sky news just wiping the floor w the bbc lately. the latter reduced to rephrasing govt statements then appending a “some claim that (x)” rejoinder. on sky rn i’m watching a 20-minute report on makeshift morgues and mass graves in new york, ride-alongs with hearse drivers, amazing stuff tbqh.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 1 May 2020 20:26 (four years ago) link
now they’ve moved on to louisiana and talking about the disparity in outcomes for black americans. whole thing’s an hour i think. called “coronavirus: america’s reckoning”
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 1 May 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link
stunned that someone who wrote a book called How to Make Millions Without a Degree is a raging bellend
and right at the end of the article...lives in Monaco
― nashwan, Friday, 1 May 2020 20:38 (four years ago) link
DT Mike Gapes: RT The Independent Group for Change: Read the letter from Anna Soubry MP Chris Leslie Ann Coffey Mike Gapes Joan Ryan MP here ◽ https://t.co/lNjuHFjvtF https://t.co/mktUOtWSU5— Tweets MPs Delete (@deletedbyMPs) May 1, 2020
DT Chris Leslie: RT The Independent Group: Today, seven MPs have left Labour and formed a new, Independent Group. They’re from different backgrounds but are united i… https://t.co/8p5LiTWZtz— Tweets MPs Delete (@deletedbyMPs) May 1, 2020
whoever runs the Chuka, Gapesy, Chris Leslie etc twitter accounts are doing a bit of spring cleaning today and deleting all their year old + highly embarrassing tweets relating to the brief existence of CuK
― calzino, Friday, 1 May 2020 20:49 (four years ago) link
They'll always have Nandos
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 1 May 2020 20:52 (four years ago) link
and there is probably a thousand screenshots out there of all the most nauseating twitter content from the hilarious peak-hubris period of the CuK timeline that will live on to embarrass them for at least another decade.
― calzino, Friday, 1 May 2020 20:58 (four years ago) link
ok good piece on paramedics in NI on the 10 i must admit.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 1 May 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EW11_dnWAAAI81W?format=jpg&name=large
I can't believe five dangerous radical infiltrators who work for the NHS actually despise Tories and the lefty BBC gave them a platform to criticise the UK govt when they are doing such a cracking job of dealing with this pandemic.
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
The Russian oligarch and major Tory donor Sky interviewed earlier certainly thinks the peak is passed - get the proles back to work (or the Tory Party is getting no more money from me).
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Friday, 1 May 2020 bookmarkflaglink
He has his wish.
Guess they’ve published that exit plan. pic.twitter.com/jchzPB6aB1— Elvis Buñuelo (@Mr_Considerate) May 1, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2020 07:31 (four years ago) link
Anyway I'm sure lockdown will be unpopular and people will go on as normal, spending like crazy on those sky subs to get to +20 GDP in q3.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2020 07:37 (four years ago) link
big red line go down, virus less deadly now, i am very smart
― Rams Valley Residents Insuring Future From Chaps Quotes (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 2 May 2020 07:44 (four years ago) link
Is there a bank holiday weekend in the UK too? I assume Mayday has been a traditional holiday there and may be why Ireland has one.Anyway. Is this going to be the first one ever when people all stay home in droves.
Cos otherwise think things might not go as planned. & everything must go as tories planned mustn't it.Can you have a revolution and keep social distancing.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 2 May 2020 07:59 (four years ago) link
See what can be achieved when you have a functioning opposition keeping the conversation about ending the lock-down and taking some pressure of the billionaire tory donors who want the same thing.
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 08:19 (four years ago) link
In the uk the May Day holiday has been moved to a Friday for reasons (nth anniversary of VE Day) although it’s been quite badly publicised, which would be quite annoying if anything were still going onIn any case the first bank holiday ever where ppl stayed home in droves was... the 4-day Easter weekend we just had a few weeks ago
― Microbes oft teem (wins), Saturday, 2 May 2020 08:24 (four years ago) link
I was talking about Mayday and being a bit sarcastic since I bet there are going to be a lot of hotspots this weekend if the weather stays as good as it looks outside. Rain has just been a couple of showers when it has happened.So expecting a resurgence in a couple of weeks.
Bank holiday Friday doesn't sound great.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 2 May 2020 08:34 (four years ago) link
I've been a workshy layabout for so long now that bank holidays long since lost any significance to me. When I was self-employed they used to be a pain in the arse when I wasn't making enough money and didn't get paid for them. I forget that normal people like to do stuff on bank holidays!
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 09:20 (four years ago) link
there's a spring bank holiday at the end of the may as well (in england anyway). the 26th, in that "article", is the tuesday after BH Monday.
― koogs, Saturday, 2 May 2020 09:58 (four years ago) link
Fair play. Great leadership. https://t.co/4zJgrSeF4j— Tom Watson (@tom_watson) May 1, 2020
― clap for content-providers (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 2 May 2020 10:43 (four years ago) link
If by 'exceeding' he means 'counting tests we haven't even sent out yet' then fair play indeed.
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Saturday, 2 May 2020 10:49 (four years ago) link
tom thinks falsely inflating figures by posting 40000 tests out is great leadership? even The Mail are calling bullshit on that manoeuvre.
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 10:50 (four years ago) link
Intending to post
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Saturday, 2 May 2020 10:51 (four years ago) link
another cunt who wandered into the Labour party by mistake except he was like this at age 20
― clap for content-providers (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 2 May 2020 10:51 (four years ago) link
London’s Nightingale Hospital is effectively being wound down after taking no new patients.Was it just a PR stunt?Facilities must not be taken down. They must be use to clear huge waiting list for treatments. We must not return to huge NHS queues. https://t.co/CaMPlYYAzl— Prem Sikka (@premnsikka) May 2, 2020
more great leadership for Tom W to admire here.
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 11:01 (four years ago) link
we must keep this facility, which we never had the nhs manpower to properly staff to begin with, open at all costs
― Rams Valley Residents Insuring Future From Chaps Quotes (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 2 May 2020 11:09 (four years ago) link
another testament to great leadership ..here's to Priti Patel and current UK immigration policies which are serving this country so well
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 11:15 (four years ago) link
The crisis has really shown up what good leadership actually looks like. The countries that are well governed appear to have got a grip on the crisis and saved thousands of lives in the process.
The UK has had the absolute opposite of good leadership and its leaders are being fawned over even as thousands of people continue to die. The only conclusion to draw is that the British, or at least English, concept of leadership is both fucked and entirely delusional.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 2 May 2020 11:59 (four years ago) link
Also I was going to say yesterday that Starmer can afford to basically ignore the Zoom controversy because no one seriously believes he's in the pocket of the Big Muslim Conspiracy but seeing today's papers apparently not.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 2 May 2020 12:01 (four years ago) link
Pretty much everything about the UK and how it sees itself is delusional.
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Saturday, 2 May 2020 12:01 (four years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EXA5maYXgAQGAd5?format=jpg&name=medium
from the pointless letters account, lets not dwell on thousands of people dying - here is the news 63.97 million people have not died today!
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 12:59 (four years ago) link
The only conclusion to draw is that the British, or at least English, concept of leadership is both fucked and entirely delusional.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 2 May 2020 bookmarkflaglink
A lot of countries are backing their leaders whatever it is they are doing, and seem to be doing so for a notion of unity at a difficult time. Think a few countries in Europe have fucked up but no heads are rolling yet.
People aren't going to spend much, unemployment will be high, there could be a housing crash with a mismanaged easing of the lockdown. Plenty of time for people to turn on their leaders.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2020 13:12 (four years ago) link
At the moment deaths are rising in Sweden and some are blaming immigrants rather than the govt bad strategy.
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 13:14 (four years ago) link
The notion of whether our leaders will continue to popular isn't really what I was talking about (I don't think they will) it's what's hailed as "leadership" that feels particularly stupid here.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 2 May 2020 13:58 (four years ago) link
"No one saw it coming" is the best bit in that letter.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 2 May 2020 13:59 (four years ago) link
The good cops & bad cops of Haringey trying out their latest social distancing measures
We have the pleasure of 20 new recruits across the BCU who just completed their final training on street duties. Normally they have a parade ceremony at Hendon but made do with some crackers & cheese☺️😩We wish them every success on their new journey & stay safe. #NewRecruits pic.twitter.com/deCG4QKDUC— MPS Haringey |#StayHomeSaveLives (@MPSHaringey) May 2, 2020
― all things must pasteurize (Matt #2), Saturday, 2 May 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link
In other news, the latest Johnson sprog has been named...Wilfred?!
― all things must pasteurize (Matt #2), Saturday, 2 May 2020 14:22 (four years ago) link
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7bzIQJebe-g/WT7GVwOpq3I/AAAAAAAAUtA/d7zyQBRydqIJavN9fX_kuP_SzKG6cJCbwCLcB/s400/01.png
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Saturday, 2 May 2020 14:25 (four years ago) link
This is Belgium.
Meanwhile in Belgium... their deputy prime minister getting to grips with the situation. pic.twitter.com/NPnelc6shd— Laura Round (@LauraRound) May 1, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2020 15:04 (four years ago) link
Was this on here before.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-testing-figures-uk-target-criticism-hancock-a9495621.html?fbclid=IwAR0WI7Lt-0qo07uu-33wPfipHst57nHFY3BZlstV6uLuglu1awzf-waCpVw
― Stevolende, Saturday, 2 May 2020 15:55 (four years ago) link
‘we want to support the aviation industry any way we can’ says jenrick at today’s press conferencecan’t wait for government to nationalise the airlines for the benefit of the nation
― Rams Valley Residents Insuring Future From Chaps Quotes (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 2 May 2020 15:57 (four years ago) link
made the mistake of listening to 15 minutes of PM. the steady drip of stories about how capitalism can be saved asap started making me feel ill.
― clap for content-providers (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 2 May 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
I don't think it would save capitalism but would like to propose an experiment to launch Wilfred into space and see if he makes a better satellite than his useless fucking dad has a PM so far.
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 16:32 (four years ago) link
The aviation issue is interesting. BA seems to be opposed to taking any government money (though parent company IAG has received some from Spain) and is using it as an excuse to sack staff and decrease pay / conditions. It sounds like Virgin is in serious trouble and the government has made it fairly clear it won’t help - not unreasonably, given that they’ve barely paid any tax or made a profit at any point over the last few years.
― ShariVari, Saturday, 2 May 2020 16:47 (four years ago) link
My occasional whippet Wilf objects to those idiots and their spawn, who have ruined a perfectly good dog’s name.
― santa clause four (suzy), Saturday, 2 May 2020 21:23 (four years ago) link
so sorry about that suzy. These lowlife ruin everything they touch.
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 21:24 (four years ago) link
not that you could ruin a beautiful whippet just by name association!
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 21:26 (four years ago) link
The pic of Embarrassed Wilf is over on the birdie hellsite, as is the custom.
― santa clause four (suzy), Saturday, 2 May 2020 21:29 (four years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/03/uk-lockdown-must-not-be-lifted-until-covid-19-transmission-is-understood-say-scientists?CMP
50% of new confirmed cases in the UK are now healthcare workers - so a lack of PPE is directly affecting the country's ability put the worst of the outbreak behind it.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 3 May 2020 10:45 (four years ago) link
Interview with Nadia Whittome, Labour MP for Nottingham East and the youngest MP in the Commons, who has returned to care work during the crisis (it's what she was doing directly before the December election).
https://www.leftlion.co.uk/read/2020/may/nadia-whittome-nottingham-east-mp-covid-19-coronavirus-response/
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 3 May 2020 11:09 (four years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/03/uk-lockdown-must-not-be-lifted-until-covid-19-transmission-is-understood-say-scientists?CMP🕸50% of new confirmed cases in the UK are now healthcare workers - so a lack of PPE is directly affecting the country's ability put the worst of the outbreak behind it.
― Microbes oft teem (wins), Sunday, 3 May 2020 11:09 (four years ago) link
xpshe was on AQ on Friday night, she's my hero - she's so brilliant and fuck about 99% of MPs who aren't worth shit next to her.
― calzino, Sunday, 3 May 2020 11:11 (four years ago) link