With every press conference he gets worse

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Totally out of his fucking depth

Boris wants to get back to brexit. That is more up his street.
His chancellor is doing well but the self employed need help too.

All these experts look well though! They are following the rules n not caught it obviously.
Maybe this is why people don't believe this is real ? I don't know.
It's baffling.

@theladyanneneville you have completely lost me. I haven’t suggested that you shouldn’t express your opinion. I don’t know if you are replying to the wrong person or if I missed something?

All these experts look well though! They are following the rules n not caught it obviously.

Where has Chris Whitty gone, though? I haven't seen him for several days. Makes you wonder if he is poorly/ having to isolate.

Boris wants to get back to brexit. That is more up his street.

Looks like he's in for a long wait and by the time he gets back to it the political landscape will have changed significantly

@SubjectMatterExpert. Sorry, don’t mean to cause confusion. I just think that each time BJ appears he seams more and more befuddled. I think he’s totally the wrong person to lead In this catastrophe. All the Brexit guff...yes. But not this.

“Seems”! 😡

Seriously are you expecting people to praise him because he turned up?

I’d expect the fact that they were totally wrong when they ranted about him not turning up would moderate their bile a little bit. But no!

I would prefer him not to turn up at all. He's doing nothing to help at all and although I'm happy for him to become a hate figure (since he already is for me) the situation is too serious to mess around. He has built his career on lying and being a figure of 'fun' - the very opposite of what we need.

Get someone in, one person, to do the daily briefings. Can be any authority figure, a doctor, a scientist, a newsreader even - someone who can speak clearly and with conviction and who people can trust.

As Alaistair Campbell suggested (believe me, I am no fan of the lying, conniving bastard but he does know about communication) they should start the briefing with the numbers of people who have died and express their condolences. That is respectful and also helps to highligh the gravity.

I completely agree with that, Rootie. I also think they should produce a bullet point list in very simple language of dos and don’ts, not as advice but instructions. My entire working life was in comms and the way this is being done is woeful.

The use of advice is infuriating. He cannot not say if it’s like a verbal leap for him. Chris Whitty said it.

And they are not clear enough you sit there listening intently and they warble. Just put it up in bullet points agree.

And we are the engaged ones, let alone the average uninterested person.

They can do a sound bite but they should be able to do an instruction.

I did not know that Alistair Campbell had said that. That is a good idea. Yes he is untrustworthy, but he is very skilled at communications.

A woman I know in her sixties was going to have a group of friends around. When I said that was not a good idea, she said why and that the advice was confusing. Lots of people who are not that engaged do not seem to understand what they should do.

bullet point list in very simple language of dos and don’ts, not as advice but instructions

Definitely that

bullet point list in very simple language of dos and don’ts, not as advice but instructions

^ This. No waffle or ambiguity or need to unpick exactly what the speaker means.

Waffle and ambiguity (lies) is Boris's first language so that's why it would be better to dump him. He clearly doesn't want to be there anyway

Do you think I should do the bullet point list and email it to them?

If they can't even do their own bullet list we might as well all give up the ghost..

And should the PM be unable to continue? We get Dominic Raab. Now, he WILL lockdown, I believe. I find him very scary.

anyone know what time it is today still 5pm?

Enough clarity for you yet?

Actually, no as you can see from numerous threads asking numerous questions.

Not that you really care.

Better for sure

It’s obviously clear enough for you Cendrillon so please explain for us stupid people.