Not gonna link to the old soak, but Frances Barber’s having a normal one on Twitter this morning...
― santa clause four (suzy), Thursday, 19 March 2020 12:01 (four years ago) link
The new delusional centrist wheeze is getting all the former living PMs together in some kind of Five Doctors meets Constructicons-Form-Devastator meets Travelling Wilburys situation to resolve the crisis, as if anyone in the world thinks that this situation would benefit from the input of Theresa May right now.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 March 2020 12:05 (four years ago) link
“Deport the virus”
― felt jute gyte delete later (wins), Thursday, 19 March 2020 12:09 (four years ago) link
playing fantasy national govt of unity football in an age of cholera and death. Their brains have melted.
― calzino, Thursday, 19 March 2020 12:10 (four years ago) link
Ironically this really would be a good time for an actual government of national unity but good luck persuading Boris of that one.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 March 2020 12:12 (four years ago) link
Not Theresa May - they clearly are looking for DADDIES.
― santa clause four (suzy), Thursday, 19 March 2020 12:12 (four years ago) link
the first rule of Govt of National Unity club is: fuck Jeremy Corbyn!
― calzino, Thursday, 19 March 2020 12:15 (four years ago) link
if daddy john major finds a way to make the cricket season happen i won't complain
*FPs self*
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 19 March 2020 12:18 (four years ago) link
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Thursday, 19 March 2020 12:23 (four years ago) link
now that schools aren't really schools anymore i guess they'll have to stay open throughout the easter holidays?
― oscar bravo, Thursday, 19 March 2020 12:31 (four years ago) link
That would be logical given the circs yeah
― ---------------six feet----------------- (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 19 March 2020 12:48 (four years ago) link
not sure how will this is going to age
No 10 says there is 'zero prospect' of a big lockdown of London - as we've been reporting there might be tightening of restrictions but remember that is VERY different from other suggestions of travel bans or the kind of total lockdowns some other countries have pursued— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) March 19, 2020
― stet, Thursday, 19 March 2020 12:59 (four years ago) link
(also if you're still counting Andrew, confidence in the execution crumbled a good while ago)
When you look at the numbers of cases and growth trajectories I don't understand why everyone isn't following the cue of Japan.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:06 (four years ago) link
because we believe in freedom
― stet, Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:12 (four years ago) link
Random leftists shooting this down within seconds
We deserve better than policies which do the bare minimum and don't help everyone, and not just during this pandemic.We need:🔺 Universal basic income🔺 Suspend rent and utility bills🔺 Nationalise essential services That's it, that's the line. https://t.co/pm3RoFT4uU— jt (@jennby__) March 19, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:19 (four years ago) link
BTW I'm in the pub and it's heaving
― ---------------six feet----------------- (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:20 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I feel sorry about this now - looking back you were just the target for a freakout that I needed to have. Sorry.
The worldometers graph for the UK is not calming at the moment
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:25 (four years ago) link
The stat I just heard on WS was it's killing one person every ten minutes.
― calzino, Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:36 (four years ago) link
Globally of course.
Some science press briefing highlights: 1. Whitty: "it's improbable" there will b #coronavirus vaccine in 6 months 2. Plea for young people to take social distancing seriously 3. Mortality rate in UK looks higher than other countries cos of lack of community testing in UK— James Illman (@Jamesillman) March 19, 2020
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:43 (four years ago) link
That's from Health Service Journal by the way.
Meanwhile a friend with a long-scheduled birthday party in a pub is telling everyone in the chat that it’s still on, come along
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:49 (four years ago) link
tbf the government is not taking social distancing seriously, why should we?
― plax (ico), Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:53 (four years ago) link
I went to tesco to get some bread and milk, seems the panic-buying is if anything going up a gear, even saw people with trolleys full of toilet paper again, how long is this phase going to continue?
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:01 (four years ago) link
there were queues outside all the supermarkets I passed today, and boots was serving people in a long line from a hatch
― plax (ico), Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:04 (four years ago) link
― felt jute gyte delete later (wins), Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:09 (four years ago) link
Sainsbury's supposedly started allocating the first hour to older and disabled people from today but predictably this seems to have been disregarded today judging by what was left in the second hour. No sign of items being limited or any safety gear for staff.
Kind of crazy that supermarkets don't seem to have had any panic buying protocol ready or provisions for increasing hygiene.
― I've got my bidet and my pills (Noel Emits), Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:13 (four years ago) link
I've seen some pure joker stories doing the rounds. The guy who had a full trolley of Iron Bru. The one buying £49 worth of Petits Filous fromage frais, if true it would mean they aren't doing two item limit on all goods.
― calzino, Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:15 (four years ago) link
On my way to the store I say a guy with three big packs of toilet paper that went bouncing all over the wet street. Maybe he has a large family but it was comically poetic.
― I've got my bidet and my pills (Noel Emits), Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:20 (four years ago) link
3. Mortality rate in UK looks higher than other countries cos of lack of community testing in UK
hmmm
― uncle-knower is coming for you (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:29 (four years ago) link
Woohoo!! #UniversalCredit #chefskiss pic.twitter.com/bLIw5IXPrh— Greggs Truther (@invisibleste) March 19, 2020
if UC have to put all resources into processing new clients rather than sanctioning/harassing existing ones as seems to be suggested by a few people on my TL now, then at least some people are catching a small break during this horror show.
― calzino, Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:30 (four years ago) link
how do you eat £49 of petit filous before they expire?
went to local sainburys local (at about 14:00 which was probably my mistake) and it was the emptiest i've seen it. no fruit or veg but, amusingly, lots of brightly coloured easter eggs. i'm ok for a while (went to get salad and a couple of other perishables) but i am kind of relying on there being things to buy when i need to buy them again.
― koogs, Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:36 (four years ago) link
Our society must fall back on normality which is totally great and not already killing people
― ---------------six feet----------------- (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:44 (four years ago) link
_3. Mortality rate in UK looks higher than other countries cos of lack of community testing in UK_hmmm
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:44 (four years ago) link
Say you have someone who went through Angel station while infected, coughed into their hand on the way off the train, had their hand on that escalator rail while standing on the way out and unknowingly passed it on to people who made the same journey and touched the same rail? So currently if this person then develops severe symptoms, is tested, and turns out positive, they may be testing the family and contacting any colleagues or anyone else? But ideally, in a containment situation, they’d try to catch anyone who went through Angel station that day and stood on the right? Potentially those people will have been exposed, some would have become infected, and therefore spread the disease when they travelled onwards. Obviously we’re beyond that now. This is how they’ve been handling it in Singapore iirc.
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:49 (four years ago) link
Germany: 12,853 cases / 34 deathsUK: 2,626 cases / 103 deathsRatio that.— Matthew Tempest (@MattTempest) March 19, 2020
― calzino, Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:54 (four years ago) link
Difficult to see how the government could come back from a higher death toll than Italy when they had every opportunity to do things differently. Every bungled announcement or briefing is going to come back to bite them.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:56 (four years ago) link
Also judging by those numbers Germany is just testing way way more people?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:57 (four years ago) link
The Germany numbers being reported on Worldmeter are saying 100% of the current cases are “mild”, whereas they’re probably only confirming you here if you’re sick enough to go to hospital.
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Thursday, 19 March 2020 15:09 (four years ago) link
Germany has more beds and ventilators too
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 19 March 2020 15:56 (four years ago) link
BREAKING: 'The government is giving public health officials, police, nurses, doctors the power to detain potentially infection persons.'A new, 329-page emergency legislation to tackle the #coronavirus outbreak has been published. More on this story: https://t.co/SeVZN6TXKX pic.twitter.com/QkrpVlGbz8— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 19, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 19 March 2020 15:57 (four years ago) link
when we getting that sweet sweet helicopter money
― gday curd nerds (||||||||), Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:00 (four years ago) link
xp the ventilators don’t mean anything if you don’t have the staff trained to use them
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:02 (four years ago) link
Sure, there is a lot of underlying stuff that the UK doesn't have.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
iberia laying off 90% of staff for three months. base rate at 0.1%. IKEA closing all UK stores indefinitely. bit wild out there lads
― gday curd nerds (||||||||), Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
lost count of the number of fb and ig posts by beloved neighbourhoud brunch/coffee/beer spots saying they're closing up and the future is really uncertain. depending on how long this thing goes, we could be lucky if 50% of them re-open : /
― gday curd nerds (||||||||), Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:13 (four years ago) link
Hey do you remember during the election campaign when that guy had the temerity to confront Boris Johnson about the state of the NHS and our most prominent political journalist was all "ah what do you expect he's a Labour supporter" handwavey? And when that guy shouted at Matt Hancock outside a hospital and they amplified confected a story about a physical assault?
Is it possible that a) maybe those guys had a point and b) that our most prominent political journalists might have been unable to see the real story that was staring them in the face?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:32 (four years ago) link
Obviously the chance of any tiny amount of self-reflection is zero. They got what they were after right?
― crisp, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:35 (four years ago) link
Let's talk other people getting what they want:
More than 70,000 seasonal workers are normally required to harvest the UK’s fruit and vegetables. Domestic supplies are critical for soft fruits with around 90% of the strawberries and 60% of the raspberries we eat grown in the UK.There is now uncertainty that overseas workers will be able to travel to the UK over the next month to take up those jobs. There is also worry among the existing overseas labour force working on farms in the UK about whether to stay or travel back home.We urgently need a UK labour force who can help harvest crops to feed the nation. At a time when international travel is restricted and people are panic buying due to the coronavirus, it is crucial that growers can provide enough British produce to our supermarkets and local shops,” said Sarah Boparan, operations director at the farm recruitment company HOPS Labour Solutions.We are aware that there are many people facing sustained periods away from their usual employment or studies and HOPS can offer paid positions for those who are willing to work.HOPS has called for interested applicants to find out more and apply online.The British Summer Fruits association said it would be mounting a large-scale recruitment campaign in the next few days aimed at that part of the UK population left out of work by the coronavirus. It said 98% of harvest staff last year were from outside the UK.
There is now uncertainty that overseas workers will be able to travel to the UK over the next month to take up those jobs. There is also worry among the existing overseas labour force working on farms in the UK about whether to stay or travel back home.
We urgently need a UK labour force who can help harvest crops to feed the nation. At a time when international travel is restricted and people are panic buying due to the coronavirus, it is crucial that growers can provide enough British produce to our supermarkets and local shops,” said Sarah Boparan, operations director at the farm recruitment company HOPS Labour Solutions.
We are aware that there are many people facing sustained periods away from their usual employment or studies and HOPS can offer paid positions for those who are willing to work.
HOPS has called for interested applicants to find out more and apply online.
The British Summer Fruits association said it would be mounting a large-scale recruitment campaign in the next few days aimed at that part of the UK population left out of work by the coronavirus. It said 98% of harvest staff last year were from outside the UK.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:43 (four years ago) link