and I am absolutely fucking depressed about it all and terrified of catching this because I know what it is like to have to gasp for fucking breath to stay alive and to have oxygen pumped into you and cough up blood and get blood clots and if I get this my chances of survival are frankly not good so quoting statistics back at me really doesn't help.
Historians argue amongst themselves don’t they?