so they got disciplined by Starmer for participating in a mass zoom event that happened to contain a few unsavory characters. Fucking joke.
― calzino, Friday, 1 May 2020 12:25 (four years ago) link
Friendship ENDED
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 1 May 2020 12:28 (four years ago) link
Dark day for Manchester, whose local politics & Labour Party is in the grip of the property lobby.This was *thrown out* at the planning meeting in April. Approved yesterday by extraordinary committee of 3, which included the council's (unelected) Chief Exec. https://t.co/mIFpnk1c3n— isaac rose (@_isaacrose) May 1, 2020
― The Cognitive Peasant (ogmor), Friday, 1 May 2020 13:02 (four years ago) link
layla moran calling for UBI
― The Cognitive Peasant (ogmor), Friday, 1 May 2020 15:44 (four years ago) link
what a hotbed of radicalism the LibDems have become since Swinson has gone. I totally forgot they don't even have a leader at the moment, how could any party manage to run a leadership election in a slower fashion than Labour.
― calzino, Friday, 1 May 2020 16:01 (four years ago) link
739 new deaths, def time to consider relaxing our restrictions
― julian sprinkles (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 1 May 2020 16:12 (four years ago) link
that doesn't sound like past the peak to me
― calzino, Friday, 1 May 2020 16:20 (four years ago) link
Only 427 in hospitals, which is definitely down on a few weeks ago, with the remainder in care homes, which is way up. How long before we're at parity?
― Matt DC, Friday, 1 May 2020 16:29 (four years ago) link
The Russian oligarch and major Tory donor Sky interviewed earlier certainly thinks the peak is passed - get the proles back to work (or the Tory Party is getting no more money from me).
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Friday, 1 May 2020 16:37 (four years ago) link
JUst reading word taht what counts as a test having been carried out has changed from being a swab waiting to be analysed to a test being sent out to an individual now to a test being sent out to distribution centre. Nice way to massage numbers.
I thought the Guardian headline this morning about being past the peak might be a little premature just from who it was attributed to
― Stevolende, Friday, 1 May 2020 17:38 (four years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/may/01/uk-government-faces-legal-challenge-coronavirus-lockdown-businessman-simon-dolan?CMP
Absolutely fuck this guy.
― Matt DC, Friday, 1 May 2020 18:39 (four years ago) link
Seems like an intelligent caring guy
― clap for content-providers (Noodle Vague), Friday, 1 May 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
sky news just wiping the floor w the bbc lately. the latter reduced to rephrasing govt statements then appending a “some claim that (x)” rejoinder. on sky rn i’m watching a 20-minute report on makeshift morgues and mass graves in new york, ride-alongs with hearse drivers, amazing stuff tbqh.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 1 May 2020 20:26 (four years ago) link
now they’ve moved on to louisiana and talking about the disparity in outcomes for black americans. whole thing’s an hour i think. called “coronavirus: america’s reckoning”
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 1 May 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link
stunned that someone who wrote a book called How to Make Millions Without a Degree is a raging bellend
and right at the end of the article...lives in Monaco
― nashwan, Friday, 1 May 2020 20:38 (four years ago) link
DT Mike Gapes: RT The Independent Group for Change: Read the letter from Anna Soubry MP Chris Leslie Ann Coffey Mike Gapes Joan Ryan MP here ◽ https://t.co/lNjuHFjvtF https://t.co/mktUOtWSU5— Tweets MPs Delete (@deletedbyMPs) May 1, 2020
DT Chris Leslie: RT The Independent Group: Today, seven MPs have left Labour and formed a new, Independent Group. They’re from different backgrounds but are united i… https://t.co/8p5LiTWZtz— Tweets MPs Delete (@deletedbyMPs) May 1, 2020
whoever runs the Chuka, Gapesy, Chris Leslie etc twitter accounts are doing a bit of spring cleaning today and deleting all their year old + highly embarrassing tweets relating to the brief existence of CuK
― calzino, Friday, 1 May 2020 20:49 (four years ago) link
They'll always have Nandos
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 1 May 2020 20:52 (four years ago) link
and there is probably a thousand screenshots out there of all the most nauseating twitter content from the hilarious peak-hubris period of the CuK timeline that will live on to embarrass them for at least another decade.
― calzino, Friday, 1 May 2020 20:58 (four years ago) link
ok good piece on paramedics in NI on the 10 i must admit.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 1 May 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EW11_dnWAAAI81W?format=jpg&name=large
I can't believe five dangerous radical infiltrators who work for the NHS actually despise Tories and the lefty BBC gave them a platform to criticise the UK govt when they are doing such a cracking job of dealing with this pandemic.
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Friday, 1 May 2020 bookmarkflaglink
He has his wish.
Guess they’ve published that exit plan. pic.twitter.com/jchzPB6aB1— Elvis Buñuelo (@Mr_Considerate) May 1, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2020 07:31 (four years ago) link
Anyway I'm sure lockdown will be unpopular and people will go on as normal, spending like crazy on those sky subs to get to +20 GDP in q3.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2020 07:37 (four years ago) link
big red line go down, virus less deadly now, i am very smart
― Rams Valley Residents Insuring Future From Chaps Quotes (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 2 May 2020 07:44 (four years ago) link
Is there a bank holiday weekend in the UK too? I assume Mayday has been a traditional holiday there and may be why Ireland has one.Anyway. Is this going to be the first one ever when people all stay home in droves.
Cos otherwise think things might not go as planned. & everything must go as tories planned mustn't it.Can you have a revolution and keep social distancing.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 2 May 2020 07:59 (four years ago) link
See what can be achieved when you have a functioning opposition keeping the conversation about ending the lock-down and taking some pressure of the billionaire tory donors who want the same thing.
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 08:19 (four years ago) link
In the uk the May Day holiday has been moved to a Friday for reasons (nth anniversary of VE Day) although it’s been quite badly publicised, which would be quite annoying if anything were still going onIn any case the first bank holiday ever where ppl stayed home in droves was... the 4-day Easter weekend we just had a few weeks ago
― Microbes oft teem (wins), Saturday, 2 May 2020 08:24 (four years ago) link
I was talking about Mayday and being a bit sarcastic since I bet there are going to be a lot of hotspots this weekend if the weather stays as good as it looks outside. Rain has just been a couple of showers when it has happened.So expecting a resurgence in a couple of weeks.
Bank holiday Friday doesn't sound great.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 2 May 2020 08:34 (four years ago) link
I've been a workshy layabout for so long now that bank holidays long since lost any significance to me. When I was self-employed they used to be a pain in the arse when I wasn't making enough money and didn't get paid for them. I forget that normal people like to do stuff on bank holidays!
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 09:20 (four years ago) link
there's a spring bank holiday at the end of the may as well (in england anyway). the 26th, in that "article", is the tuesday after BH Monday.
― koogs, Saturday, 2 May 2020 09:58 (four years ago) link
Fair play. Great leadership. https://t.co/4zJgrSeF4j— Tom Watson (@tom_watson) May 1, 2020
― clap for content-providers (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 2 May 2020 10:43 (four years ago) link
If by 'exceeding' he means 'counting tests we haven't even sent out yet' then fair play indeed.
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Saturday, 2 May 2020 10:49 (four years ago) link
tom thinks falsely inflating figures by posting 40000 tests out is great leadership? even The Mail are calling bullshit on that manoeuvre.
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 10:50 (four years ago) link
Intending to post
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Saturday, 2 May 2020 10:51 (four years ago) link
another cunt who wandered into the Labour party by mistake except he was like this at age 20
― clap for content-providers (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 2 May 2020 10:51 (four years ago) link
London’s Nightingale Hospital is effectively being wound down after taking no new patients.Was it just a PR stunt?Facilities must not be taken down. They must be use to clear huge waiting list for treatments. We must not return to huge NHS queues. https://t.co/CaMPlYYAzl— Prem Sikka (@premnsikka) May 2, 2020
more great leadership for Tom W to admire here.
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 11:01 (four years ago) link
we must keep this facility, which we never had the nhs manpower to properly staff to begin with, open at all costs
― Rams Valley Residents Insuring Future From Chaps Quotes (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 2 May 2020 11:09 (four years ago) link
another testament to great leadership ..here's to Priti Patel and current UK immigration policies which are serving this country so well
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 11:15 (four years ago) link
The crisis has really shown up what good leadership actually looks like. The countries that are well governed appear to have got a grip on the crisis and saved thousands of lives in the process.
The UK has had the absolute opposite of good leadership and its leaders are being fawned over even as thousands of people continue to die. The only conclusion to draw is that the British, or at least English, concept of leadership is both fucked and entirely delusional.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 2 May 2020 11:59 (four years ago) link
Also I was going to say yesterday that Starmer can afford to basically ignore the Zoom controversy because no one seriously believes he's in the pocket of the Big Muslim Conspiracy but seeing today's papers apparently not.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 2 May 2020 12:01 (four years ago) link
Pretty much everything about the UK and how it sees itself is delusional.
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Saturday, 2 May 2020 12:01 (four years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EXA5maYXgAQGAd5?format=jpg&name=medium
from the pointless letters account, lets not dwell on thousands of people dying - here is the news 63.97 million people have not died today!
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 12:59 (four years ago) link
The only conclusion to draw is that the British, or at least English, concept of leadership is both fucked and entirely delusional.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 2 May 2020 bookmarkflaglink
A lot of countries are backing their leaders whatever it is they are doing, and seem to be doing so for a notion of unity at a difficult time. Think a few countries in Europe have fucked up but no heads are rolling yet.
People aren't going to spend much, unemployment will be high, there could be a housing crash with a mismanaged easing of the lockdown. Plenty of time for people to turn on their leaders.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2020 13:12 (four years ago) link
At the moment deaths are rising in Sweden and some are blaming immigrants rather than the govt bad strategy.
― calzino, Saturday, 2 May 2020 13:14 (four years ago) link
The notion of whether our leaders will continue to popular isn't really what I was talking about (I don't think they will) it's what's hailed as "leadership" that feels particularly stupid here.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 2 May 2020 13:58 (four years ago) link
"No one saw it coming" is the best bit in that letter.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 2 May 2020 13:59 (four years ago) link
The good cops & bad cops of Haringey trying out their latest social distancing measures
We have the pleasure of 20 new recruits across the BCU who just completed their final training on street duties. Normally they have a parade ceremony at Hendon but made do with some crackers & cheese☺️😩We wish them every success on their new journey & stay safe. #NewRecruits pic.twitter.com/deCG4QKDUC— MPS Haringey |#StayHomeSaveLives (@MPSHaringey) May 2, 2020
― all things must pasteurize (Matt #2), Saturday, 2 May 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link
In other news, the latest Johnson sprog has been named...Wilfred?!
― all things must pasteurize (Matt #2), Saturday, 2 May 2020 14:22 (four years ago) link
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7bzIQJebe-g/WT7GVwOpq3I/AAAAAAAAUtA/d7zyQBRydqIJavN9fX_kuP_SzKG6cJCbwCLcB/s400/01.png
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Saturday, 2 May 2020 14:25 (four years ago) link
This is Belgium.
Meanwhile in Belgium... their deputy prime minister getting to grips with the situation. pic.twitter.com/NPnelc6shd— Laura Round (@LauraRound) May 1, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2020 15:04 (four years ago) link
Was this on here before.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-testing-figures-uk-target-criticism-hancock-a9495621.html?fbclid=IwAR0WI7Lt-0qo07uu-33wPfipHst57nHFY3BZlstV6uLuglu1awzf-waCpVw
― Stevolende, Saturday, 2 May 2020 15:55 (four years ago) link