Brexit, for once some facts.

[Barry Shittpeas]

"Families of children who are entitled to free school meals now receive a £15 a day supermarket voucher to cover the cost of their lunch while schools are closed during the coronavirus pandemic."

Today on an earlier radio program there was a report from a Tesco that they are often being spent on alcohol.
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Waste of money, they will sell them for a tenner and blow that on shite. Needs to be stopped now and community food outlets set up.

The “disadvantaged“ are disadvantaged because they are twats who squander and abuse any opportunity presented to them.

 

[Barry Shittpeas]

I am pleased for you. My Sony X1000M3 over ear are also excellent. I started to give up on the in ears devices due to ear wax causing tinnitus .. If that happens there are remedies based on hydrogen peroxide drops.. they do work.

A Karcher pressure washer will help with your ear wax. Make sure it’s a K7 140 Bar model though!

 

[oldgroaner]

that's a clear warning for Johnson and Cummings.

But warnings don't work with the Criminally stupid

 

[Nev]

Poor Boris

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1258027546626662401

I watched PM questions live this afternoon. I was very impressed with KS, each time I see him on the PM questions session I think how absolutely hopeless Corbyn was when it came to holding the government to account.

BJ and his advisors must be worried about KS and will no doubt be trying to work out some kind of strategy to avoid looking stupid when they face him in the house. Having said that with most of the press supporting BJ no matter what he does, they will just lie about the exchanges that take place in the HoC.

 

[Danidl]

A Karcher pressure washer will help with your ear wax. Make sure it’s a K7 140 Bar model though!

Are you not setting the bar a little low?.

 

[flecc]

Essential permitted work this afternoon.

Croydon Council mowing the path lines on the meadows of our nature reserve. Presumably to ensure nobody trips over the 4 inch blades of grass and injure themselves falling on a dandelion:

 

[oyster]

I am pleased for you. My Sony X1000M3 over ear are also excellent. I started to give up on the in ears devices due to ear wax causing tinnitus .. If that happens there are remedies based on hydrogen peroxide drops.. they do work.

Curious. I use them because I have tinnitus.

(I only have cheap ones - not gone for wireless.)

My tinnitus is not related to earwax.

 

[Nev]

The Government has missed the 100,000 testing target for the 4th day in a row, someone on here (can't remember who) predicted that this was exactly what would happen. Here is the story.

Pressure on Johnson as UK's daily coronavirus testing target missed again

Prime minister new target of capacity of 200,000 tests a day was immediately dismissed by critics

www.theguardian.com

 

[oyster]

The Government has missed the 100,000 testing target for the 4th day in a row, someone on here (can't remember who) predicted that this was exactly what would happen. Here is the story.

Pressure on Johnson as UK's daily coronavirus testing target missed again

Prime minister new target of capacity of 200,000 tests a day was immediately dismissed by critics

www.theguardian.com

I over-egged it, but the idea was right.

Apr 26, 2020

• #76,111
• 
  Testing numbers prediction:
  
  Tuesday 28 April - 50,000 tests
  Wednesday 29 April - 12,000 tests
  Thursday 30 April - 100,001 tests
  Friday 1 May - 15,000 tests
  Saturday 2 May - 25,000 tests
  
  That is, they will hold back on Wednesday, even to the extent of delaying tests (or at making sure the statistics don't make it out), in order to hit the "by May" 100,000 on Thursday. And who cares how many after that?

https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/brexit-for-once-some-facts.24369/page-3806#post-553561

 

[oyster]

Glad I don't have one...

Virgin Money suspends thousands of credit cards with no warning

Regulator likely to look into move as coronavirus lockdown hits personal finances

 

[oldgroaner]

Reader comment in the Guardian
"
Arcdale
26m ago
1112

This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war

T&Cs:

No coverage if a clown is in charge.

 

[oldgroaner]

Boris suffers from the usual gambler's affliction

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1258100897223192578

 

[wheeler]

A Karcher pressure washer will help with your ear wax. Make sure it’s a K7 140 Bar model though!

Did a boy called Donald with a funny haircut suggest that to you?

 

[oyster]

Johnson can't even get away with quoting the Guardian!

Author of Guardian article on death tolls asks UK government to stop using it

Expert’s comments come after Boris Johnson cites his words on coronavirus at PMQs
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/may/06/author-of-guardian-article-on-death-tolls-asks-government-to-stop-using-it

 

[Nev]

I think it was the Telegraph that got the story about Neil Ferguson and the other Tory supporting press put it on their front pages. This got me thinking, how long had the Telegraph had this story for? Were they waiting for a certain day in which to release the story. I think most people could see that the way our death total was heading it would not be long before we over took Italy as having the highest total.

Putting the Ferguson story on the front page, helps to distract people from the huge numbers of people dying from the virus. Its a fairly under handed trick but its just the kind of the right wing press would do.

Owen Jones (I normally find him a bit too extreme) in the Guardian has some reasonable thoughts on this.

The prurient headlines about Neil Ferguson are a huge distraction | Owen Jones

Britain’s death toll is the worst in Europe, yet our rightwing media focuses on a scientist’s sex life, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

www.theguardian.com

 

[Nev]

Is anyone surprised? The gowns from Turkey that were flown in by the RAF are to be returned as they don't comply with the NHS specification.

Coronavirus PPE: all 400,000 gowns flown from Turkey for NHS fail UK standards

Health department understood to be returning shipment of PPE and seeking refund

www.theguardian.com

 

[oldgroaner]

Boris is in trouble when the Telegraph runs a story like this

Professor Neil Ferguson had to go but Sage will be a lesser body without him

History will be kind to Prof Ferguson, his 'suppression' strategy came too late for the UK economy but saved thousands of lives

www.telegraph.co.uk

Professor Neil Ferguson had to go but Sage will be a lesser body without him
History will be kind to Prof Ferguson, his 'suppression' strategy came too late for the UK economy but saved thousands of lives

 

[oyster]

Is anyone surprised? The gowns from Turkey that were flown in by the RAF are to be returned as they don't comply with the NHS specification.

Coronavirus PPE: all 400,000 gowns flown from Turkey for NHS fail UK standards

Health department understood to be returning shipment of PPE and seeking refund

www.theguardian.com

Without knowing the basis of the failure, it is difficult to assess with any degree of confidence.

Could range from a minor issue resulting from over-zealous application of standards. Through to a load of garbage even the totters wouldn't take.

And could the original order have been messed up? We agreed to buy something but the detailed specifications were not fully checked.

 

[daveboy]

"Families of children who are entitled to free school meals now receive a £15 a day supermarket voucher to cover the cost of their lunch while schools are closed during the coronavirus pandemic."

Today on an earlier radio program there was a report from a Tesco that they are often being spent on alcohol.
.

It's £15 a week not a day (same price as free school meals) The vouchers should not be redeemed for any age-restricted items, such as alcohol, cigarettes or lottery tickets.
If supermarkets are letting them buy alcohol, they shouldn't be.

[Withdrawn] [WITHDRAWN] Providing school meals during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

www.gov.uk

 

[oyster]

It's £15 a week not a day (same price as free school meals) The vouchers should not be redeemed for any age-restricted items, such as alcohol, cigarettes or lottery tickets.
If supermarkets are letting them buy alcohol, they shouldn't be.

[Withdrawn] [WITHDRAWN] Providing school meals during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

www.gov.uk

Bizarre that they say:

The vouchers should not be redeemed for any age-restricted items, such as alcohol, cigarettes or lottery tickets.

Which appears to open them for use against anything that isn't age-restricted however unrelated to food and drink. I'd have expected the guidance to say: The vouchers can and must only be redeemed for food and non-alcoholic drinks.