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With every press conference he gets worse

624 replies

Keepcalmanddoyourbit · 19/03/2020 17:27

Totally out of his fucking depth

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tobee · 22/03/2020 09:35

But with swine flu there were talks of 65000 dying in the UK. And fortunately that number was 457. So those statistics don't help.

And tamiflu worked (largely) and a successful vaccine was produced relatively speedily.

People, who remember at all, remember a "happy ending " over here.

tobee · 22/03/2020 09:40

There aren't many country leaders around the world who are having good write ups now. Have you seen the Aussie thread?

TheLadyAnneNeville · 22/03/2020 09:47

I love Marina Hyde. And this’d be really funny if it weren’t going to cost so many lies. Why can’t people stay home and read a book, ffs.

”The key message Johnson key-messaged on Tuesday, is that people follow the advice “sedulously”. Ah, sedulously. Sedulously. The signal for 10 million hardworking families to draw down the leather-bound thesaurus from their shelves and browse synonyms for the word “twat”.

And where’s Rees-Mogg? Probably gagged somewhere in the House, or at home locked in a priest hole so that he can’t tell us that we’ve brought this on ourselves...”it’s God’s Wrath”.

What a shower of shite.

I SO wish if we HAD to have a Tory Govt. it’d been Rory Stewart who’d won.

jasjas1973 · 22/03/2020 09:48

Why is what Auss doing relevant? other to learn from their mistakes.

If BJ acted NOW, on travelling for the upcoming holidays, i'd be his biggest fan.
Local authorities know the status of houses in their area, so just tell anyone who turns up at these, they will be arrested and sent home.

But unless Cummings tells him to act, he won't, Sunday papers saying Cummings has been the "brains" behind the govt herd immunity plan, now dropped.... quite remarkable, a PM ruled by his unelected pal.

MarshaBradyo · 22/03/2020 09:51

He’s isn’t great, I’d prefer Rishi as displaying better character right now. But we couldn’t have done a China so there’s no point saying it.

tobee · 22/03/2020 10:02

I'm not saying what the Aussie are doing is relevant.

But people have praised how Italy and Spain handled it and they haven't done well either. It doesn't mean Johnson has done well though.

MarshaBradyo · 22/03/2020 10:03

Only Germany out of the West is doing particularly well afaik. Lots of cases low death rate. Would be good to know why.

tobee · 22/03/2020 10:04

Who's going to arrest them now? It's a problem that with been gearing up to fail at for years.

The people keep voting for a Tory government and being a Tory government is about small state.

MarshaBradyo · 22/03/2020 10:04

Well, if well is keeping death rate low rather than containing it.

TheLadyAnneNeville · 22/03/2020 10:08

I don’t think lockdown will be enforced because BJ knows, we don’t have the manpower to do so. Depleted police service. Depleted army. Austerity. Cuts. And... here we are.

tobee · 22/03/2020 10:08

Someone will be along to say it's because Germans are good at following orders. But it's so much more complicated than that!

MarshaBradyo · 22/03/2020 10:12

I reckon ToBee

They’re testing a lot I have family there. Two symptoms and it’s sent off (was negative)

The death from Covid alone rumour seems to be defunct

Alsohuman · 22/03/2020 10:20

The people keep voting for a Tory government and being a Tory government is about small state

I hate to be the one to remind you tobee but you were one of the most vociferous proponents for voting Tory a few months ago. A small state with libertarian ideals and low taxes was apparently what was best for the country.

tobee · 22/03/2020 10:32

I beg your pardon Also? I think you've got me utterly confused with someone else! If you search my username. I'm very anti Tory. I've been a Labour member and voted Labour at the GE! Never ever have I would I vote Tory!!!!!

tobee · 22/03/2020 10:33

I've been on Westminsterenders for ages always anti Tory and Johnson and pro EU.

tobee · 22/03/2020 10:34

It would be nice if you could check Also!

tobee · 22/03/2020 10:35

And come back and admit your mistake. And maybe even apologise.

tobee · 22/03/2020 10:42

Oh well Sad

MarshaBradyo · 22/03/2020 10:43

ToBee don’t sweat it, everyone will see it’s a mix up

tobee · 22/03/2020 10:48

I know I'm just feeling very upset today. I can't even talk about it.

MarshaBradyo · 22/03/2020 10:49

I know take a breath, is it sunny? We’re all here if you need to chat see you in a bit.

tobee · 22/03/2020 11:06

I just had people like Alsohuman down as an ally.

Alsohuman · 22/03/2020 11:09

Sorry tobee, I’d have apologised for mixing you up with someone else before if I hadn’t been in the shower. I really am very sorry indeed. There’s another poster with a user name very similar to yours and I’ve clearly confused the two of you. Will you forgive me?

PerkingFaintly · 22/03/2020 11:16

Brew and Cake for tobee, Alsohuman and all of us.

We could all do with it just now, I reckon.

tobee · 22/03/2020 11:19

Of course I forgive you, Alsohuman.

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