love* in the time of plague (and by love* i mean brexit* and other dreary matters of uk politics)

There must be several parts of the country now where it's pretty safe to go into a restaurant by this stage but that is transparently not true of the whole country, telling people in Bradford to go out and spend money in restaurants is completely different to doing it in Cornwall, or even in London.

It's also going to be less predictable when we hit school holidays and people start travelling all over the country.

would think about using this if the vouchers can be used to get food delivered. wonder if that's covered?

are there actually vouchers or are they just going to pay participating restaurants directly?

also wondering if edible vinyl is a thing so then i could blow the money on records instead

Give me my £500 Sunak you little fuck

was hoping to get an edible mountain bike with my helicopter £500 but alas

Rona aside, there are people in the poorest parts of Bradford, like the Windhill estate who struggle enough to eat in, but these aren't people Rishi gives a flying fuck about.

would think about using this if the vouchers can be used to get food delivered. wonder if that's covered?

Eat Out To Help Out say the jug-eared messiah.

It wouldn't be so classist and irresponsible in terms of public health danger if the offer was extended to takeaways as well

Lol, these dorks are going to end up killing people

Thanks for the meal deal, but we were promised a new deal. #SummerStatement pic.twitter.com/c3AOUhgdGT

— The Labour Party (@UKLabour) July 8, 2020

That isn't forensic

LABOUR: not the party of DomCum, the party of Dom Grieve

getting a bit of a verrit vibe from that labour tweet

Hmm

Eek, this seems to include second homes, buy-to-lets and overseas buyers & remove the advantage that first time buyers had to get onto the housing ladder. "This will apply from 8 July 2020 until 31 March 2021 and cut the tax due for everyone who would have paid SDLT" pic.twitter.com/fsTAO9tJla

— Henry Pryor (@HenryPryor) July 8, 2020

'Meal deal vouchers don't substitute for effective what were we saying again?'

Thanks for the meal deal, but we were promised a new deal £500

Thanks for the Sturmer, but we were promised a Starmzy.

#SturmerStatement

When do they start pretending they give a fuck about anything but businesses, landlords, billionaires etc

graphic design is starmzy's passion

He is just doing opposition for the sake of it

By the standards of dumb quips by politicians “thanks for the meal deal but we were promised a new deal” is actually one of the stronger efforts tbh

The text in the picture is typically vaporous obv

That's what I don't get, why didn't they go with that instead of 20 words of trailing waffle?

I think it is safe to say Corbyn was way more forensic in his attack lines against the govt than content free Starmer ever will be.

Meal deals are nice, but meal deals can stop you
From doing all the effective public health messaging and measures you'd like to

Meal deals are nice, but have you ever tried nominating a disgraced ex-minister for a job for which he is entirely unqualified?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/08/uk-nominates-liam-fox-world-trade-organization?CMP

this fucking country

20 words of trailing waffle... plus another 10/12 words of further waffle at the bottom of the graphic. thank god the adults are back in charge

Bringing back club cricket is important, but without effective public health messaging and measures I’m afraid I can only rate this government a B+, A- at best

What is this, government by Groupon?

this seems a promising development

A west London hospital has been closed to all emergencies following an outbreak of Covid-19 among its staff.

The outbreak was declared at Hillingdon Hospital on Friday and as of Tuesday 70 workers were self-isolating.

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said "a number" of those had tested positive for the virus.

"As a result, the trust has taken the precautionary decision to close... to emergency ambulances and emergency admissions," a spokesperson said.

Hillingdon Hospital, in Uxbridge, is situated close to Heathrow Airport for which it serves as the emergency receiving hospital.

The spokesperson said the trust was managing the outbreak in line with Public Health England guidance and that London Ambulance Service had been asked to take new patients to neighbouring hospitals.

Good luck neighbouring hospitals.

Meal deals are nice, but have you ever tried nominating a disgraced ex-minister for a job for which he is entirely unqualified?

Really disappointed there was no plan in today's statement to support the millions excluded from the Gov's coronavirus financial support scheme. A money off voucher for restaurants might be welcome but it's meaningless if you can't afford to eat in the first place....@ExcludedUK https://t.co/LTIqHovlLR

— Rebecca Long-Bailey (@RLong_Bailey) July 8, 2020

that's more like what the labour party should be saying if they were an opposition party rather than an alternative tory party,

sadly she's simply too thick for westminster

k

Oh shit I hadn't realised the A&E shutdown was in Boris's constituency.

who leaked Liz Truss letter? DomCum will be putting his sharks on a diet

to be fair to Rishi, it's true that eating out can help mitigate a weak pound

— Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian) July 8, 2020

A good thread on how austerity us v much there with us, and to say the goalposts have shifted is complacent

To all those claiming interventionism has returned and arguing that the fight is no longer against austerity – it hasn’t and it is - A THREAD -1/

— Mary Robertson (@Lizzieirvine84) July 8, 2020

well yes, when did foodbanks close, all the fucked libraries re-open, all bankrupt local authorities suddenly have enough money to look after their most vulnerable and disabled. People that talk like austerity is over don't know what austerity is.

Gaslighting might be an overused word but talking like austerity is over just because fucking trophy-head is selectively chucking the bunce about because he has no other fucking choice. It doesn't mean people's lives that are continuously fucked by austerity are suddenly a-OK now!

"People that talk like austerity is over don't know what austerity is."

wrong tbh, usually they are tories and libs, labour right that do a good job of pretending they don't know what it is whilst enthusiastically voting for it every fucking chance they get.

The media protects its own. Neither The Sun nor The Times mention that Eric Joyce is married to a columnist contracted by News UK. It is materially important as she has a) defended him in previous court cases/allegations b) it’s a conflict of interest. pic.twitter.com/dMhiMfrXK1

— Mic Wright (@brokenbottleboy) July 8, 2020

I agree with Calzino. The policies that were called austerity have not been reversed. (I never thought austerity was a very good word for it - more like cuts for the poor and rises for the rich.)

I remember a Tom Crewe LRB article that really opened my eyes to how far 'austerity' was about local councils. If local councils remain as poor as they have done, then clearly the policy is still in effect.

The collision of millions of people - including middle class voters - with the Universal Credit system might end up doing for Universal Credit. But everything we've seen so far suggests Boris will be very keen to spread the blame as much as possible and cuts that are left up to local authorities can be conveniently blamed on councils. They're going to go all out on that in former Red Wall seats that still have Labour councils, as well as in current Labour marginals.

Poorer councils - so generally not Tory ones - were hit disproportionately by cuts in the first place, that bit bears repeating.

the mass middle class collision with UC that is in the post was obv not something that was anticipated by IDS and Osborne when they kept talking about how it was harsh but good medicine for the nation etc. it's dangerous for the tories because they either have to reform it or continue repping for a harsh, punitive, cruel system that is going to make a lot of the people whose votes they need hate their guts!

So can disabled people use the £10 voucher on takeaways or online outlets, @RishiSunak? The boost to the hospitality industry will be the same as face to face. Or is the government happy to discriminate against people unable to leave the house?

— Frances Ryan (@DrFrancesRyan) July 9, 2020

not only classist but also disablist, not heard any of this from the opposition .. just stupid fucking quips

maybe Rishi should go on a unconscious bias course, not that there is any known cure for being a myopic jug-eared tory cunt

on the radio this morning i didn't get the feeling that i get with the ret of them that every word out of his mouth is self-serving spin. but it's easy to like (/be likeable if you're) the guy handing out all the money.