(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
aw diddums, were they being beastly to cockroach cummings? xp
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:07 (four years ago) link
we are committed to getting the infection numbers down and beating this virusunless it’s too hard
― french flaps, sparkly letters, all the bells and whistles (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
Only found the number of deaths today through this tweet.
yesterday we had 134 new covid deaths and today we have 412. good job you can go buy a car or an open air pastry in person next week eh— worm from home (@SzMarsupial) May 27, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
johnson looks terrible!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:15 (four years ago) link
Lol fucking head on him
― gyac, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
but yes, i've noticed as well that the ubiquitous charts with UK cases and deaths plotted as a line graph, which used to lead EVERY news bulletin, are now awol, which is strange, because the trend is vaguely, slightly downward, which surely is news worth vaguely, lightly celebrating?
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:18 (four years ago) link
Having lectured opposition members of liaison committee asking questions about Cummings about playing politics, Johnson with the connivance of committee chairman, Bernard Jenkin, and a succession of Tory MPs has turned it into a party political broadcast.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:21 (four years ago) link
412? jesus is that just some weekend catching up with the harvest of death or is this just one of greatest lockdowns in the West!
― calzino, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link
i've just heard the last 10 minutes or so and if this is a party political broadcast i hope the thick lazy cunt makes a lot more of them
― Children of Bo-Dom (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:40 (four years ago) link
Jenkin crammed some Labour MPs in it at the end.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:43 (four years ago) link
... and at the start.
Obv. Johnson himself is hopeless.
he quite literally doesn't know what he's doing
― Children of Bo-Dom (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:44 (four years ago) link
State of him.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:45 (four years ago) link
Does this disgusting bastard look ill and haggard as a result of the virus?
Genuine question, asked in hope.
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:54 (four years ago) link
They must, must know what everyone is thinking everytime this end says "isolate immediately"
― stet, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:55 (four years ago) link
durham’s gonna be packed
― french flaps, sparkly letters, all the bells and whistles (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
Laura K just described Johnson as “bouncing through” the liaison committee session lol
― gyac, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:13 (four years ago) link
xps to pinefox his cough sounds terrible
“flopping over”
― french flaps, sparkly letters, all the bells and whistles (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:14 (four years ago) link
That 412 needs a bit of unpacking - is that hospital deaths alone? There did appear to be a precipitous drop in the daily death rate over the past couple of days so I guess this is the data catching up?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
Tugendhat and Ellwood are making a lot of noise about not having an opportunity to grill Johnson over Huawei at the Commons Liaison Committee meeting. The former seems to see positioning himself as Hammer of the CCP as a path to leadership, or at least as the leading critic of the PM within the party.
It may require a corset to fit in the tubes but being back in a boat would be great. https://t.co/jZk9lB3ISN— Tom Tugendhat (@TomTugendhat) May 27, 2020
I'd be interested to know what the Atlanticist wing of the Tories think the upside of joining in a trade war with China is, other than making Trump happy.
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
I think in the comments to that tweet there is a bit about data catching up, but surely it's over 250 so a bit of a jump?
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:58 (four years ago) link
It was a bank holiday weekend so we get a Wednesday spike instead of a Tuesday spike. Today's was still lower than last Tuesday (412 today vs 545 on May 19th)
― BRAVE THE AFRIAD (onimo), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 19:26 (four years ago) link
Also last Tuesday's jump was also larger at 385
― BRAVE THE AFRIAD (onimo), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 19:28 (four years ago) link
also