The Corona Virus

[Balanbam00]

BT, I can not believe it,''Mother nature ''has gifted you 'alpine air',and your writing a shortened form of a newspaper,100% inside a stuffy room? The child bride ,although you do not see it ,really wants you do do more gardening, 'be a man!' In this period of time show her just why she picked you? You have done the garden! So do it again! Watch she will come out with a nice glass of lemon drink. So that both of you can sit in deck chairs,to enjoy! When will the next time be?.........''In another 70 years, maybe?''

[sinkov]

"In a national emergency normal rules don't apply."

Why not ?

[1959_60]

"In a national emergency normal rules don't apply."

Why not ?

Seriously?

It's hardly business as usual, is it?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Seriously?

It's hardly business as usual, is it?

A lot of the merchants we deal with are your everyday pubs, restaurants, hairdressers, garden centres and their ilk. Another four to eight weeks I reckon is the tipping point for survival of what is the backbone of our economy, after that thousands of small businesses will simply close their doors and vanish. The impact will be devastating.

Obviously profit is v-i-t-a-l for a business to survive, but it seems to me the MNC's need a morality check. I have a sneaky feeling as the economy nosedives and jobs become even harder to find the Big Companies will just screw the workers even harder. Zero hour contracts and the gig economy will become the new "norm". Foook me I hope Boris reminds himself he is a Tory and re-opens our economy PDQ.

[barrie_burn]

A lot of the merchants we deal with are your everyday pubs, restaurants, hairdressers, garden centres and their ilk. Another four to eight weeks I reckon is the tipping point for survival of what is the backbone of our economy, after that thousands of small businesses will simply close their doors and vanish. The impact will be devastating.

Obviously profit is v-i-t-a-l for a business to survive, but it seems to me the MNC's need a morality check. I have a sneaky feeling as the economy nosedives and jobs become even harder to find the Big Companies will just screw the workers even harder. Zero hour contracts and the gig economy will become the new "norm". Foook me I hope Boris reminds himself he is a Tory and re-opens our economy PDQ.

Very difficult balance for the Gov't.My local Esso petrol station/Spar shop closed down over the weekend and I can't see them re-opening.My niece owns a Tattoo parlour and employs her husband plus another couple of staff.She has applied to the Welsh Assembly for a grant but it will be June before she knows whether she will get anything or not,I can see the family having to find some short term funding.After speaking to a friend this morning who is a senior official of Welsh Water he believes that a lot of Companies will now be looking carefully at whether they need the big Offices they now occupy.He confirms that a lot of his staff are now working from home and the business is pretty much running as normal.Take Canary Wharf where all the Big Banks have their Head Offices and rents etc are obviously high,with ever increasing technology how many of the staff there could work from home.Times are changing.

[sinkov]

Seriously?

It's hardly business as usual, is it?

But it's still business isn't it 59 ? If the profit motive is the sole driver for companies, and exploiting workers and even whole countries is how they maximise their profits as you claim, then what's different now ?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

But it's still business isn't it 59 ? If the profit motive is the sole driver for companies, and exploiting workers and even whole countries is how they maximise their profits as you claim, then what's different now ?

I get your drift, sinkov but as you previously exemplified, not all businesses are simply motivated by greed and profit. The Ashley's, Branson's and Green's of our UK big businesses will get their comeuppance once this COVID-19 malarkey is under control.

People have had the opportunity to see what is wrong with our own Big Business. Waking up and smelling the coffee is a wonderful thing. I will expect boycotts and mass "staying away" from these type of greedy tosspots will be another new "norm". It pains me to say it, but Wetherspoons will not be getting my business, once the pubs re-open. Tim can fooook right off along with Sports Direct, Virgin anything and Arcadia.

[Supersub6]

I get your drift, sinkov but as you previously exemplified, not all businesses are simply motivated by greed and profit. The Ashley's, Branson's and Green's of our UK big businesses will get their comeuppance once this COVID-19 malarkey is under control.

People have had the opportunity to see what is wrong with our own Big Business. Waking up and smelling the coffee is a wonderful thing. I will expect boycotts and mass "staying away" from these type of greedy tosspots will be another new "norm". It pains me to say it, but Wetherspoons will not be getting my business, once the pubs re-open. Tim can fooook right off along with Sports Direct, Virgin anything and Arcadia.

BT --all well and good boycotting these businesses owned by whoever, however, it will be the workers who suffer in the end because it is their jobs which will go, whether it be the barman at Wetherspoons, the operative at Sports Direct, the Virgin air hostess etc., etc.
Those who own the companies already have the wealth and if they decide to close them down they are, in the main, on a good thing because the workers will not qualify for anything from the companies involved, with one or two exceptions.

This is just an observation because I do not use any of the companies involved.

[Supersub6]

If it does turn into a "Class War" it will have the usual outcome and the majority of casualties along the way will be those who are currently at the bottom of the pile. Plus ca change!

[sinkov]

If it does turn into a "Class War" it will have the usual outcome and the majority of casualties along the way will be those who are currently at the bottom of the pile. Plus ca change!

There's no 'class war' coming, BT'll be talking about bringing gas mantles back next. When the next war comes it won't be about class, and I just hope we've still have some nuclear capability to keep us safe.