I enjoy looking at the first few replies to these tweets of his and sending them to my Corbyn- and landlord-hating friend to radicalise him.
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 19:50 (four years ago) link
Corbyn doesn't need a 2nd thought on attacking the fucking tories, Starmer on the other hand, at the moment is trying his best not to offend them.
― calzino, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 20:17 (four years ago) link
NEW: Sunak says the Housing Secretary will be making a statement in the coming days "to protect renters in these difficult times"— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) March 17, 2020
― stet, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 20:46 (four years ago) link
I'm sure jenrick has some real radical proposals and landlords will be shitting it.
― calzino, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 20:57 (four years ago) link
This is the calm before the storm, before the surge. And when it comes, and it will come, never will so many ask so much of so few. We will do all that we can to support them.
In years to come, let them say of us when things were at their worst, we were at our best.
leo
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"A day like today is not a day for soundbites, but"
― ---------------six feet----------------- (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 21:56 (four years ago) link
xp DONT
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 22:02 (four years ago) link
The gravest of tones, the bluest of shirts
the actual fuck am i watching from maitlis here
grilling a WHO (pronounced 'who' btw ffs) official as if she was the uk govt
not that ive seen anyone grill the uk govt
setting up these ludicrous questions about the govt daring to take mobile phones off ppl and check their contacts, i mean is this a big worry over there?
wtf
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 22:49 (four years ago) link
in a stupid parallel universe Jess Phillips is the leader of the opposition now
Of course most landlords will do all they can to help tenants https://t.co/gIkAHjyMoE— Jess Phillips MP (@jessphillips) March 17, 2020
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 23:32 (four years ago) link
I can't imagine how grim it would be if someone who was a weak tory lite piece of piss with dodgy funding and garbage politics was LOTO right now!
― calzino, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 23:38 (four years ago) link
I hope Starmer is correct and we can platitude our way out of this crisis. https://t.co/UmOJcbL8jj— Keir Milburn (@KeirMilburn) March 17, 2020
― calzino, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 02:08 (four years ago) link
Sigh. Developed a slight dry but persistent cough yesterday and self isolated even though I felt fine. Then developed high fever at 4am today. There is a lot of COVID-19 in Westminster.— neil_ferguson (@neil_ferguson) March 18, 2020
― Number None, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 08:01 (four years ago) link
by my maths, if every mp gets infected, 11.9 of them will dieplace your bets
― uncle-knower is coming for you (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 08:58 (four years ago) link
It's not for the likes of us to question the ways of the Almighty
― calzino, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 09:05 (four years ago) link
BG if corona drove you back to ilx I for one applaud our pangolin overlords
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 09:21 (four years ago) link
dropping in occasionally to wish death on powerful people is my vibe rn
― uncle-knower is coming for you (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 09:45 (four years ago) link
shout out to the entire media class
― ---------------six feet----------------- (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 10:03 (four years ago) link
thankful for living in an area of London that's so racist that the Turkish and Pakistani supermarkets are still well stocked. God bless Nigel Farage still— hussein kesvani (@HKesvani) March 16, 2020
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 11:28 (four years ago) link
Above all else right now the absolute non-medical priority for the government should be ensuring reliable food supplies to the over-70s and other at-risk groups. Virtually nothing else matters more and I haven't seen any real announcements about it?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 11:30 (four years ago) link
Anonymous briefings that Cummings was 'in talks' with Deliveroo and Uber a few days ago is the most I've seen.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 11:32 (four years ago) link
Bring back rationing but really. People completely losing the run of themselves and exacerbating the issue for the most vulnerable. My family at home can’t believe this shit, people are still going out to shop but social distancing from others.
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 11:38 (four years ago) link
there is effectively some levels of *sensible* rationing going on online ordering, it won't let order more than two tinned/tubes of tomato puree.
― calzino, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 11:40 (four years ago) link
that's more than I normally use in a week, but it could be worse.
― calzino, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 11:43 (four years ago) link
They need to find a way of rationing the delivery slots, not everyone can or should go to the shops right now.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 11:54 (four years ago) link
had an email from sainsbury's saying that they would be prioritising deliveries for the elderly and "the disabled". how you prove you're either of these in their online shop i have no idea
― ymo sumac (NickB), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 12:00 (four years ago) link
I'd a scan of a DWP PIP/pension letter would do, like old folks have scanners of course.
― calzino, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 12:02 (four years ago) link
would
give people a few days to start faking those then
― ymo sumac (NickB), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 12:07 (four years ago) link
yep I don't there is a practicable way of doing it without potential of people feigning oldness/disability to get their orders tbh
― calzino, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 12:08 (four years ago) link
Anyone caught doing this to be immediately disabled
― felt jute gyte delete later (wins), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 12:17 (four years ago) link
death by a thousand faked blue badge cuts
― calzino, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 12:23 (four years ago) link
haha just realised i have a couple of my mum's dad's WW2 ration books in a shoebox somewhere, so maybe i'm ok for powdered egg and radio malt for a day or two
― mark s, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 12:25 (four years ago) link
Johnson ducks @Ianblackford_MP’s call for him to temporarily introduce universal income for all. Deep concern in Govt that if it came in, it would prove politically impossible to ever withdraw.— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) March 18, 2020
― stet, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 12:25 (four years ago) link
You're a mature, grown-up liberal democracy.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 12:26 (four years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETK9geiXQAIkS4s?format=jpg&name=small
― calzino, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 12:31 (four years ago) link
it me
(all of them)
― mark s, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 12:33 (four years ago) link
We think we have it bad, but think how bad England’s most boring man has it:
I’ve walked the dogs, washed the car, tidied the house. I’m now bored out of my brain. Self isolate for weeks? I can’t manage a day!— michael owen (@themichaelowen) March 15, 2020
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 12:47 (four years ago) link
I think you have to register DOB when you sign up to shop Sainsbury’s/Waitrose/Nectar online? I don’t do online shopping as a rule because I’d rather walk to the shop than wait in for parcels. Takes less time where I am.
― santa clause four (suzy), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 12:52 (four years ago) link
I think you could be right about that. I mostly put in a nonsense DOB when i sign up for stuff cos it's none of their business, mostly like 1-Jan-1902 or something. So I'll be fine, they think I'm 118 years old
― ymo sumac (NickB), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 13:05 (four years ago) link
by my maths, if every mp gets infected, 11.9 of them will dieplace your bets― uncle-knower is coming for you (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 08:58 (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
place your bets
― uncle-knower is coming for you (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 08:58 (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Due to a member of my family showing symptoms of Coronavirus, I’m following NHS advice and self-isolating for the next 14 days.I’m showing no symptoms myself and feel absolutely fine but it’s vital that we all follow the Government’s medical advice.— Tim Farron (@timfarron) March 18, 2020
― uncle-knower is coming for you (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 13:06 (four years ago) link
All that milk is going to see him just fine.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 13:55 (four years ago) link
I'm presuming a large amount of pensioners are not very online, my mum certainly isn't. And it'll often be family members who will be doing the ordering for them. Is there any way I can send a burning bag of dog shit to Tim Farron's doorstep now he's at home for a while?
― end-a-game beans (calzino), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 13:57 (four years ago) link
deliverpoo
― uncle-knower is coming for you (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link
Schools closing in Wales and Scotland. Can’t see England and NI lasting much into next week.
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 15:15 (four years ago) link
I think they break up for easter in 2 weeks, are these fuckers just going to wait until then?
― end-a-game beans (calzino), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 15:19 (four years ago) link
Deutsche Bank expects the mother of all recessions: "The quarterly declines in GDP growth we anticipate substantially exceed anything previously recorded going back toat least World War II." pic.twitter.com/jfPY5jR0Vw— Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) March 18, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 15:42 (four years ago) link
That's less a recession and more a short but very sharp shock but those forecasts include a sharp rebound in Q3 which seems... hopeful. If it goes on for longer then everything depends on how long businesses and households can be kept on economic life support.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 15:56 (four years ago) link
just got a call from the son's teacher who reckons schools will be closed in England as well this 5pm press conf
― end-a-game beans (calzino), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 15:59 (four years ago) link
Hull College closed to students from tonight so yeah I guess it's happening to schools too
― ---------------six feet----------------- (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 16:10 (four years ago) link