comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 3 hours, 7 minutes ago
comment by Insert random username (U10647)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 31 minutes ago
Boris said there were no parties

Then he said he's furious to find out there were parties which he did not attend

Then he said he did attend but didn't realise it was a party

Now we have to protect his privacy should he get a FPN

Democracy
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Yep, this is a really shiiiiiiitttty episode.

The worst thing about it is the public apathy.
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I think people are more concerned with other much more significant issues right now for one and I think a lot of people also broke the rules which I think is causing the apathy that you refer to.
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Yes - and the fact people just don't want to think about Covid ever again

Over 200,000 cases and 217 deaths yesterday

Ironically, buying your head in the sand would be quite an effective way to avoid catching, or spreading, Covid.

Lotsa Covud cases hear as people let down there gard

I had it last week, was really quite manfluey for 3 days other than that the worst parts were 9days stuck indoors and the hit to my ego of not being built different

comment by HenrysCat (U3608)
posted 7 minutes ago
Ironically, buying your head in the sand would be quite an effective way to avoid catching, or spreading, Covid.
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comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 8 minutes ago
Over 200,000 cases and 217 deaths yesterday
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On a Monday….

Aye we all hate Mondays

comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 3 minutes ago
I had it last week, was really quite manfluey for 3 days other than that the worst parts were 9days stuck indoors and the hit to my ego of not being built different
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I withdraw your membership to the built differently supermen club

My wife had it last week, and despite living in the same house not really attempting any extra separation, I tested negative throughout. Weird.

Tbh, I was a little annoyed to not get it. We have some very knowledgeable folk here, is it likely my immune system just coped sufficiently to not allow enough viral load to set off the test? Or am I just a medical marvel?

comment by HenrysCat (U3608)
posted 2 minutes ago
My wife had it last week, and despite living in the same house not really attempting any extra separation, I tested negative throughout. Weird.

Tbh, I was a little annoyed to not get it. We have some very knowledgeable folk here, is it likely my immune system just coped sufficiently to not allow enough viral load to set off the test? Or am I just a medical marvel?
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R u baxinated fully?

There's some very odd anecdotes about how and who catches it

comment by HenrysCat (U3608)
posted 4 minutes ago
My wife had it last week, and despite living in the same house not really attempting any extra separation, I tested negative throughout. Weird.

Tbh, I was a little annoyed to not get it. We have some very knowledgeable folk here, is it likely my immune system just coped sufficiently to not allow enough viral load to set off the test? Or am I just a medical marvel?
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Could be several things:

Your immune system generally
Your response to the vaccine compared with your wife
You might have already had and it been asymptomatic
Medical (Mr/Capt/Ms/Miss/They/Zher/Zhim) Marvel

comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 2 minutes ago
There's some very odd anecdotes about how and who catches it
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Similar with colds tbh.

comment by #4zA - 🇮🇹🇺🇦 no al calcio moderno (U22472)
posted 35 minutes ago
comment by HenrysCat (U3608)
posted 2 minutes ago
My wife had it last week, and despite living in the same house not really attempting any extra separation, I tested negative throughout. Weird.

Tbh, I was a little annoyed to not get it. We have some very knowledgeable folk here, is it likely my immune system just coped sufficiently to not allow enough viral load to set off the test? Or am I just a medical marvel?
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R u baxinated fully?
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Eyam, bit sew is my wive and she was qwhite pawly.

And in the spirit of transparency here is a text to me from @Keir_Starmer: ‘Congratulations on your elevation to the House of Lords. All best wishes, Keir.’
https://twitter.com/mrevgenylebedev/status/1508804181557190662?t=hcPRajBp_QWsrQBdzbX8ag&s=19

Bit of a desperate attempt to muddy the waters Eugene

comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 9 minutes ago
And in the spirit of transparency here is a text to me from @Keir_Starmer: ‘Congratulations on your elevation to the House of Lords. All best wishes, Keir.’
https://twitter.com/mrevgenylebedev/status/1508804181557190662?t=hcPRajBp_QWsrQBdzbX8ag&s=19

Bit of a desperate attempt to muddy the waters Eugene
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"In the interest of transparency I'm only going to release a text from the leader of one party"

I'm in agreement with a lot of what's been said already.
it's as clear as day, now, that rules were broken, hence the fines.
And the details are all under lock and key, but I think we agree most, if not, all infractions occurred on government property.
Involving elected people, most notibly, our PM allegedly.
He has been on record stating rules were followed. This is now shown to be false.
He denied events occurred, then that he wasn't aware these happened,
but would have met guidelines anyway, if they occurred.
Later he said he hadn't attended any parties, until photos surfaced of who was there. No surprise, BJ was present.
Then His team suggested these gatherings were normal days, painted as work meetings and such.

If anything is clear, it's that our government can worm out of responsibility if it chooses. This is not the type of leadership I expect, or voted for. Our police should be allowed to charge officials, same as anyone else. The government has abused its power to try recover the situation. Now, his party rallies to sweep all under the rug by pointing to the problems in Ukraine.

I get the argument for a United front against tyranny, isn't that what I've been rambling on about? If we accept this government are above the rules, how can we challenge or question Russia in diplomacy?

We need our house in order before poking others about how they chose to run things.

Absolute state of this little weasel

https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1508819905164066823?s=20&t=QXxen1SmmuU_rcMP1t2H2Q

corey robin @CoreyRobin
Biden's budget proposal: 10% increase in military; 11% increase in federal law enforcement; 13% increase for ICE. Biden wants $8.1 billion for ICE, which is higher than the highest amount Trump ever spent on ICE.

Tory Biden

Genuinely mad how much they spend on their military.

Could easily decrease it by 50% and still be by far the biggest spender.

comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 5 hours, 3 minutes ago
What the people really care about is what constitutes a ploughpersons lunch
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The perma-offended strike again

comment by Harry Ambrose (U11781)
posted 1 hour, 1 minute ago
corey robin @CoreyRobin
Biden's budget proposal: 10% increase in military; 11% increase in federal law enforcement; 13% increase for ICE. Biden wants $8.1 billion for ICE, which is higher than the highest amount Trump ever spent on ICE.

Tory Biden
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Forgive my ignorance but, what's ICE? Google tells me it's the Institution of Civil Engineers, so I assume it isn't that.

comment by HenrysCat (U3608)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Harry Ambrose (U11781)
posted 1 hour, 1 minute ago
corey robin @CoreyRobin
Biden's budget proposal: 10% increase in military; 11% increase in federal law enforcement; 13% increase for ICE. Biden wants $8.1 billion for ICE, which is higher than the highest amount Trump ever spent on ICE.

Tory Biden
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Forgive my ignorance but, what's ICE? Google tells me it's the Institution of Civil Engineers, so I assume it isn't that.
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Immigrstion n Customs Enforcement

Ah, found it "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement". That's a lot of money to keep Mexicans in Mexico.