There is no Sturgeon exit date market is there? I can only see one for Boris and Starmer. Her position is looking increasingly perilous.
Even if she somehow survives, she is finished as a politician in the medium term. No one can sustain this much damage to their political reputation, and prosper. Not even in Zimbabwe, sorry, Scotland
The closest world event to this is Putin locking up Navalny. It's off the scale in terms of fucked up IMO.
It beggars belief. It is Boris conspiring to jail Starmer, with Carrie and the Met Police and the CPS and the Attorney General all in on the plan, and apparently happy to go along, even when the hired QCs say No, Stop, this is totally illegal.
Scotland is better than this. Or it should be
Well, when you put it like that... Mmm. As someone pretty into politics generally but only slightly into Scottish affairs, I'm not convinced this will force a resignation - X who I've never heard of may have discussed Y with Z on date A and maybe Sturgeon has conveniently "forgotten". It sounds messy and technical, and the Tories rushing out a VONC makes me think it's some kind of party squabble. I can see from other posts here that it's actually very serious, but I think the lay voter, who thinks that all politicians lie from time to time, will just shake his head bemusedly.
Just seen the new Labour leader on Ch 4 News. A very reasonable and impressive woman. A nice change from the last few who were above all else opportunists. My guess is Nicola will walk through this her reputation intact. The desperation of the Tories (more English ones than Scottish) tells you how much they fear her
You know, Rog, when you get the leader of a party completely wrong, including his gender, it is probably time to shut up shop with the politics, and restrict your comments to movie soundtracks
There is no Sturgeon exit date market is there? I can only see one for Boris and Starmer. Her position is looking increasingly perilous.
Even if she somehow survives, she is finished as a politician in the medium term. No one can sustain this much damage to their political reputation, and prosper. Not even in Zimbabwe, sorry, Scotland
The closest world event to this is Putin locking up Navalny. It's off the scale in terms of fucked up IMO.
It beggars belief. It is Boris conspiring to jail Starmer, with Carrie and the Met Police and the CPS and the Attorney General all in on the plan, and apparently happy to go along, even when the hired QCs say No, Stop, this is totally illegal.
Scotland is better than this. Or it should be
Well, when you put it like that... Mmm. As someone pretty into politics generally but only slightly into Scottish affairs, I'm not convinced this will force a resignation - X who I've never heard of may have discussed Y with Z on date A and maybe Sturgeon has conveniently "forgotten". It sounds messy and technical, and the Tories rushing out a VONC makes me think it's some kind of party squabble. I can see from other posts here that it's actually very serious, but I think the lay voter, who thinks that all politicians lie from time to time, will just shake his head bemusedly.
Just seen the new Labour leader on Ch 4 News. A very reasonable and impressive woman. A nice change from the last few who were above all else opportunists. My guess is Nicola will walk through this her reputation intact. The desperation of the Tories (more English ones than Scottish) tells you how much they fear her
There is no Sturgeon exit date market is there? I can only see one for Boris and Starmer. Her position is looking increasingly perilous.
Even if she somehow survives, she is finished as a politician in the medium term. No one can sustain this much damage to their political reputation, and prosper. Not even in Zimbabwe, sorry, Scotland
The closest world event to this is Putin locking up Navalny. It's off the scale in terms of fucked up IMO.
It beggars belief. It is Boris conspiring to jail Starmer, with Carrie and the Met Police and the CPS and the Attorney General all in on the plan, and apparently happy to go along, even when the hired QCs say No, Stop, this is totally illegal.
Scotland is better than this. Or it should be
Well, when you put it like that... Mmm. As someone pretty into politics generally but only slightly into Scottish affairs, I'm not convinced this will force a resignation - X who I've never heard of may have discussed Y with Z on date A and maybe Sturgeon has conveniently "forgotten". It sounds messy and technical, and the Tories rushing out a VONC makes me think it's some kind of party squabble. I can see from other posts here that it's actually very serious, but I think the lay voter, who thinks that all politicians lie from time to time, will just shake his head bemusedly.
Just seen the new Labour leader on Ch 4 News. A very reasonable and impressive woman. A nice change from the last few who were above all else opportunists. My guess is Nicola will walk through this her reputation intact. The desperation of the Tories (more English ones than Scottish) tells you how much they fear her
U wot? Keir's become Keira when no one was looking?
I note the 54-year olds David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt both got their Covid vaccinations today while this 60+ in East London continues not to hear a thing.
The Daily Mail (so it must be true) opines this fuels the suggestions the vaccination rollout has become a postcode lottery.
As I've been saying this for weeks, I can only assume the Daily Mail is akin to one of the slower dinosaurs from the Jurassic or Cretaceous epochs - the news reached the body but takes a good while to reach the brain.
There is no Sturgeon exit date market is there? I can only see one for Boris and Starmer. Her position is looking increasingly perilous.
Even if she somehow survives, she is finished as a politician in the medium term. No one can sustain this much damage to their political reputation, and prosper. Not even in Zimbabwe, sorry, Scotland
The closest world event to this is Putin locking up Navalny. It's off the scale in terms of fucked up IMO.
It beggars belief. It is Boris conspiring to jail Starmer, with Carrie and the Met Police and the CPS and the Attorney General all in on the plan, and apparently happy to go along, even when the hired QCs say No, Stop, this is totally illegal.
Scotland is better than this. Or it should be
Well, when you put it like that... Mmm. As someone pretty into politics generally but only slightly into Scottish affairs, I'm not convinced this will force a resignation - X who I've never heard of may have discussed Y with Z on date A and maybe Sturgeon has conveniently "forgotten". It sounds messy and technical, and the Tories rushing out a VONC makes me think it's some kind of party squabble. I can see from other posts here that it's actually very serious, but I think the lay voter, who thinks that all politicians lie from time to time, will just shake his head bemusedly.
Just seen the new Labour leader on Ch 4 News. A very reasonable and impressive woman. A nice change from the last few who were above all else opportunists. My guess is Nicola will walk through this her reputation intact. The desperation of the Tories (more English ones than Scottish) tells you how much they fear her
You know, Rog, when you get the leader of a party completely wrong, including his gender, it is probably time to shut up shop with the politics, and restrict your comments to movie soundtracks
Before you make a complete arse of yourself, Roger was talking about the Deputy leader of the Labour MSPs on Ch4 news.
Still I remember an idiot on here tried to say that the father of Kamala Harris wasn't a black dude.
No wonder the Scottish cabinet were desperate to avoid publishing this.
I’ve said all the way through that I couldn’t believe somebody of Sturgeon’s Intelligence would have lied over such a matter.
It is becoming painfully obvious I was wrong.
She has to resign. This is way, way worse than Patel, or even Williamson.* This is outrageous.
*Incidentally, both of them should have resigned as well.
Golden rule of modern politics - the more it seems someone has to resign, the less it will actually happen, as their supporters feel the need to rally round all the more.
The three things that would force her out are (1) she or her husband being arrested (won’t happen) (2) if the Greens withdraw support for her government (unlikely, but not impossible) (3) there is a coup against her by the Salmondite wing of the SNP. That is the most likely route to her removal, however it would I think only happen and succeed if they thought she was going to go backwards at the next election and therefore would give up on a referendum.
But that is separate from the fact that she really, really should resign.
Is there not a possibility of arrest under conspiracy to pervert the course of justice? A la Huhne and Vickie price?
You would want @DavidL to answer that, not me, but my understanding from what he has said is that the bar for that in Scottish law is very high indeed. So it seems unlikely.
But more pertinently, she controls the police while she is in office. So she is hardly likely to be arrested in advance of leaving it.
The police are supposed to be operationally independent
So are the courts.
They did acquit him.
The jury, but the prosecution service seems to be in her pocket.
There is no Sturgeon exit date market is there? I can only see one for Boris and Starmer. Her position is looking increasingly perilous.
Even if she somehow survives, she is finished as a politician in the medium term. No one can sustain this much damage to their political reputation, and prosper. Not even in Zimbabwe, sorry, Scotland
The closest world event to this is Putin locking up Navalny. It's off the scale in terms of fucked up IMO.
It beggars belief. It is Boris conspiring to jail Starmer, with Carrie and the Met Police and the CPS and the Attorney General all in on the plan, and apparently happy to go along, even when the hired QCs say No, Stop, this is totally illegal.
Scotland is better than this. Or it should be
Well, when you put it like that... Mmm. As someone pretty into politics generally but only slightly into Scottish affairs, I'm not convinced this will force a resignation - X who I've never heard of may have discussed Y with Z on date A and maybe Sturgeon has conveniently "forgotten". It sounds messy and technical, and the Tories rushing out a VONC makes me think it's some kind of party squabble. I can see from other posts here that it's actually very serious, but I think the lay voter, who thinks that all politicians lie from time to time, will just shake his head bemusedly.
Just seen the new Labour leader on Ch 4 News. A very reasonable and impressive woman. A nice change from the last few who were above all else opportunists. My guess is Nicola will walk through this her reputation intact. The desperation of the Tories (more English ones than Scottish) tells you how much they fear her
You know, Rog, when you get the leader of a party completely wrong, including his gender, it is probably time to shut up shop with the politics, and restrict your comments to movie soundtracks
I'd not quibble, I certainly needed reminding who the leader was previously, but it was only last week.
There is no Sturgeon exit date market is there? I can only see one for Boris and Starmer. Her position is looking increasingly perilous.
Even if she somehow survives, she is finished as a politician in the medium term. No one can sustain this much damage to their political reputation, and prosper. Not even in Zimbabwe, sorry, Scotland
The closest world event to this is Putin locking up Navalny. It's off the scale in terms of fucked up IMO.
It beggars belief. It is Boris conspiring to jail Starmer, with Carrie and the Met Police and the CPS and the Attorney General all in on the plan, and apparently happy to go along, even when the hired QCs say No, Stop, this is totally illegal.
Scotland is better than this. Or it should be
Well, when you put it like that... Mmm. As someone pretty into politics generally but only slightly into Scottish affairs, I'm not convinced this will force a resignation - X who I've never heard of may have discussed Y with Z on date A and maybe Sturgeon has conveniently "forgotten". It sounds messy and technical, and the Tories rushing out a VONC makes me think it's some kind of party squabble. I can see from other posts here that it's actually very serious, but I think the lay voter, who thinks that all politicians lie from time to time, will just shake his head bemusedly.
Just seen the new Labour leader on Ch 4 News. A very reasonable and impressive woman. A nice change from the last few who were above all else opportunists. My guess is Nicola will walk through this her reputation intact. The desperation of the Tories (more English ones than Scottish) tells you how much they fear her
U wot? Keir's become Keira when no one was looking?
Yes. The news has all been wall to wall good news for the Government, and Johnson in particular. The vaccine rollout has been excellent, on Johnson's watch. The furlough scheme will continue and the Covid stats are heading very much in the right direction. No one in the media cares about the fatality figures anymore, no one cares about the missteps between March and the New Year. Johnson (for the moment) has got away with all of the bad stuff.
There has to be a point, presumably, when Sunak has to cut the business and individual support packages (or can he run it to the next election to give five more years?) and the results will be brutal. It is likely that the rest of the world will catch up with our vaccination programme. Once the pandemic is more-or-less over, the political post mortems will not be so positive for incumbents the world over. The reality of Brexit may also not play so well.
So what of Starmer. At the moment I am disappointed at the silence over Brexit, fishing, and Covid missteps. I also have no idea about why anything needed to be said about Corporation tax. Now is probably not the time to play the party political card too often, however a little bit of basic "opposition" might be nice. I suspect whoever had become Labour Leader, they would be struggling to be heard above the Johnson victory parade,too.
Maybe we have become a nation of Conservatives, and such inch-perfect governance cannot be bettered so why try. That may be so, but I doubt it. But let's face it, those of us not of the Conservative mindset are still revelling in the spoils of both of Corbyn's magnificent GE victories aren't we?
There is no Sturgeon exit date market is there? I can only see one for Boris and Starmer. Her position is looking increasingly perilous.
Even if she somehow survives, she is finished as a politician in the medium term. No one can sustain this much damage to their political reputation, and prosper. Not even in Zimbabwe, sorry, Scotland
The closest world event to this is Putin locking up Navalny. It's off the scale in terms of fucked up IMO.
It beggars belief. It is Boris conspiring to jail Starmer, with Carrie and the Met Police and the CPS and the Attorney General all in on the plan, and apparently happy to go along, even when the hired QCs say No, Stop, this is totally illegal.
Scotland is better than this. Or it should be
Well, when you put it like that... Mmm. As someone pretty into politics generally but only slightly into Scottish affairs, I'm not convinced this will force a resignation - X who I've never heard of may have discussed Y with Z on date A and maybe Sturgeon has conveniently "forgotten". It sounds messy and technical, and the Tories rushing out a VONC makes me think it's some kind of party squabble. I can see from other posts here that it's actually very serious, but I think the lay voter, who thinks that all politicians lie from time to time, will just shake his head bemusedly.
Just seen the new Labour leader on Ch 4 News. A very reasonable and impressive woman. A nice change from the last few who were above all else opportunists. My guess is Nicola will walk through this her reputation intact. The desperation of the Tories (more English ones than Scottish) tells you how much they fear her
The new Labour leader is a man.
The news telegrams to southern France or wherever must be slow this time of year. Probably because of Brexit.
There is no Sturgeon exit date market is there? I can only see one for Boris and Starmer. Her position is looking increasingly perilous.
Even if she somehow survives, she is finished as a politician in the medium term. No one can sustain this much damage to their political reputation, and prosper. Not even in Zimbabwe, sorry, Scotland
The closest world event to this is Putin locking up Navalny. It's off the scale in terms of fucked up IMO.
It beggars belief. It is Boris conspiring to jail Starmer, with Carrie and the Met Police and the CPS and the Attorney General all in on the plan, and apparently happy to go along, even when the hired QCs say No, Stop, this is totally illegal.
Scotland is better than this. Or it should be
Well, when you put it like that... Mmm. As someone pretty into politics generally but only slightly into Scottish affairs, I'm not convinced this will force a resignation - X who I've never heard of may have discussed Y with Z on date A and maybe Sturgeon has conveniently "forgotten". It sounds messy and technical, and the Tories rushing out a VONC makes me think it's some kind of party squabble. I can see from other posts here that it's actually very serious, but I think the lay voter, who thinks that all politicians lie from time to time, will just shake his head bemusedly.
Just seen the new Labour leader on Ch 4 News. A very reasonable and impressive woman. A nice change from the last few who were above all else opportunists. My guess is Nicola will walk through this her reputation intact. The desperation of the Tories (more English ones than Scottish) tells you how much they fear her
U wot? Keir's become Keira when no one was looking?
I was wondering if Anas Sarwar had decided to open up a front where the SNP are weakest.
No, not over Salmond or Sturgeon, but on transgender issues.
By transitioning, he throws their attack line into confusion.
But I think it more likely Roger was watching the deputy leader and got muddled.
There's certainly no way Sturgeon's much 'relished opportunity' to set the record straight is going to be punching any holes in Salmond's story, whatsoever.
Now we know why Salmond had such resolute confidence in front of the inquiry.
I suppose it is easy when you know you are telling the truth.
Anything can be true from a certain point of view, you just have to be creative, like Obi-Wan Kenobi.
I note the 54-year olds David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt both got their Covid vaccinations today while this 60+ in East London continues not to hear a thing.
The Daily Mail (so it must be true) opines this fuels the suggestions the vaccination rollout has become a postcode lottery.
As I've been saying this for weeks, I can only assume the Daily Mail is akin to one of the slower dinosaurs from the Jurassic or Cretaceous epochs - the news reached the body but takes a good while to reach the brain.
Never mind.
My 46 year old son was invited today by our North Wales surgery to have his vaccination on Friday
There is no Sturgeon exit date market is there? I can only see one for Boris and Starmer. Her position is looking increasingly perilous.
Even if she somehow survives, she is finished as a politician in the medium term. No one can sustain this much damage to their political reputation, and prosper. Not even in Zimbabwe, sorry, Scotland
The closest world event to this is Putin locking up Navalny. It's off the scale in terms of fucked up IMO.
It beggars belief. It is Boris conspiring to jail Starmer, with Carrie and the Met Police and the CPS and the Attorney General all in on the plan, and apparently happy to go along, even when the hired QCs say No, Stop, this is totally illegal.
Scotland is better than this. Or it should be
Well, when you put it like that... Mmm. As someone pretty into politics generally but only slightly into Scottish affairs, I'm not convinced this will force a resignation - X who I've never heard of may have discussed Y with Z on date A and maybe Sturgeon has conveniently "forgotten". It sounds messy and technical, and the Tories rushing out a VONC makes me think it's some kind of party squabble. I can see from other posts here that it's actually very serious, but I think the lay voter, who thinks that all politicians lie from time to time, will just shake his head bemusedly.
Just seen the new Labour leader on Ch 4 News. A very reasonable and impressive woman. A nice change from the last few who were above all else opportunists. My guess is Nicola will walk through this her reputation intact. The desperation of the Tories (more English ones than Scottish) tells you how much they fear her
U wot? Keir's become Keira when no one was looking?
There's a Gary Hart joke in there somewhere....
Rather embarrassing on Rog's part, to be honest.
I mean, the very idea that the Labour Party would ever elect a woman as leader is pretty far-fetched...
I tend to agree with the Greens. The enquiries at least need to be allowed to reach a verdict - Tories don't want to overegg this. One VONC in 24 hours is enough.
The headline is mostly nonsense. Almost all the design work on the PowerPC processor architecture was done by IBM and Motorola, and the BAE RAD750 is based on an IBM design.
Apple has, historically, been quite poor at semiconductor design.
There is no Sturgeon exit date market is there? I can only see one for Boris and Starmer. Her position is looking increasingly perilous.
Even if she somehow survives, she is finished as a politician in the medium term. No one can sustain this much damage to their political reputation, and prosper. Not even in Zimbabwe, sorry, Scotland
The closest world event to this is Putin locking up Navalny. It's off the scale in terms of fucked up IMO.
It beggars belief. It is Boris conspiring to jail Starmer, with Carrie and the Met Police and the CPS and the Attorney General all in on the plan, and apparently happy to go along, even when the hired QCs say No, Stop, this is totally illegal.
Scotland is better than this. Or it should be
Well, when you put it like that... Mmm. As someone pretty into politics generally but only slightly into Scottish affairs, I'm not convinced this will force a resignation - X who I've never heard of may have discussed Y with Z on date A and maybe Sturgeon has conveniently "forgotten". It sounds messy and technical, and the Tories rushing out a VONC makes me think it's some kind of party squabble. I can see from other posts here that it's actually very serious, but I think the lay voter, who thinks that all politicians lie from time to time, will just shake his head bemusedly.
Just seen the new Labour leader on Ch 4 News. A very reasonable and impressive woman. A nice change from the last few who were above all else opportunists. My guess is Nicola will walk through this her reputation intact. The desperation of the Tories (more English ones than Scottish) tells you how much they fear her
You know, Rog, when you get the leader of a party completely wrong, including his gender, it is probably time to shut up shop with the politics, and restrict your comments to movie soundtracks
Before you make a complete arse of yourself, Roger was talking about the Deputy leader of the Labour MSPs on Ch4 news.
Still I remember an idiot on here tried to say that the father of Kamala Harris wasn't a black dude.
Nah, he thought Baillie was the leader. Perhaps, however, it an understandable mistake for an elderly retiree, as she SHOULD have been leader. She is much more impressive than Sarwar
God, I know too much about Scottish politics. I long for the day when I can ignore it again. Once this FANTASTICALLY juicy scandal has played out
There is no Sturgeon exit date market is there? I can only see one for Boris and Starmer. Her position is looking increasingly perilous.
Even if she somehow survives, she is finished as a politician in the medium term. No one can sustain this much damage to their political reputation, and prosper. Not even in Zimbabwe, sorry, Scotland
The closest world event to this is Putin locking up Navalny. It's off the scale in terms of fucked up IMO.
It beggars belief. It is Boris conspiring to jail Starmer, with Carrie and the Met Police and the CPS and the Attorney General all in on the plan, and apparently happy to go along, even when the hired QCs say No, Stop, this is totally illegal.
Scotland is better than this. Or it should be
Well, when you put it like that... Mmm. As someone pretty into politics generally but only slightly into Scottish affairs, I'm not convinced this will force a resignation - X who I've never heard of may have discussed Y with Z on date A and maybe Sturgeon has conveniently "forgotten". It sounds messy and technical, and the Tories rushing out a VONC makes me think it's some kind of party squabble. I can see from other posts here that it's actually very serious, but I think the lay voter, who thinks that all politicians lie from time to time, will just shake his head bemusedly.
Just seen the new Labour leader on Ch 4 News. A very reasonable and impressive woman. A nice change from the last few who were above all else opportunists. My guess is Nicola will walk through this her reputation intact. The desperation of the Tories (more English ones than Scottish) tells you how much they fear her
U wot? Keir's become Keira when no one was looking?
There's a Gary Hart joke in there somewhere....
Rather embarrassing on Rog's part, to be honest.
I mean, the very idea that the Labour Party would ever elect a woman as leader is pretty far-fetched...
Add these to the Moderna doses and we should be ready to get a serious shift on
Are these part of the original 100m dose order? Perhaps AZN are still struggling to meet the delivery from the UK plants but didn't fancy shipping them from Belgium for, er, reasons.
This must be part of the 'bumper March' we've been promised.
Didn’t Nixon’s Secretary *accidentally* wipe 18 minutes of the most crucial tape during Watergate?
I have just compared Sturgeon to Nixon.
This is not a good look.
I always thought that Nixon, if he had *really* been a crook, would have recorded his own version of the 18 minutes. And then handed the tapes over after some mock resistance.
Governance would continue regardless of what happens. The civil servants make sure of that.
It's an extension of the standard governmental defence - if things are going poorly, don't change government as we are in a crisis and now is not the time for a change. If things are going well, why change things?
There is no Sturgeon exit date market is there? I can only see one for Boris and Starmer. Her position is looking increasingly perilous.
Even if she somehow survives, she is finished as a politician in the medium term. No one can sustain this much damage to their political reputation, and prosper. Not even in Zimbabwe, sorry, Scotland
The closest world event to this is Putin locking up Navalny. It's off the scale in terms of fucked up IMO.
It beggars belief. It is Boris conspiring to jail Starmer, with Carrie and the Met Police and the CPS and the Attorney General all in on the plan, and apparently happy to go along, even when the hired QCs say No, Stop, this is totally illegal.
Scotland is better than this. Or it should be
Well, when you put it like that... Mmm. As someone pretty into politics generally but only slightly into Scottish affairs, I'm not convinced this will force a resignation - X who I've never heard of may have discussed Y with Z on date A and maybe Sturgeon has conveniently "forgotten". It sounds messy and technical, and the Tories rushing out a VONC makes me think it's some kind of party squabble. I can see from other posts here that it's actually very serious, but I think the lay voter, who thinks that all politicians lie from time to time, will just shake his head bemusedly.
Just seen the new Labour leader on Ch 4 News. A very reasonable and impressive woman. A nice change from the last few who were above all else opportunists. My guess is Nicola will walk through this her reputation intact. The desperation of the Tories (more English ones than Scottish) tells you how much they fear her
You know, Rog, when you get the leader of a party completely wrong, including his gender, it is probably time to shut up shop with the politics, and restrict your comments to movie soundtracks
Given the turnover rate, he’ll be right before too long.
Away from Scotlandgate, the seven day average for Covid cases UK-wide has slipped below 100 per 100,000 for what must be the first time since at least October - it's now at 94.9, and I'm pretty sure it was something like 100.4 only yesterday.
Only five local authority areas have case rates above 200 per 100,000: Leicester, Corby, Peterborough, Fenland and South Holland. All the council areas in Wales and all those in the South West of England except Swindon are now below 100 per 100,000. The rotten Plague appears to be in full retreat.
I note the 54-year olds David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt both got their Covid vaccinations today while this 60+ in East London continues not to hear a thing.
The Daily Mail (so it must be true) opines this fuels the suggestions the vaccination rollout has become a postcode lottery.
As I've been saying this for weeks, I can only assume the Daily Mail is akin to one of the slower dinosaurs from the Jurassic or Cretaceous epochs - the news reached the body but takes a good while to reach the brain.
Never mind.
My 46 year old son was invited today by our North Wales surgery to have his vaccination on Friday
First, I'm delighted for your son and for all those who have had or are to get their vaccinations shortly. It's the road back to what will become the new normal which won't be the old normal but that's fine because change is also an integral part of human existence.
That said, it's clear a few areas such as mine are struggling to keep the pace in terms of getting the vaccine to the population - why this is or has been is a complete mystery to this observer and to be blunt no one seems that interested in seeking any answers.
With schools due to re-open next week there have to be some concerns about those areas where a relatively small number of the adult population have been vaccinated (14% in Newham as of last Thursday).
Didn’t Nixon’s Secretary *accidentally* wipe 18 minutes of the most crucial tape during Watergate?
I have just compared Sturgeon to Nixon.
This is not a good look.
I always thought that Nixon, if he had *really* been a crook, would have recorded his own version of the 18 minutes. And then handed the tapes over after some mock resistance.
Oh, he was a crook all right.
The problem was, he was so drunk by this stage that even when he wasn’t actually paralytic and running around the White House being chased by his own security men, he couldn’t think straight.
I note the 54-year olds David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt both got their Covid vaccinations today while this 60+ in East London continues not to hear a thing.
The Daily Mail (so it must be true) opines this fuels the suggestions the vaccination rollout has become a postcode lottery.
As I've been saying this for weeks, I can only assume the Daily Mail is akin to one of the slower dinosaurs from the Jurassic or Cretaceous epochs - the news reached the body but takes a good while to reach the brain.
Never mind.
My 46 year old son was invited today by our North Wales surgery to have his vaccination on Friday
First, I'm delighted for your son and for all those who have had or are to get their vaccinations shortly. It's the road back to what will become the new normal which won't be the old normal but that's fine because change is also an integral part of human existence.
That said, it's clear a few areas such as mine are struggling to keep the pace in terms of getting the vaccine to the population - why this is or has been is a complete mystery to this observer and to be blunt no one seems that interested in seeking any answers.
With schools due to re-open next week there have to be some concerns about those areas where a relatively small number of the adult population have been vaccinated (14% in Newham as of last Thursday).
I thought it was explained by demographics? You can't force people to have it.
I note the 54-year olds David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt both got their Covid vaccinations today while this 60+ in East London continues not to hear a thing.
The Daily Mail (so it must be true) opines this fuels the suggestions the vaccination rollout has become a postcode lottery.
As I've been saying this for weeks, I can only assume the Daily Mail is akin to one of the slower dinosaurs from the Jurassic or Cretaceous epochs - the news reached the body but takes a good while to reach the brain.
Never mind.
My 46 year old son was invited today by our North Wales surgery to have his vaccination on Friday
Unfortunately, we don’t have the dynamic Drakeford in charge of rollout here.
Seems rushed, crass and foolish for Ross to be calling a VonC already.
Surely the rotten evidence just uncovered needs to get a full airing first, only then should a VonC be considered.
Agreed. It's getting to the stage where even the relatively toothless hamstrung committee is going to give real problems to Sturgeon, let alone the Hamilton inquiry, so there's no real point to a VONC this side of either of those things completing their remit.
Add these to the Moderna doses and we should be ready to get a serious shift on
Are these part of the original 100m dose order? Perhaps AZN are still struggling to meet the delivery from the UK plants but didn't fancy shipping them from Belgium for, er, reasons.
This must be part of the 'bumper March' we've been promised.
Very likely yes. I think that, after the success in reaching the first milestone back in mid-February, and the rate at which the vaccinations have been rolling along since, the Government is entitled to have its pronouncements on this subject taken seriously.
If they're telling us that we're due some bumper weeks in March then that's probably true.
Seems rushed, crass and foolish for Ross to be calling a VonC already.
Surely the rotten evidence just uncovered needs to get a full airing first, only then should a VonC be considered.
Gives the media something to hook the story to. Underlines its gravity.
I’m with PhilIp here. They should have let the committee pick over the whole lot first.
The only reason for rushing such a vote would be if the Greens had agreed to back it, and they clearly haven’t. So it’s pointless as well.
Edit - it’s like the Trump impeachment. By going too soon, the Dems merely made it look like a partisan attack. Had they waited a few months, they could have done him for undermining the constitution. But because they had tried and failed before, they lost that too.
Seems rushed, crass and foolish for Ross to be calling a VonC already.
It's main purpose is probably to publicly force the Greens to nail their colours to a very tainted SNP mast, giving force to the charge they are SNP sock puppets.
And if either inquiry finds against Sturgeon there will be another VoNC, which the Greens would almost certainly support.
Away from Scotlandgate, the seven day average for Covid cases UK-wide has slipped below 100 per 100,000 for what must be the first time since at least October - it's now at 94.9, and I'm pretty sure it was something like 100.4 only yesterday.
Only five local authority areas have case rates above 200 per 100,000: Leicester, Corby, Peterborough, Fenland and South Holland. All the council areas in Wales and all those in the South West of England except Swindon are now below 100 per 100,000. The rotten Plague appears to be in full retreat.
and that's based on a 7 day average to the 25th of Feb. That in turn is based on tests taken, with actual infections likely happening 5 days earlier. So for the true picture right now you can halve the figure again given the current rate of decline.
There is no Sturgeon exit date market is there? I can only see one for Boris and Starmer. Her position is looking increasingly perilous.
Even if she somehow survives, she is finished as a politician in the medium term. No one can sustain this much damage to their political reputation, and prosper. Not even in Zimbabwe, sorry, Scotland
The closest world event to this is Putin locking up Navalny. It's off the scale in terms of fucked up IMO.
It beggars belief. It is Boris conspiring to jail Starmer, with Carrie and the Met Police and the CPS and the Attorney General all in on the plan, and apparently happy to go along, even when the hired QCs say No, Stop, this is totally illegal.
Scotland is better than this. Or it should be
Well, when you put it like that... Mmm. As someone pretty into politics generally but only slightly into Scottish affairs, I'm not convinced this will force a resignation - X who I've never heard of may have discussed Y with Z on date A and maybe Sturgeon has conveniently "forgotten". It sounds messy and technical, and the Tories rushing out a VONC makes me think it's some kind of party squabble. I can see from other posts here that it's actually very serious, but I think the lay voter, who thinks that all politicians lie from time to time, will just shake his head bemusedly.
Just seen the new Labour leader on Ch 4 News. A very reasonable and impressive woman. A nice change from the last few who were above all else opportunists. My guess is Nicola will walk through this her reputation intact. The desperation of the Tories (more English ones than Scottish) tells you how much they fear her
You know, Rog, when you get the leader of a party completely wrong, including his gender, it is probably time to shut up shop with the politics, and restrict your comments to movie soundtracks
Before you make a complete arse of yourself, Roger was talking about the Deputy leader of the Labour MSPs on Ch4 news.
Still I remember an idiot on here tried to say that the father of Kamala Harris wasn't a black dude.
Nah, he thought Baillie was the leader. Perhaps, however, it an understandable mistake for an elderly retiree, as she SHOULD have been leader. She is much more impressive than Sarwar
God, I know too much about Scottish politics. I long for the day when I can ignore it again. Once this FANTASTICALLY juicy scandal has played out
Sorry TSE is correct. I was talking about Mm Baillie. I'm at least a week out of date. How embarrassing. But MSP Baillie WAS impressive. Maybe they chose unwisely?
Seems rushed, crass and foolish for Ross to be calling a VonC already.
Surely the rotten evidence just uncovered needs to get a full airing first, only then should a VonC be considered.
Gives the media something to hook the story to. Underlines its gravity.
And fires the starting gun on what looks like a torrid period for Sturgeon, and her daily news conference ending in the May election do not look like the winner she thought they would be
I note the 54-year olds David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt both got their Covid vaccinations today while this 60+ in East London continues not to hear a thing.
The Daily Mail (so it must be true) opines this fuels the suggestions the vaccination rollout has become a postcode lottery.
As I've been saying this for weeks, I can only assume the Daily Mail is akin to one of the slower dinosaurs from the Jurassic or Cretaceous epochs - the news reached the body but takes a good while to reach the brain.
Never mind.
My 46 year old son was invited today by our North Wales surgery to have his vaccination on Friday
First, I'm delighted for your son and for all those who have had or are to get their vaccinations shortly. It's the road back to what will become the new normal which won't be the old normal but that's fine because change is also an integral part of human existence.
That said, it's clear a few areas such as mine are struggling to keep the pace in terms of getting the vaccine to the population - why this is or has been is a complete mystery to this observer and to be blunt no one seems that interested in seeking any answers.
With schools due to re-open next week there have to be some concerns about those areas where a relatively small number of the adult population have been vaccinated (14% in Newham as of last Thursday).
I thought it was explained by demographics? You can't force people to have it.
You would assume they then find someone else who wants it rather than throw it in the bin, unless there is genuinely less provision being sent to those areas due to low take up?
Seems rushed, crass and foolish for Ross to be calling a VonC already.
It's main purpose is probably to publicly force the Greens to nail their colours to a very tainted SNP mast, giving force to the charge they are SNP sock puppets.
And if either inquiry finds against Sturgeon there will be another VoNC, which the Greens would almost certainly support.
I think once they have failed to overturn a government, they will be wary of a John Kerry effect of removing it later.
Of course, they could just abstain on the first vote. Sturgeon should still have the numbers to win without their active support.
I note the 54-year olds David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt both got their Covid vaccinations today while this 60+ in East London continues not to hear a thing.
The Daily Mail (so it must be true) opines this fuels the suggestions the vaccination rollout has become a postcode lottery.
As I've been saying this for weeks, I can only assume the Daily Mail is akin to one of the slower dinosaurs from the Jurassic or Cretaceous epochs - the news reached the body but takes a good while to reach the brain.
Never mind.
My 46 year old son was invited today by our North Wales surgery to have his vaccination on Friday
Unfortunately, we don’t have the dynamic Drakeford in charge of rollout here.
We can outsource him to you. Obviously, someone with Drakeford's multi-disciplinary capabilities and senior experience does not come cheap.
There is no Sturgeon exit date market is there? I can only see one for Boris and Starmer. Her position is looking increasingly perilous.
Even if she somehow survives, she is finished as a politician in the medium term. No one can sustain this much damage to their political reputation, and prosper. Not even in Zimbabwe, sorry, Scotland
The closest world event to this is Putin locking up Navalny. It's off the scale in terms of fucked up IMO.
It beggars belief. It is Boris conspiring to jail Starmer, with Carrie and the Met Police and the CPS and the Attorney General all in on the plan, and apparently happy to go along, even when the hired QCs say No, Stop, this is totally illegal.
Scotland is better than this. Or it should be
Well, when you put it like that... Mmm. As someone pretty into politics generally but only slightly into Scottish affairs, I'm not convinced this will force a resignation - X who I've never heard of may have discussed Y with Z on date A and maybe Sturgeon has conveniently "forgotten". It sounds messy and technical, and the Tories rushing out a VONC makes me think it's some kind of party squabble. I can see from other posts here that it's actually very serious, but I think the lay voter, who thinks that all politicians lie from time to time, will just shake his head bemusedly.
Just seen the new Labour leader on Ch 4 News. A very reasonable and impressive woman. A nice change from the last few who were above all else opportunists. My guess is Nicola will walk through this her reputation intact. The desperation of the Tories (more English ones than Scottish) tells you how much they fear her
You know, Rog, when you get the leader of a party completely wrong, including his gender, it is probably time to shut up shop with the politics, and restrict your comments to movie soundtracks
Before you make a complete arse of yourself, Roger was talking about the Deputy leader of the Labour MSPs on Ch4 news.
Still I remember an idiot on here tried to say that the father of Kamala Harris wasn't a black dude.
Nah, he thought Baillie was the leader. Perhaps, however, it an understandable mistake for an elderly retiree, as she SHOULD have been leader. She is much more impressive than Sarwar
God, I know too much about Scottish politics. I long for the day when I can ignore it again. Once this FANTASTICALLY juicy scandal has played out
Sorry TSE is correct. I was talking about Mm Baillie. I'm at least a week out of date. How embarrassing. But MSP Baillie WAS impressive. Maybe they chose unwisely?
Others have suggested the same thing, not that she was a candidate - I don't know what scope there is for people other than the actual leader to get much notice up there, if she is good hopefully she will be made use of.
There is no Sturgeon exit date market is there? I can only see one for Boris and Starmer. Her position is looking increasingly perilous.
Even if she somehow survives, she is finished as a politician in the medium term. No one can sustain this much damage to their political reputation, and prosper. Not even in Zimbabwe, sorry, Scotland
The closest world event to this is Putin locking up Navalny. It's off the scale in terms of fucked up IMO.
It beggars belief. It is Boris conspiring to jail Starmer, with Carrie and the Met Police and the CPS and the Attorney General all in on the plan, and apparently happy to go along, even when the hired QCs say No, Stop, this is totally illegal.
Scotland is better than this. Or it should be
Well, when you put it like that... Mmm. As someone pretty into politics generally but only slightly into Scottish affairs, I'm not convinced this will force a resignation - X who I've never heard of may have discussed Y with Z on date A and maybe Sturgeon has conveniently "forgotten". It sounds messy and technical, and the Tories rushing out a VONC makes me think it's some kind of party squabble. I can see from other posts here that it's actually very serious, but I think the lay voter, who thinks that all politicians lie from time to time, will just shake his head bemusedly.
Just seen the new Labour leader on Ch 4 News. A very reasonable and impressive woman. A nice change from the last few who were above all else opportunists. My guess is Nicola will walk through this her reputation intact. The desperation of the Tories (more English ones than Scottish) tells you how much they fear her
You know, Rog, when you get the leader of a party completely wrong, including his gender, it is probably time to shut up shop with the politics, and restrict your comments to movie soundtracks
Before you make a complete arse of yourself, Roger was talking about the Deputy leader of the Labour MSPs on Ch4 news.
Still I remember an idiot on here tried to say that the father of Kamala Harris wasn't a black dude.
Nah, he thought Baillie was the leader. Perhaps, however, it an understandable mistake for an elderly retiree, as she SHOULD have been leader. She is much more impressive than Sarwar
God, I know too much about Scottish politics. I long for the day when I can ignore it again. Once this FANTASTICALLY juicy scandal has played out
Sorry TSE is correct. I was talking about Mm Baillie. I'm at least a week out of date. How embarrassing. But MSP Baillie WAS impressive. Maybe they chose unwisely?
I note the 54-year olds David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt both got their Covid vaccinations today while this 60+ in East London continues not to hear a thing.
The Daily Mail (so it must be true) opines this fuels the suggestions the vaccination rollout has become a postcode lottery.
As I've been saying this for weeks, I can only assume the Daily Mail is akin to one of the slower dinosaurs from the Jurassic or Cretaceous epochs - the news reached the body but takes a good while to reach the brain.
Never mind.
My 46 year old son was invited today by our North Wales surgery to have his vaccination on Friday
First, I'm delighted for your son and for all those who have had or are to get their vaccinations shortly. It's the road back to what will become the new normal which won't be the old normal but that's fine because change is also an integral part of human existence.
That said, it's clear a few areas such as mine are struggling to keep the pace in terms of getting the vaccine to the population - why this is or has been is a complete mystery to this observer and to be blunt no one seems that interested in seeking any answers.
With schools due to re-open next week there have to be some concerns about those areas where a relatively small number of the adult population have been vaccinated (14% in Newham as of last Thursday).
I thought it was explained by demographics? You can't force people to have it.
You would assume they then find someone else who wants it rather than throw it in the bin, unless there is genuinely less provision being sent to those areas due to low take up?
My assumption is that they model how much they will require in the coming week, and request that number minus the number they have in storage.
Away from Scotlandgate, the seven day average for Covid cases UK-wide has slipped below 100 per 100,000 for what must be the first time since at least October - it's now at 94.9, and I'm pretty sure it was something like 100.4 only yesterday.
Only five local authority areas have case rates above 200 per 100,000: Leicester, Corby, Peterborough, Fenland and South Holland. All the council areas in Wales and all those in the South West of England except Swindon are now below 100 per 100,000. The rotten Plague appears to be in full retreat.
and that's based on a 7 day average to the 25th of Feb. That in turn is based on tests taken, with actual infections likely happening 5 days earlier. So for the true picture right now you can halve the figure again given the current rate of decline.
Looking at the latest official Covid maps of Devon, you can go from Hartland Point in the north to Prawle Point in the south, and not pass through an area with more than 2 cases.
I was uselessly hoping for some retraction, apology, or even the slightest show of regret for their irresponsible and ignorant AZ coverage a month or so back. Or maybe an unapologetic promotion of the AZ vaccine's recently reported figures. Perhaps a suggestion that the UK delayed second dose might be the way to go.
But no. No mention of AZ or the "UK method" that I can see.
Seems rushed, crass and foolish for Ross to be calling a VonC already.
Surely the rotten evidence just uncovered needs to get a full airing first, only then should a VonC be considered.
Gives the media something to hook the story to. Underlines its gravity.
I’m with PhilIp here. They should have let the committee pick over the whole lot first.
The only reason for rushing such a vote would be if the Greens had agreed to back it, and they clearly haven’t. So it’s pointless as well.
Edit - it’s like the Trump impeachment. By going too soon, the Dems merely made it look like a partisan attack. Had they waited a few months, they could have done him for undermining the constitution. But because they had tried and failed before, they lost that too.
No, don't agree with that. It ramps up the session tomorrow and puts further pressure on Sturgeon.
Another consideration is that it puts Tories in the driving seat. Other parties will subsequently join in the vote.
BTW - a potential problem for the Greens if they wish to wriggle out of VONC is attitude of Andy Wightman who is likely to take a harder line on this - and will be putting questions to Sturgeon tomorrow as he's a member of the inquiry. (For those who haven't been paying attention he's the Independent MSP who left the Greens over a row about gender issues). He could make it awkward for them if he chooses to.
I was uselessly hoping for some retraction, apology, or even the slightest show of regret for their irresponsible and ignorant AZ coverage a month or so back. Or maybe an unapologetic promotion of the AZ vaccine's recently reported figures. Perhaps a suggestion that the UK delayed second dose might be the way to go.
But no. No mention of AZ or the "UK method" that I can see.
Away from Scotlandgate, the seven day average for Covid cases UK-wide has slipped below 100 per 100,000 for what must be the first time since at least October - it's now at 94.9, and I'm pretty sure it was something like 100.4 only yesterday.
Only five local authority areas have case rates above 200 per 100,000: Leicester, Corby, Peterborough, Fenland and South Holland. All the council areas in Wales and all those in the South West of England except Swindon are now below 100 per 100,000. The rotten Plague appears to be in full retreat.
and that's based on a 7 day average to the 25th of Feb. That in turn is based on tests taken, with actual infections likely happening 5 days earlier. So for the true picture right now you can halve the figure again given the current rate of decline.
Looking at the latest official Covid maps of Devon, you can go from Hartland Point in the north to Prawle Point in the south, and not pass through an area with more than 2 cases.
It is all gone white.
Yep, entirely white in my town as well (covering 5 zones). Really looking forward to another 3.5 months of restrictions for this terrible plague...
I was uselessly hoping for some retraction, apology, or even the slightest show of regret for their irresponsible and ignorant AZ coverage a month or so back. Or maybe an unapologetic promotion of the AZ vaccine's recently reported figures. Perhaps a suggestion that the UK delayed second dose might be the way to go.
But no. No mention of AZ or the "UK method" that I can see.
I was uselessly hoping for some retraction, apology, or even the slightest show of regret for their irresponsible and ignorant AZ coverage a month or so back. Or maybe an unapologetic promotion of the AZ vaccine's recently reported figures. Perhaps a suggestion that the UK delayed second dose might be the way to go.
But no. No mention of AZ or the "UK method" that I can see.
I was uselessly hoping for some retraction, apology, or even the slightest show of regret for their irresponsible and ignorant AZ coverage a month or so back. Or maybe an unapologetic promotion of the AZ vaccine's recently reported figures. Perhaps a suggestion that the UK delayed second dose might be the way to go.
But no. No mention of AZ or the "UK method" that I can see.
Did you check the reporter's twitter feed? Maybe the mea culpa was on there (although I doubt it).
I check it now and then and he (washingtonski) doesn't appear to have made any concession at all...
Just checked again and he has still not referred to his earlier story, nor any of the data refuting it.
I doubt he thinks he did anything wrong. Like a good lap dog reporter he placed the story he was briefed and it did the job. It was always nonsense and even more so so now with real world data. But that wasn’t the point.
Away from Scotlandgate, the seven day average for Covid cases UK-wide has slipped below 100 per 100,000 for what must be the first time since at least October - it's now at 94.9, and I'm pretty sure it was something like 100.4 only yesterday.
Only five local authority areas have case rates above 200 per 100,000: Leicester, Corby, Peterborough, Fenland and South Holland. All the council areas in Wales and all those in the South West of England except Swindon are now below 100 per 100,000. The rotten Plague appears to be in full retreat.
and that's based on a 7 day average to the 25th of Feb. That in turn is based on tests taken, with actual infections likely happening 5 days earlier. So for the true picture right now you can halve the figure again given the current rate of decline.
Looking at the latest official Covid maps of Devon, you can go from Hartland Point in the north to Prawle Point in the south, and not pass through an area with more than 2 cases.
It is all gone white.
Yep, entirely white in my town as well (covering 5 zones). Really looking forward to another 3.5 months of restrictions for this terrible plague...
The great mass of the working age population, save for those who've already had it (and the minority who work in health and social care or have relevant medical issues,) are still defenceless. They're wise not to go charging headlong into a massive carnival.
I was uselessly hoping for some retraction, apology, or even the slightest show of regret for their irresponsible and ignorant AZ coverage a month or so back. Or maybe an unapologetic promotion of the AZ vaccine's recently reported figures. Perhaps a suggestion that the UK delayed second dose might be the way to go.
But no. No mention of AZ or the "UK method" that I can see.
Did you check the reporter's twitter feed? Maybe the mea culpa was on there (although I doubt it).
I check it now and then and he (washingtonski) doesn't appear to have made any concession at all...
Just checked again and he has still not referred to his earlier story, nor any of the data refuting it.
Could AstraZeneca sue Handelsblatt?
The only way I could imagine they'd fail is if the Handelsblatt journalist and editor showed photos of Sputnik5 Salesmen outside their houses with vials of something else.
I was uselessly hoping for some retraction, apology, or even the slightest show of regret for their irresponsible and ignorant AZ coverage a month or so back. Or maybe an unapologetic promotion of the AZ vaccine's recently reported figures. Perhaps a suggestion that the UK delayed second dose might be the way to go.
But no. No mention of AZ or the "UK method" that I can see.
Did you check the reporter's twitter feed? Maybe the mea culpa was on there (although I doubt it).
I check it now and then and he (washingtonski) doesn't appear to have made any concession at all...
Just checked again and he has still not referred to his earlier story, nor any of the data refuting it.
I doubt he thinks he did anything wrong. Like a good lap dog reporter he placed the story he was briefed and it did the job. It was always nonsense and even more so so now with real world data. But that wasn’t the point.
If that was so casually why then it was criminally irresposible. At mass manslaughter level.
I thought it was explained by demographics? You can't force people to have it.
It hasn't been "explained" by anyone or anything.
IF there is poor take up in Newham and I'm not commenting on that one way or the other, I'd expect the invitations to be moving more quickly down the population. Perhaps I should be asking if there has been poor take up in Oxfordshire and Surrey (except I know from the figures there hasn't)?
I don't know why Newham is lagging behind - 14% of the adult population vaccinated by last Thursday compared with 40% in Devon and while I cheerfully accept I live in a "younger" part of the world, the fact only 71% of over 65s had been vaccinated in Newham compared with over 90% in Surrey Heartlands also tells a story.
The vaccine rollout has gone spectacularly well in some areas, indeed many areas but in other areas it has not and is not going so well. I'm only pointing out the anomalies and trying to find some credible explanation.
Away from Scotlandgate, the seven day average for Covid cases UK-wide has slipped below 100 per 100,000 for what must be the first time since at least October - it's now at 94.9, and I'm pretty sure it was something like 100.4 only yesterday.
Only five local authority areas have case rates above 200 per 100,000: Leicester, Corby, Peterborough, Fenland and South Holland. All the council areas in Wales and all those in the South West of England except Swindon are now below 100 per 100,000. The rotten Plague appears to be in full retreat.
and that's based on a 7 day average to the 25th of Feb. That in turn is based on tests taken, with actual infections likely happening 5 days earlier. So for the true picture right now you can halve the figure again given the current rate of decline.
Looking at the latest official Covid maps of Devon, you can go from Hartland Point in the north to Prawle Point in the south, and not pass through an area with more than 2 cases.
It is all gone white.
Yep, entirely white in my town as well (covering 5 zones). Really looking forward to another 3.5 months of restrictions for this terrible plague...
Almost the entire working age population, save for those who've already had it, are still defenceless. They're wise not to go charging headlong into a massive carnival.
No, they're not defenseless, the stats on the millions of people below 60 who caught it, and their ability to deal with this virus are pretty clear by now.
I was uselessly hoping for some retraction, apology, or even the slightest show of regret for their irresponsible and ignorant AZ coverage a month or so back. Or maybe an unapologetic promotion of the AZ vaccine's recently reported figures. Perhaps a suggestion that the UK delayed second dose might be the way to go.
But no. No mention of AZ or the "UK method" that I can see.
Did you check the reporter's twitter feed? Maybe the mea culpa was on there (although I doubt it).
I check it now and then and he (washingtonski) doesn't appear to have made any concession at all...
Just checked again and he has still not referred to his earlier story, nor any of the data refuting it.
Could AstraZeneca sue Handelsblatt?
The only way I could imagine they'd fail is if the Handelsblatt journalist and editor showed photos of Sputnik5 Salesmen outside their houses with vials of something else.
I mean, Astra's product has been libelled hasn't it? political decision?
Away from Scotlandgate, the seven day average for Covid cases UK-wide has slipped below 100 per 100,000 for what must be the first time since at least October - it's now at 94.9, and I'm pretty sure it was something like 100.4 only yesterday.
Only five local authority areas have case rates above 200 per 100,000: Leicester, Corby, Peterborough, Fenland and South Holland. All the council areas in Wales and all those in the South West of England except Swindon are now below 100 per 100,000. The rotten Plague appears to be in full retreat.
and that's based on a 7 day average to the 25th of Feb. That in turn is based on tests taken, with actual infections likely happening 5 days earlier. So for the true picture right now you can halve the figure again given the current rate of decline.
Looking at the latest official Covid maps of Devon, you can go from Hartland Point in the north to Prawle Point in the south, and not pass through an area with more than 2 cases.
It is all gone white.
Yep, entirely white in my town as well (covering 5 zones). Really looking forward to another 3.5 months of restrictions for this terrible plague...
Almost the entire working age population, save for those who've already had it, are still defenceless. They're wise not to go charging headlong into a massive carnival.
No, they're not defenseless, the stats on the millions of people below 60 who caught it, and their ability to deal with this virus are pretty clear by now.
The worry is that the <5% of those that require hospitalisation will completely clog up the NHS.
I thought it was explained by demographics? You can't force people to have it.
It hasn't been "explained" by anyone or anything.
IF there is poor take up in Newham and I'm not commenting on that one way or the other, I'd expect the invitations to be moving more quickly down the population. Perhaps I should be asking if there has been poor take up in Oxfordshire and Surrey (except I know from the figures there hasn't)?
I don't know why Newham is lagging behind - 14% of the adult population vaccinated by last Thursday compared with 40% in Devon and while I cheerfully accept I live in a "younger" part of the world, the fact only 71% of over 65s had been vaccinated in Newham compared with over 90% in Surrey Heartlands also tells a story.
The vaccine rollout has gone spectacularly well in some areas, indeed many areas but in other areas it has not and is not going so well. I'm only pointing out the anomalies and trying to find some credible explanation.
And I again point you to the demographics of Newham compared to Devon. It's widely reported there is lower take up amongst minorities, which explains why there is the difference in the fraction of over 75s.
Apple has, historically, been quite poor at semiconductor design.
Errr Apple has designed it's own CPU cores since the A6 Swift, and has designed dozens of them now; big CPUS, LITTLE CPUs and even the CPUs used in things like the Apple Watch and embedded within the SoCs for things like security and storage controllers. Apple are not quite poor at semiconductor design, they are in fact amongst the very best CPU designers going. Qualcomm just spent a small fortune aquiring a new company that hadn't shipped anything, Nuvia, because it was founded by Apple Arm CPU alumni and they were making big claims about delivering the highest performance CPUs for servers.
I was uselessly hoping for some retraction, apology, or even the slightest show of regret for their irresponsible and ignorant AZ coverage a month or so back. Or maybe an unapologetic promotion of the AZ vaccine's recently reported figures. Perhaps a suggestion that the UK delayed second dose might be the way to go.
But no. No mention of AZ or the "UK method" that I can see.
Did you check the reporter's twitter feed? Maybe the mea culpa was on there (although I doubt it).
I check it now and then and he (washingtonski) doesn't appear to have made any concession at all...
Just checked again and he has still not referred to his earlier story, nor any of the data refuting it.
I doubt he thinks he did anything wrong. Like a good lap dog reporter he placed the story he was briefed and it did the job. It was always nonsense and even more so so now with real world data. But that wasn’t the point.
If that was so casually why then it was criminally irresposible. At mass manslaughter level.
Yes, but the real culprit was almost certainly the source who planted the story.
I was uselessly hoping for some retraction, apology, or even the slightest show of regret for their irresponsible and ignorant AZ coverage a month or so back. Or maybe an unapologetic promotion of the AZ vaccine's recently reported figures. Perhaps a suggestion that the UK delayed second dose might be the way to go.
But no. No mention of AZ or the "UK method" that I can see.
Given total vaccinated + previously had it is over 50%, severely restricting the worst possible R, the current level of infected people, and the speed with which first doses are being rolled out, it's getting extremely hard to model a break scenario anymore for the NHS without picking inputs which are clearly false. By Easter it will be completely impossible .
(in response to RobD given it won't let me reply directly)
I was uselessly hoping for some retraction, apology, or even the slightest show of regret for their irresponsible and ignorant AZ coverage a month or so back. Or maybe an unapologetic promotion of the AZ vaccine's recently reported figures. Perhaps a suggestion that the UK delayed second dose might be the way to go.
But no. No mention of AZ or the "UK method" that I can see.
Did you check the reporter's twitter feed? Maybe the mea culpa was on there (although I doubt it).
I check it now and then and he (washingtonski) doesn't appear to have made any concession at all...
Just checked again and he has still not referred to his earlier story, nor any of the data refuting it.
Could AstraZeneca sue Handelsblatt?
The only way I could imagine they'd fail is if the Handelsblatt journalist and editor showed photos of Sputnik5 Salesmen outside their houses with vials of something else.
I mean, Astra's product has been libelled hasn't it? political decision?
I've never been able to understand why the fact that Pfizer had so few over 65s in their Phase 3 trial that they had to change top age group to over 55s didn't raise any alarm bells among regulators, given their limited approvals for AZ after their limited over 65 trials, if it wasn't political.
The worry is that the ~5% of those that require hospitalisation will completely clog up the NHS.
That plus the minority of those already vaccinated who will fail to respond adequately and are still at risk, plus the threat of Long Covid amongst the young and of new mutations. There are sufficient reasons to resist the pressure to just let it rip once the over 50s are done, and keep plugging away for another few weeks.
Anyway, if all goes according to plan then there'll be significant easing next month and most of the remaining restrictions bite the dust in May. There's not that long left to go, even if it can still feel like it right now.
(EDIT: I'm having a weird problem posting nested comments wherein this stupid system comes up with the message 'Body is 1 character too short'. Don't know if anyone else is getting that.)
Comments
A 1990s iMac Processor Powers NASA’s Perseverance Rover.
https://gizmodo.com/a-1990s-imac-processor-powers-nasa-s-perseverance-rover-1846380844
I note the 54-year olds David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt both got their Covid vaccinations today while this 60+ in East London continues not to hear a thing.
The Daily Mail (so it must be true) opines this fuels the suggestions the vaccination rollout has become a postcode lottery.
As I've been saying this for weeks, I can only assume the Daily Mail is akin to one of the slower dinosaurs from the Jurassic or Cretaceous epochs - the news reached the body but takes a good while to reach the brain.
Never mind.
Still I remember an idiot on here tried to say that the father of Kamala Harris wasn't a black dude.
https://twitter.com/MhairiHunter/status/1366827088230158340?s=20
There has to be a point, presumably, when Sunak has to cut the business and individual support packages (or can he run it to the next election to give five more years?) and the results will be brutal. It is likely that the rest of the world will catch up with our vaccination programme. Once the pandemic is more-or-less over, the political post mortems will not be so positive for incumbents the world over. The reality of Brexit may also not play so well.
So what of Starmer. At the moment I am disappointed at the silence over Brexit, fishing, and Covid missteps. I also have no idea about why anything needed to be said about Corporation tax. Now is probably not the time to play the party political card too often, however a little bit of basic "opposition" might be nice. I suspect whoever had become Labour Leader, they would be struggling to be heard above the Johnson victory parade,too.
Maybe we have become a nation of Conservatives, and such inch-perfect governance cannot be bettered so why try. That may be so, but I doubt it. But let's face it, those of us not of the Conservative mindset are still revelling in the spoils of both of Corbyn's magnificent GE victories aren't we?
Add these to the Moderna doses and we should be ready to get a serious shift on
Salmond has the icy confidence of somebody whose poker hand cannot be beaten.
And his opponent has just gone all in.....
No, not over Salmond or Sturgeon, but on transgender issues.
By transitioning, he throws their attack line into confusion.
But I think it more likely Roger was watching the deputy leader and got muddled.
This stinks to high heaven
I mean, the very idea that the Labour Party would ever elect a woman as leader is pretty far-fetched...
Apple has, historically, been quite poor at semiconductor design.
I thought ourworldindata did that but I can only find total vaccines there not first and second.
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations
I have just compared Sturgeon to Nixon.
This is not a good look.
God, I know too much about Scottish politics. I long for the day when I can ignore it again. Once this FANTASTICALLY juicy scandal has played out
And spot on....
Deaths still going up and passing their highest daily point.
It’s summer there, so no sign of a seasonality effect to save them.
I bloody hope their vaccine rollout goes fast.
This must be part of the 'bumper March' we've been promised.
Only five local authority areas have case rates above 200 per 100,000: Leicester, Corby, Peterborough, Fenland and South Holland. All the council areas in Wales and all those in the South West of England except Swindon are now below 100 per 100,000. The rotten Plague appears to be in full retreat.
That said, it's clear a few areas such as mine are struggling to keep the pace in terms of getting the vaccine to the population - why this is or has been is a complete mystery to this observer and to be blunt no one seems that interested in seeking any answers.
With schools due to re-open next week there have to be some concerns about those areas where a relatively small number of the adult population have been vaccinated (14% in Newham as of last Thursday).
Surely the rotten evidence just uncovered needs to get a full airing first, only then should a VonC be considered.
The problem was, he was so drunk by this stage that even when he wasn’t actually paralytic and running around the White House being chased by his own security men, he couldn’t think straight.
If they're telling us that we're due some bumper weeks in March then that's probably true.
The only reason for rushing such a vote would be if the Greens had agreed to back it, and they clearly haven’t. So it’s pointless as well.
Edit - it’s like the Trump impeachment. By going too soon, the Dems merely made it look like a partisan attack. Had they waited a few months, they could have done him for undermining the constitution. But because they had tried and failed before, they lost that too.
And if either inquiry finds against Sturgeon there will be another VoNC, which the Greens would almost certainly support.
Indeed I cannot see her fronting as many
Of course, they could just abstain on the first vote. Sturgeon should still have the numbers to win without their active support.
But, frankly, Wales could do with the money.
"YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!"
It is all gone white.
I was uselessly hoping for some retraction, apology, or even the slightest show of regret for their irresponsible and ignorant AZ coverage a month or so back. Or maybe an unapologetic promotion of the AZ vaccine's recently reported figures. Perhaps a suggestion that the UK delayed second dose might be the way to go.
But no. No mention of AZ or the "UK method" that I can see.
Let me know if you spot anything here..
https://www.handelsblatt.com/themen/coronavirus
Another consideration is that it puts Tories in the driving seat. Other parties will subsequently join in the vote.
BTW - a potential problem for the Greens if they wish to wriggle out of VONC is attitude of Andy Wightman who is likely to take a harder line on this - and will be putting questions to Sturgeon tomorrow as he's a member of the inquiry. (For those who haven't been paying attention he's the Independent MSP who left the Greens over a row about gender issues). He could make it awkward for them if he chooses to.
Just checked again and he has still not referred to his earlier story, nor any of the data refuting it.
IF there is poor take up in Newham and I'm not commenting on that one way or the other, I'd expect the invitations to be moving more quickly down the population. Perhaps I should be asking if there has been poor take up in Oxfordshire and Surrey (except I know from the figures there hasn't)?
I don't know why Newham is lagging behind - 14% of the adult population vaccinated by last Thursday compared with 40% in Devon and while I cheerfully accept I live in a "younger" part of the world, the fact only 71% of over 65s had been vaccinated in Newham compared with over 90% in Surrey Heartlands also tells a story.
The vaccine rollout has gone spectacularly well in some areas, indeed many areas but in other areas it has not and is not going so well. I'm only pointing out the anomalies and trying to find some credible explanation.
PB Tories getting overexcited as per.
Nobody understands the Sturgeon story.
Even fewer people care.
Tell them you will keep doing it until they apologise in print. You will dictate to them the level of grovelling required.
(in response to RobD given it won't let me reply directly)
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/
That plus the minority of those already vaccinated who will fail to respond adequately and are still at risk, plus the threat of Long Covid amongst the young and of new mutations. There are sufficient reasons to resist the pressure to just let it rip once the over 50s are done, and keep plugging away for another few weeks.
Anyway, if all goes according to plan then there'll be significant easing next month and most of the remaining restrictions bite the dust in May. There's not that long left to go, even if it can still feel like it right now.
(EDIT: I'm having a weird problem posting nested comments wherein this stupid system comes up with the message 'Body is 1 character too short'. Don't know if anyone else is getting that.)