Brexit, for once some facts.

[oyster]

Monday	20/04/2020​
Country	2018 population	Total cases	Deaths	Deaths / cases %	Cases / pop %	Death/pop %
England	55,977,178​	93,030​	14,828​	15.9%​	0.17%​	0.026%​
Northern Ireland	1,881,641​	2,728​	194​	7.1%​	0.14%​	0.010%​
Scotland	5,438,100​	8,450​	903​	10.7%​	0.16%​	0.017%​
Wales	3,138,631​	7,546​	584​	7.7%​	0.24%​	0.019%​
	66,435,550​	111,754​	16,509​	14.8%​	0.17%​	0.025%​
Sunday	19/04/2020​
Country	2018 population	Total cases	Deaths	Deaths / cases %	Cases / pop %	Death/pop %
England	55,977,178​	90,629​	14,399​	15.9%​	0.16%​	0.026%​
Northern Ireland	1,881,641​	2,645​	193​	7.3%​	0.14%​	0.010%​
Scotland	5,438,100​	8,187​	893​	10.9%​	0.15%​	0.016%​
Wales	3,138,631​	7,270​	575​	7.9%​	0.23%​	0.018%​
	66,435,550​	108,731​	16,060​	14.8%​	0.16%​	0.024%​

 

[Woosh]

it seems from your table that government is holding the number of new cases round about current level (5000-6000 new cases a day) .
Basically, test enough to pick out those who are worst affected, the rest are told by NHS 111 Covid to stay at home.
The downside of this strategy is a larger number of fatalities.

 

[Wicky]

The continuing saga

"Asked about the delayed shipment of healthcare PPE from Turkey, the Department for Health and Social Care referred queries to the Foreign Office, which was contacted for comment. Eventually Culture secretary Oliver Dowden said he was hopeful the shipment would still arrive when it arrives... whenever"

Gove said Boris has “very much got his hand on the tiller".

Bring back Grayling

Migrant traffickers awarded government Brexit ferry contract

An Iranian based start up company has been awarded a lucrative Brexit ferry contract to cover the contingency of a No Deal exit from the EU on 29 March . ShahBourne Freight Limited was incorporated…

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[oldgroaner]

Is this true?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1252300427959382016

Regarding those 128 fake #NHS Staff accounts posting for 'Herd Mentality' and support of the Govt that were set up by @DHSCgovuk or their marketing agency ... Posts were sent using Hootsuite, a mass-posting tool. Account registered to 1 person with 4 assigned contributors.
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[oldgroaner]

Front page of the Telegraph

Exclusive: Millions of pieces of PPE are being shipped from Britain to Europe despite NHS shortages
Last week five million surgical masks and more than a million respirators were packed on to EU-registered lorries by one UK wholesaler

?

 

[oldgroaner]

The Express has a new tack, print old news as if it is new!
Boris Johnson's analysis of 'determined' Brexit voters shows transition WON'T be extended
BORIS JOHNSON has been urged to extend the Brexit transition period in light of coronavirus - but one of his throwback columns suggests the Prime Minister will never do so.

So don't dare to change your mind Boris! the Express won't let you.
"It's the Will of the people"
Or rather it was, and they aren't allowed to change their minds either
EVER

 

[oldgroaner]

Can you believe there is someone who had a worse response to coronavirus than Boris Johnson? | First Dog on the Moon — the guardian (UK)

Is it too early to start looking for someone to blame over Covid-19?

apple.news

 

[oyster]

The continuing saga

"Asked about the delayed shipment of healthcare PPE from Turkey, the Department for Health and Social Care referred queries to the Foreign Office, which was contacted for comment. Eventually Culture secretary Oliver Dowden said he was hopeful the shipment would still arrive when it arrives... whenever"

Gove said Boris has “very much got his hand on the tiller".

Bring back Grayling

Migrant traffickers awarded government Brexit ferry contract

An Iranian based start up company has been awarded a lucrative Brexit ferry contract to cover the contingency of a No Deal exit from the EU on 29 March . ShahBourne Freight Limited was incorporated…

medici2471.wordpress.com

Boris "Charon" Johnson being the tillerman to take us all across the Styx?

 

[oldgroaner]

Brexiteer's hedge fund is placing bets against British firm making PPE for NHS — The Mirror

Hedge funders are hoping to rake in cash by betting on the failure of iconic British brands, including Burberry - who are making gowns and masks for the NHS

apple.news

 

[oyster]

Seems the RAF is in the air...

Anyway, now it is time to blame the Turks.

RAF plane sent to pressure Turkey to release gowns for NHS

UK government makes desperate move to force export of PPE it promised for Sunday

The British government reacted desperately to delays in securing urgently needed supplies of personal protective equipment from Turkey on Monday evening, dispatching an RAF plane in an attempt to force Ankara to release them.

The plane, one of three that have been waiting to be dispatched to pick up the shipment of 400,000 protective gowns for NHS staff, took off from RAF Brize Norton on Monday despite earlier ministerial assurances that the matter was on the brink of being resolved.

By the time the flight took off there was no indication from the Turkish authorities that the equipment had been approved for export.

The RAF transport planes have been on standby at Brize Norton for days waiting for the go-ahead to pick up 84 tonnes of urgently needed medical clothing and equipment, including the 400,000 gowns made by Turkish suppliers.

With a series of deadlines set by UK ministers missed, the British government has blamed its Turkish counterpart for causing the delays.

 

[oldgroaner]

Seems the RAF is in the air...

Anyway, now it is time to blame the Turks.

RAF plane sent to pressure Turkey to release gowns for NHS

UK government makes desperate move to force export of PPE it promised for Sunday

The British government reacted desperately to delays in securing urgently needed supplies of personal protective equipment from Turkey on Monday evening, dispatching an RAF plane in an attempt to force Ankara to release them.

The plane, one of three that have been waiting to be dispatched to pick up the shipment of 400,000 protective gowns for NHS staff, took off from RAF Brize Norton on Monday despite earlier ministerial assurances that the matter was on the brink of being resolved.

By the time the flight took off there was no indication from the Turkish authorities that the equipment had been approved for export.

The RAF transport planes have been on standby at Brize Norton for days waiting for the go-ahead to pick up 84 tonnes of urgently needed medical clothing and equipment, including the 400,000 gowns made by Turkish suppliers.

With a series of deadlines set by UK ministers missed, the British government has blamed its Turkish counterpart for causing the delays.

Send a gunboat! Ooops, the last time we tried that we got our backsides kicked well and truly.
Perhaps we could try being polite? that should shock them into submission.

 

[oldgroaner]

The continuing saga

"Asked about the delayed shipment of healthcare PPE from Turkey, the Department for Health and Social Care referred queries to the Foreign Office, which was contacted for comment. Eventually Culture secretary Oliver Dowden said he was hopeful the shipment would still arrive when it arrives... whenever"

Gove said Boris has “very much got his hand on the tiller".

Bring back Grayling

Migrant traffickers awarded government Brexit ferry contract

An Iranian based start up company has been awarded a lucrative Brexit ferry contract to cover the contingency of a No Deal exit from the EU on 29 March . ShahBourne Freight Limited was incorporated…

medici2471.wordpress.com

If you can't beat 'em
Join 'em?

 

[oldgroaner]

Naughty oldgroaner

Brexitshambles

@brexit_sham
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UK only formally asked Turkey for PPE shipment help on Sunday - after telling Britons it was on its way https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-uk-only-formally-asked-turkey-for-ppe-shipment-after-it-said-it-was-already-on-its-way-11976238…


Replying to @brexit_sham
They had an electrical fault in the Tardis, which they hope to fix before Boris times his comeback appearance

 

[oldgroaner]

The New European@TheNewEuropean
·
1h
Government sets date for Boris Johnson to return to work after coronavirus http://theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/boris-johnson-return-to-work-after-coronavirus-may-7th-1-6609898

oldgroaner @oldgroaner
To do what exactly? his efforts so far have been utterly counterproductive even when he could be bothered to make any, why make matters worse?

 

[Barry Shittpeas]

This is the Tories that a decade or so ago promised unqualified hospital nursing healthcare assistants a payrise if they studied for NVQ - many studied on top of their normal hours on the wards and eventually found out the qualification wasn't too be recognised and lost out on being graded higher and the pay rise.

* Healthcare assistants (HCAs) make up around a third of the caring workforce in hospitals {1.3 million unregistered healthcare assistants and support workers working on the frontline of care) , but research suggests that they now spend more time than nurses at the bedside. If the NHS wants to improve patient care, it should see healthcare assistants as a critical, strategic resource. Yet many HCAs feel undervalued and overlooked.

Unlike the old State Enrolled Nurses who used to support Registered Nurses, healthcare assistants have no compulsory or consistent training, and a profusion of job titles. This confuses patients, who often assume that everyone is a nurse; and it makes life difficult for some nurses, who are not always sure which tasks they can safely delegate.

Some HCAs are now doing jobs that used to be the preserve of nurses, even doctors. The Review met a group of healthcare assistants from a busy A&E who are inserting IV drips, taking blood and plastering. Yet they are paid at three levels below a newly qualified nurse.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/236212/Cavendish_Review.pdf

The important sentence in the above is:

This confuses patients, who often assume that everyone is a nurse.

That is the intention. They want the hospital to look well staffed with nurses, but not spend any money. It’s an illusion. They did it with the police, PCSOs uniform being very similar to a police officer’s.

 

[Barry Shittpeas]

Robert Jenrick stated very clearly on Saturday at the Downing Street briefing that PPE was on its way from Turkey and would arrive the following day. Not that they were going to ask the following day, but that it would arrive the following day. They hadn’t even asked for it at that stage. The lying ****.

I hope this story gains some traction. The lying bastards. I would imagine Beth Rigby will be banned from all future Downing Street briefings. Her crime, discovering the truth.

Coronavirus: UK only formally asked Turkey for PPE shipment help on Sunday - after telling Britons it was on its way — Sky News

Britain only made a formal request to Turkey over a consignment of personal protective equipment on Sunday - the day after a cabinet minister announced the "very significant additional shipment" was already heading to the UK, Turkish sources have told Sky News.

apple.news

 

[oldgroaner]

The important sentence in the above is:

This confuses patients, who often assume that everyone is a nurse.

That is the intention. They want the hospital to look well staffed with nurses, but not spend any money. It’s an illusion. They did it with the police, PCSOs uniform being very similar to a police officer’s.

They will be disguising Mogg and IDS trying to pass them off as Humans next!

 

[oldgroaner]

The New European

@TheNewEuropean
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4m
Number 10 distances itself from Matt Hancock’s pledge for 100,000 coronavirus tests a day https://theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/number-10-distances-itself-from-matt-hancock-s-pledge-for-100-000-coronavirus-tests-a-day-1-6615852…


Replying to @TheNewEuropean
oldgroaner@oldgroaner
It's like the start of Mission Impossible "should you be caught out and discredited, Dominic Cummings will disavow your actions, this "No 10 Source tests promise will self destruct in ten seconds"

 

[oldgroaner]

It would be funny if it wasn't true
Nothing much to see here.... just a Govt department using an automated account to rebut accusations of using automated accounts.
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Jane

#KeepBritainKind

@localnotail
· 9h
Replying to @peterjukes and @BylineTimes
It's mad, ~50 identical rebuttals sent out over 15 mins just after 10PM to people sharing that evidence thread about fake NHS accounts https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=These claims are categorically false. (from:@Dhscgovuk)&src=typed_query&f=live… Video in case they vanish


1:25
49.8K views

 

[oldgroaner]

James O'Brien@mrjamesob

When Johnson starts trying to distance himself from the incompetence of his own government, as he surely will, cabinet ministers will find out just how loyal & honest he is. They could save themselves some time by asking his wives.