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Who is coming out of this crisis looking good or bad

146 replies

YangShanPo · 02/04/2020 12:33

Good: Arnold Swarzenegger -self isolating with his miniature donkey and donating $1m for ppe
Joe Wicks -the nation's PE teacher.

Bad: Dominic Cummings- legging it with the Downing St toilet rolls and now holed up in his bunker self isolating.
Alok Sharma- I just read an article saying the government are using him to bore people into stop watching the daily update and asking all those awkward questions about testing.

OP posts:
MysteryFrog · 06/04/2020 20:25

Good- any celebs/very wealthy people who have actually contributed financially

Bad- celebs that think videos of them singing/‘if I can do it so can you’ type posts actually help

Mrsmadevans · 06/04/2020 20:25

Good
Gyles Brandreth loving his daily jumpers and poetry
Charles Hanson twittering away doing auctions for charity
Will Carling Rugby clips and interviews yesterday on twitter
Matt Hancock seems like a good man l like him

Bad
Catherine Calderwood
Trump
Harry & Meghan for the crass PR/attention seeking stunts

Cuddling57 · 06/04/2020 20:32

Good:
The amazing teams that built NHS Nightingale and the Excel owners.
Just WOW. It brings me to tears thinking about how wonderful they are.

PickAChew · 06/04/2020 22:13

Good: Companies like Brewdog who have used their facilities to make hand sanitiser for their local communities.

LadyEloise · 14/04/2020 20:35

@ShanghaiDiva
Were you in lockdown in Shanghai like Wuhan?
Was Beijing in lockdown too ?
If so are the restrictions lifted throughout the country ?

ShanghaiDiva · 14/04/2020 22:09

@LadyEloise
Everywhere was locked down, but restrictions started to be lifted in different provinces at different times and it was gradual process.
Lockdown in Wuhan was much stricter, but other areas also had tough restrictions (but not for the same length of:time) eg I think in hangzhou only one person could leave every three days to go shopping.
I think schools in some of the western provinces went back in March, but Beijing is not back yet. I live in Jiangsu and we are on week three of a staggered return to school which started with older children eg grades 12 and 9 were first.

LadyEloise · 15/04/2020 09:43

Thank you. I read somewhere that neither Beijing or Shanghai were locked down at all. Hmm

ShanghaiDiva · 15/04/2020 10:17

I think there is an odd post circulating on Facebook that the virus did not reach Beijing or Shanghai and this is proof that the virus was engineered in a lab by the Chinese.

Mlou32 · 15/04/2020 10:19

Good - Leo Varadkar

You've got to be kidding. The state of the HSE in the first place because of him and his buddies. Jesus...

LadyEloise · 15/04/2020 13:12

I think the HSE was a basket case pre Leo and Co.

Remember:

Michael Noonan - the Blood Bank scandal

Brian Cowen 🙄

Mary Harney. Public / private 😮

Dr James Reilly

MaryCoughlan

Micheál Martin

Meckity1 · 15/04/2020 13:39

I don't know what he was like before all this, but Matt Hancock makes a good speech.

No idea about actions, but the speeches work for me (just as speeches)

MarieIVanArkleStinks · 15/04/2020 14:44

Good:

The greater majority of people, most of whom are using common-sense, courtesy and consideration.
Tom Moore. Wonderful gent.
James McAvoy.
The British Government (hear me out on this one: for one reason only: they are libertarian. Which judging by the actions of some police forces and stasi-style informants in this climate, is an immeasurable relief).
The NHS volunteers.
Our friendly locals, who always have a smile and a greeting whilst out exercising.

Bad:

The British Government. In all other cases barring the above.
The WHO.
Bonfire-lighters and fly-tippers. These count as one category: the one that likes to foist its waste on other people. Police should be 'policing' this, not following walkers with drones. Which brings me to:
Overzealous police interpreting The Rules to suit themselves and enforcing them to the utmost and beyond.
The Guardians of Public Morality. These include curtain twitchers, anonymous letter-writers, informants and the general 'prefect' body who probably haven't felt this powerful since their days as Head Girl/Boy. Particularly sick-making are those who are gleefully informing on their own friends and family and being unrepentently smug about doing so. May you reap the relationships you deserve.
The Clap Police. Likewise.
The Mountbatten-Windsor family. Every member, bar none.

Happygirl79 · 15/04/2020 14:47

Bad
Richard Branson
Disgusting treatment of his staff
He pays no UK tax but is asking the government for bailout money.
He is worth billions

Happygirl79 · 15/04/2020 14:52

Bad
Trump. With his paper thin dented ego spouting blame on the WHO for his own shortcomings which have led to thousands of deaths in the US.
He wants to be a dictator not a president and sadly seems to be succeeding

Willyoujustbequiet · 15/04/2020 15:31

Good.

Bon Jovi
Johnny Vegas
The NHS/care sector/key workers
New Zealand PM

Bad
Boris and the rest of his incompetent government

No depths he cannot plummet to
Trump

1forsorrow · 15/04/2020 15:40

Bad -
Boris too late Johnson
Michael jump the test queue Gove
Carrie leaving her home and travelling to another Symonds
Priti can't do numbers Patel

Good
Care workers
essential workers like dustmen, power supply workers, sewerage workers, supermarket workers for all the obvious reasons

Duke of Westminster for donating £12.5 million

anyone who is helping others

Neonyellow · 15/04/2020 15:47

Good
Jacinda Ardern
Joe Wicks

Bad
Branson
Philip Green

LadyEloise · 15/04/2020 17:09

Bad - The Irish Revenue Commisioners - government tax section - giving the Irish tax exiles who were in Ireland when the lockdown happened extra days residency free so they won't have to pay tax.
F*ckers. Sad

Yet the rest of us contribute to keep the country going.

WindFlower92 · 15/04/2020 17:13

@MissAmandaLaikes Bon Jovi is helping out at a soup kitchen/homeless shelter!

I like how Disneyland Paris has handled this - full refunds straight away it seems!

ViciousJackdaw · 15/04/2020 20:50

Good
Key workers, volunteers, Capt. Tom Moore, Nicola Sturgeon, Jacinda Ardern, Angela Merkel, Chris Whitty, Gary Neville, Hendo, Rashford, Emily Maitlis and I must say that Piers Morgan's personality transplant has worked a treat.

Bad
Boris, Trump, certain football club owners (including those who own my club - had to be shamed into changing their minds), Sainsburys/Ocado.

RTP9 · 15/04/2020 21:03

Good.

The staff who work in my Tesco extra. Heroes to me all of them. Not much above Minimum wage and risking their health everyday.

Bad

Trump.

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