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Anabobazina said:

Carnyx said:

HYUFD said:

Carnyx said:

HYUFD said:

https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1351206647532834819?s=20

Rather obvious problem with that. The question didn't say WHICH the anthem is. Not something one can count on folk knowing. Jerusalem, for instance?

Even a plurality of Scots like it, I highly doubt that would be the case if they thought it was Jerusalem rather than GSTQ

So? Could be Swing low, or whatever English rugger buggers sing in contrapuntion to Scots r. bs. belting out Flower of Scotland (not my favourite either).

It's a meaningless survey.

I think FOS is a pretty good tune.

But the Welsh national anthem (LOMF) is the best in these isles.

Yes, I like that one a lot. The way it builds and builds and then, just when you think it can build no more, it carries on building until it abruptly ends. It never relents. Watching the Welsh players sing it, full on and all the way through, at the start of the rugby I'm surprised they still have the energy for the match.

MaxPB said:

TheValiant said:

MaxPB said:

RochdalePioneers said:

RobD said:

Perhaps the new UK/EU neutral zone: NI.

No, NI is the Demilitarised Zone. The EU is the Federation, we are the Cardassians. Arlene Forster is Quark.

No, if the EU is the Federation then we're the Maquis. The EU is closer to the Borg though. Russia are the Orion syndicate.

Perhaps the EU is the Federation, only Lieutenant Commander Eddington's assessment of the Federation (it wasn't right, but he had a point).

Yes, Sisko had a lot of sympathy for Eddington and the Maquis at the end of it all. The Federation hated the Maquis because they left paradise, it's actually a pretty good analogy to Brexit. The EU hate us because we had the temerity to leave paradise. DS9 really was such a great series, easily the best that Star Trek had to offer.

Also on DS9, today in 2021 we go on about how it's great that there's so much minority representation etc... on TV even though much of it feels forced. DS9 did it in the 90s with the pivotal role in the follow up to a hugely successful series going to a black actor and did it with no fuss. They didn't make a big deal about how Sisko was black, he was the captain and you respected the character, not because of his skin colour, but because he was a well written and complex character.

TheScreamingEagles said:

Are people from Hampshire usually this dumb?

Partygoers who claimed to be unaware of the global pandemic, a group hosting a gender reveal party and people attending an illegal car meet are among the coronavirus rule-breakers caught over the weekend.

Police shut down a party in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on Saturday but were told the hosts were "unaware of the global pandemic, as they never watch the news".

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-partygoers-claimed-they-had-not-heard-of-the-pandemic-as-police-reveal-breaches-over-the-weekend-12191416

'Amazingstoke'* as we used to call it

*not in a good way

MaxPB said:

Gaussian said:

Are people actually being told that they still need to adhere to the lockdown after the first shot?

Yes, both people I know who have had it have been told that they won't have immunity from symptoms until their second jabs and to be careful until two weeks after their second appointments. Though both of them had it done at hospitals by nurses, I don't know what the spiel is from volunteers, I hope it's the same though. Maybe people on PB who have had it can enlighten us.

Good. I think some more public messaging on that is needed as well, both to reinforce it for people who have had the jab, and so that others are aware there still is substantial risk to them.

kle4 said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

TrèsDifficile said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

I think I may have to boycott John Lewis.

https://twitter.com/DailyMirror/status/1349850481707900935

I hope you mean Waitrose too, the fewer working class in there the better.

I shop and Fortnum & Mason, the choice of the working man.

What kind of working man?

The kind that wears pearls, a blue rinse, and a rainhood, if the redoubtable dames I've seen shopping in the F&M Food Hall the twice I've been there are anything to go by.

Anabobazina said:

If it were me, I'd actually do a slightly different strategy.

I'd run through the over 70s with dose one, then run through them all again with dose 2.

Then I'd conduct the same process with the over 50s and under 50s who have UHC.

The risk to U50s without UHC is so low that we can be left until last, for both doses.

But, as you say, it's a balancing act and there aren't any right or wrong answers in foresight, only in hindsight!

It also rather depends on whether J&J will get approved shortly, and if they have doses ready to deliver.

If they do, and we're about to see a doubling of our capacity in a month (or more, given it's single shot), then that suggests a different strategy to if AZN and Pfizer are all we have.

TheScreamingEagles said:

Are people from Hampshire usually this dumb?

Partygoers who claimed to be unaware of the global pandemic, a group hosting a gender reveal party and people attending an illegal car meet are among the coronavirus rule-breakers caught over the weekend.

Police shut down a party in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on Saturday but were told the hosts were "unaware of the global pandemic, as they never watch the news".

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-partygoers-claimed-they-had-not-heard-of-the-pandemic-as-police-reveal-breaches-over-the-weekend-12191416

As a former Hampshire resident, I would point out that your link refers specifically to residents of the town of Basingstoke.

Philip_Thompson said:

kinabalu said:

HYUFD said:

https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1351206647532834819?s=20

"Love it". There's that 17% again. The basket of deplorables.

Loving the national anthem makes you deplorable?

No wonder you would rather support a fascist regime invading a free democracy than see people in a free democracy choosing to maintain connections to Britain.

I dislike the anthem, as an atheist republican it does nothing for me, but I respect those that like it.

I think God Save the Queen is pretty weak, musically. If I had a choice, I'd definitely choose Jerusalem over it.

TheScreamingEagles said:

Are people from Hampshire usually this dumb?

Partygoers who claimed to be unaware of the global pandemic, a group hosting a gender reveal party and people attending an illegal car meet are among the coronavirus rule-breakers caught over the weekend.

Police shut down a party in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on Saturday but were told the hosts were "unaware of the global pandemic, as they never watch the news".

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-partygoers-claimed-they-had-not-heard-of-the-pandemic-as-police-reveal-breaches-over-the-weekend-12191416

"a man drove 100 miles from Luton to Devizes in Wiltshire for a McDonald's.

The 34-year-old was fined £200 for the drive and, even more unluckily for him, the town does not have the fast food outlet."

CarlottaVance said:

https://twitter.com/gsoh31/status/1351218089216634882?s=20

Hm, this is a tad misleading as you might think that there are no new admission coming each day, when in reality the admissions figure is as high as it has ever been.

Gardenwalker said:

All this talk of Star Trek and nobody has mentioned how annoying “Counsellor” Troi was.

“I sense great danger” she kept moaning uselessly, clutching her temple as a Borg craft materialised into view on the Visualiser.

Sounds like a government super forecaster to me.

Sandpit said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Are people from Hampshire usually this dumb?

Partygoers who claimed to be unaware of the global pandemic, a group hosting a gender reveal party and people attending an illegal car meet are among the coronavirus rule-breakers caught over the weekend.

Police shut down a party in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on Saturday but were told the hosts were "unaware of the global pandemic, as they never watch the news".

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-partygoers-claimed-they-had-not-heard-of-the-pandemic-as-police-reveal-breaches-over-the-weekend-12191416

As a former Hampshire resident, I would point out that your link refers specifically to residents of the town of Basingstoke.

A word teaming with hidden meaning...

Gardenwalker said:

All this talk of Star Trek and nobody has mentioned how annoying “Counsellor” Troi was.

“I sense great danger” she kept moaning uselessly, clutching her temple as a Borg craft materialised into view on the Visualiser.

That time she drove the Enterprise into a planet a few minutes after taking the helm always seemed a bit anti-feminist to me.

RobD said:

CarlottaVance said:

https://twitter.com/gsoh31/status/1351218089216634882?s=20

Hm, this is a tad misleading as you might think that there are no new admission coming each day, when in reality the admissions figure is as high as it has ever been.

Indeed. 4000 a day. What was the sustainable rate thought to be?

MaxPB said:

Nigelb said:

https://twitter.com/gadyepstein/status/1351164251654803460

Honestly it's time for us to build a firewall around China and deny them internet access to western social media.

To be fair, the US have their own homegrown, government funded efforts.

https://twitter.com/Ryan_Mac_Phd/status/1351202691394002945

Fysics_Teacher said:

kinabalu said:

LostPassword said:

kinabalu said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

Mexicanpete said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

We need to ban dog ownership, they are a menace.

If not that, they need to be on a leash and muzzled at all times.

Richmond Park dog walker fined £602 over pet's 'relentless' fatal attack on deer

Police are urging dog owners to keep their pets on a tight lead after an increase in attacks during lockdown.

A man has been fined £602 after his dog fatally injured a deer during a "relentless" attack in London's Richmond Park.

Dramatic footage filmed by a cyclist shows Franck Hiribarne's red setter, Alfie, rushing at the small hind, jumping up at her and dragging her backwards, at around 9am on 1 October last year.

Despite the efforts of several passers-by to get between the animals, forming a human barrier to stop the attack, Alfie left the deer with deep wounds to her back and tail, which was partially detached.

The hind also suffered a broken leg after being hit by a car in her attempts to get away.

She was found a short while later, collapsed in the ferns, and had to be put down by a gamekeeper.

Mr Hiribarne, from southwest London, pleaded guilty at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on 15 January to causing or permitting an animal he was in charge of to injure another animal in a royal park. He was fined £602.

The defendant reported the incident himself to the Royal Parks Office, while witnesses - some of whom described the attack as "relentless" - spoke to officers in a passing police car.

https://news.sky.com/story/richmond-park-dog-walker-fined-163602-over-pets-relentless-fatal-attack-on-deer-12191357

Red setters are horrid little dogs. They look nice though.

You must be very big, if you consider a Red Setter to be "little".

I'm 6.2. I suppose they're medium.

In bare feet and not on tip toes?

If so, that's unusual.

Roughly the 95th percentile for British males at age 18. You'd expect at least 16 MPs to be that tall, even if you had a perfect gender balance.

Yes, very unusual. This is why I always doublecheck when somebody says they are that tall.

A significant number of the sixth-form boys I teach are that height or more. Many of my A-level sets over the years have contained someone who has to duck to go through the door of the lab.

Well it's approx 1 in 20 according to @LostPassword. If your classes are consistently much taller than that there's something funny going on. A strong and positive correlation between physics and height. Guess it's possible.

MarqueeMark said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Are people from Hampshire usually this dumb?

Partygoers who claimed to be unaware of the global pandemic, a group hosting a gender reveal party and people attending an illegal car meet are among the coronavirus rule-breakers caught over the weekend.

Police shut down a party in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on Saturday but were told the hosts were "unaware of the global pandemic, as they never watch the news".

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-partygoers-claimed-they-had-not-heard-of-the-pandemic-as-police-reveal-breaches-over-the-weekend-12191416

"a man drove 100 miles from Luton to Devizes in Wiltshire for a McDonald's.

The 34-year-old was fined £200 for the drive and, even more unluckily for him, the town does not have the fast food outlet."

West Yorkshire police stopped and fined three young men in a car going from Manchester to Yorkshire to ‘buy a takeaway’ - then the police noticed their car wasn’t taxed and seized it, so they had to get a taxi back down the M62.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9154327/Police-seize-fast-food-fans-car-following-90mph-chase.html

MaxPB said:

Nigelb said:

MaxPB said:

Nigelb said:

https://twitter.com/gadyepstein/status/1351164251654803460

Honestly it's time for us to build a firewall around China and deny them internet access to western social media.

To be fair, the US have their own homegrown, government funded efforts.

https://twitter.com/Ryan_Mac_Phd/status/1351202691394002945

Yes, but king dickhead has been taken offline, if they can do that then they can take Chinese propagandists offline too.

Not unreasonable.

TheScreamingEagles said:

RobD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

I think I may have to boycott John Lewis.

https://twitter.com/DailyMirror/status/1349850481707900935

Horrified? By a man taking a piss outside. Jesus.

If they had pissed up against the wheels or the bushes nearby it wouldn't be an issue.

They peed up near the bit where they slide the delivered products in and out of.

They've likely contaminated their products.

How would you feel if you paid £2,000 for a TV only for it to have urine on it?

Pissed off?

Stocky said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

RobD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

I think I may have to boycott John Lewis.

https://twitter.com/DailyMirror/status/1349850481707900935

Horrified? By a man taking a piss outside. Jesus.

If they had pissed up against the wheels or the bushes nearby it wouldn't be an issue.

They peed up near the bit where they slide the delivered products in and out of.

They've likely contaminated their products.

How would you feel if you paid £2,000 for a TV only for it to have urine on it?

Pissed off?

What would you rather be, pissed off or pissed on?

kinabalu said:

Fysics_Teacher said:

kinabalu said:

LostPassword said:

kinabalu said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

Mexicanpete said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

We need to ban dog ownership, they are a menace.

If not that, they need to be on a leash and muzzled at all times.

Richmond Park dog walker fined £602 over pet's 'relentless' fatal attack on deer

Police are urging dog owners to keep their pets on a tight lead after an increase in attacks during lockdown.

A man has been fined £602 after his dog fatally injured a deer during a "relentless" attack in London's Richmond Park.

Dramatic footage filmed by a cyclist shows Franck Hiribarne's red setter, Alfie, rushing at the small hind, jumping up at her and dragging her backwards, at around 9am on 1 October last year.

Despite the efforts of several passers-by to get between the animals, forming a human barrier to stop the attack, Alfie left the deer with deep wounds to her back and tail, which was partially detached.

The hind also suffered a broken leg after being hit by a car in her attempts to get away.

She was found a short while later, collapsed in the ferns, and had to be put down by a gamekeeper.

Mr Hiribarne, from southwest London, pleaded guilty at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on 15 January to causing or permitting an animal he was in charge of to injure another animal in a royal park. He was fined £602.

The defendant reported the incident himself to the Royal Parks Office, while witnesses - some of whom described the attack as "relentless" - spoke to officers in a passing police car.

https://news.sky.com/story/richmond-park-dog-walker-fined-163602-over-pets-relentless-fatal-attack-on-deer-12191357

Red setters are horrid little dogs. They look nice though.

You must be very big, if you consider a Red Setter to be "little".

I'm 6.2. I suppose they're medium.

In bare feet and not on tip toes?

If so, that's unusual.

Roughly the 95th percentile for British males at age 18. You'd expect at least 16 MPs to be that tall, even if you had a perfect gender balance.

Yes, very unusual. This is why I always doublecheck when somebody says they are that tall.

A significant number of the sixth-form boys I teach are that height or more. Many of my A-level sets over the years have contained someone who has to duck to go through the door of the lab.

Well it's approx 1 in 20 according to @LostPassword. If your classes are consistently much taller than that there's something funny going on. A strong and positive correlation between physics and height. Guess it's possible.

It’s because A-level physics is a hell of a stretch.

Fysics_Teacher said:

LostPassword said:

Philip_Thompson said:

kinabalu said:

HYUFD said:

https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1351206647532834819?s=20

"Love it". There's that 17% again. The basket of deplorables.

Loving the national anthem makes you deplorable?

No wonder you would rather support a fascist regime invading a free democracy than see people in a free democracy choosing to maintain connections to Britain.

I dislike the anthem, as an atheist republican it does nothing for me, but I respect those that like it.

Just from a musical point of view I find it hard to respect the taste of people who like GSTQ.

For whatever reason it's only the Marsellaise, of national anthems, that I find myself humming at random - and only the star-spangled banner that I learnt to play on tin whistle.

The Brittan version is pretty good musically.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV1-OkHQ9KQ

Thirty years ago I was in a choir singing it while HM was sitting in her place in the chapel: that was a strange experience...

Love the way that builds up. Immense.

Maybe you need a bit of foreplay with GSTQ to make it as satisfying as it can be.

Nigelb said:

BluestBlue said:

Gardenwalker said:

All this talk of Star Trek and nobody has mentioned how annoying “Counsellor” Troi was.

“I sense great danger” she kept moaning uselessly, clutching her temple as a Borg craft materialised into view on the Visualiser.

That time she drove the Enterprise into a planet a few minutes after taking the helm always seemed a bit anti-feminist to me.

Attempting a parallel park ?

I'm bloody awful at that. I used to be ok, but a 20 year interlude in my owning a car has made me simply dreadful. Back in the 90s I generally did the Parisian bump technique as my car and it's paintwork were owned by the company.

Troi was fine. It was the boy that ruined that series.

TheScreamingEagles said:

Sandpit said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Are people from Hampshire usually this dumb?

Partygoers who claimed to be unaware of the global pandemic, a group hosting a gender reveal party and people attending an illegal car meet are among the coronavirus rule-breakers caught over the weekend.

Police shut down a party in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on Saturday but were told the hosts were "unaware of the global pandemic, as they never watch the news".

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-partygoers-claimed-they-had-not-heard-of-the-pandemic-as-police-reveal-breaches-over-the-weekend-12191416

As a former Hampshire resident, I would point out that your link refers specifically to residents of the town of Basingstoke.

They probably came from other parts of Hampshire.

We need to build a wall around Hampshire to stop this stupidity spreading.

Oi. Basingstoke is chavtastic.

Known as Basingrad. Or Boringstoke.

TrèsDifficile said:

Fysics_Teacher said:

test

TrèsDifficile said:

kle4 said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

kle4 said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

I think the National Anthem is a good little tune. Very Georgian sounding, nice and easy to belt out for a crowd without everyone losing their place and it sounding terrible. It is brief, and ends neatly and on a high. French national anthem starts nicely but in the end sort of falters off into obscurity like a messy Napoleonic retreat. American national anthem is very good, a bit harder to sing than GSTQ. German is solid but the last bit is too high, and it's like GSTQ's less effective sibling.

That's basically my thinking on the national anthem. French one is better as a tune, but ours is not as bad as some say when not played too slowly, and it is very easy to sing loudly in a crowd, which is very handy for an anthem.

It has famously been stolen by the Americans as 'My country tis of thee', which I think speaks to its competence as an anthem.

It's also the tune to the Lichtenstein anthem, as memorably encountered during a friendly between it and England where the same tune was played twice.

And Le Havre AC, with these words:

"A jamais le premier
de tous les clubs français
ô H.A.C.
Fiers de tes origines
Fils d'Oxford et Cambridge
deux couleurs font notre prestige
Ciel et marine!"

English translation:

"The first ever
of all French clubs
The H.A.C
Proud of your roots
Son of Oxford and Cambridge
two colours make our prestige
(the colours of the) sky and the sea!"

That it a bit of a stretch to scan: I dread to think what it sounds like when sung.

Dread no more, just click! I like the foghorn at the start..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy2MhV8sFyw

The next video suggested by YouTube after I watched that has the title "Analyzing Evil"...

ydoethur said:

kinabalu said:

Fysics_Teacher said:

kinabalu said:

LostPassword said:

kinabalu said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

Mexicanpete said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

We need to ban dog ownership, they are a menace.

If not that, they need to be on a leash and muzzled at all times.

Richmond Park dog walker fined £602 over pet's 'relentless' fatal attack on deer

Police are urging dog owners to keep their pets on a tight lead after an increase in attacks during lockdown.

A man has been fined £602 after his dog fatally injured a deer during a "relentless" attack in London's Richmond Park.

Dramatic footage filmed by a cyclist shows Franck Hiribarne's red setter, Alfie, rushing at the small hind, jumping up at her and dragging her backwards, at around 9am on 1 October last year.

Despite the efforts of several passers-by to get between the animals, forming a human barrier to stop the attack, Alfie left the deer with deep wounds to her back and tail, which was partially detached.

The hind also suffered a broken leg after being hit by a car in her attempts to get away.

She was found a short while later, collapsed in the ferns, and had to be put down by a gamekeeper.

Mr Hiribarne, from southwest London, pleaded guilty at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on 15 January to causing or permitting an animal he was in charge of to injure another animal in a royal park. He was fined £602.

The defendant reported the incident himself to the Royal Parks Office, while witnesses - some of whom described the attack as "relentless" - spoke to officers in a passing police car.

https://news.sky.com/story/richmond-park-dog-walker-fined-163602-over-pets-relentless-fatal-attack-on-deer-12191357

Red setters are horrid little dogs. They look nice though.

You must be very big, if you consider a Red Setter to be "little".

I'm 6.2. I suppose they're medium.

In bare feet and not on tip toes?

If so, that's unusual.

Roughly the 95th percentile for British males at age 18. You'd expect at least 16 MPs to be that tall, even if you had a perfect gender balance.

Yes, very unusual. This is why I always doublecheck when somebody says they are that tall.

A significant number of the sixth-form boys I teach are that height or more. Many of my A-level sets over the years have contained someone who has to duck to go through the door of the lab.

Well it's approx 1 in 20 according to @LostPassword. If your classes are consistently much taller than that there's something funny going on. A strong and positive correlation between physics and height. Guess it's possible.

It’s because A-level physics is a hell of a stretch.

It's because he's (relatively) old.

Pair of Red Setters once killed 4 of my geese because the stupid owner had let them off the lead.

Good on the man for reporting himself.

Also good on the Court for a sensible fine.

Casino_Royale said:

Fysics_Teacher said:

LostPassword said:

Philip_Thompson said:

kinabalu said:

HYUFD said:

https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1351206647532834819?s=20

"Love it". There's that 17% again. The basket of deplorables.

Loving the national anthem makes you deplorable?

No wonder you would rather support a fascist regime invading a free democracy than see people in a free democracy choosing to maintain connections to Britain.

I dislike the anthem, as an atheist republican it does nothing for me, but I respect those that like it.

Just from a musical point of view I find it hard to respect the taste of people who like GSTQ.

For whatever reason it's only the Marsellaise, of national anthems, that I find myself humming at random - and only the star-spangled banner that I learnt to play on tin whistle.

The Brittan version is pretty good musically.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV1-OkHQ9KQ

Thirty years ago I was in a choir singing it while HM was sitting in her place in the chapel: that was a strange experience...

Love the way that builds up. Immense.

Maybe you need a bit of foreplay with GSTQ to make it as satisfying as it can be.

The best national anthem by far was the old Soviet anthem. Musically it is just superb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs

Casino_Royale said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Sandpit said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Are people from Hampshire usually this dumb?

Partygoers who claimed to be unaware of the global pandemic, a group hosting a gender reveal party and people attending an illegal car meet are among the coronavirus rule-breakers caught over the weekend.

Police shut down a party in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on Saturday but were told the hosts were "unaware of the global pandemic, as they never watch the news".

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-partygoers-claimed-they-had-not-heard-of-the-pandemic-as-police-reveal-breaches-over-the-weekend-12191416

As a former Hampshire resident, I would point out that your link refers specifically to residents of the town of Basingstoke.

They probably came from other parts of Hampshire.

We need to build a wall around Hampshire to stop this stupidity spreading.

Oi. Basingstoke is chavtastic.

Known as Basingrad. Or Boringstoke.

I've only been to the outskirts of Basingstoke once (to take my nephew indoor skydiving), but from friends I'm told it's like a smaller Reading?

Is there a general policy on asking planning officers to make site visits? It seems to me incompatible with "only work away from home if your business is essential". I'm sure there are lots of indomitable officers willing to take the risk, but I don't think they should be asked to, or even allowed to, when we're trying to minimise contacts.

I partly ask because I've been pressed to attend one myself as a vaguely connected councillor (it's not in my ward). I've curtly declined, and am considering asking for a general halt. That doesn't mean that applications not requiring site visits shouldn't proceed, but otherwise I'd argue they can wait a couple of months.

TrèsDifficile said:

Casino_Royale said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Sandpit said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Are people from Hampshire usually this dumb?

Partygoers who claimed to be unaware of the global pandemic, a group hosting a gender reveal party and people attending an illegal car meet are among the coronavirus rule-breakers caught over the weekend.

Police shut down a party in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on Saturday but were told the hosts were "unaware of the global pandemic, as they never watch the news".

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-partygoers-claimed-they-had-not-heard-of-the-pandemic-as-police-reveal-breaches-over-the-weekend-12191416

As a former Hampshire resident, I would point out that your link refers specifically to residents of the town of Basingstoke.

They probably came from other parts of Hampshire.

We need to build a wall around Hampshire to stop this stupidity spreading.

Oi. Basingstoke is chavtastic.

Known as Basingrad. Or Boringstoke.

I've only been to the outskirts of Basingstoke once (to take my nephew indoor skydiving), but from friends I'm told it's like a smaller Reading?

No way, there’s a few nice old green bits and a river in the middle of Reading.

Basingstoke is one big council estate surrounding a concrete jungle of shopping centres - with a few new-ish blocks of expensive box-room flats next to the station. And roundabouts. Lots and lots of roundabouts.

Nigelb said:

https://twitter.com/gadyepstein/status/1351164251654803460

By now, I'd be amazed if no-one who has had the vaccine has died in the UK (oldies first, and its been at least a month). Not because of the vaccine, but because they were very old.

ydoethur said:

MattW said:

ydoethur said:

kinabalu said:

Fysics_Teacher said:

kinabalu said:

LostPassword said:

kinabalu said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

Mexicanpete said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

We need to ban dog ownership, they are a menace.

If not that, they need to be on a leash and muzzled at all times.

Richmond Park dog walker fined £602 over pet's 'relentless' fatal attack on deer

Police are urging dog owners to keep their pets on a tight lead after an increase in attacks during lockdown.

A man has been fined £602 after his dog fatally injured a deer during a "relentless" attack in London's Richmond Park.

Dramatic footage filmed by a cyclist shows Franck Hiribarne's red setter, Alfie, rushing at the small hind, jumping up at her and dragging her backwards, at around 9am on 1 October last year.

Despite the efforts of several passers-by to get between the animals, forming a human barrier to stop the attack, Alfie left the deer with deep wounds to her back and tail, which was partially detached.

The hind also suffered a broken leg after being hit by a car in her attempts to get away.

She was found a short while later, collapsed in the ferns, and had to be put down by a gamekeeper.

Mr Hiribarne, from southwest London, pleaded guilty at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on 15 January to causing or permitting an animal he was in charge of to injure another animal in a royal park. He was fined £602.

The defendant reported the incident himself to the Royal Parks Office, while witnesses - some of whom described the attack as "relentless" - spoke to officers in a passing police car.

https://news.sky.com/story/richmond-park-dog-walker-fined-163602-over-pets-relentless-fatal-attack-on-deer-12191357

Red setters are horrid little dogs. They look nice though.

You must be very big, if you consider a Red Setter to be "little".

I'm 6.2. I suppose they're medium.

In bare feet and not on tip toes?

If so, that's unusual.

Roughly the 95th percentile for British males at age 18. You'd expect at least 16 MPs to be that tall, even if you had a perfect gender balance.

Yes, very unusual. This is why I always doublecheck when somebody says they are that tall.

A significant number of the sixth-form boys I teach are that height or more. Many of my A-level sets over the years have contained someone who has to duck to go through the door of the lab.

Well it's approx 1 in 20 according to @LostPassword. If your classes are consistently much taller than that there's something funny going on. A strong and positive correlation between physics and height. Guess it's possible.

It’s because A-level physics is a hell of a stretch.

It's because he's (relatively) old.

Pair of Red Setters once killed 4 of my geese because the stupid owner had let them off the lead.

Good on the man for reporting himself.

Also good on the Court for a sensible fine.

What has a psychotic red setter got to do with the height of the A-level cohorts of @Fysics_Teacher?

I was wondering that myself...

TrèsDifficile said:

Casino_Royale said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Sandpit said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Are people from Hampshire usually this dumb?

Partygoers who claimed to be unaware of the global pandemic, a group hosting a gender reveal party and people attending an illegal car meet are among the coronavirus rule-breakers caught over the weekend.

Police shut down a party in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on Saturday but were told the hosts were "unaware of the global pandemic, as they never watch the news".

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-partygoers-claimed-they-had-not-heard-of-the-pandemic-as-police-reveal-breaches-over-the-weekend-12191416

As a former Hampshire resident, I would point out that your link refers specifically to residents of the town of Basingstoke.

They probably came from other parts of Hampshire.

We need to build a wall around Hampshire to stop this stupidity spreading.

Oi. Basingstoke is chavtastic.

Known as Basingrad. Or Boringstoke.

I've only been to the outskirts of Basingstoke once (to take my nephew indoor skydiving), but from friends I'm told it's like a smaller Reading?

It's a typical London overspill sort of place.

It used to be a vibrant Hampshire market town but they did a culture war on it in the 1960s.

Gardenwalker said:

I see that, while PB has spent the day frothing about the Falklands, the govt has been asked to help bailout Eurostar.

Those joke memes of a bricked up Chunnel might turn out to be true after all.

Oddly there hasn't been much frothing. Not sure anyone's bothered with the rights and wrongs of the war for example. (I've not read the full thread)

MattW said:

ydoethur said:

kinabalu said:

Fysics_Teacher said:

kinabalu said:

LostPassword said:

kinabalu said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

Mexicanpete said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

We need to ban dog ownership, they are a menace.

If not that, they need to be on a leash and muzzled at all times.

Richmond Park dog walker fined £602 over pet's 'relentless' fatal attack on deer

Police are urging dog owners to keep their pets on a tight lead after an increase in attacks during lockdown.

A man has been fined £602 after his dog fatally injured a deer during a "relentless" attack in London's Richmond Park.

Dramatic footage filmed by a cyclist shows Franck Hiribarne's red setter, Alfie, rushing at the small hind, jumping up at her and dragging her backwards, at around 9am on 1 October last year.

Despite the efforts of several passers-by to get between the animals, forming a human barrier to stop the attack, Alfie left the deer with deep wounds to her back and tail, which was partially detached.

The hind also suffered a broken leg after being hit by a car in her attempts to get away.

She was found a short while later, collapsed in the ferns, and had to be put down by a gamekeeper.

Mr Hiribarne, from southwest London, pleaded guilty at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on 15 January to causing or permitting an animal he was in charge of to injure another animal in a royal park. He was fined £602.

The defendant reported the incident himself to the Royal Parks Office, while witnesses - some of whom described the attack as "relentless" - spoke to officers in a passing police car.

https://news.sky.com/story/richmond-park-dog-walker-fined-163602-over-pets-relentless-fatal-attack-on-deer-12191357

Red setters are horrid little dogs. They look nice though.

You must be very big, if you consider a Red Setter to be "little".

I'm 6.2. I suppose they're medium.

In bare feet and not on tip toes?

If so, that's unusual.

Roughly the 95th percentile for British males at age 18. You'd expect at least 16 MPs to be that tall, even if you had a perfect gender balance.

Yes, very unusual. This is why I always doublecheck when somebody says they are that tall.

A significant number of the sixth-form boys I teach are that height or more. Many of my A-level sets over the years have contained someone who has to duck to go through the door of the lab.

Well it's approx 1 in 20 according to @LostPassword. If your classes are consistently much taller than that there's something funny going on. A strong and positive correlation between physics and height. Guess it's possible.

It’s because A-level physics is a hell of a stretch.

It's because he's (relatively) old.

Pair of Red Setters once killed 4 of my geese because the stupid owner had let them off the lead.

Good on the man for reporting himself.

Also good on the Court for a sensible fine.

I presume you keep geese to sell at Xmas? I really like eating goose, and I've often wondered why it's not available year-round. My entirely lonely Xmas Day was cheered by my having obtained a couple of legs to roast.

Are there limitations, or is it just a lack of demand outside the season?

RobD said:

CarlottaVance said:

https://twitter.com/gsoh31/status/1351218089216634882?s=20

Hm, this is a tad misleading as you might think that there are no new admission coming each day, when in reality the admissions figure is as high as it has ever been.

Another one deliberately trying to obscure the message by using derivatives.

Nigelb said:

https://twitter.com/gadyepstein/status/1351164251654803460

Half the regulars on this site have spent the last few months gleefully rubbishing the Chinese vaccine based on nothing more than their distrust of China. Why would they not expect the opposite to occur in China?

eristdoof said:

RobD said:

CarlottaVance said:

https://twitter.com/gsoh31/status/1351218089216634882?s=20

Hm, this is a tad misleading as you might think that there are no new admission coming each day, when in reality the admissions figure is as high as it has ever been.

Another one deliberately trying to obscure the message by using derivatives.

Yep. Its annoying - derivative spectra have their uses, just not the way they are being abused to gull the gullible.

x

noneoftheabove said:

Nigelb said:

https://twitter.com/gadyepstein/status/1351164251654803460

Half the regulars on this site have spent the last few months gleefully rubbishing the Chinese vaccine based on nothing more than their distrust of China. Why would they not expect the opposite to occur in China?

This is from "China State Affiliated Media". AFAIK PB isn't state affiliated? And have the Beeb been tweeting rubbish about the Chinese vaccine?

Casino_Royale said:

@Richard_Tyndall much as it pains me to say so the US, French and Soviet anthems all have more to recommend them musically.

The Chinese one got totally drilled into my soul during the 2012 Olympics because I heard it so bloody often. But whilst distinctive at the start I don't think it's very good.

The Soviet anthem is a great bit of music. They played it at a Russian wedding I attended a couple of years ago in Londongrad, all of the Russians stood to attention and sang along. Was a bit weird, can't imagine anyone playing GSTQ at their wedding.

ydoethur said:

MattW said:

ydoethur said:

kinabalu said:

Fysics_Teacher said:

kinabalu said:

LostPassword said:

kinabalu said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

Mexicanpete said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

We need to ban dog ownership, they are a menace.

If not that, they need to be on a leash and muzzled at all times.

Richmond Park dog walker fined £602 over pet's 'relentless' fatal attack on deer

Police are urging dog owners to keep their pets on a tight lead after an increase in attacks during lockdown.

A man has been fined £602 after his dog fatally injured a deer during a "relentless" attack in London's Richmond Park.

Dramatic footage filmed by a cyclist shows Franck Hiribarne's red setter, Alfie, rushing at the small hind, jumping up at her and dragging her backwards, at around 9am on 1 October last year.

Despite the efforts of several passers-by to get between the animals, forming a human barrier to stop the attack, Alfie left the deer with deep wounds to her back and tail, which was partially detached.

The hind also suffered a broken leg after being hit by a car in her attempts to get away.

She was found a short while later, collapsed in the ferns, and had to be put down by a gamekeeper.

Mr Hiribarne, from southwest London, pleaded guilty at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on 15 January to causing or permitting an animal he was in charge of to injure another animal in a royal park. He was fined £602.

The defendant reported the incident himself to the Royal Parks Office, while witnesses - some of whom described the attack as "relentless" - spoke to officers in a passing police car.

https://news.sky.com/story/richmond-park-dog-walker-fined-163602-over-pets-relentless-fatal-attack-on-deer-12191357

Red setters are horrid little dogs. They look nice though.

You must be very big, if you consider a Red Setter to be "little".

I'm 6.2. I suppose they're medium.

In bare feet and not on tip toes?

If so, that's unusual.

Roughly the 95th percentile for British males at age 18. You'd expect at least 16 MPs to be that tall, even if you had a perfect gender balance.

Yes, very unusual. This is why I always doublecheck when somebody says they are that tall.

A significant number of the sixth-form boys I teach are that height or more. Many of my A-level sets over the years have contained someone who has to duck to go through the door of the lab.

Well it's approx 1 in 20 according to @LostPassword. If your classes are consistently much taller than that there's something funny going on. A strong and positive correlation between physics and height. Guess it's possible.

It’s because A-level physics is a hell of a stretch.

It's because he's (relatively) old.

Pair of Red Setters once killed 4 of my geese because the stupid owner had let them off the lead.

Good on the man for reporting himself.

Also good on the Court for a sensible fine.

What has a psychotic red setter got to do with the height of the A-level cohorts of @Fysics_Teacher?

Yes, that was a sharp deviation. Or was it?

Theuniondivvie said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Obviously these are Antifa actors paid by Soros.

Members of the mob that stormed the Capitol are telling police they felt President Trump told them to, potentially making him liable to criminal charges for incitement.

With more participants in the siege being arrested every day, explanations of their actions are emerging. One Kentucky man told the FBI that he went to Washington with his cousin and marched towards Congress because “President Trump said to do so”.

A retired Pennsylvania firefighter, charged with throwing a fire extinguisher at police, said he believed he was “instructed” to go to the Capitol by the president, according to court documents seen by The Washington Post.

Jenna Ryan, a Dallas estate agent charged with illegally entering the Capitol, begged Mr Trump for a pardon on local television. “I thought I was following my president,” she said.

“I thought I was following what we were called to do . . . He asked us to fly there. He asked us to be there. So I was doing what he asked us to do.”

The insistence that they were carrying out Mr Trump’s instructions could pose risks of criminal liability. Karl Racine, the Washington DC attorney-general, has said that he may charge those who addressed the crowd with incitement to violence. Mr Trump told them: “If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country any more.”

Other speakers under investigation by Mr Racine include Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer who called for “trial by combat”, and Donald Trump Jr, the president’s son, who implored them to “stand up and fight”.

The agitators’ explanations of their actions are certain to be brought up in Mr Trump’s impeachment trial as evidence that he incited the insurrection.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/we-obeyed-trumps-orders-say-capitol-rioters-5bqkhnjpg

Forgive my ignorance, but can there be a class action for a defence?

I did see on twitter (albeit from a MAGA account) that Trump had effectively drafted these citizens and they carrying out the lawful orders of their Commander-in-Chief.

Mortimer said:

Sandpit said:

TrèsDifficile said:

Casino_Royale said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Sandpit said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Are people from Hampshire usually this dumb?

Partygoers who claimed to be unaware of the global pandemic, a group hosting a gender reveal party and people attending an illegal car meet are among the coronavirus rule-breakers caught over the weekend.

Police shut down a party in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on Saturday but were told the hosts were "unaware of the global pandemic, as they never watch the news".

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-partygoers-claimed-they-had-not-heard-of-the-pandemic-as-police-reveal-breaches-over-the-weekend-12191416

As a former Hampshire resident, I would point out that your link refers specifically to residents of the town of Basingstoke.

They probably came from other parts of Hampshire.

We need to build a wall around Hampshire to stop this stupidity spreading.

Oi. Basingstoke is chavtastic.

Known as Basingrad. Or Boringstoke.

I've only been to the outskirts of Basingstoke once (to take my nephew indoor skydiving), but from friends I'm told it's like a smaller Reading?

No way, there’s a few nice old green bits and a river in the middle of Reading.

Basingstoke is one big council estate surrounding a concrete jungle of shopping centres - with a few new-ish blocks of expensive box-room flats next to the station. And roundabouts. Lots and lots of roundabouts.

Old Basing is quite nice, though. Decent pub.

Pub? Not Pubs? Doesn't sound that nice to me...

FrancisUrquhart said:

turbotubbs said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

And we wonder why high quality candidates don't want to become MPs...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9159697/Dropped-ball-Matt-Hoodie-wearing-Health-Secretary-plays-rugby-sons.html

Not quite sure what the issue is supposed to be here? Should he not get his boys out for some fresh air and exercise?

There is none...and yet he gets a second negative piece with photos splashed in the papers, when he just out being a dad for a day.

And then we wonder why our MPs are piss poor quality. How many successful people would want to have this level of exposure, for less money.

I love the way the Mail manages to follow “140 being vaccinated a minute” with “however 1 patient is being admitted to hospital every 30 seconds putting the NHS under pressure”

Clever playing with words to make the hospitalisation rate seem worse than the vaccination rate

eristdoof said:

RobD said:

CarlottaVance said:

https://twitter.com/gsoh31/status/1351218089216634882?s=20

Hm, this is a tad misleading as you might think that there are no new admission coming each day, when in reality the admissions figure is as high as it has ever been.

Another one deliberately trying to obscure the message by using derivatives.

That’s a bloody second derivative - a plot of the rate of change of the rate of change. To say it’s misleading for a general audience would be something of an understatement.

eristdoof said:

Casino_Royale said:

@Richard_Tyndall much as it pains me to say so the US, French and Soviet anthems all have more to recommend them musically.

The Chinese one got totally drilled into my soul during the 2012 Olympics because I heard it so bloody often. But whilst distinctive at the start I don't think it's very good.

The Russian one is so good the Village People and Pet Shop Boys covered it.

Neil Tennant (who looks slightly like Alastair Meeks) is obsessed with Russian history and politics.

Weirdly, he also talks like he sings too.

Mortimer said:

Omnium said:

Gardenwalker said:

I see that, while PB has spent the day frothing about the Falklands, the govt has been asked to help bailout Eurostar.

Those joke memes of a bricked up Chunnel might turn out to be true after all.

Oddly there hasn't been much frothing. Not sure anyone's bothered with the rights and wrongs of the war for example. (I've not read the full thread)

MattW said:

ydoethur said:

kinabalu said:

Fysics_Teacher said:

kinabalu said:

LostPassword said:

kinabalu said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

Mexicanpete said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

We need to ban dog ownership, they are a menace.

If not that, they need to be on a leash and muzzled at all times.

Richmond Park dog walker fined £602 over pet's 'relentless' fatal attack on deer

Police are urging dog owners to keep their pets on a tight lead after an increase in attacks during lockdown.

A man has been fined £602 after his dog fatally injured a deer during a "relentless" attack in London's Richmond Park.

Dramatic footage filmed by a cyclist shows Franck Hiribarne's red setter, Alfie, rushing at the small hind, jumping up at her and dragging her backwards, at around 9am on 1 October last year.

Despite the efforts of several passers-by to get between the animals, forming a human barrier to stop the attack, Alfie left the deer with deep wounds to her back and tail, which was partially detached.

The hind also suffered a broken leg after being hit by a car in her attempts to get away.

She was found a short while later, collapsed in the ferns, and had to be put down by a gamekeeper.

Mr Hiribarne, from southwest London, pleaded guilty at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on 15 January to causing or permitting an animal he was in charge of to injure another animal in a royal park. He was fined £602.

The defendant reported the incident himself to the Royal Parks Office, while witnesses - some of whom described the attack as "relentless" - spoke to officers in a passing police car.

https://news.sky.com/story/richmond-park-dog-walker-fined-163602-over-pets-relentless-fatal-attack-on-deer-12191357

Red setters are horrid little dogs. They look nice though.

You must be very big, if you consider a Red Setter to be "little".

I'm 6.2. I suppose they're medium.

In bare feet and not on tip toes?

If so, that's unusual.

Roughly the 95th percentile for British males at age 18. You'd expect at least 16 MPs to be that tall, even if you had a perfect gender balance.

Yes, very unusual. This is why I always doublecheck when somebody says they are that tall.

A significant number of the sixth-form boys I teach are that height or more. Many of my A-level sets over the years have contained someone who has to duck to go through the door of the lab.

Well it's approx 1 in 20 according to @LostPassword. If your classes are consistently much taller than that there's something funny going on. A strong and positive correlation between physics and height. Guess it's possible.

It’s because A-level physics is a hell of a stretch.

It's because he's (relatively) old.

Pair of Red Setters once killed 4 of my geese because the stupid owner had let them off the lead.

Good on the man for reporting himself.

Also good on the Court for a sensible fine.

I presume you keep geese to sell at Xmas? I really like eating goose, and I've often wondered why it's not available year-round. My entirely lonely Xmas Day was cheered by my having obtained a couple of legs to roast.

Are there limitations, or is it just a lack of demand outside the season?

Also love Goose. In Austria there is a special goose season I believe. Had one of the richest meals of my life on a cold November night in Vienna.

Well lets hope @MattW responds and tells us that he's supplying his geese to Tescos.

kinabalu said:

Gardenwalker said:

I see that, while PB has spent the day frothing about the Falklands, the govt has been asked to help bailout Eurostar.

Those joke memes of a bricked up Chunnel might turn out to be true after all.

All I said was that I found our Falklands dominion "a bit odd". The frothing was a big surprise to me. Lessons learnt.

What's the argument for the Falklands remaining under British control?

MattW said:

ydoethur said:

kinabalu said:

Fysics_Teacher said:

kinabalu said:

LostPassword said:

kinabalu said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

Mexicanpete said:

Luckyguy1983 said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

We need to ban dog ownership, they are a menace.

If not that, they need to be on a leash and muzzled at all times.

Richmond Park dog walker fined £602 over pet's 'relentless' fatal attack on deer

Police are urging dog owners to keep their pets on a tight lead after an increase in attacks during lockdown.

A man has been fined £602 after his dog fatally injured a deer during a "relentless" attack in London's Richmond Park.

Dramatic footage filmed by a cyclist shows Franck Hiribarne's red setter, Alfie, rushing at the small hind, jumping up at her and dragging her backwards, at around 9am on 1 October last year.

Despite the efforts of several passers-by to get between the animals, forming a human barrier to stop the attack, Alfie left the deer with deep wounds to her back and tail, which was partially detached.

The hind also suffered a broken leg after being hit by a car in her attempts to get away.

She was found a short while later, collapsed in the ferns, and had to be put down by a gamekeeper.

Mr Hiribarne, from southwest London, pleaded guilty at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on 15 January to causing or permitting an animal he was in charge of to injure another animal in a royal park. He was fined £602.

The defendant reported the incident himself to the Royal Parks Office, while witnesses - some of whom described the attack as "relentless" - spoke to officers in a passing police car.

https://news.sky.com/story/richmond-park-dog-walker-fined-163602-over-pets-relentless-fatal-attack-on-deer-12191357

Red setters are horrid little dogs. They look nice though.

You must be very big, if you consider a Red Setter to be "little".

I'm 6.2. I suppose they're medium.

In bare feet and not on tip toes?

If so, that's unusual.

Roughly the 95th percentile for British males at age 18. You'd expect at least 16 MPs to be that tall, even if you had a perfect gender balance.

Yes, very unusual. This is why I always doublecheck when somebody says they are that tall.

A significant number of the sixth-form boys I teach are that height or more. Many of my A-level sets over the years have contained someone who has to duck to go through the door of the lab.

Well it's approx 1 in 20 according to @LostPassword. If your classes are consistently much taller than that there's something funny going on. A strong and positive correlation between physics and height. Guess it's possible.

It’s because A-level physics is a hell of a stretch.

It's because he's (relatively) old.

Pair of Red Setters once killed 4 of my geese because the stupid owner had let them off the lead.

Good on the man for reporting himself.

Also good on the Court for a sensible fine.

Good indeed. I live in sheep country so am very aware of the livestock issue. I've had to find the farmer after a sheep after it had run through a barbed wire fence in its terror in being chased/worried (not a setter though) - fortunately it was in good nick even so.

My late mum (who was up there with Mrs Woodhouse in her affinity with dogs, but also views on discipline) had a series of Irish Setters (same breed actually - I think Red is the US name). The lastd one was scatterbrained and was anyone's for a walk. But when my demented great grandpa got up at 3 am in the morning and proposed to go out in his pyjamas etc. the dog uncharacteristically had the nous to instead bark and howl till my parents got up and investigated.

Mary_Batty said:

kinabalu said:

Gardenwalker said:

I see that, while PB has spent the day frothing about the Falklands, the govt has been asked to help bailout Eurostar.

Those joke memes of a bricked up Chunnel might turn out to be true after all.

All I said was that I found our Falklands dominion "a bit odd". The frothing was a big surprise to me. Lessons learnt.

What's the argument for the Falklands remaining under British control?

In their 2013 referendum 99.8% of voters on a 92% turnout voted to remain an overseas territory of the UK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_referendum

Mortimer said:

Sandpit said:

TrèsDifficile said:

Casino_Royale said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Sandpit said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Are people from Hampshire usually this dumb?

Partygoers who claimed to be unaware of the global pandemic, a group hosting a gender reveal party and people attending an illegal car meet are among the coronavirus rule-breakers caught over the weekend.

Police shut down a party in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on Saturday but were told the hosts were "unaware of the global pandemic, as they never watch the news".

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-partygoers-claimed-they-had-not-heard-of-the-pandemic-as-police-reveal-breaches-over-the-weekend-12191416

As a former Hampshire resident, I would point out that your link refers specifically to residents of the town of Basingstoke.

They probably came from other parts of Hampshire.

We need to build a wall around Hampshire to stop this stupidity spreading.

Oi. Basingstoke is chavtastic.

Known as Basingrad. Or Boringstoke.

I've only been to the outskirts of Basingstoke once (to take my nephew indoor skydiving), but from friends I'm told it's like a smaller Reading?

No way, there’s a few nice old green bits and a river in the middle of Reading.

Basingstoke is one big council estate surrounding a concrete jungle of shopping centres - with a few new-ish blocks of expensive box-room flats next to the station. And roundabouts. Lots and lots of roundabouts.

Old Basing is quite nice, though. Decent pub.

Yes, there’s some lovely villages around that area, many of which got subsumed into the town over the years. I think I frequented every pub up the A30 from Basingstoke to Bagshot during my mis-spent youth.