O/T:- Should he stay or should he go? WARNING - POLITICAL THREAD!!!!

[Woodsetts_Pie]

The clown should have had the gumption to resign immediately. By fronting it out, no apology or remorse, he makes the position of the Government he aims to serve almost impossible. Boris should have had the leadership and managerial skills to see the problems this stance would cause. Oh, hang on though, Boris is just as big a clown and doesn't possess any leadership or managerial nous..

Because of Cummings, there isn't a cat in hell's chance of getting any future lockdown to stick, partial or otherwise. Similarly the "track, trace and isolate" scheme (Ironically prefixed with the term NHS, when in fact it's privately run) isn't going to work either. In both cases many many people are going to say not likely, and point to Cummings as the excuse. Consequently, more people will die than would otherwise have been the case.

This is now an absolute farce of the Governments own making. Cummings is an arrogant bullying tosspot, and Boris is quite simply a buffoon totally out of his depth. Sadly we are stuck with this shambles for another 4 years.

[BigFatPie]

How a decade of cuts and privatisation exposed England to the Corona virus.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...e_iOSApp_Other

[countygump]

How a decade of cuts and privatisation exposed England to the Corona virus.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...e_iOSApp_Other

I read that earlier BFP. A decade of austerity has left us badly exposed on all fronts, no doubt about that. The 'decade of austerity' was allegedly caused by the 500 Bill that Golden Gordo borrowed to bail out the banks. Now Mr Sunak has had to borrow, or will end up borrowing @ 300 Bill to combat Covid19, we should get back to pevel legging come 2030, woohoo, happy days!!!

[BigFatPie]

I read that earlier BFP. A decade of austerity has left us badly exposed on all fronts, no doubt about that. The 'decade of austerity' was allegedly caused by the 500 Bill that Golden Gordo borrowed to bail out the banks. Now Mr Sunak has had to borrow, or will end up borrowing @ 300 Bill to combat Covid19, we should get back to pevel legging come 2030, woohoo, happy days!!!

They had a few options open to them, but Cameron and Osbourne made the decision to make the most vulnerable subject to the biggest cuts in public spending. With the rich lads who created the financial crisis getting off scot free.

I don’t think Johnson and Sunak will go down that road again and as you say the consensus appears to be that they’re going to borrow a shed load to pay for the current mess. If Keir has anything about him, he will put the blame for that financial mess squarely on the shoulders of the people who happened to be in government at the time. Just like Cameron did.

[sidders]

I read that earlier BFP. A decade of austerity has left us badly exposed on all fronts, no doubt about that. The 'decade of austerity' was allegedly caused by the 500 Bill that Golden Gordo borrowed to bail out the banks. Now Mr Sunak has had to borrow, or will end up borrowing @ 300 Bill to combat Covid19, we should get back to pevel legging come 2030, woohoo, happy days!!!

Here comes our new resident right whinger, ignoring the fact that most leading economists believe that Brown's sensible moves in 2008 saved the UK banks from a massive crash - the one that might well be waiting round the next corner.

[TheBlackHorse]

... 100% Hindsight Mob lefties in full flow. I would like your advice as to how you stop idiots from London travelling to Lulworth; not social distancing; jumping 70 ft off cliffs, requiring helimed services, etc. Least they should do is pay for the cost of the helimed call out. Go on then, tell me ...

[Elite_Pie]

I would like your advice as to how you stop idiots from London travelling to Lulworth; not social distancing.

Go on then, tell me ...

My advice would be for government chief advisers to lead by example, instead of promoting the idea that it's ok to break the rules.

[TheBlackHorse]

... show me, Snobhead 1, where a certain Gov advisor didn't observe the 2m guideline with others outside of his family ... go on then ...

[Elite_Pie]

... show me, Snobhead 1, where a certain Gov advisor didn't observe the 2m guideline with others outside of his family ... go on then ...

He may have observed the 2m rule, but he decided to take his wife and child on a birthday trip when the advice (probably his advice) from the government to the nation was loud and clear - 'STAY HOME'. He then invented the most pathetic lie imaginable about his reasons for doing it.

And you're ok with that?

[magpie_mania]

He may have observed the 2m rule, but he decided to take his wife and child on a birthday trip when the advice (probably his advice) from the government to the nation was loud and clear - 'STAY HOME'. He then invented the most pathetic lie imaginable about his reasons for doing it.

And you're ok with that?

Surely you can see that Mr Cummings wouldn't have done what he did if those people hadn't gone to the beach!

Seriously, what is annoying me is that if there is a second spike and lockdown is brought back, those of us who have tried to keep the rules will suffer. And how many of those on the beach etc will refuse to send children to school because it's not safe?