Brexit, for once some facts.

[Barry Shittpeas]

Nearly forgot. Happy VJ Day.

 

[Danidl]

I have just seen an interview with a **** arriving back, by plane, from holiday in France. He was moaning about having to quarantine for two 14 days. He is currently on furlough, and may be called back to work within the next two weeks. Now he is worried that he won’t be available for work.

Why don’t these ***** realise that when on furlough, they are being paid to do a job. That job is to help stop the spread of coronavirus by not mixing with large groups of people on a plane . Going on a European holiday is not helping that objective. These ******* idiots should be made to repay all of their furlough money and be summoned back to work / laid off immediately.

In reality, I can’t see many people sticking to the quarantine rules. Give it a few weeks and they will be moaning that granny is dead.

As You may have picked up, I was in France myself for a Month and arrived back last Wednesday week. Ireland never removed the requirement for quarantine . I have been self quarantining at home. ..The house is large enough for an additional guest space . I have a son in a vulnerable health so no physical contact with any member for 10 days .. abundance of caution? Maybe. But I am disappointed that the Gardai did not ring or check .
In fairness to Brittany Ferries they were operating a very well structured CV19 isolation regimen

 

[oyster]

So relieved. Can now go to a casino in England.

Relieved of mental capacity and the contents of my wallet. Just why would anyone want to risk Covid-19 in order to be able to risk their money? We all know the odds are stacked in favour of the house. Don't we?

(And so pleased the government has seen the importance of casinos to the population.)

 

[Barry Shittpeas]

As You may have picked up, I was in France myself for a Month and arrived back last Wednesday week. Ireland never removed the requirement for quarantine . I have been self quarantining at home. ..The house is large enough for an additional guest space . I have a son in a vulnerable health so no physical contact with any member for 10 days .. abundance of caution? Maybe. But I am disappointed that the Gardai did not ring or check .
In fairness to Brittany Ferries they were operating a very well structured CV19 isolation regimen

A very responsible and conscientious attitude. It’s a shame more people don’t do the same.

 

[Barry Shittpeas]

So relieved. Can now go to a casino in England.

Relieved of mental capacity and the contents of my wallet. Just why would anyone want to risk Covid-19 in order to be able to risk their money? We all know the odds are stacked in favour of the house. Don't we?

(And so pleased the government has seen the importance of casinos to the population.)

I suppose it’s the ultimate gamble.

 

[Barry Shittpeas]

Boom! It’s out there and if didn’t take long, maybe 36 hours tops. The A level results predicting algorithm is racist.

The BLAME com-you-nit-ee have been gifted something new to blame for their own failings and shortcomings, binary code. Wonderful.

Just sit the exams and illustrate how racist the computer code had been. No, It’s easier to BLAME.

 

[flecc]

BREXITEERS have been told they might be left "disappointed" and may be forced accept a warning from the UK's chief Brexit negotiator David Frost, that Britain may not achieve all of its objectives in a future trade agreement with the European Union.

Precisely what I was forecasting and the purpose of my post when I started this Brexit thread 81,199 posts and 4,061 web pages ago.

Here's the link
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[oyster]

The unexpected, indeed - unanticipated, effects of brexit continue to astound:

Marathon chocolate bars return to supermarkets - 30 years after Snickers rebrand

[No idea if it is brexit-related but someone will claim it is. And how long till those who never knew Marathon will be lamenting the loss of the Snickers they grew up with and knew for thirty years?]

 

[Barry Shittpeas]

The unexpected, indeed - unanticipated, effects of brexit continue to astound:

Marathon chocolate bars return to supermarkets - 30 years after Snickers rebrand

[No idea if it is brexit-related but someone will claim it is. And how long till those who never knew Marathon will be lamenting the loss of the Snickers they grew up with and knew for thirty years?]

I won’t believe it until Spangles, Treats and Cadbury’s Bar Six make a comeback.

 

[Danidl]

I won’t believe it until Spangles, Treats and Cadbury’s Bar Six make a comeback.

Bring back Spangles... They were never sold in RoI,but were available in NI and of course mainland UK . They were a cause of great wonder whenever anyone ventured abroad and enhanced street cred no end in the local primary school. The existence of Aero in Green or Orange colours were also rarities, but they were no Spangles

 

[oldgroaner]

Simon Cowell did not fall off an Ebike!
https://www.treehugger.com/simon-cowell-did-not-fall-off-an-e-bike-5074440

He fell off one of these

The Swind EB-01 that Cowell was riding has a bigger motor. "The beating heart of this beast is an electrical motor with 15kW of power." that is 20 times the maximum allowed for e-bikes in North America, 60 times the limit in Europe. It has been called "the fastest bike on earth"– It can do 80 miles per hour

 

[oyster]

Simon Cowell did not fall off an Ebike!
https://www.treehugger.com/simon-cowell-did-not-fall-off-an-e-bike-5074440

He fell off one of these

The Swind EB-01 that Cowell was riding has a bigger motor. "The beating heart of this beast is an electrical motor with 15kW of power." that is 20 times the maximum allowed for e-bikes in North America, 60 times the limit in Europe. It has been called "the fastest bike on earth"– It can do 80 miles per hour

I was fully expecting something like that to come out - in time. I couldn't be arsed to look.

Added:
Partner just told me how much one costs:

Total Cost

£16,500 + local taxes

 

[oldgroaner]

 

[oldgroaner]

Mt latest tweet
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The way this government is performing the day isn't so far away after Brexit before people are manning dinghies and crossing the channel in the other direction as economic migrants!

 

[Barry Shittpeas]

THE health quango blamed for the poor handling of the pandemic will be scrapped next month, it was revealed.
Matt Hancock has decided that Public Health England will be wound up after a string of failures.

Is Matt Handcock going to be scrapped after his string of failures too? I think that these clowns actually believe in their own BS. They can’t have the slightest notion of how little regard or respect the public has for them. Incredible.

 

[oldgroaner]

Thought for the day from Hancocks half hour

 

[oldgroaner]

THE health quango blamed for the poor handling of the pandemic will be scrapped next month, it was revealed.
Matt Hancock has decided that Public Health England will be wound up after a string of failures.

Is Matt Handcock going to be scraped after his string of failures too? I think that these clowns actually believe in their own BS. They can’t have the slightest notion of how little regard or respect the public has for them. Incredible.

I responded to that....
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For crying out loud Public Health England is a Government Department it's getting biblical now! "If thine eye offend thee pluck it out! What will these offenders against reality pull off as a stunt next??

 

[oyster]

THE health quango blamed for the poor handling of the pandemic will be scrapped next month, it was revealed.
Matt Hancock has decided that Public Health England will be wound up after a string of failures.

Is Matt Handcock going to be scraped after his string of failures too? I think that these clowns actually believe in their own BS. They can’t have the slightest notion of how little regard or respect the public has for them. Incredible.

No surprise there.

In the report (very limited) in The Independent, there is no mention of the Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland parallel organisations. (Though they appear to be smaller than PHE.) But the new National Institute for Health Protection refers to Britain. And merging with NHS Track and Trace despite each of the three other countries having its own.

So yet again a complete failure to understand the UK.

The "NHS weight loss plan" app - currently being ineptly promoted with advertising - has clearly had its terms and conditions written with this sort of change in mind. It expressly refers to PHE's assets being rolled over into another organisation.

The allegations against PHE include arrogance. Schoolkid banter often includes "takes one to know one".

Added:

Technically, their privacy policy which says:

If Public Health England or substantially all of its assets are transferred to a third party organisation, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.

Note how that opens the doors to the data being transferred to anyone they choose - whether part of government or private, based in the UK, or not.

 

[oyster]

Thought for the day from Hancocks half hour

Exactly what it feels like.

Tesco has become much busier in the past few weeks. As you go round, it is hard work avoiding the groups of people stopped for a chat. Almost invariable they are too close to each other, leave insufficient room to get past without getting too close. And appear oblivious to others.

This is happening in a way that never used to - it isn't any sort of return to "normal" behaviour.

 

[Wicky]