"Don't kill my voters" -- Boris Johnson
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 22 March 2020 12:24 (four years ago) link
"and then Italy did some of that and he posted a tweet about it, so the moment passed."
Spain nationalising hospitals and California using empty hotels to house the homeless too. Quietly observing like I normally do..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 22 March 2020 12:28 (four years ago) link
For all the hardman bullshit politicians spout about preparedness for war, the importance of having a nuclear deterrent and the psychotic button-pushing macho posturing, we seemingly have no plan in place for actually protecting ourselves against a biological attack, which is essentially what this is, albeit one without an adversary
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 22 March 2020 12:39 (four years ago) link
the fucking state of the UK govt. Taiwan's vice president has previous experience as an epidemiologist and they have experience with SARS, hmm how come they never tried Herd Immunity?
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 12:43 (four years ago) link
*sorry for biting on yr style Pom!
Be my guest!
― coco vide (pomenitul), Sunday, 22 March 2020 12:55 (four years ago) link
Superbrain Dom knows better than any epidemologist.
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Sunday, 22 March 2020 12:58 (four years ago) link
much too late now for me to outpace NV or calz i guess but:
i am face-to-face kind but also i have lulled myself to sleep by thinking of guillotines and tumbrils and calamitous sinkholes under the mighty for several years now― mark s, Friday, 20 March 2020 10:16 (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― mark s, Friday, 20 March 2020 10:16 (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
i talked abt this recently with my sister (also face-to-face kind). we discussed how routinely we now both call on images of heads on spikes and piles of skulls these days. i'm glad for many reasons that my mum and dad aren't around for all this but honestly this is one of them
― mark s, Sunday, 22 March 2020 12:59 (four years ago) link
get one sense of perspective you bootlicking fuck
"You led the party to the worst defeat in 85 years..." - @SophyRidgeSky.Labour leader @jeremycorbyn says they had "unprecedented attacks made against" them in the 2019 election.Follow #Ridge live: https://t.co/aIQJkNaOWE pic.twitter.com/D57rL84BN6— Sophy Ridge on Sunday (@RidgeOnSunday) March 22, 2020
― a struggle to make meat-snacking fit (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 22 March 2020 13:15 (four years ago) link
Because its sunny there is bumper turnout at the local graveyard this aft, nice mix of elderly and children in there as well. Social distancing? Nope it was like a fricking Stanley Spencer painting.
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 13:26 (four years ago) link
There’ll be bumper turnout at a lot of local graveyards soon enough iykwim
― felt jute gyte delete later (wins), Sunday, 22 March 2020 13:42 (four years ago) link
Tbf at least there won't be any tiresome funerals to avoid when they start an industrial corpse incineration program!
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 13:45 (four years ago) link
Gonna need extra big coffins to space the bearers properly
― I can't pay no doctor bill, but Whitey's on the McAloon (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 22 March 2020 13:45 (four years ago) link
lol i've seen this a lot. i'm surprised that markets are still on. went for a bike ride yesterday, and while the centre of London was dead, Brixton was heaving, bougie farm food 'market' Barley and Sage in Battersea was rammed inside and out with people with their kids chatting and having coffees. Market at Oval was v busy. Some cafes still open. High streets in Chiswick and Ealing v busy, likewise market in Shepherd's Bush.
And today the market in Herne Hill is quite busy, though a lot of traders have stayed away thank god - I can understand if it were fresh produce, but these one day markets are often processed food and knick-knacks and just draw lots of people to them in one go (rather than the fixed shops).
― Fizzles, Sunday, 22 March 2020 13:48 (four years ago) link
that was an xpost to calz.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 22 March 2020 13:53 (four years ago) link
herne hill market is so fn grim
went for a walk in the city today to look at st mary woolnoth and the plaques around smithfield and to enjoy the eeriness of the quiet. my dog took a shit in paternoster square.
― plax (ico), Sunday, 22 March 2020 14:17 (four years ago) link
Yes, probably both a good and bad time for the sun to come out. I certainly enjoyed my long walk today but I’m sure too many people are planning bbq parties
― felt jute gyte delete later (wins), Sunday, 22 March 2020 14:18 (four years ago) link
I went for a bike ride through the lanes of North Herts yesterday and at one point was on a bridleway in the middle of a field, miles from even the nearest village, when a pack of 10 sweaty lycraed mountain bikers thundered past me. Can't even get my post apocalyptic rural horror vibes in solitude :(
― Stevie T, Sunday, 22 March 2020 14:24 (four years ago) link
my dog took a shit in paternoster square.
The less heralded follow up to "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" iirc.
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Sunday, 22 March 2020 14:50 (four years ago) link
A man has appeared in court accused of making fake coronavirus test kits and attempting to send them across the world, police said.Frank Ludlow, 59, of West Sussex, was arrested at a Post Office near his home on Friday after 60 Covid-19 treatment kits were seized by police in the US.The kits, which were intercepted by Customs and Border Protection Agency officers in Los Angles on Wednesday, were labelled as “Anti-Pathogenic treatment” and had been sent from the UK, City of London Police said.They allegedly contained chemicals which are “extremely harmful” when the user is instructed to wash and rinse their mouth with them, police said.Police believe some of the kits could still be in circulation and urged people not to use them.
Frank Ludlow, 59, of West Sussex, was arrested at a Post Office near his home on Friday after 60 Covid-19 treatment kits were seized by police in the US.
The kits, which were intercepted by Customs and Border Protection Agency officers in Los Angles on Wednesday, were labelled as “Anti-Pathogenic treatment” and had been sent from the UK, City of London Police said.
They allegedly contained chemicals which are “extremely harmful” when the user is instructed to wash and rinse their mouth with them, police said.
Police believe some of the kits could still be in circulation and urged people not to use them.
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link
wtf, what is wrong with people
― a passing spacecadet, Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:03 (four years ago) link
More worryingly, Yarls Wood have had their first case
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:03 (four years ago) link
i mean their first case of c19, not hooky test kits
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:05 (four years ago) link
oh, that could be v bad. ugh
― a passing spacecadet, Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link
Oh fuck.
Talked to a friend who'd been in detention and he said "Daniel, just imagine if I was still there, the place is gonna be total chaos".
― Daniel_Rf, Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:09 (four years ago) link
horrified by the thought of what level of care the inept and abusive people running it will be providing
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:13 (four years ago) link
UK: NHS staff and Doctors buying makeshift PPE from B+QTaiwan: Govt had a count + ramped up PPE production weeks ago when they realised there would be shortages at a critical stage.
you could go on forever on the stark contrasts between the two responses. They've been paying people to lock-down for weeks in Taiwan, with the threat of heavy fines for disease spreading renegades.
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:47 (four years ago) link
All of which saves money in the long run!
― akb23 (Matt #2), Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:50 (four years ago) link
Just come back from Hollies. Some people practising social distancing others not. It would really help if people walked single file on paths. Even if you’re not concerned think of others.I did get a lovely stash of Wild Garlic though! pic.twitter.com/WNORrUhsBa— ((( Alex Sobel MP ))) (@alexsobel) March 22, 2020
Alex otm, some people even when there is plenty of space for distance have to get right in yr face. And also starting to luv Alex dearly just for being so Alex!
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
was going through my stores earlier and thinking: how long till I'm driven to drink the cooking sake.
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
🐦[Just come back from Hollies. Some people practising social distancing others not. It would really help if people walked single file on paths. Even if you’re not concerned think of others.I did get a lovely stash of Wild Garlic though! pic.twitter.com/WNORrUhsBa🕸— ((( Alex Sobel MP ))) (@alexsobel) March 22, 2020🕸]🐦Alex otm, some people even when there is plenty of space for distance have to get right in yr face. And also starting to luv Alex dearly just for being so Alex!
― Fizzles, Sunday, 22 March 2020 16:43 (four years ago) link
it's jumping out there. first blush of spring here, and after a very long winter people were out in droves. I think closing all the cafes etc has pushed people out to trails, walks, parks etc - cycled (solo!) over one of my usual routes and one of the backroads (with access to hikes etc) was like a motorway
― gday curd nerds (||||||||), Sunday, 22 March 2020 16:56 (four years ago) link
It goes without saying that even if this country had strong leadership who were acting under sound advice and communicating everything properly, executing the radical plan needed to slow down the rapid transmission of disease. There would still be a load of selfish dickheads fucking the whole game up!
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
the canal is really the only place to take the dog for a walk around here, but you get joggers coming up right behind you and panting down your neck, no matter how wide the towpath is at the time
― plax (ico), Sunday, 22 March 2020 17:17 (four years ago) link
sounds fuckin hott
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 22 March 2020 17:19 (four years ago) link
lol
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Sunday, 22 March 2020 17:26 (four years ago) link
I shake-a da hands to 'elp wit da' erd immunitio! pic.twitter.com/Hk3hCF5jbB— RobertoPesto (@PestoRoberto) March 22, 2020
i'm probably too easily impressed but a parody Pesto account talking in a Gennaro Contaldo voice is funny to me!
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link
I lolled
― I can't pay no doctor bill, but Whitey's on the McAloon (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 22 March 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
Isn’t this referencing the late Italian Elon Musk? Still funny though.
― some of you are enjoying this (gyac), Sunday, 22 March 2020 19:49 (four years ago) link
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-foreign-secretary-appointed-designated-survivor-if-boris-johnson-catches-covid-19
Now we're really fucked.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link
how do infect a disease with a disease?
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:03 (four years ago) link
4. We urge the government to make immediate preparations for the next stage and learn lessons from other European nations. If voluntary social distancing measures are not adhered to, the government must bring forward their plans for stronger action.— Jonathan Ashworth (@JonAshworth) March 22, 2020
This isn't good. The government are using people as scapegoats, just what does stronger action mean here?
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:05 (four years ago) link
Raab isn’t going to work, given how easily he sweats under pressure.
― some of you are enjoying this (gyac), Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link
Believe me, I hate tbf to Boris, but his girlfriend is expecting his nth child, I expect he might be a little frazzled.
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:14 (four years ago) link
Pregnant women are a vulnerable group I believe?
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link
he’s had more practice at dealing with impending fatherhood than most, so no sympathy from me on that front
― a struggle to make meat-snacking fit (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:17 (four years ago) link
Not in the middle of a pandemic though - I think? You never know with Boris.
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:18 (four years ago) link
Lotta people out there with a hard-on for martial law and dobbing in yer neighbours
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
Boris is unnecessarily risking several of my family members with the approach, so all I will say is I hope Carrie stays well. He doesn’t deserve extra, or any, sympathy from me.
― some of you are enjoying this (gyac), Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
I'm not really showing sympathy to the cunt, just setting things up for when he goes the down whole Eden/Suez doolally route.
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
I couldn't gaf about any of em' tbh .. I've got Turd Immunity!
― calzino, Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:27 (four years ago) link