Punters now make it a 66% chance that Brian Rose will get less than 2% in the London Mayoral race –

Good morning, everyone.

Especially to Mr. Quincel, who tipped laying Rose to win at about 9 or so.

ThomasNashe said:

MarqueeMark said:

So who are Tories going to vote for, if not him or Bailey?

I’d imagine a lot (most) of them will just sit it out.

Still think Ruth Davidson would have been an interesting choice.

(FPT)

RobD said:

Mango said:

Casino_Royale said:

Tusk got way too emotional over Brexit.

He was an Anglophile. They did exist in numbers, particularly in countries where the twin tyrannies of fascism and Stalinism had to be seen off.

Not any more though. Another soft power Brexit win.

Any source to back that up?

Just google Donald Tusk anglophile.
He’s also a great admirer of Margaret Thatcher.

Whereas the Mayoralty posts have created some useful outlets for aspiriing Labour politicians, the Conservatives seem to have had a more ambiguous relationship - I can really only think of Andy Street (West Mids) as a figure of almost national standing from the Conservative Mayors. Is it a symptom of being in opposition - where being in power at least has an attraction for good quality candidates (though not all Labour mayors are).

https://twitter.com/segal_eran/status/1369897891888779269

I went in on Khan at 1.06 yesterday.

Amazing that's now value, but it is. Only eight weeks today.

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

Morris_Dancer said:

Good morning, everyone.

Especially to Mr. Quincel, who tipped laying Rose to win at about 9 or so.

We need Quincel, David Herdson, Number Cruncher and the other serious punters back on here below the line.

I miss them.

Foxy said:

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

In another 50 days, not completed, and many will be second doses.

I suspect vaccine hesitancy will continue to diminish with the roll out.

Biden off to a great start. No showman, just getting on with stuff.

Have any of your previously vaccine-hesitant work colleagues relented and agreed to be vaccinated Foxy? I heard in the news somewhere that take up is picking up generally in some of the previously reluctant cohorts.

Foxy said:

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

In another 50 days, not completed, and many will be second doses.

I suspect vaccine hesitancy will continue to diminish with the roll out.

Biden off to a great start. No showman, just getting on with stuff.

Yes, I understood it would be another 50 days, but didn’t make the connection with 2nd doses.

Charles said:

Casino_Royale said:

The Sarah Everard story is getting increasingly dark - terrible:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-56355019

If there really is no connection between the alleged perpetrator and the victim (only said on the basis that random attacks of this sort are very rare) then the police deserve a lot of credit for getting to an arrest in just 4 days

Just so long as it's not like that Bristol case.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9349117/EasyJet-pays-15-000-British-Israeli-woman-moving-request-Jewish-men.html

I feel a little sorry for EasyJet here

On 2 occasions male passengers asked this lady to move because she was a woman. She dug her heels in and refused. EasyJet bribed her to move (albeit with just a hot drink) and she sues them because they didn’t back her up but sought conflict resolution.

Foxy said:

I think Shadsy's 4.0 on Sadiq winning 50% on the first ballot looks good.

I've just tried to lake that. Lads are limiting me to a stake of 0.83p. Pathetic.

Casino_Royale said:

I went in on Khan at 1.06 yesterday.

Amazing that's now value, but it is. Only eight weeks today.

I expect Laurence Fox's candidacy will motivate many who might otherwise have been non-voters. I mean motivate them to vote against Fox, of course.

turbotubbs said:

Charles said:

Casino_Royale said:

The Sarah Everard story is getting increasingly dark - terrible:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-56355019

If there really is no connection between the alleged perpetrator and the victim (only said on the basis that random attacks of this sort are very rare) then the police deserve a lot of credit for getting to an arrest in just 4 days

I have no issue with not getting the whole story now. The important thing is to convict whoever is guilty, and nothing should be done to harm that. I do object when misinformation is put out that is later shown to be nonsense. Seems most common with celebrity deaths. I’m thinking mainly of Paula Yates and some other cases which were described as not involving drugs, or no drug paraphernalia were found. Just say nothing is the best approach.

I agree. The only question is if there is something that connects them (eg they have hooked up in the past - again this is purely theoretical) then the consequence of not saying that is that young women ( @MaxPB ’s friends?) are terrified to go out alone. There are wider consequences that should be considered

MarqueeMark said:

Casino_Royale said:

The Sarah Everard story is getting increasingly dark - terrible:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-56355019

Finding "human remains" rather than a body does sound very gruesome. Terrible time for their family. We had a friend whose daughter was murdered. He never got close to resuming his life afterwards.

It’s police speak - a euphemism.

Charles said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9349117/EasyJet-pays-15-000-British-Israeli-woman-moving-request-Jewish-men.html

I feel a little sorry for EasyJet here

On 2 occasions male passengers asked this lady to move because she was a woman. She dug her heels in and refused. EasyJet bribed her to move (albeit with just a hot drink) and she sues them because they didn’t back her up but sought conflict resolution.

Actually I don't and I can see why the company is being sued here. If the sole reason for being asked to move is because someone else is uncomfortable surely they should be the people expected to make the change required.

And as it happened more than once it's clearly company policy on that flight and hence the court case.

eek said:

Charles said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9349117/EasyJet-pays-15-000-British-Israeli-woman-moving-request-Jewish-men.html

I feel a little sorry for EasyJet here

On 2 occasions male passengers asked this lady to move because she was a woman. She dug her heels in and refused. EasyJet bribed her to move (albeit with just a hot drink) and she sues them because they didn’t back her up but sought conflict resolution.

Actually I don't and I can see why the company is being sued here. If the sole reason for being asked to move is because someone else is uncomfortable surely they should be the people expected to make the change required.

And as it happened more than once it's clearly company policy on that flight and hence the court case.

Although harder to move 2 people (although that is what happened in the second case!)

She seems to have won because they didn’t respond appropriately to her subsequent complaint

Morris_Dancer said:

Mr. Royale, Khan for 50% plus on the first ballot was also tipped by Mr. Quincel. When I backed it, it was 5.25 (may've been a little longer earlier, not sure).

I'm a moron.

Why didn't I spot that?

DougSeal said:

Charles said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9349117/EasyJet-pays-15-000-British-Israeli-woman-moving-request-Jewish-men.html

I feel a little sorry for EasyJet here

On 2 occasions male passengers asked this lady to move because she was a woman. She dug her heels in and refused. EasyJet bribed her to move (albeit with just a hot drink) and she sues them because they didn’t back her up but sought conflict resolution.

That’s ridiculous. She was being harassed on the grounds of her gender. The appropriate conflict resolution would have been to move the harassers or kick them off the plane.

I tend to fly BA from Tel Aviv to London (although easyJet is very popular). If you kicked all the orthodox off the plane I doubt the route would be economic (the BA flight doesn’t work with sun down or something religiously significant)

Big win for Biden on his Covid finance bill: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56350463

Came at a price though. Not a single Republican supported it in the House. Bipartisanship really does seem dead in the US.

turbotubbs said:

MarqueeMark said:

Casino_Royale said:

The Sarah Everard story is getting increasingly dark - terrible:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-56355019

Finding "human remains" rather than a body does sound very gruesome. Terrible time for their family. We had a friend whose daughter was murdered. He never got close to resuming his life afterwards.

It’s police speak - a euphemism.

Maybe. You might think a policeman would have more exposure than the rest of us on how to dispose of a body to evade detection.

Or not, in this case.

Mr. Royale, it's easy to miss things. I never got the 51 on Obama. And usually screw up leadership contest markets.

DavidL said:

Big win for Biden on his Covid finance bill: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56350463

Came at a price though. Not a single Republican supported it in the House. Bipartisanship really does seem dead in the US.

True. Voting against the rescue and support package is not a position any UK opposition party would land itself in.

Foxy said:

Stocky said:

Foxy said:

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

In another 50 days, not completed, and many will be second doses.

I suspect vaccine hesitancy will continue to diminish with the roll out.

Biden off to a great start. No showman, just getting on with stuff.

Have any of your previously vaccine-hesitant work colleagues relented and agreed to be vaccinated Foxy? I heard in the news somewhere that take up is picking up generally in some of the previously reluctant cohorts.

Some have, some haven't. Uptake in my Trust is now about 80%. Some are legit of course, pregnant staff, or within a month of testing positive etc.

Any pressure yet to start moving staff who refuse to different roles?

MarqueeMark said:

turbotubbs said:

MarqueeMark said:

Casino_Royale said:

The Sarah Everard story is getting increasingly dark - terrible:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-56355019

Finding "human remains" rather than a body does sound very gruesome. Terrible time for their family. We had a friend whose daughter was murdered. He never got close to resuming his life afterwards.

It’s police speak - a euphemism.

Maybe. You might think a policeman would have more exposure than the rest of us on how to dispose of a body to evade detection.

Or not, in this case.

BBC saying he is a member of the Diplomatic Protection squad.

Mr. Jonathan, hmm, maybe, but I've been burnt with Labour long shots before.

Foxy said:

MarqueeMark said:

Foxy said:

Stocky said:

Foxy said:

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

In another 50 days, not completed, and many will be second doses.

I suspect vaccine hesitancy will continue to diminish with the roll out.

Biden off to a great start. No showman, just getting on with stuff.

Have any of your previously vaccine-hesitant work colleagues relented and agreed to be vaccinated Foxy? I heard in the news somewhere that take up is picking up generally in some of the previously reluctant cohorts.

Some have, some haven't. Uptake in my Trust is now about 80%. Some are legit of course, pregnant staff, or within a month of testing positive etc.

Any pressure yet to start moving staff who refuse to different roles?

No, not that I am aware of.

Our biggest problem is staff retention. Lots are burnt out and planning to call it a day.

That beefy 1% pay rise will turn that around.

Jonathan said:

Foxy said:

MarqueeMark said:

Foxy said:

Stocky said:

Foxy said:

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

In another 50 days, not completed, and many will be second doses.

I suspect vaccine hesitancy will continue to diminish with the roll out.

Biden off to a great start. No showman, just getting on with stuff.

Have any of your previously vaccine-hesitant work colleagues relented and agreed to be vaccinated Foxy? I heard in the news somewhere that take up is picking up generally in some of the previously reluctant cohorts.

Some have, some haven't. Uptake in my Trust is now about 80%. Some are legit of course, pregnant staff, or within a month of testing positive etc.

Any pressure yet to start moving staff who refuse to different roles?

No, not that I am aware of.

Our biggest problem is staff retention. Lots are burnt out and planning to call it a day.

That beefy 1% pay rise will turn that around.

Considering that is above inflation, most jobs are at-risk or frozen pay, and that nurse recruitment is at record levels, yes it will. 👍

https://twitter.com/RosamundUrwin/status/1369922200942297089

Charles said:

DougSeal said:

Charles said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9349117/EasyJet-pays-15-000-British-Israeli-woman-moving-request-Jewish-men.html

I feel a little sorry for EasyJet here

On 2 occasions male passengers asked this lady to move because she was a woman. She dug her heels in and refused. EasyJet bribed her to move (albeit with just a hot drink) and she sues them because they didn’t back her up but sought conflict resolution.

That’s ridiculous. She was being harassed on the grounds of her gender. The appropriate conflict resolution would have been to move the harassers or kick them off the plane.

I tend to fly BA from Tel Aviv to London (although easyJet is very popular). If you kicked all the orthodox off the plane I doubt the route would be economic (the BA flight doesn’t work with sun down or something religiously significant)

“Economic”.

Philip_Thompson said:

Jonathan said:

Philip_Thompson said:

Jonathan said:

Foxy said:

MarqueeMark said:

Foxy said:

Stocky said:

Foxy said:

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

In another 50 days, not completed, and many will be second doses.

I suspect vaccine hesitancy will continue to diminish with the roll out.

Biden off to a great start. No showman, just getting on with stuff.

Have any of your previously vaccine-hesitant work colleagues relented and agreed to be vaccinated Foxy? I heard in the news somewhere that take up is picking up generally in some of the previously reluctant cohorts.

Some have, some haven't. Uptake in my Trust is now about 80%. Some are legit of course, pregnant staff, or within a month of testing positive etc.

Any pressure yet to start moving staff who refuse to different roles?

No, not that I am aware of.

Our biggest problem is staff retention. Lots are burnt out and planning to call it a day.

That beefy 1% pay rise will turn that around.

Considering that is above inflation, most jobs are at-risk or frozen pay, and that nurse recruitment is at record levels, yes it will. 👍

Ah, that famously risk free job of nursing covid patients

We are putting Covid behind us and yes the jobs are secure.

As for risk of Covid the fact is that while less high profile there are considerable sectors seeing job losses and pay freezes and higher rates of Covid deaths tragically.

But they're not as pretty or high profile as nurses so you don't give a fuck about that do you Jonathan?

Steady on old chap, I appreciate its hard to defend the indefensible and follow the party line, but it’s not even 8.30.

Interesting news from up here north of the wall:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19152152.scottish-independence-no-takes-lead-latest-polls/

I fail to see how this alarming case is an argument for men (excepting criminals) to change their behaviour.

He was a police officer with ID to prove it. That isn't a normal thing for men to have.

IanB2 said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

The US is now gaining on us fast.

Not really. The gap in per capita coverage has narrowed slightly but, given the vast disparity in population size between the UK and US, the respective vaccination programs are still running almost parallel to one another in proportionate terms - and the gap may start to creep wider again next week, once the UK supply bottleneck has been overcome.

Apart from Israel (disappearing off into the sunset,) the UAE (well ahead but starting to level off a little) and a handful of microstates, Serbia and Hungary are also following a similar trajectory to the UK and US, albeit that Hungary only took off recently and so is playing catch-up. The other star performer at the moment is Chile, which is moving very fast indeed from a standing start at the beginning of February and has almost caught the Americans.

The EU average is only just coming up on 10 in 100 and is getting steadily further behind.

I am reading from the independence polls that people's views on the SNP are directly affecting their opinions on independence. I don't subscribe to the notion that independence means a 1,000-year SNP rule, but it is certainly interesting.

What we haven't seen as yet is evidence that there is much of a slide for them in the Holyood Elections which are just weeks away now.

Philip_Thompson said:

Jonathan said:

Philip_Thompson said:

Jonathan said:

Philip_Thompson said:

Jonathan said:

Foxy said:

MarqueeMark said:

Foxy said:

Stocky said:

Foxy said:

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

In another 50 days, not completed, and many will be second doses.

I suspect vaccine hesitancy will continue to diminish with the roll out.

Biden off to a great start. No showman, just getting on with stuff.

Have any of your previously vaccine-hesitant work colleagues relented and agreed to be vaccinated Foxy? I heard in the news somewhere that take up is picking up generally in some of the previously reluctant cohorts.

Some have, some haven't. Uptake in my Trust is now about 80%. Some are legit of course, pregnant staff, or within a month of testing positive etc.

Any pressure yet to start moving staff who refuse to different roles?

No, not that I am aware of.

Our biggest problem is staff retention. Lots are burnt out and planning to call it a day.

That beefy 1% pay rise will turn that around.

Considering that is above inflation, most jobs are at-risk or frozen pay, and that nurse recruitment is at record levels, yes it will. 👍

Ah, that famously risk free job of nursing covid patients

We are putting Covid behind us and yes the jobs are secure.

As for risk of Covid the fact is that while less high profile there are considerable sectors seeing job losses and pay freezes and higher rates of Covid deaths tragically.

But they're not as pretty or high profile as nurses so you don't give a fuck about that do you Jonathan?

Steady on old chap, I appreciate its hard to defend the indefensible and follow the party line, but it’s not even 8.30.

The indefensible is boosting the pay of secure public sector jobs at a time that the private sector that pays for it has been under immense stress, job losses and insecurity.

But for you there's never a time not to boost pay is there? Pay rises for all, all the time, and who cares that businesses are teetering on the edge of collapse and can't give pay rises or fund these pay rises eh?

Like Amazon?

Morris_Dancer said:

I fail to see how this alarming case is an argument for men (excepting criminals) to change their behaviour.

He was a police officer with ID to prove it. That isn't a normal thing for men to have.

While I appreciate the point you are making, we haven't got a clue what happened in this situation – we don't know if him being a police officer had any bearing on any abduction – so it seems pretty ill-advised to make such a comment.

Philip_Thompson said:

Jonathan said:

Philip_Thompson said:

Jonathan said:

Philip_Thompson said:

Jonathan said:

Philip_Thompson said:

Jonathan said:

Foxy said:

MarqueeMark said:

Foxy said:

Stocky said:

Foxy said:

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

In another 50 days, not completed, and many will be second doses.

I suspect vaccine hesitancy will continue to diminish with the roll out.

Biden off to a great start. No showman, just getting on with stuff.

Have any of your previously vaccine-hesitant work colleagues relented and agreed to be vaccinated Foxy? I heard in the news somewhere that take up is picking up generally in some of the previously reluctant cohorts.

Some have, some haven't. Uptake in my Trust is now about 80%. Some are legit of course, pregnant staff, or within a month of testing positive etc.

Any pressure yet to start moving staff who refuse to different roles?

No, not that I am aware of.

Our biggest problem is staff retention. Lots are burnt out and planning to call it a day.

That beefy 1% pay rise will turn that around.

Considering that is above inflation, most jobs are at-risk or frozen pay, and that nurse recruitment is at record levels, yes it will. 👍

Ah, that famously risk free job of nursing covid patients

We are putting Covid behind us and yes the jobs are secure.

As for risk of Covid the fact is that while less high profile there are considerable sectors seeing job losses and pay freezes and higher rates of Covid deaths tragically.

But they're not as pretty or high profile as nurses so you don't give a fuck about that do you Jonathan?

Steady on old chap, I appreciate its hard to defend the indefensible and follow the party line, but it’s not even 8.30.

The indefensible is boosting the pay of secure public sector jobs at a time that the private sector that pays for it has been under immense stress, job losses and insecurity.

But for you there's never a time not to boost pay is there? Pay rises for all, all the time, and who cares that businesses are teetering on the edge of collapse and can't give pay rises or fund these pay rises eh?

Like Amazon?

Amazon should be taxed more but Amazon is not the private sector, it is an exception not the norm.

Like Tesco?

eek said:

Scott_xP said:

https://twitter.com/RosamundUrwin/status/1369922200942297089

If that is partly true - it's going to be a whole life tariff even if he pleads guilty immediately.

We shall see ....

IanB2 said:

Foxy said:

MarqueeMark said:

Foxy said:

Stocky said:

Foxy said:

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

In another 50 days, not completed, and many will be second doses.

I suspect vaccine hesitancy will continue to diminish with the roll out.

Biden off to a great start. No showman, just getting on with stuff.

Have any of your previously vaccine-hesitant work colleagues relented and agreed to be vaccinated Foxy? I heard in the news somewhere that take up is picking up generally in some of the previously reluctant cohorts.

Some have, some haven't. Uptake in my Trust is now about 80%. Some are legit of course, pregnant staff, or within a month of testing positive etc.

Any pressure yet to start moving staff who refuse to different roles?

No, not that I am aware of.

Our biggest problem is staff retention. Lots are burnt out and planning to call it a day.

The government says there is a long waiting list of people to train up?

Recruiting rookies is never a problem, but experienced staff who can do stuff immediately is. That is why training needs to a key part of the recovery plan. Indeed increasing numbers of postgraduate training places should be key. We haven't increased those numbers in my speciality for 15 years, despite a national shortage of specialists.

Newly qualified doctors and nurses need a couple of years before they can work autonomously.

RochdalePioneers said:

I am reading from the independence polls that people's views on the SNP are directly affecting their opinions on independence. I don't subscribe to the notion that independence means a 1,000-year SNP rule, but it is certainly interesting.

What we haven't seen as yet is evidence that there is much of a slide for them in the Holyood Elections which are just weeks away now.

The SNP have been trending downwards for a while now. We have had threads on it. Their starting point, however, was incredibly high promising a comfortable overall majority. Even now it is touch and go. The key for the election is whether this is a Sturgeon/Salmond related blip or a more general concern that Scotland is not operating like a functioning democracy. I think that is still pretty tough to call. If I had to put money on it right now I would suggest a carbon copy of what we currently have with the SNP just short but the Greens able to give them a majority.

I'm hoping not, of course.

Mr. Gate, I'm responding to the specific hypothesis mentioned (police officer, warrant card) and the attached suggestion that men need to modify their behaviour in the light of that being the case.

It doesn't make any sense. I can't stop using a warrant card and police uniform I don't own.

eek said:

Scott_xP said:

https://twitter.com/RosamundUrwin/status/1369922200942297089

If that is partly true - it's going to be a whole life tariff even if he pleads guilty immediately.

Names, quite a lot of detail. It had better be right. Take it this is from the Sun.

Morris_Dancer said:

Mr. Gate, I'm responding to the specific hypothesis mentioned (police officer, warrant card) and the attached suggestion that men need to modify their behaviour in the light of that being the case.

It doesn't make any sense. I can't stop using a warrant card and police uniform I don't own.

She's a left-wing Shaun Bailey.

IanB2 said:

Foxy said:

MarqueeMark said:

Foxy said:

Stocky said:

Foxy said:

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

In another 50 days, not completed, and many will be second doses.

I suspect vaccine hesitancy will continue to diminish with the roll out.

Biden off to a great start. No showman, just getting on with stuff.

Have any of your previously vaccine-hesitant work colleagues relented and agreed to be vaccinated Foxy? I heard in the news somewhere that take up is picking up generally in some of the previously reluctant cohorts.

Some have, some haven't. Uptake in my Trust is now about 80%. Some are legit of course, pregnant staff, or within a month of testing positive etc.

Any pressure yet to start moving staff who refuse to different roles?

No, not that I am aware of.

Our biggest problem is staff retention. Lots are burnt out and planning to call it a day.

The government says there is a long waiting list of people to train up?

Jam tomorrow. This is always Conservative policy. They are incapable of preparing for what is already starting to happen.

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Foxy said:

Stocky said:

Foxy said:

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

DougSeal said:

Nigelb said:

Biden seems to understand how to underpromise and over deliver.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1369870504266375168

210m shots completed? That’s over 60% of the population- given the well documented reticence of large segments of the US population that seems unlikely.

In another 50 days, not completed, and many will be second doses.

I suspect vaccine hesitancy will continue to diminish with the roll out.

Biden off to a great start. No showman, just getting on with stuff.

Have any of your previously vaccine-hesitant work colleagues relented and agreed to be vaccinated Foxy? I heard in the news somewhere that take up is picking up generally in some of the previously reluctant cohorts.

Some have, some haven't. Uptake in my Trust is now about 80%. Some are legit of course, pregnant staff, or within a month of testing positive etc.

Any pressure yet to start moving staff who refuse to different roles?

No, not that I am aware of.

Our biggest problem is staff retention. Lots are burnt out and planning to call it a day.

That beefy 1% pay rise will turn that around.

Considering that is above inflation, most jobs are at-risk or frozen pay, and that nurse recruitment is at record levels, yes it will. 👍

Ah, that famously risk free job of nursing covid patients

We are putting Covid behind us and yes the jobs are secure.

As for risk of Covid the fact is that while less high profile there are considerable sectors seeing job losses and pay freezes and higher rates of Covid deaths tragically.

But they're not as pretty or high profile as nurses so you don't give a fuck about that do you Jonathan?

Steady on old chap, I appreciate its hard to defend the indefensible and follow the party line, but it’s not even 8.30.

The indefensible is boosting the pay of secure public sector jobs at a time that the private sector that pays for it has been under immense stress, job losses and insecurity.

But for you there's never a time not to boost pay is there? Pay rises for all, all the time, and who cares that businesses are teetering on the edge of collapse and can't give pay rises or fund these pay rises eh?

Like Amazon?

Amazon should be taxed more but Amazon is not the private sector, it is an exception not the norm.

Like Tesco?

Like Bonmarche?
Like Arcadia Group?
Like Peacocks and Jaeger?
Like Edinburgh Woollen Mill?
Like DW Sports?
Like the Norville Group?
Like Go Outdoors?
Like Harvey's Furniture?
Like Oak Furnitureland?
Like Monsoon?
Like Brighthouse?
Like Carluccio’s?
Like Cath Kidston?
Like Chiquitos?
Like Debenhams?
Like Laura Ashley?

Just a fraction of the companies that went bust and lost tens of thousands of jobs.

Or like John Lewis and Pizza Express who are just about hanging on but will shut stores and dump jobs.

For every example of a company that has done well out of the Pandemic I can probably find ten that have sacked workers or gone out of business completely.