Basic maths tells us the furlough scheme is not costing anywhere near £50bn per month. That would imply 20 million people to be on furlough and all being paid the maximum £2,500 per month (ie they wo… (View Post)

Independent article talks about 3, 6, 9 and 12 month strategy - not necessarily a 12 month lockdown. (View Post)

That's the thing - the message from Italy and Spain, and now looking the same for the UK - we may have reached the peak but numbers of deaths are only declining very slowly. (View Post)

But Coates needs a debate. Without debate he doesn't have a job. He is part of the entertainment industry. It's high time all the holier than thou talk about public service broadcasting was… (View Post)

Yep - media wants something new to talk about. News is getting boring - need something new to make it more entertaining to attract attention of viewers. Nobody in the public actually needs to know ab… (View Post)