O/t sturgeon

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I have just been ‘doing battle’ on a Facebook site that is full of deluded SNP supporters who will not accept my point of view. They have been ‘brainwashed’ by the SNP politicians and cannot see past Nicola. It was easier dealing with ‘Taintedice’ than that bunch of pro independence halfwits.

Dealing with that abusive halfwit Taintedice was hard work right enough.

I see you're now calling the FM Nicola. Does it feel just as good as calling her Wee Nippy?

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Dealing with that abusive halfwit Taintedice was hard work right enough.

I see you're now calling the FM Nicola. Does it feel just as good as calling her Wee Nippy?

I called her Nicola because I did not want to upset you.

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I called her Nicola because I did not want to upset you.

Thanks,

But seriously, you don't have to spare my feelings - I don't have any.

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I like fishing and it can be organised to comply with social distancing but it is banned. Same with golf. There is something wrong when people can't be trusted to look after themselves and their fellow beings.
There is going to be a Winter Flue problem this coming winter as there has been every year for decades.Why do you think death rates go up every winter? This epidemic is based on covid 19, it will evolve into something else which h is likely to cause similar problems.
We need something more than hiding the frail at home in isolation.

I think that the the R and A and the SGU gave in too quickly without realising that playing golf was a very easy way to carry out social distancing. In the case of the SGU I am not surprised as I have recently been reading that the Chairperson in charge of the SGU has managed to have three Chief Executives resign during her time in charge.
Although I do not fish I have seen people fishing on the River Tay at Perth and they sit well spaced out on the river bank.
Golfers and anglers are likely to have a lot more commonsense when it comes to dealing with the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic than our politicians.

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Golfers and anglers are likely to have a lot more commonsense when it comes to dealing with the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic than our politicians.

My dog has more common sense than our worthy leaders so I'd say you're definitely right.

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My dog has more common sense than our worthy leaders so I'd say you're definitely right.

Most dogs have more common sense than our elected politicians.

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Sorry disagree about dogs. Not my kind of creature. If you used a budgie as an example of an animal that has more common sense than politicians, then I would agree. Also think there's more common sense spoken on here than anything on the TV. Piers is really doing my head in.

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Sorry disagree about dogs. Not my kind of creature. If you used a budgie as an example of an animal that has more common sense than politicians, then I would agree. Also think there's more common sense spoken on here than anything on the TV. Piers is really doing my head in.

I've started watching Piers Morgan this week to see what all the fuss was about. Yes he asks the awkward questions and yes he pursues a reasoned response. However he only looks for the response he wants to hear which is, almost without exception, exactly the opposite of what the interviewee is 95% bound to say. He then talks over them as they try to justify their comment. I don't like the current Westminster government, especially the imbecile at the top of it, and believe the way they've handled this Covid thing is a 'national disgrace' (Piers Morgan's words) but get why they think he is bullying them.

He did it with Dr Hilary Jones this morning and didn't seem to like it when Dr. Hilary stood up to him and didn't take the bullying.

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I think the main stream media coverage has been appalling.

All basically singing from the same hymn sheet. Every reporter and every station attempting to out drama queen the other.

Joe public gets the media they deserve though and it's always one sided.

Just as a wee aside normally they are always quick to report from scandanavian and in particular Sweden when they do something well or perceived to be better than here.

Not seen any live reports from Sweden or any interview with their head scientist.

However I think if Sweden's death toll had rocketed under their much much looser version of containment then the camera crews would have been over there camped out at hospitals, morgues, auld folks homes and undertakers

No much mention of Sweden's economy hardly registering a blip either.

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UK - 233,000 cases and 33,614 deaths population 66.65M

Sweden - 28,582 cases (12.27% of UK cases) and 3,592 deaths (10.69% of UK deaths) population 10.23M (15.35% of UK population)

Both countries show a general drop off in new cases 3,342 in UK and 637 (19.06% of UK new cases) in Sweden on 13th May - only real difference I can see is that UK new cases 'seem' to be dropping steadily whereas Sweden's graph is much more up and down and actually increasing over the past few days. Can only assume this is due to less stringent control measures

Lower instances per head of population in Sweden than UK and lower deaths per instance. Wonder why when, as you say, their containment controls are looser? It should be rife according to our government(s).

Christ I'm bored.