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Inevitably when a development is so party political you would expect polling responses to follow a partisan divide. The above table from tonight’s YouGov suggests that is still the case with Cummings and the lockdown but not quite at the scale you would expect.
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The media needs to get a grip and focus on the important stories.0
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Maybe the government should get a grip and concentrate on the important issues, third0
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Meg Hillier extremely rude to the PM today, it's to his credit he never reacts to such hostility.0
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Hopefully tonight’s headline isn’t going to be politics or disease, but rather one of humanity’s great achievements:
T minus 48 minutes and counting,,.
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Penny Mordaunt and The Saj are preparing for a the post-BoZo World, which might not be all that far away.2
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How to watch Crew Dragon (Space X) fly over the UK:
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Like the trace system that has been rushed out when not ready. Or maybe the bringing forward of shops opening. Or perhaps the news that we can meet in gardens. Or possibly the pubs opening two weeks early?EPG said:The media needs to get a grip and focus on the important stories.
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Due to pass across the UK in the southern sky, west to east, at 9.50pm, should easily be visible with the naked eye.Sandpit said:Hopefully tonight’s headline isn’t going to be politics or disease, but rather one of humanity’s great achievements:
T minus 48 minutes and counting,,.
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They are going to go/nogo due to weather at t-45.000
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Ye gods, more on the over-promoted twerp.
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Whoever buckles first loses this round but also unlocks rapid fire on their adversaries’ political arsenal. If Dominic Cummings stays, the reconstruction of the Conservative party and of government in the UK will become infinitely harder to obstruct. If he goes, it will represent an ideological defeat for the Cummings-Johnson project and leave Boris Johnson’s government adrift. The Prime Minister is putting his premiership on the line to save Dominic Cummings because he believes that, without him, he won’t have a premiership anyway.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/Is-this-the-week-the-magic-died-for-Boris-Johnson1 -
The test and trace system looks like a complete disaster.1
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I guess that's one way to take the heat off Dom. Completely fuck something else up the same way they did for testing, PPE and quarantine.1
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Guido after the mirror
IPSO Receives Multiple Complaints https://order-order.com/2020/05/27/ipso-receives-multiple-complaints/ via @guidofawkes0 -
I agree. Let's focus on pub reopening! 👍Anabobazina said:Ye gods, more on the over-promoted twerp.
When will we be free of this hell?1 -
According to my analysis, more quickly for London than elsewhereAnabobazina said:Ye gods, more on the over-promoted twerp.
When will we be free of this hell?
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THey've pulled back the access arm so it's Go for propellant load! So it looks like a weather go. getting excited. I am so sad.
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steady boys and girlsScott_xP said:Penny Mordaunt and The Saj are preparing for a the post-BoZo World, which might not be all that far away.
Let him own the economic tsunami ahead.
February next year?0 -
Hair raising...CarlottaVance said:0 -
Point of order. If you're in Cornwall or Devon, you need to look North, not South.CarlottaVance said:0 -
Can't remember when ministers started being openly disloyal in the Major years. Was it before the 1997 campaign started?Scott_xP said:Penny Mordaunt and The Saj are preparing for a the post-BoZo World, which might not be all that far away.
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what's in a name? The COO of Spacex is Gwynne Shotwell0
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Boris promised "World beating" at the last PMQs. Astonishing claim to make I thought at the time given how good we know the South Korean system is.MaxPB said:I guess that's one way to take the heat off Dom. Completely fuck something else up the same way they did for testing, PPE and quarantine.
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😂MaxPB said:I guess that's one way to take the heat off Dom. Completely fuck something else up the same way they did for testing, PPE and quarantine.
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In Devon mostly uprcs1000 said:
Point of order. If you're in Cornwall or Devon, you need to look North, not South.CarlottaVance said:0 -
Looks like Woolacombe bay is the place to be to watch the launch according to that map.rcs1000 said:
Point of order. If you're in Cornwall or Devon, you need to look North, not South.CarlottaVance said:
Edit: It's going to be scrubbed due to weather sure as Boris can't run the country without Dom.0 -
If only Dom had travelled into space and not popped down the road to Durham no one would have made a fuss.0
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Just thinking....
How many people will have to come up with a reason of Dom-like far-fetchedness to explain to their partner why they've been instructed to self-isolate?0 -
There was a US politics commentator on the TV earlier called Krystal Ball. Does she know the election result already, or failing that how about next week’s lottery numbers?Tim_B said:what's in a name? The COO of Spacex is Gwynne Shotwell
Propellant loading now, looks like a go. T-30’0 -
Boris is the monkey, Cummings is the organ grinder.CarlottaVance said:Whoever buckles first loses this round but also unlocks rapid fire on their adversaries’ political arsenal. If Dominic Cummings stays, the reconstruction of the Conservative party and of government in the UK will become infinitely harder to obstruct. If he goes, it will represent an ideological defeat for the Cummings-Johnson project and leave Boris Johnson’s government adrift. The Prime Minister is putting his premiership on the line to save Dominic Cummings because he believes that, without him, he won’t have a premiership anyway.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/Is-this-the-week-the-magic-died-for-Boris-Johnson
I can't imagine Johnson ever imagined being PM was going to result in him being Dom's sub. Humiliating.0 -
If thats the case then big supermarkets will have to close. By the law of averages shop workers will come near some infected people every day.Scott_xP said:0 -
Those space suits look absolutely pants. They look like costumes, and pretty bad ones at that.0
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That's more a reflection of how endemic the virus is than any particular problem with track and test.noneoftheabove said:
If thats the case then big supermarkets will have to close. By the law of averages shop workers will come near some infected people every day.Scott_xP said:0 -
To be world beating at this you need high tech infrastructure, high levels of funding and an authoritarian regime. UAE and Singapore should be the winners.Pulpstar said:
Boris promised "World beating" at the last PMQs. Astonishing claim to make I thought at the time given how good we know the South Korean system is.MaxPB said:I guess that's one way to take the heat off Dom. Completely fuck something else up the same way they did for testing, PPE and quarantine.
No reason at all to expect the UK to be in the top 10.0 -
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It seemed like such an idiotic claim to make. We're building something from scratch when we really just need to copy some other system that already works. This is another failure for Matt Hancock. That makes quite a few now. The sad part is that Boris doesn't have the political capital to sack him any more. Not least because he'll struggle to recruit the correct replacement (Hunt) without giving up Dom.Pulpstar said:
Boris promised "World beating" at the last PMQs. Astonishing claim to make I thought at the time given how good we know the South Korean system is.MaxPB said:I guess that's one way to take the heat off Dom. Completely fuck something else up the same way they did for testing, PPE and quarantine.
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Next available launch window is in 71 hours (Saturday evening) if they miss this opportunity due to the weather.0
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Straight up for me.rcs1000 said:
Point of order. If you're in Cornwall or Devon, you need to look North, not South.CarlottaVance said:0 -
Qatar have messed it up: they went a little too Chinese on the privacy invasion.noneoftheabove said:
To be world beating at this you need high tech infrastructure, high levels of funding and an authoritarian regime. UAE and Singapore should be the winners.Pulpstar said:
Boris promised "World beating" at the last PMQs. Astonishing claim to make I thought at the time given how good we know the South Korean system is.MaxPB said:I guess that's one way to take the heat off Dom. Completely fuck something else up the same way they did for testing, PPE and quarantine.
No reason at all to expect the UK to be in the top 10.
https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/qatar-virus-tracing-app-stirs-rare-privacy-backlash-1.10244150 -
Story status: Not Yet DeadScott_xP said:0 -
Legendary flight director Gene Krantz -who was at Mission Control for every manned space flight launch except this one - on Fox News now0
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I like the Orville and Harris comparison myself. Partly as I am sure our PM would loathe to end up being remembered for resembling Orville instead of Churchill.JonathanD said:
Boris is the monkey, Cummings is the organ grinder.CarlottaVance said:Whoever buckles first loses this round but also unlocks rapid fire on their adversaries’ political arsenal. If Dominic Cummings stays, the reconstruction of the Conservative party and of government in the UK will become infinitely harder to obstruct. If he goes, it will represent an ideological defeat for the Cummings-Johnson project and leave Boris Johnson’s government adrift. The Prime Minister is putting his premiership on the line to save Dominic Cummings because he believes that, without him, he won’t have a premiership anyway.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/Is-this-the-week-the-magic-died-for-Boris-Johnson
I can't imagine Johnson ever imagined being PM was going to result in him being Dom's sub. Humiliating.0 -
This launch, when it happens, will be an achievement for sure.
But I would place a contribution like Jenner's smallpox vaccine well higher.
Let us wish success to those boffins currently trying to find a coronavirus vaccine.1 -
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Johnson knows his premiership is slowly falling apart0
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I suspect your idea of world beating works on different criteria to Boris Johnson's shortcomings You might be considering performance, Boris might be considering the most attractive colour scheme for the equipment.MaxPB said:
It seemed like such an idiotic claim to make. We're building something from scratch when we really just need to copy some other system that already works. This is another failure for Matt Hancock. That makes quite a few now. The sad part is that Boris doesn't have the political capital to sack him any more. Not least because he'll struggle to recruit the correct replacement (Hunt) without giving up Dom.Pulpstar said:
Boris promised "World beating" at the last PMQs. Astonishing claim to make I thought at the time given how good we know the South Korean system is.MaxPB said:I guess that's one way to take the heat off Dom. Completely fuck something else up the same way they did for testing, PPE and quarantine.
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I havent actually measured the UAE or Singaporean versions, just saying they have the right toolkit to get to world beating.Sandpit said:
Qatar have messed it up: they went a little too Chinese on the privacy invasion.noneoftheabove said:
To be world beating at this you need high tech infrastructure, high levels of funding and an authoritarian regime. UAE and Singapore should be the winners.Pulpstar said:
Boris promised "World beating" at the last PMQs. Astonishing claim to make I thought at the time given how good we know the South Korean system is.MaxPB said:I guess that's one way to take the heat off Dom. Completely fuck something else up the same way they did for testing, PPE and quarantine.
No reason at all to expect the UK to be in the top 10.
https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/qatar-virus-tracing-app-stirs-rare-privacy-backlash-1.1024415
We just dont, and I have no idea why we need to pretend that we do despite all evidence to the contrary.
The UK govt has been terrible at IT projects for decades, people are less trusting in or willing to accept electronic surveillance and we will probably spend what we do spend on the wrong things.1 -
https://twitter.com/GdnPolitics/status/1265737798222352384Stuartinromford said:Story status: Not Yet Dead
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Have you downloaded the track and trace yet? Is it ready?CorrectHorseBattery said:Johnson knows his premiership is slowly falling apart
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Cumstain is Keith Harris. Bozo is Orville the Duck.JonathanD said:
Boris is the monkey, Cummings is the organ grinder.CarlottaVance said:Whoever buckles first loses this round but also unlocks rapid fire on their adversaries’ political arsenal. If Dominic Cummings stays, the reconstruction of the Conservative party and of government in the UK will become infinitely harder to obstruct. If he goes, it will represent an ideological defeat for the Cummings-Johnson project and leave Boris Johnson’s government adrift. The Prime Minister is putting his premiership on the line to save Dominic Cummings because he believes that, without him, he won’t have a premiership anyway.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/Is-this-the-week-the-magic-died-for-Boris-Johnson
I can't imagine Johnson ever imagined being PM was going to result in him being Dom's sub. Humiliating.0 -
Damn, looks like a scrub.
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In fairness to Hancock, why was he given this additional responsibility when he already had most work and responsibility during the crisis?MaxPB said:
It seemed like such an idiotic claim to make. We're building something from scratch when we really just need to copy some other system that already works. This is another failure for Matt Hancock. That makes quite a few now. The sad part is that Boris doesn't have the political capital to sack him any more. Not least because he'll struggle to recruit the correct replacement (Hunt) without giving up Dom.Pulpstar said:
Boris promised "World beating" at the last PMQs. Astonishing claim to make I thought at the time given how good we know the South Korean system is.MaxPB said:I guess that's one way to take the heat off Dom. Completely fuck something else up the same way they did for testing, PPE and quarantine.
It should have gone to Gove, or another minister who could have made it their priority, not something to spend a bit of time on after fire fighting PPE and care homes for most of the day.1 -
Those kind of importance surveys you should just discard anything below the top category (at least that’s the case with “will probably but” surveys).
This is just a straight partisan thing at this point. Lab/Lib/Remain at 55 and Tories/Leave at 30.
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I’m in UAE. Lots of testing going on (>30% of population so far) and isolation wards for all positive tests. No app so far.noneoftheabove said:
I havent actually measured the UAE or Singaporean versions, just saying they have the right toolkit to get to world beating.Sandpit said:
Qatar have messed it up: they went a little too Chinese on the privacy invasion.noneoftheabove said:
To be world beating at this you need high tech infrastructure, high levels of funding and an authoritarian regime. UAE and Singapore should be the winners.Pulpstar said:
Boris promised "World beating" at the last PMQs. Astonishing claim to make I thought at the time given how good we know the South Korean system is.MaxPB said:I guess that's one way to take the heat off Dom. Completely fuck something else up the same way they did for testing, PPE and quarantine.
No reason at all to expect the UK to be in the top 10.
https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/qatar-virus-tracing-app-stirs-rare-privacy-backlash-1.1024415
We just dont, and I have no idea why we need to pretend that we do despite all evidence to the contrary.
The UK govt has been terrible at IT projects for decades, people are less trusting in or willing to accept electronic surveillance and we will probably spend what we do spend on the wrong things.0 -
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I'm absolutely gutted for my daughter. Just received an email from her school saying that next week's reopening has been cancelled on the advice of the County Council. Attached was a letter from the County Council to the school advising all schools in the County remain closed.
She's been really struggling last couple of weeks with her mental health, missing her friends and has been counting down the days, like to Christmas, to being able to see her friends again.
The reopening had been confirmed and everything. To make matters worse and what makes me angry is they'd come up with plans on how the school would be different and had advised us to talk to her about how the school would be different to what she is used to - which we had done.
To say there was no schooling is one thing. To promise she can come back, talk to her and get her excited about it, then rip it away from her once more. I'm furious about this.3 -
Any polls later? 😈0
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Yes it should have been, but aiui PHE claimed it and so it fell under the DoH. Hancock is too weak to tell the idiots in PHE that they are clueless fucks and that the whole project should be handed over to the private sector under the cabinet office (same as the Nightingale hospitals and Ventilators) with different companies pitching solutions and then the cabinet office/Gove picking the best one.noneoftheabove said:
In fairness to Hancock, why was he given this additional responsibility when he already had most work and responsibility during the crisis?MaxPB said:
It seemed like such an idiotic claim to make. We're building something from scratch when we really just need to copy some other system that already works. This is another failure for Matt Hancock. That makes quite a few now. The sad part is that Boris doesn't have the political capital to sack him any more. Not least because he'll struggle to recruit the correct replacement (Hunt) without giving up Dom.Pulpstar said:
Boris promised "World beating" at the last PMQs. Astonishing claim to make I thought at the time given how good we know the South Korean system is.MaxPB said:I guess that's one way to take the heat off Dom. Completely fuck something else up the same way they did for testing, PPE and quarantine.
It should have gone to Gove, or another minister who could have made it their priority, not something to spend a bit of time on after fire fighting PPE and care homes for most of the day.
Instead the planks from PHE are scared of private sector encroachment in the same way they were for testing so we are where we are.0 -
Welcome to the dark side!Philip_Thompson said:To say there was no schooling is one thing. To promise she can come back, talk to her and get her excited about it, then rip it away from her once more. I'm furious about this.
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@Philip_Thompson - That doesn’t sound good. Do you know if it’s a blanket ban on the county or specific to your daughter’s school?1
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That's sad for your daughter but the school had to have plans in place regardless of whether it was ultimately going to be allowed to or not.Philip_Thompson said:I'm absolutely gutted for my daughter. Just received an email from her school saying that next week's reopening has been cancelled on the advice of the County Council. Attached was a letter from the County Council to the school advising all schools in the County remain closed.
She's been really struggling last couple of weeks with her mental health, missing her friends and has been counting down the days, like to Christmas, to being able to see her friends again.
The reopening had been confirmed and everything. To make matters worse and what makes me angry is they'd come up with plans on how the school would be different and had advised us to talk to her about how the school would be different to what she is used to - which we had done.
To say there was no schooling is one thing. To promise she can come back, talk to her and get her excited about it, then rip it away from her once more. I'm furious about this.1 -
Very sorry to hear this PhilIp. Did they say why they had given this advice?Philip_Thompson said:I'm absolutely gutted for my daughter. Just received an email from her school saying that next week's reopening has been cancelled on the advice of the County Council. Attached was a letter from the County Council to the school advising all schools in the County remain closed.
She's been really struggling last couple of weeks with her mental health, missing her friends and has been counting down the days, like to Christmas, to being able to see her friends again.
The reopening had been confirmed and everything. To make matters worse and what makes me angry is they'd come up with plans on how the school would be different and had advised us to talk to her about how the school would be different to what she is used to - which we had done.
To say there was no schooling is one thing. To promise she can come back, talk to her and get her excited about it, then rip it away from her once more. I'm furious about this.1 -
It is the PMs job to decide who does what on such a major issue, not PHE or even Hancocks. It is just bad management to overload your managers in a major crisis when help can be brought in from other people.MaxPB said:
Yes it should have been, but aiui PHE claimed it and so it fell under the DoH. Hancock is too weak to tell the idiots in PHE that they are clueless fucks and that the whole project should be handed over to the private sector under the cabinet office (same as the Nightingale hospitals and Ventilators) with different companies pitching solutions and then the cabinet office/Gove picking the best one.noneoftheabove said:
In fairness to Hancock, why was he given this additional responsibility when he already had most work and responsibility during the crisis?MaxPB said:
It seemed like such an idiotic claim to make. We're building something from scratch when we really just need to copy some other system that already works. This is another failure for Matt Hancock. That makes quite a few now. The sad part is that Boris doesn't have the political capital to sack him any more. Not least because he'll struggle to recruit the correct replacement (Hunt) without giving up Dom.Pulpstar said:
Boris promised "World beating" at the last PMQs. Astonishing claim to make I thought at the time given how good we know the South Korean system is.MaxPB said:I guess that's one way to take the heat off Dom. Completely fuck something else up the same way they did for testing, PPE and quarantine.
It should have gone to Gove, or another minister who could have made it their priority, not something to spend a bit of time on after fire fighting PPE and care homes for most of the day.
Instead the planks from PHE are scared of private sector encroachment in the same way they were for testing so we are where we are.0 -
Will that only be visible from the South West like that map line? Or will it be visible from the whole country?CarlottaVance said:0 -
Some wonk has calculated that Trump's similar claims (building world-beating walls with Mexico etc.) are an electoral positive.Mexicanpete said:
I suspect your idea of world beating works on different criteria to Boris Johnson's shortcomings You might be considering performance, Boris might be considering the most attractive colour scheme for the equipment.MaxPB said:
It seemed like such an idiotic claim to make. We're building something from scratch when we really just need to copy some other system that already works. This is another failure for Matt Hancock. That makes quite a few now. The sad part is that Boris doesn't have the political capital to sack him any more. Not least because he'll struggle to recruit the correct replacement (Hunt) without giving up Dom.Pulpstar said:
Boris promised "World beating" at the last PMQs. Astonishing claim to make I thought at the time given how good we know the South Korean system is.MaxPB said:I guess that's one way to take the heat off Dom. Completely fuck something else up the same way they did for testing, PPE and quarantine.
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Blanket. Lancashire County Council.tlg86 said:@Philip_Thompson - That doesn’t sound good. Do you know if it’s a blanket ban on the county or specific to your daughter’s school?
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It'll be Saturday, scrubbed today due to weather.Philip_Thompson said:
Will that only be visible from the South West like that map line? Or will it be visible from the whole country?CarlottaVance said:0 -
I’ve been loathe to criticise agencies, given the scale of the pandemic, but PHE are the group who should have been prepared better than anyone - but clearly weren’t and totally messed up. If Hancock hadn’t announced the 100k testing target for April and said that nothing else mattered, they’d still be processing a few hundred here and there,MaxPB said:
Yes it should have been, but aiui PHE claimed it and so it fell under the DoH. Hancock is too weak to tell the idiots in PHE that they are clueless fucks and that the whole project should be handed over to the private sector under the cabinet office (same as the Nightingale hospitals and Ventilators) with different companies pitching solutions and then the cabinet office/Gove picking the best one.noneoftheabove said:
In fairness to Hancock, why was he given this additional responsibility when he already had most work and responsibility during the crisis?MaxPB said:
It seemed like such an idiotic claim to make. We're building something from scratch when we really just need to copy some other system that already works. This is another failure for Matt Hancock. That makes quite a few now. The sad part is that Boris doesn't have the political capital to sack him any more. Not least because he'll struggle to recruit the correct replacement (Hunt) without giving up Dom.Pulpstar said:
Boris promised "World beating" at the last PMQs. Astonishing claim to make I thought at the time given how good we know the South Korean system is.MaxPB said:I guess that's one way to take the heat off Dom. Completely fuck something else up the same way they did for testing, PPE and quarantine.
It should have gone to Gove, or another minister who could have made it their priority, not something to spend a bit of time on after fire fighting PPE and care homes for most of the day.
Instead the planks from PHE are scared of private sector encroachment in the same way they were for testing so we are where we are.0 -
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And visible from the whole country, lower against the horizon as you move up toward ScotlandPulpstar said:
It'll be Saturday, scrubbed today due to weather.Philip_Thompson said:
Will that only be visible from the South West like that map line? Or will it be visible from the whole country?CarlottaVance said:0 -
I should read before I post!noneoftheabove said:
I like the Orville and Harris comparison myself. Partly as I am sure our PM would loathe to end up being remembered for resembling Orville instead of Churchill.JonathanD said:
Boris is the monkey, Cummings is the organ grinder.CarlottaVance said:Whoever buckles first loses this round but also unlocks rapid fire on their adversaries’ political arsenal. If Dominic Cummings stays, the reconstruction of the Conservative party and of government in the UK will become infinitely harder to obstruct. If he goes, it will represent an ideological defeat for the Cummings-Johnson project and leave Boris Johnson’s government adrift. The Prime Minister is putting his premiership on the line to save Dominic Cummings because he believes that, without him, he won’t have a premiership anyway.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/Is-this-the-week-the-magic-died-for-Boris-Johnson
I can't imagine Johnson ever imagined being PM was going to result in him being Dom's sub. Humiliating.0 -
I think all ISS missions have an instantaneous window, and all polar missions I think.IanB2 said:0 -
I think there will be a shed load of parents in your daughters class who are really quite relieved they don't have to make this decision for their child.....Philip_Thompson said:I'm absolutely gutted for my daughter. Just received an email from her school saying that next week's reopening has been cancelled on the advice of the County Council. Attached was a letter from the County Council to the school advising all schools in the County remain closed.
She's been really struggling last couple of weeks with her mental health, missing her friends and has been counting down the days, like to Christmas, to being able to see her friends again.
The reopening had been confirmed and everything. To make matters worse and what makes me angry is they'd come up with plans on how the school would be different and had advised us to talk to her about how the school would be different to what she is used to - which we had done.
To say there was no schooling is one thing. To promise she can come back, talk to her and get her excited about it, then rip it away from her once more. I'm furious about this.
My brother in laws school is trying to open up and the parents are not having it...I think that position is much closer to the centre of gravity whilst 100's are still dying of this disease everyday....
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Looking at the sky now, I doubt we would have seen it twenty five minutes agoCarlottaVance said:0 -
No please spread the message. Make it go viral!SandyRentool said:
I should read before I post!noneoftheabove said:
I like the Orville and Harris comparison myself. Partly as I am sure our PM would loathe to end up being remembered for resembling Orville instead of Churchill.JonathanD said:
Boris is the monkey, Cummings is the organ grinder.CarlottaVance said:Whoever buckles first loses this round but also unlocks rapid fire on their adversaries’ political arsenal. If Dominic Cummings stays, the reconstruction of the Conservative party and of government in the UK will become infinitely harder to obstruct. If he goes, it will represent an ideological defeat for the Cummings-Johnson project and leave Boris Johnson’s government adrift. The Prime Minister is putting his premiership on the line to save Dominic Cummings because he believes that, without him, he won’t have a premiership anyway.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/Is-this-the-week-the-magic-died-for-Boris-Johnson
I can't imagine Johnson ever imagined being PM was going to result in him being Dom's sub. Humiliating.0 -
tlg86 said:
@Philip_Thompson - That doesn’t sound good. Do you know if it’s a blanket ban on the county or specific to your daughter’s school?
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That's a shame for your daughter - did the school say why the Council had decided that? Have they said when they might open?Philip_Thompson said:I'm absolutely gutted for my daughter. Just received an email from her school saying that next week's reopening has been cancelled on the advice of the County Council. Attached was a letter from the County Council to the school advising all schools in the County remain closed.
She's been really struggling last couple of weeks with her mental health, missing her friends and has been counting down the days, like to Christmas, to being able to see her friends again.
The reopening had been confirmed and everything. To make matters worse and what makes me angry is they'd come up with plans on how the school would be different and had advised us to talk to her about how the school would be different to what she is used to - which we had done.
To say there was no schooling is one thing. To promise she can come back, talk to her and get her excited about it, then rip it away from her once more. I'm furious about this.1 -
All premierships are slowly falling apart. The Tories will be in power until 2024 at least, making it a solid 14 years. What's your point?CorrectHorseBattery said:Johnson knows his premiership is slowly falling apart
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They believe only 3 of the 5 government tests have been met. Don't believe Test & Trace is ready, and consequentially don't believe that there won't be a second peak.ydoethur said:
Very sorry to hear this PhilIp. Did they say why they had given this advice?Philip_Thompson said:I'm absolutely gutted for my daughter. Just received an email from her school saying that next week's reopening has been cancelled on the advice of the County Council. Attached was a letter from the County Council to the school advising all schools in the County remain closed.
She's been really struggling last couple of weeks with her mental health, missing her friends and has been counting down the days, like to Christmas, to being able to see her friends again.
The reopening had been confirmed and everything. To make matters worse and what makes me angry is they'd come up with plans on how the school would be different and had advised us to talk to her about how the school would be different to what she is used to - which we had done.
To say there was no schooling is one thing. To promise she can come back, talk to her and get her excited about it, then rip it away from her once more. I'm furious about this.
Taken from the document:
"Locally, we are currently able to meet the requirements of the first three tests; however, we do not meet the requirements for the final two tests. The test and trace programme is not at a state of readiness to respond to Covid-19 community setting outbreaks in a timely manner, which poses a risk to school environments.
Furthermore, we are not confident that adjustments to the current measures of the lockdown policy will not risk a second peak of infections locally. Consequently, our advice to schools is to not re-open to more pupils on June 1st, but to continue with their current support systems that are in place. The safety and wellbeing of children, their families, and school staff outweigh the benefits of opening schools of 1st June"0 -
Sorry to hear it, Phil. Commisserations to yourself and your daughter.Philip_Thompson said:I'm absolutely gutted for my daughter. Just received an email from her school saying that next week's reopening has been cancelled on the advice of the County Council. Attached was a letter from the County Council to the school advising all schools in the County remain closed.
She's been really struggling last couple of weeks with her mental health, missing her friends and has been counting down the days, like to Christmas, to being able to see her friends again.
The reopening had been confirmed and everything. To make matters worse and what makes me angry is they'd come up with plans on how the school would be different and had advised us to talk to her about how the school would be different to what she is used to - which we had done.
To say there was no schooling is one thing. To promise she can come back, talk to her and get her excited about it, then rip it away from her once more. I'm furious about this.1 -
Usually they have a ‘launch window’ of a few minutes, when they can delay for a bit if they need to, but this one was an ‘instantaneous window’, where any delay was automatically a scrubbed attempt.IanB2 said:
Apart from the weather everything else looked good, so they’ll be calling this one a dress rehearsal for Saturday!0 -
A hint might be the Govt is fucking incompetent....and you cannot trust anything that comes out of their lying mouths.....CarlottaVance said:
That's a shame for your daughter - did the school say why the Council had decided that? Have they said when they might open?Philip_Thompson said:I'm absolutely gutted for my daughter. Just received an email from her school saying that next week's reopening has been cancelled on the advice of the County Council. Attached was a letter from the County Council to the school advising all schools in the County remain closed.
She's been really struggling last couple of weeks with her mental health, missing her friends and has been counting down the days, like to Christmas, to being able to see her friends again.
The reopening had been confirmed and everything. To make matters worse and what makes me angry is they'd come up with plans on how the school would be different and had advised us to talk to her about how the school would be different to what she is used to - which we had done.
To say there was no schooling is one thing. To promise she can come back, talk to her and get her excited about it, then rip it away from her once more. I'm furious about this.
Other than that...I can't think of what else the council can base their decision on....
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Yeah, fuck child mental health.tyson said:tlg86 said:@Philip_Thompson - That doesn’t sound good. Do you know if it’s a blanket ban on the county or specific to your daughter’s school?
It sounds sensible considering we have a clusterfuck governing us....
Cretin.
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