P.J. Denyer
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I think Boris should ask Santa for a stab proof back protector for Christmas.
And a bus-proof jacket for when they throw him under one.
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And a bus-proof jacket for when they throw him under one.
Susheel
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Gove is probably already sharpening his knife. Dominic Cummings already laid the groundwork in his testimony when he blamed everyone in Boris's orbit, except Gove.
As the PM has made very clear - proven bullying in the workplace is no hindrance to your career.
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That's not the worst he's done.
The Daily Mail knows who to blame, the BBC for engaging in in a partisan witch hunt against Boris Johnson instead of focusing on the most important thing, the booster rollout. 
Funny, I could have sworn that there were several stories on th news homepage about it.
Funny, I could have sworn that there were several stories on th news homepage about it.
Most Tory voters probably think "Good on you Boris" because they don't follow the rules either.
Most Tory voters probably think "Good on you Boris" because they don't follow the rules either.
To pick at this a little more, now that I'm on my PC rather than my phone....
Boris Johnson is facing a significant rebellion from his backbenchers:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59624809
- Not because government bungling of the Covid response squandered tens of billions of pounds
- Not because tens of thousands of people have died needlessly in the UK from Covid
- Not because they're mad at him and his colleagues flouting the lockdown restrictions
- Not because the "Plan B" restrictions are a sticking plaster over a gaping wound and are literally the least they could do
- ....But because these minimal restrictions are too much for them and they'd like to sacrifice tens of thousands of more lives needlessly
The study I linked upthread is forecasting somewhere between 25,000 and 75,000 Omicron Covid deaths between January and April 2022 depending on how effective Plan B measures are and how likely people are to follow them. If the "Tory Rebels" are successful and "Plan B" isn't enacted, that 75,000 number would instead represent a best case scenario and we could find ourselves in the bizarre situation of more people dying in the first 4 months of 2022 than the same period in 2021 despite the vaccination programme.
I just wish that the media would call out these politicians for the monstrous ghouls that they are and that the public was a little more engaged and understood what the implications of their MPs' actions are likely to be.
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Most Tory voters probably think "Good on you Boris" because they don't follow the rules either.
Doing my shopping yesterday it would seem to be true. last week about 30% of shoppers didn't bother with masks this week it must have been 50% at least.
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I see the government has very quietly folded in the fishing dispute with the French and issued all the disputed licenses.
This is Brexit in a nutshell, Make a big noise, then reality kicks in and a complete cave in happens, over and over again.
This is Brexit in a nutshell, Make a big noise, then reality kicks in and a complete cave in happens, over and over again.
Only in the sense that their reality is “headlines” in some of the media. If the media drop the headlines the government isn’t at all concerned about what they have to do.
Look how we have not got a process in place to help people who worked with us in Afghanistan who are in literal mortal danger. That was announced in August, but the headlines in the likes of the Daily Mail have stopped so the government doesn’t need to do anything.
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Oddly I'm seeing the reverse in this part of Sheffield. A couple of weeks back mask wearers were in the minority - maybe 30% - now it's not quite flipped but definitely way more wearing masks than not. It's usually younger people not.
We are back up to about 80-90% wearing masks again. But no hand cleaner or wipes in evidence.
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In shops?
We were out today and here it's effectively 0%, as people simply won't be admitted unmasked. In the busier streets more than half wear masks.
A 66 year old was jailed on Friday for refusing to wear a mask in shops.
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Again, here it's universal. Cleanser is any shop, materials for cleaning baskets/trollies.
I think I'll be staying away from the UK.
Went to a gig the other night, and while it started out a little uncetain, with quite a few people not wearing masks - largely becasue they'd been to the bar and didn't want to keep taking off the mask to have a drink - by the end, it looked like about 75% of people were unmasked. Not great.
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In shops?
We were out today and here it's effectively 0%, as people simply won't be admitted unmasked. In the busier streets more than half wear masks.
A 66 year old was jailed on Friday for refusing to wear a mask in shops.
Just mutter 'exemption' on the way in and you are good to go.
Sainsbury is better than Morrisons but it is out on a retail estate where the old foundry was redeveloped whereas Morrisons is right on the market place and gets different customers, plus, it's used as a shortcut from the main car park through to the market place.
Neither shop has any staff at the door, both have a token pump bottle of disinfectant by the door.
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Not here. You require an actual medical certificate.
We went into a restaurant today, within another store. Masks checked at door (and people were refused entry), sanitiser in one of the free-standing dispensers, certs checked before being allowed into restaurant, with photo ID, name and contact number taken.
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