Yes but now we are out of the EU, we judge by our own dependable British Standards, not those of others. As you said, BS is our accepted standard.In the world according to The Daily Express, we are beating Coronavirus and nearing herd immunity. Meanwhile in the real world, we aren’t beating Coronavirus and we aren’t nearing herd immunity, but The Daily Express has taken the Daily Mail’s crown as the most prolific purveyors of BS after Boris Johnson.
In a sense I'm, as a labour supporter, happy with that. Let the tories - and boris in particular - reap the consequences of what they sowed (brexit, deliberate disinformation, lies about public spending, deliberately atrophying of the nhs). But I feel for those at the sharp end of it, in care homes, even delusional brexit supporters and their families losing their benefits to universal credit.That’s a measure of just how dire the alternative was. Jo Swindon or Jez Corbyn or a lying cowardly yellow streak of pi$$. The streak of pi$$ just edges it for many people.
Remind me what Churchill said about crossing the channel small boats ...Boris Johnson says crossing Channel in small boats 'dangerous and criminal'
- Words which could be re-interpreted in our current situation. Our apparent current deliverance, though not obvious to those in Aberdeen, Preston, etc., is not a victory.In his 4 June speech, Churchill also reminded the country that "we must be very careful not to assign to this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations."
Government paid Vote Leave AI firm to analyse UK citizens’ tweets
Faculty, linked to senior Tories, hired to collect tweets as part of coronavirus-related contract
Good, they may learn how unpopular they areBad enough being here and some other places, but glad I never went onto Twitter:
There is it seems in all humans a light side and a dark side.In a sense I'm, as a labour supporter, happy with that. Let the tories - and boris in particular - reap the consequences of what they sowed (brexit, deliberate disinformation, lies about public spending, deliberately atrophying of the nhs). But I feel for those at the sharp end of it, in care homes, even delusional brexit supporters and their families losing their benefits to universal credit.
But theres something unfunny about it. In Beirut or Belarus endemic corruption result in determined protest. Here its rewarded with regular insincere handclapping. If 60000 plus avoidable deaths doesnt penetrate the public consciousness one has to wonder what will take the shine of the BS. Certainly not 3 gigaton nitrate blowing away part of London. I have a friendly bet with a colleague (for a cheap bottle of champagne) that boris will be more popular than ever after the next peak and a further 100k deaths.Yes but now we are out of the EU, we judge by our own dependable British Standards, not those of others. As you said, BS is our accepted standard.
And by our standards we are doing quite well now, having often done far worse a short while ago.
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I gather from the mirror hancock has decided to withhold today's covid stats from the public due to "data issues". And not a whimper from the press public or opposition.The least trustworthy government of all time now wants to suppress the Covid death figures because it looks bad for them, Cummings has obviously checked the way records are kept
UK COVID-19 daily death count could be scrapped - Telegraph
The UK's official COVID-19 daily death count could be scrapped following an investigation into Public Health England's method of counting the toll, The Telegraph newspaper reported.
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Rise in UK Covid cases above 1,000 a day breached government target
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/11/rise-in-uk-covid-cases-above-1000-a-day-breached-government-targetExclusive: 1,000-case ceiling to avoid virus flare-ups was set by Joint Biosecurity Centre in May
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/aug/11/scottish-conservatives-appoint-ruth-davidson-as-holyrood-leaderScottish Conservatives appoint Ruth Davidson as Holyrood leader
Former leader of Scottish Tories promoted amid alarm at growing popularity of SNP
The "Scottish" Tories suffer from the same branch office mentality as "Scottish" Labour.The tories are in a right mess in Scotland. Delaying ennoblement to allow them to even have a leader?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/aug/11/scottish-conservatives-appoint-ruth-davidson-as-holyrood-leader
Not sure it was anything but desperation!The "Scottish" Tories suffer from the same branch office mentality as "Scottish" Labour.
I suppose we'll be going back to Davidson's one trick, constantly wittering on about independence and blaming the SNP for constantly wittering on about independence, in between riding buffaloes and a bit of tank driving.
I suppose she impresses the the same people who are impressed by the blond buffoon.
England's Exposure Notification App Entering Trials as Engineers Work Out Bugs
https://www.macrumors.com/2020/08/12/england-exposure-notification-app-trial/Wednesday August 12, 2020 10:10 am PDT by Juli Clover
England is developing a contact tracing app that uses Apple and Google's Exposure Notification API, and while there are still bugs to be worked out, it's set to be trialed in a few areas in the country starting tomorrow.
Coronavirus: England's contact-tracing app gets green light for trial
By Leo Kelion Technology desk editor
- 1 hour ago
I will agree with you on this topic. I cannot see why the A levels O levels and in our case the Leaving certificate were replaced with estimated grades . Schools are very big places and typically there are only 100 kids per school doing an exam. There are typically 30 rooms , so three or four exam papers of equal complexity could be given on alternate sessions.What is all the fuss about A Level results about? If they aren’t happy with their grades, they can sit the exam for real. With the lockdown and restrictions on socialising, all that extra time will have been spent studying, so if anything, results will be much higher this year, after the re-sit. #nosympathywhatsoever. #stopmoaningandfuckoff