https://vole.wtf/this-mp-does-not-exist/
― nashwan, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 10:47 (four years ago) link
The Court of Session has found in favour of ex-Scottish Labour leader @kezdugdale in the defamation appeal brought by Wings Over Scotland editor Stuart Campbell. The appeal has been refused, ending a long, expensive legal drama that goes back to March 2017.— Michael Gray (@GrayInGlasgow) May 27, 2020
some *normal news here, complete arsehole bankrupts himself with costly legal fees hopefully
* non Bo-Dom non Rona news
― calzino, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 10:51 (four years ago) link
what a way for gyac to find out that calz has her killfiled
― a denim head and an aficionado of Japanese craftsmanship (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 10:53 (four years ago) link
eh?
― calzino, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 10:57 (four years ago) link
gyac posted the same exact same twitter link a few posts up
― a denim head and an aficionado of Japanese craftsmanship (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 10:59 (four years ago) link
oops sorry, just didn't notice!
― calzino, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 11:00 (four years ago) link
well it is an echo chamber after all!
no one posted this yet, I see, some non-domcum news for once
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 11:20 (four years ago) link
I've killiefied 90% of this thread so every day I tell myself I'm easily in the top three best poster of regular contributors here
― calzino, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 11:28 (four years ago) link
just admit you refer to this thread as 'the calzone' or resign
― nashwan, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 11:31 (four years ago) link
that will be Tell Kier Starmer to fuck off thread I'm going to start!
― calzino, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 11:37 (four years ago) link
I'm fuming. I wrote to my MP, Sir Christopher Chope, about Cummings, and in his reply he not only defended the man but also managed to find a way to blame migrants.Don't vote Tory, folks, especially if you vote in Christchurch. pic.twitter.com/mcpXq8rCiW— Benjamin Chadwick (@bchadwickfrance) May 26, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 11:41 (four years ago) link
Don't vote Tory, folks, especially if you vote in Christchurch.
Good luck with that one.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 12:01 (four years ago) link
Noted epidemiologist Sir Christopher Chope telling everyone how it works on viral transmission there
― some infected evening (Matt #2), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 12:10 (four years ago) link
He's the upskirt guy?
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 12:12 (four years ago) link
Who ya gonna call? FILIBUSTERS!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Chope#Blocking_and_filibustering_of_bills
― some infected evening (Matt #2), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 12:14 (four years ago) link
Repulsive man.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 12:17 (four years ago) link
I ain't afraid of "no" votes
― some infected evening (Matt #2), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 12:30 (four years ago) link
vg
― stet, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 12:31 (four years ago) link
calzino hasn't even killfiled me, he's a softie really :D
― imago, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 12:48 (four years ago) link
I wouldn't even killify a Danish fly
― calzino, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 12:52 (four years ago) link
I hate Scousers as well tbh even though my best pal is one, but he's a Berlin Scouser and also hates Scousers!
Liverpool way cooler than Berlin ftr.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 12:59 (four years ago) link
I've not been to Berlin but that seems unlikely
― The Cognitive Peasant (ogmor), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:02 (four years ago) link
lol we're all gonna die
A retired doctor who set up the UK’s first Covid-19 contact-tracing scheme has warned the Government faces major challenges after they struggled to persuade health and care workers to self-isolate.Dr Bing Jones told BBC Radio 4’s The World At One programme that only a third of people involved in their testing scheme agreed to self isolate. He said: “The other two-thirds were mostly co-operative but we didn’t complete the follow-up. One of the reasons was that three-quarters of these people who we were unable to follow, so that is around 30 people, were employed in the health service or care homes or home care.“They generally said ‘we’d like to help but I discussed it with my manager and my manager says no’.”He added that “this is a major challenge for the government”.Greg Fell, a director of Public Health in Sheffield, added: “I hope the app will do what it was built to do but certainly I’m not building my hopes and aspirations about the app being there to save us. I’m building my hopes and aspirations about having skilled humans.”
Dr Bing Jones told BBC Radio 4’s The World At One programme that only a third of people involved in their testing scheme agreed to self isolate.
He said: “The other two-thirds were mostly co-operative but we didn’t complete the follow-up. One of the reasons was that three-quarters of these people who we were unable to follow, so that is around 30 people, were employed in the health service or care homes or home care.
“They generally said ‘we’d like to help but I discussed it with my manager and my manager says no’.”
He added that “this is a major challenge for the government”.
Greg Fell, a director of Public Health in Sheffield, added: “I hope the app will do what it was built to do but certainly I’m not building my hopes and aspirations about the app being there to save us. I’m building my hopes and aspirations about having skilled humans.”
― a denim head and an aficionado of Japanese craftsmanship (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:05 (four years ago) link
xp reminds me of a thought I had the other day, is Johnson the only British PM to be unable to enter a part of the country he governs* for fear of being lynched? I doubt Thatcher was too popular in Liverpool either but she could probably have at least visited without being strung up.
* as so often different circumstances probably apply in Northern Ireland
― Neil S, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:05 (four years ago) link
Having been to both, unlikely doesn't really cover it.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:22 (four years ago) link
(xp) Pretty sure Churchill avoided South Wales like the rona.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:24 (four years ago) link
Dundonians otm.
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/nostalgia/1315993/this-city-will-kill-me-churchill-the-maggot-saga-and-how-the-cigar-puffing-statesman-came-to-despise-dundee/
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:26 (four years ago) link
I like Liverpool well enough but, no.
The contract tracing thing seems dead in the water.
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:27 (four years ago) link
oh no
‘A good strong daddy’ pic.twitter.com/b7i5UIFFtG— Harriet Williamson (@harriepw) May 27, 2020
― a denim head and an aficionado of Japanese craftsmanship (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:28 (four years ago) link
I've been to both, so nyah.
Viewpoint somewhat coloured by the fact that Berlin is the number one destination for obnoxious rich kids throughout the continent, mind.
xposts
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:28 (four years ago) link
yeah, can't say i'm surprised that we appear to be on the verge of fucking up the one thing that might help us get some control over the spread of the disease but this doesn't look good
― a denim head and an aficionado of Japanese craftsmanship (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:30 (four years ago) link
so not "world-beating" then, there's a surprise it's not like boris to talk in excitable terms about something he has no chance of delivering
― calzino, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:31 (four years ago) link
Has anyone implemented contact tracing effectively without making it a social necessity?
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:34 (four years ago) link
see that south korea are thinking about introducing some tightening measures again - and that’s with quite a sophisticated track and trace program in place
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:36 (four years ago) link
xps so what you're saying Tom D is that Johnson is well and truly Churchillian
― Neil S, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:38 (four years ago) link
I heard on a report earlier the S Korea outbreak was traced to a nightclub but it also coincides with them re-opening schools as well
― calzino, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:40 (four years ago) link
Kerala's contact tracing seems to be manual and therefore doesn't rely on anyone having an app or owt
― The Cognitive Peasant (ogmor), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:43 (four years ago) link
S. Korea's doesn't use an app either aiui.
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:45 (four years ago) link
still uses GPS though, and south korea has the highest % of smart phone usage in the world
― The Cognitive Peasant (ogmor), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:47 (four years ago) link
No 10 can live with private anger. The danger is in public calls for DC to resign. Some MPs waiting too to see how PM does at liaison cttee. But MPs I’ve spoken to today think it will take external event (development in police probe, new revelation) now to force PM’s hand 4/— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) May 27, 2020
― stet, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:19 (four years ago) link
I find I'm really hoping he brings it upon himself in questions later
― stet, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:21 (four years ago) link
https://twitter.com/marcusbarnett_/status/1265648942794133505 seems pretty public
― gyac, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:23 (four years ago) link
Deleted, was this https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZB83kYX0AA0hMd?format=jpg&name=large
was gonna say 'seems reasonable' until i spotted branson and cummings hanging in effigy
now i'm gonna say 'seems very reasonable'
― a denim head and an aficionado of Japanese craftsmanship (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:42 (four years ago) link
reassuring
No 10 says it cannot explain why the daily announcement of the number of people being tested for coronavirus has been mysteriously dropped.Boris Johnson's spokesman said it was "not something I have noticed" - despite the department of health and social care failing to provide the statistic for four days.It comes after widespread criticism that the number of people tested is typically tens of thousands fewer than the "capacity" available and way below the 100,000 daily benchmark.However, the spokesman insisted the government was on track to hit the prime minister's promise of a testing capacity of 200,000 by this weekend - despite the latest figure being only 154,120.
― french flaps, sparkly letters, all the bells and whistles (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
Johnson is having a horrible, horrible time, live on BBC One. (But not horrible enough to force him to sack Cummings)
― stet, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 15:50 (four years ago) link
Never mind tests, no one pays much mind to the death rate anymore. Ireland recorded zero deaths the other day, no desire or will to get to that.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 15:57 (four years ago) link
Lol craven
BBC statement on last night's Newsnight pic.twitter.com/JFm4Nt5YMv— BBC News Press Team (@BBCNewsPR) May 27, 2020
― gyac, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:03 (four years ago) link
Boris Johnson says contact tracing should only force a very small number of people into quarantineThe best estimates suggest that if there are 10,000 fresh cases a day, then as many as 390,000 new people would be quarantined each day pic.twitter.com/12KlB0kMal— Rowland Manthorpe (@rowlsmanthorpe) May 27, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:07 (four years ago) link