O/T. The Government's handling of Covid

[Trickytreesreds]

I guess you cannot buy gingerbread, lebkucken and gluhwein in the Thai Christmas markets Tricky?

What will your Thai Santa leave in a stocking at the end of your bed this year? Mango coconut sticky rice balls?

I'll manage don't worry.

My Xmas tree will involve a palm tree/ crystal waters/ a mango mocktail and a tiny little fairy who loves sweet candy canes.
Will miss the Ushanka and gloves, but factor 50 will have to do.

[MadAmster]

Main news story on BBC Breakfast this morning which was the Covid riot in Rotterdam yesterday. Lots injured including 2 rioters shot by police. This is merely a taste of what the NL government can expect if the whole Covid thing turns out to be a) the scam some believe it is or b) part of some master plan to kill off millions through the vaccine or c) part of some master plan aka the Great Reset referred to in Schwab's book to have the IMF/World Bank/etc eradicate all national debts in return for ownership of everything (cars, houses, land, shops, factories... everything) and there will be no more private ownership except for the privileged few behind it all or d) 2 or even all 3 of the above.

If any of it happens I fully expect that millions will descend on the Hague and the PM and cabinet will suffer greatly at the hands of the mob. It is that reason that makes me believe that it isn't all a scam or some master takeover plan as Mark Rutte et al are not that stupid they would sign their own death warrant.

On another slant, there are still many who believe Covid doesn't exist and it's all a scam. Tell that to the >6000 UK residents admitted to hospital yesterday with a virus/disease that "doesn't exist".

[swaledale]

Main news story on BBC Breakfast this morning which was the Covid riot in Rotterdam yesterday. Lots injured including 2 rioters shot by police. This is merely a taste of what the NL government can expect if the whole Covid thing turns out to be a) the scam some believe it is or b) part of some master plan to kill off millions through the vaccine or c) part of some master plan aka the Great Reset referred to in Schwab's book to have the IMF/World Bank/etc eradicate all national debts in return for ownership of everything (cars, houses, land, shops, factories... everything) and there will be no more private ownership except for the privileged few behind it all or d) 2 or even all 3 of the above.

If any of it happens I fully expect that millions will descend on the Hague and the PM and cabinet will suffer greatly at the hands of the mob. It is that reason that makes me believe that it isn't all a scam or some master takeover plan as Mark Rutte et al are not that stupid they would sign their own death warrant.

On another slant, there are still many who believe Covid doesn't exist and it's all a scam. Tell that to the >6000 UK residents admitted to hospital yesterday with a virus/disease that "doesn't exist".

MA any sane person would know that Covid isn't a scam, has it been handled well by most governments? I would say not.

I'm surprised you even mentioned the conspiracy theories tbh, whilst undoubtedly Covid has and will be used for political ends, as per usual the conspiracy theories are just utter *******s.

[ramAnag]

MA any sane person would know that Covid isn't a scam, has it been handled well by most governments? I would say not.

I'm surprised you even mentioned the conspiracy theories tbh, whilst undoubtedly Covid has and will be used for political ends, as per usual the conspiracy theories are just utter *******s.

Tbf, Swale, the conspiracy theorists seem to have brought about a whole new level of disruption to MA’s adopted home of the Netherlands and Rotterdam in particular. If we’d had major riots, rather than a few nutters (imo), causing such trouble in British cities then it would probably have been a ‘hot topic’ on here and elsewhere.

[swaledale]

Tbf, Swale, the conspiracy theorists seem to have brought about a whole new level of disruption to MA’s adopted home of the Netherlands and Rotterdam in particular. If we’d had major riots, rather than a few nutters (imo), causing such trouble in British cities then it would probably have been a ‘hot topic’ on here and elsewhere.

I don't think its the conspiracy theorists as much as people who are simply stupid, and we have just as many in the Uk, just not given generally to rioting!

[Andy_Faber]

On another slant, there are still many who believe Covid doesn't exist and it's all a scam. Tell that to the >6000 UK residents admitted to hospital yesterday with a virus/disease that "doesn't exist".

I've written here before about a friend of mine who emigrated to Italy to be with his Italian wife. He recently moved from the deep South to a village near Trieste, for his wife to be closer to her covid-denier family. The whole family went on a peaceful anti-vax/covid denial/Anti mask march a couple of weeks ago. ALL EIGHT who went on the march have since caught Covid, one is in hospital in Slovenia. Amazingly, my friend says the family narrative is STILL broadly Covid-denial...

[ramAnag]

Yep...we certainly have more than our fair share of ‘stupids’...the last few years have proved that. Whoever was behind the Rotterdam riots however...it has to be a concern for those who live there.

[swaledale]

Not making light of it, but in the round its a minority of the population, though I see that our very own sage Neil Oliver has turned from being a historian to a GB News "commentator" and has been doing some rabble rousing!

[ramAnag]

Not making light of it, but in the round its a minority of the population, though I see that our very own sage Neil Oliver has turned from being a historian to a GB News "commentator" and has been doing some rabble rousing!

He went down - possibly disappeared - in my estimation when he described lockdown as the ‘single biggest mistake in world history’.

Idjit!

[swaledale]

Now it appears that whilst the Pm was banning Christmas gatherings last December and one of his ministers the not so Priti patel was urging the police to fine any of those who broke the instruction, the PM and fellow MP's, officials etc. enjoyed a number of Christmas parties including one at No 10.

Apparently the Met Police say they can't investigate unless a formal complaint is made, and now they have received several! I'm sure they will on seeing the evidence levy the £10,000 fine that goes with breaking the rules after all in Brexit Britain nobody is above the law and as we ahve seen those in charge like to set a good example to the voters!!