Gonna be at least a decade of economic recovery.. in it for the long haul.

I'll be 70 before I ever see real wage growth and then I'll have to retire

And this is the real damage to the world and it’s population.

I am in no way suggesting we aren’t doing the right thing or even if we are doing enough. Only the stats in a few weeks time will give an indicator.

But there will be a time very soon when harsh reality bites and we may need to try as best as we can with normal life in spite of this virus claiming lives.

The mention of a potential 6 month lockdown last night will send an already floundering market into an absolute tailspin is my guess and many thousands of businesses will now just make the very harsh decisions they were trying to put off for a while at least.

I just hope we see some encouragement in the numbers and the testing and we take the pressure off the front line services as soon as possible.

The only way to get the country functioning again is incessant mass testing (and I don't mean every Sunday). It's what the Koreans are doing and they do it well.

It would also however mean allowing the government to take liberties with our civil rights and particularly giving them access to our whereabouts at all times through telecommunications. And I don't think as a society we're going to give that up easily.

The alternative of course is an entirely new global economic system (and dare I say based on socialism) but I think that might be a bit of an extreme reaction at this point for too many.

Although the revolution is near comrades. <hammerandsickle>

When economics come above life then the games a bogey

Economics has always came before life.

comment by IvanGolacIsMagic (U5291)
posted 45 seconds ago
Economics has always came before life.
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Theres the problem right there

comment by Joe-ny Stokes is my da (U15888)
posted 27 minutes ago
comment by IvanGolacIsMagic (U5291)
posted 45 seconds ago
Economics has always came before life.
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Theres the problem right there
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Rubbish

You'd destroy the way of life for the earth's population to save some more people from dying?

In the grand scheme of things a cost v life balance is made every single day and you along with everyone else will be a meaningless "bean" to the counters.

I was reading something before the COVID19 onslaught that a worldwide recession was looming, COVID19 has certainly put the nail in that coffin. It could well be a painful recovery, let's hope not and we can all bounce back quickly

comment by GTB, I like big bouncing smack your face titti... (U14017)
posted 8 seconds ago
I was reading something before the COVID19 onslaught that a worldwide recession was looming, COVID19 has certainly put the nail in that coffin. It could well be a painful recovery, let's hope not and we can all bounce back quickly
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The very nature of this will batter any confidence. The longer this goes on the far longer it will take any recovery.

comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Joe-ny Stokes is my da (U15888)
posted 27 minutes ago
comment by IvanGolacIsMagic (U5291)
posted 45 seconds ago
Economics has always came before life.
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Theres the problem right there
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Rubbish

You'd destroy the way of life for the earth's population to save some more people from dying?

In the grand scheme of things a cost v life balance is made every single day and you along with everyone else will be a meaningless "bean" to the counters.
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That's why we need a revolution comrade

comment by IvanGolacIsMagic (U5291)
posted 44 seconds ago
comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Joe-ny Stokes is my da (U15888)
posted 27 minutes ago
comment by IvanGolacIsMagic (U5291)
posted 45 seconds ago
Economics has always came before life.
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Theres the problem right there
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Rubbish

You'd destroy the way of life for the earth's population to save some more people from dying?

In the grand scheme of things a cost v life balance is made every single day and you along with everyone else will be a meaningless "bean" to the counters.
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That's why we need a revolution comrade
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Good try

That's why we need a revolution comrade
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Citizen Smith.

comment by Joe-ny Stokes is my da (U15888)
posted 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
comment by IvanGolacIsMagic (U5291)
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Bit harsh for a grammatical slip

I'm sorry but if you can happily say that

A) your partners life is worth x amount
B) your kids life is worth y amount
C) your parents life is worth z amount

Let them die so the economy doesn't suffer. What a lot of shat

Was just getting over Brexit and now this. As always Scotland will be hardest hit.

Great idea not to go independent

comment by Joe-ny Stokes is my da (U15888)
posted 18 minutes ago
I'm sorry but if you can happily say that

A) your partners life is worth x amount
B) your kids life is worth y amount
C) your parents life is worth z amount

Let them die so the economy doesn't suffer. What a lot of shat
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Fatal for 1% or complete bollox for the remaining 99% for years to come?

Real decisions for real people. They are trying to steer a course. Not easy.

comment by Joe-ny Stokes is my da (U15888)
posted 46 minutes ago
I'm sorry but if you can happily say that

A) your partners life is worth x amount
B) your kids life is worth y amount
C) your parents life is worth z amount

Let them die so the economy doesn't suffer. What a lot of shat


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You're deliberately missing the point and trying in an inept fashion to bring emotion into the discussion.

So whilst no, you nor I would put a price on any of our loved one's heads; the world just doesn't and couldn't work like that.

Two UK companies have just fallen into administration, as the Covid-19 crisis continues to damage the British economy.

Brighthouse, the rent-to-own electricals giant, and restaurant chain Carluccio’s have both entered administration, putting more than 4,000 jobs at risk.

Both suffered a slump in customer numbers since the government instructed people to stay at home, and non-essential shops to shut.

Carluccio’s, which has 73 branches and about 2,000 employees, has been on the brink of administration for days -- a restaurant group can’t operate for long with no customers. It had already been forced to shut 30 loss-making sites in 2018.

FTSE 100 index of Britain's leading firms finished up 53 points or 0.97% at 5,564
Top expert said there are now signs the rate of hospital admissions is slowing
As of today, a total of 1,408 people in Britain have died from coronavirus
Asian shares fell and oil prices dipped again amid fears pandemic will intensify
Crisis is set to cause major harm to economies despite efforts of central banks

Brighthouse are robbing barstewards

comment by Joe-ny Stokes is my da (U15888)
posted 14 minutes ago
Brighthouse are robbing barstewards
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I know mate, but their staff ain't.