egg Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 2 minutes ago, aintforever said: For a government getting slated for taking the piss out of COVID restrictions, surely there couldn’t be a worse diversionary tactic than putting more restrictions on the general public? Takes the discussion away from that so it's got diversion written all over it for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 1 minute ago, aintforever said: For a government getting slated for taking the piss out of COVID restrictions, surely there couldn’t be a worse diversionary tactic than putting more restrictions on the general public? It’s a pretty shit dead cat strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 Just now, egg said: Takes the discussion away from that so it's got diversion written all over it for me. How does imposing restrictions take the discussion away from breaking restrictions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 1 minute ago, Lord Duckhunter said: How does imposing restrictions take the discussion away from breaking restrictions? Bingo. I see a lot of people who are clearly anything but distracted saying, "this is a distraction!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 4 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said: How does imposing restrictions take the discussion away from breaking restrictions? Because these are different (new) restrictions and give people something else to discuss. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 Just now, Lighthouse said: Bingo. I see a lot of people who are clearly anything but distracted saying, "this is a distraction!" Have you seen the headlines & lead stories of most media outlets today. What do you think they will be tomorrow? Spoiler alert, probably something to do with new restrictions, not christmas parties in downing street. That's kind of how these things work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 6 minutes ago, egg said: Takes the discussion away from that so it's got diversion written all over it for me. Did you watch the press conference? It’s the same subject, the main theme of the questioning was what effect their partying would have on the public’s compliance with new restrictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 Storm Barra is a distraction from JWP's awful cross-field pass. Doesn't mean anyone is going to just forget about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 1 minute ago, aintforever said: Did you watch the press conference? It’s the same subject, the main theme of the questioning was what effect their partying would have on the public’s compliance with new restrictions. Yep, great that they aren't letting them off the hook, but tomorrows headlines wont be about christmas parties in Downing Street will they, which is exactly what they want. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 Just now, aintforever said: Did you watch the press conference? It’s the same subject, the main theme of the questioning was what effect their partying would have on the public’s compliance with new restrictions. Todays restrictions are exactly that. Last year's breaches are exactly that. Of course the two overlap, but I think you have to be rather naive to think that the intention and timing of this announcement was not to some extent motivated by a wish to create a diversion. Whether that works is another matter, but I'm quite clear that was part of the motivation. Others can disagree, umpteen pages of you're wrong / I'm right ain't going to change my view, and doubtless yours, ducks, Lighthouse, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 3 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: Storm Barra is a distraction from JWP's awful cross-field pass. Doesn't mean anyone is going to just forget about it. Who said they would? A shit attempt at deflection doesn't alter the intent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 1 minute ago, egg said: Todays restrictions are exactly that. Last year's breaches are exactly that. Of course the two overlap, but I think you have to be rather naive to think that the intention and timing of this announcement was not to some extent motivated by a wish to create a diversion. Whether that works is another matter, but I'm quite clear that was part of the motivation. Others can disagree, umpteen pages of you're wrong / I'm right ain't going to change my view, and doubtless yours, ducks, Lighthouse, etc These restrictions will cost the economy a fortune, I hate Johnson as much as the next guy but not even I think he would impose them as some bizarre plan to change a couple of day’s headlines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 2 minutes ago, aintforever said: These restrictions will cost the economy a fortune, I hate Johnson as much as the next guy but not even I think he would impose them as some bizarre plan to change a couple of day’s headlines. why will it cost the economy a fortune? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 4 minutes ago, egg said: Who said they would? A shit attempt at deflection doesn't alter the intent. It's so sh*t that it was clearly only ever going to look lame and cynical. Boris and his spin doctors would have known that and if anything I'd say it's somewhat unfortunate for them. Given choice they probably would have preferred to wait until next week so it DOESN'T look like a sh*te attempt at a diversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, Lighthouse said: It's so sh*t that it was clearly only ever going to look lame and cynical. Boris and his spin doctors would have known that and if anything I'd say it's somewhat unfortunate for them. Given choice they probably would have preferred to wait until next week so it DOESN'T look like a sh*te attempt at a diversion. They did have a choice, even his own party were saying to wait for more data. But no, Boris wanted to push on with his hastily arranged press conference. Edited 8 December, 2021 by Turkish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 Is the IT up to it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 4 minutes ago, Turkish said: why will it cost the economy a fortune? I know this is typical exaggerated Daily Fail crap but there will be a cost: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10287979/New-Covid-restrictions-cost-UK-economy-4bn-month.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 8 minutes ago, aintforever said: These restrictions will cost the economy a fortune, I hate Johnson as much as the next guy but not even I think he would impose them as some bizarre plan to change a couple of day’s headlines. Really? He'd sacrifice anything or anyone to save his ass. Agreed re the economy impact. Its the panic that it'll cause amongst many - I've had messages cancelling 2 Xmas parties this evening. No covid cases, no restrictions, just an injection of doubt. Shame for people happy to crack on with life, and awful for the restaurants and supply chain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, aintforever said: I know this is typical exaggerated Daily Fail crap but there will be a cost: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10287979/New-Covid-restrictions-cost-UK-economy-4bn-month.html Funny how people quote "the Daily Fail" when it suits then but when it doesn't it's right wing, racist, scaremongering scum paper Edited 8 December, 2021 by Turkish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 2 minutes ago, Turkish said: Funny how people quote "the Daily Fail" when it suits then but when it doesn't it's right wing, racist, scaremongering scum paper I thought I would post a link you understood. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 2 minutes ago, aintforever said: I thought I would post a link you understood. Idiotic response, didn’t take long did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 4 hours ago, revolution saint said: It's not really madness though, is it? It's potentially saving lives. Seems to me to be perfect sense to take some precautionary measures until we know whether this strain is as dangerous (or more) than delta. There isn't enough data yet to know whether it is or not but there is enough data to suggest it's more transmissible. Really depends on what restrictions they impose, for how long and what they hope to achieve by them. Hopefully it is mild, or less severe but we haven't had it around long enough to know yet - something like only 6% of South Africa is over 65 so you wouldn't necessarily expect to see much severe disease over there anyway because of their age profile. Unless there’s a corresponding drop off in harm, the spike in transmissibility will surely lead to more hospitalizations. Given nhs doctors have been pretty clear they are already struggling due to combination of winter/Covid/backlog that requires. Really this action should have come sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 1 hour ago, aintforever said: These restrictions will cost the economy a fortune, I hate Johnson as much as the next guy but not even I think he would impose them as some bizarre plan to change a couple of day’s headlines. It’s not his money. He would do anything to save his own skin. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 8 December, 2021 Share Posted 8 December, 2021 1 hour ago, egg said: Todays restrictions are exactly that. Last year's breaches are exactly that. Of course the two overlap, but I think you have to be rather naive to think that the intention and timing of this announcement was not to some extent motivated by a wish to create a diversion. Whether that works is another matter, but I'm quite clear that was part of the motivation. Others can disagree, umpteen pages of you're wrong / I'm right ain't going to change my view, and doubtless yours, ducks, Lighthouse, etc It is aintclever you’re replying too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 11 hours ago, Turkish said: Have you seen the headlines & lead stories of most media outlets today. What do you think they will be tomorrow? Spoiler alert, probably something to do with new restrictions, not christmas parties in downing street. That's kind of how these things work. I don't think the party stories are going away just yet https://news.sky.com/story/sundays-national-newspaper-front-pages-12427754 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 The trouble is you can't talk about the restrictions without talking about Christmas gatherings and so continually highlighting the tory Christmas parties 😁 beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 Plan B to save Xmas Firebreak to save February Project Re-start to save Easter Booster #4 to save the summer Rinse and repeat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 So the guy Boris has assigned to check if what he’s saying is true to investigate if the party happened was there himself. You can’t make this up 🤣🤣🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 8 minutes ago, Turkish said: So the guy Boris has assigned to check if what he’s saying is true to investigate if the party happened was there himself. You can’t make this up 🤣🤣🤣 It's mental isn't it. I'm not sure whether Boris is running on his own ideas, or he's being advised by idiots. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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badgerx16 Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, trousers said: Who cares if the shagaholic adulterer fathers another sprog. He obviously isn't buying in to the concept of over-population, what makes him think his genes are so special ? As Jeremy Kyle would tell him " put something on the end of it". Edited 9 December, 2021 by badgerx16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 7 minutes ago, badgerx16 said: Who cares if the shagaholic adulterer fathers another sprog. He obviously isn't buying in to the concept of over-population, what makes him think his genes are so special ? As Jeremy Kyle would tell him " put something on the end of it". It seems the thing he is putting on the end of it is posh blondes with very little sense or taste in men... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 1 hour ago, trousers said: Welcome to the world, baby Allegra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-59589775 An interesting take on the 'what about smokers' argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 They’re jumped the friggin shark now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 11 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said: They’re jumped the friggin shark now. Further down that thread ; "I also understand only 3 ministers spoke in favour of Plan B now during Cabinet yesterday. One senior Tory MP just now: “I’m not having all our lives fucked up by these fucking halfwits again just to dig themselves out of their own fucking mess”. " 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 Although there’s clearly an element of distraction from Conservative implosion - and helpful timing for Murdoch with the Sienna Miller debacle - there are some very serious hospital capacity issues building up added to normal winter pressures. If Omicron lets rip, this is going to get messy. I’m 5 minutes from a fairly big hospital in an area battling hard to get booster numbers up, with lower 1st and vaccine numbers and ambulances have been queuing up to get in with emergency patients where the wards and the ICU is apparently full of unvaccinated patients with COVID complications (through contacts working there). There are social, educational and income divides on who is choosing to take vaccines, although not being an notably diverse area we don’t have the issues with lower take up that others do as an additional demand increasing factor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 Funny how the Met managed to find enough evidence for 3 people to be fined by magistrates for attending parties elsewhere in London on the same evening as the "do" at number 10. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyinthesky Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 1 hour ago, saint1977 said: Although there’s clearly an element of distraction from Conservative implosion - and helpful timing for Murdoch with the Sienna Miller debacle - there are some very serious hospital capacity issues building up added to normal winter pressures. If Omicron lets rip, this is going to get messy. I’m 5 minutes from a fairly big hospital in an area battling hard to get booster numbers up, with lower 1st and vaccine numbers and ambulances have been queuing up to get in with emergency patients where the wards and the ICU is apparently full of unvaccinated patients with COVID complications (through contacts working there). There are social, educational and income divides on who is choosing to take vaccines, although not being an notably diverse area we don’t have the issues with lower take up that others do as an additional demand increasing factor. I have a relative who works in a major hospital in the Midlands. She reckons the ICU in her hospital is full of the 'Unvaccinated and the Fat'...(her words) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 I tend to find that this vaccine scientist on twitter has the best information about covid. She updates regularly and cuts straight through the panic and agendas reported in the media. Well worth a read. Here's her latest thread. https://twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/1468985784338366468?t=9XqCzFH5aQURcfzAUSNbeQ&s=19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 One way to deal with the unvaccinated might be to ask the Russians to supply doses of their Sputnik vaccine and get them to smear it on people's door handles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 3 hours ago, The Cat said: I tend to find that this vaccine scientist on twitter has the best information about covid. She updates regularly and cuts straight through the panic and agendas reported in the media. Well worth a read. Here's her latest thread. https://twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/1468985784338366468?t=9XqCzFH5aQURcfzAUSNbeQ&s=19 Yeah, I've followed her. There is also a Dr on YouTube (Dr John Campbell) who is also very knowledge and offers really fair views I find. In terms of where I sit at the moment, I've had two vaccinations and I'm not really keen on any form of booster. My story of vaccination has been quite a troublesome one. 1st Jab - woke up in the middle of the night, cold sweats, shaking from every part of my body. Felt like a seizure, but it wasn't. I then did faint and tests did reveal heart related spikes, which have gone now. So luckily I was ok, but it shook me up. I'm a fully fit, young guy with no underlying issues. Previous to my jab I'd just been given the seal of approval my by doctor for having a 'remarkable blood pressure'. 2nd Jab - Maybe I was daft going for the 2nd given my experience of the first, but I did. Sadly it was still a bit shit. They didn't aspirate correctly, it got caught in a vain when they took it out and blood went everywhere. Literally squirted. It didn't even seem like the guy knew what he was doing. Ruined a pair of jeans and left a nasty bruise/bump for weeks on my arm. So I think I'm well within my right to steer well clear of any third jab. If that means I lose my job, I'll lose my job. If that means I get shut of of society then so be it. Given what happened to me on the first two I think people would appreciate my hesitancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 9 minutes ago, S-Clarke said: Yeah, I've followed her. There is also a Dr on YouTube (Dr John Campbell) who is also very knowledge and offers really fair views I find. In terms of where I sit at the moment, I've had two vaccinations and I'm not really keen on any form of booster. My story of vaccination has been quite a troublesome one. 1st Jab - woke up in the middle of the night, cold sweats, shaking from every part of my body. Felt like a seizure, but it wasn't. I then did faint and tests did reveal heart related spikes, which have gone now. So luckily I was ok, but it shook me up. I'm a fully fit, young guy with no underlying issues. Previous to my jab I'd just been given the seal of approval my by doctor for having a 'remarkable blood pressure'. 2nd Jab - Maybe I was daft going for the 2nd given my experience of the first, but I did. Sadly it was still a bit shit. They didn't aspirate correctly, it got caught in a vain when they took it out and blood went everywhere. Literally squirted. It didn't even seem like the guy knew what he was doing. Ruined a pair of jeans and left a nasty bruise/bump for weeks on my arm. So I think I'm well within my right to steer well clear of any third jab. If that means I lose my job, I'll lose my job. If that means I get shut of of society then so be it. Given what happened to me on the first two I think people would appreciate my hesitancy. Crikey, that's not nice. No wonder you aren't interested in a booster with those experiences. What vaccine did you have for the first two? I wonder if it would make any difference if you had a different one for the booster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 15 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said: Plan B to save Xmas Firebreak to save February Project Re-start to save Easter Booster #4 to save the summer Rinse and repeat And it begins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes_and_Watson Posted 9 December, 2021 Share Posted 9 December, 2021 4 hours ago, The Cat said: I tend to find that this vaccine scientist on twitter has the best information about covid. She updates regularly and cuts straight through the panic and agendas reported in the media. Well worth a read. Here's her latest thread. https://twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/1468985784338366468?t=9XqCzFH5aQURcfzAUSNbeQ&s=19 Thanks for that Cat 54 minutes ago, S-Clarke said: 2nd Jab - Maybe I was daft going for the 2nd given my experience of the first, but I did. Sadly it was still a bit shit. They didn't aspirate correctly, it got caught in a vain when they took it out and blood went everywhere. Literally squirted. It didn't even seem like the guy knew what he was doing. Ruined a pair of jeans and left a nasty bruise/bump for weeks on my arm. I know he'll always wear a mask, but Michael Myers really shouldn't be giving out injections. Ghastly experiences, and I'm glad you're okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 10 December, 2021 Share Posted 10 December, 2021 10 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said: And it begins... Of course they will be making plans, what is your point? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 10 December, 2021 Share Posted 10 December, 2021 10 hours ago, The Cat said: Crikey, that's not nice. No wonder you aren't interested in a booster with those experiences. What vaccine did you have for the first two? I wonder if it would make any difference if you had a different one for the booster. I had the Astra-Zeneca for the first two, funnily enough just after my second they decided to stop giving it to my age range due to the complications! So I'd probably have Pfizer for any booster, or moderna. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoroncall Posted 10 December, 2021 Share Posted 10 December, 2021 2 hours ago, S-Clarke said: I had the Astra-Zeneca for the first two, funnily enough just after my second they decided to stop giving it to my age range due to the complications! So I'd probably have Pfizer for any booster, or moderna. You will have one of those for the booster. Have a word with your GP about your experience and what to expect if you go for a booster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trout-Tickler Posted 10 December, 2021 Share Posted 10 December, 2021 14 hours ago, S-Clarke said: Yeah, I've followed her. There is also a Dr on YouTube (Dr John Campbell) who is also very knowledge and offers really fair views I find. In terms of where I sit at the moment, I've had two vaccinations and I'm not really keen on any form of booster. My story of vaccination has been quite a troublesome one. 1st Jab - woke up in the middle of the night, cold sweats, shaking from every part of my body. Felt like a seizure, but it wasn't. I then did faint and tests did reveal heart related spikes, which have gone now. So luckily I was ok, but it shook me up. I'm a fully fit, young guy with no underlying issues. Previous to my jab I'd just been given the seal of approval my by doctor for having a 'remarkable blood pressure'. 2nd Jab - Maybe I was daft going for the 2nd given my experience of the first, but I did. Sadly it was still a bit shit. They didn't aspirate correctly, it got caught in a vain when they took it out and blood went everywhere. Literally squirted. It didn't even seem like the guy knew what he was doing. Ruined a pair of jeans and left a nasty bruise/bump for weeks on my arm. So I think I'm well within my right to steer well clear of any third jab. If that means I lose my job, I'll lose my job. If that means I get shut of of society then so be it. Given what happened to me on the first two I think people would appreciate my hesitancy. Reminds me of the first time I went to give blood many moons ago. As I got to the door of the centre the doors swung open as an ambulance crew were carting out someone who'd collapsed after donating their pint. I was nervous before that but that just put the tin hat on it! Fortunately everything went well and I've donated many times since! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 10 December, 2021 Share Posted 10 December, 2021 15 hours ago, S-Clarke said: 2nd Jab - Maybe I was daft going for the 2nd given my experience of the first, but I did. Sadly it was still a bit shit. They didn't aspirate correctly, it got caught in a vain when they took it out and blood went everywhere. Literally squirted. It didn't even seem like the guy knew what he was doing. Ruined a pair of jeans and left a nasty bruise/bump for weeks on my arm. So I think I'm well within my right to steer well clear of any third jab. If that means I lose my job, I'll lose my job. If that means I get shut of of society then so be it. Given what happened to me on the first two I think people would appreciate my hesitancy. Blimey! That takes a special skill to find a vein up there. It's an intramuscular injection normally given in the upper arm. My wife reacts to any inection and after each of her first two AZ ones whe felt a bit unusual for a couple of days but her third was a Pfizer and she had no reaction to that whatsoever. Good luck with whatever you choose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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