O/T. The Government's handling of Covid

[Geoff Parkstone]

Dr Uta Frith of the Medical Research Council's Cognitive Development Unit, has said that trainspotters and other obsessive collectors of trivia, may be suffering from Asperger's Syndrome, a mild form of autism

[Andy_Faber]

I stand corrected on that point but the other points still stand.

which is why I only pointed that one out. Technically the Garden Bridge is Joanna Lumley's fault but I'll let her off this time, she's better TV than Boris

[ramAnag]

Technically the Garden Bridge is Joanna Lumley's fault but I'll let her off this time, she's better TV than Boris

Hardly, AF. Her original concept, but it rapidly became Boris Johnson’s vanity project.
He held the purse strings, promised, and failed, to try and get Apple to sponsor it.
Eventually cancelled four years ago by Sadiq Khan when the small matter of a £70m funding gap was revealed.

[Andy_Faber]

Hardly, AF. Her original concept, but it rapidly became Boris Johnson’s vanity project.
He held the purse strings, promised, and failed, to try and get Apple to sponsor it.
Eventually cancelled four years ago by Sadiq Khan when the small matter of a £70m funding gap was revealed.

Another joke goes ungiggled at

[ramAnag]

Another joke goes ungiggled at

Ha! Got the ‘joke’, but actually MA’s point stands...and for a lot more than £7m I believe.

P.S. Your joke was funnier than England v Italy which is, currently, dire!

[Trickytreesreds]

Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post

Ultimately Starmer’s job between now and 2024 is to make the Labour Party electable, something that his predecessor conspicuously failed to do...
I'd agree with that, and really hope he does. Regardless of which way the vote goes, people need a positive option.

His predecessor?

They were not what you would call a brand name under the previous lot.
Go back to 1980-
Foot
Kinnock
Smith
The Blair gap
Brown
Milliband
Corbyn- final nail

All struggled with internal politics and the parties Image, making folks ignore them.
They have lost the working mans backing. London bubble has destroyed that trust.
The polls say that it is still true

[Trickytreesreds]

I will slag the government off for this though.
How can 240 illegal migrants in a hotel, get the vaccine before all our vunderable, especially when most of them are in their 20's?
That is shocking.

[Ram59]

One major question of Starmer's judgement. If he'd had his way, would 15 million UK residents have had a vaccine now or would we have had 2 million after joining the EU procurement programme?

[ramAnag]

One major question of Starmer's judgement. If he'd had his way, would 15 million UK residents have had a vaccine now or would we have had 2 million after joining the EU procurement programme?

Who knows? The Tories allege he wanted to join. Conversely, C4’s ‘Fact Check’ suggests there is no evidence of Starmer wanting to join the EU procurement programme. Nothing in Hansard either apparently. Maybe you know differently.

[AdiSalisbury]

One major question of Starmer's judgement. If he'd had his way, would 15 million UK residents have had a vaccine now or would we have had 2 million after joining the EU procurement programme?

Had mine today, success!