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Westministender: Amen to that!

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RedToothBrush · 20/09/2020 20:52

On the Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, Johnson went to Westminster Abbey and was trolled. Its almost divine in its irony.

In a week where just about the entire right wing press has turned on him, for being... well shit... They have the dawning realisation that yes all those annoying lefties were right all along when they said he was full of nothing but hot air. He's been ridiculed for being paid £150,000 a year and not being able to feed his 5000 kids and the pictures to mark the anniversary of him becoming PM do little more than look like a man who couldn't tie his own shoe laces without a nanny to help him.

But its not really a laughing matter. This man doesn't understand what legal agreements he's signed so his solution to his ineptitude is to throw his toys out of the pram together with the rule of law. Which he also does not understand.

Johnson is also ever increasingly keen on ripping up inconvient human right and workers right and he has ample opportunity to do all this in the middle of a pandemic.

Unfortunately the hypocrisy of his cronies isn't exactly helping the behaviour of the public and you have to pity the poor behavioural scientists who have to tell him that 'of course the public are going to give you the vs when you tell them you shouldn't do this when your chief advisor claims to be maybe going blind'.

It seems the whole government strategy on managing the virus seems to be falling flat on its face rather sooner than planned cos they stuck Dildo in charge who wouldn't know her Rs from her elbow if it hit her in the face. And we've got Hancock going full on 1984, telling us not to believe the reports that no one can get a test because its all lies - except half the country has either first hand experience of the travesty of Track and Trace or has a close mate who they know is a hell of a lot more reliable than any of these fuckwits when it comes to telling the truth.

Meanwhile in America Bader Ginsburg has managed to die at possibly the most inconvient and dangerous time possible just as the future of democracy in the US is clinging on by its finger nails.

And yes. Money laundering. Haven't we talked about that a lot on these threads. Its almost as if FinCEN was predictable...

Taking back control was always about the elite taking back control from the masses. But if you've managed to keep following all this time, we've been saying that since April 2016 and no one listened then, so why would they start listening now?

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Peregrina · 21/09/2020 10:52

Why shouldn't the airport name drop? What is wrong with them publicising themselves? Even if the UK Press is mostly supine and kow towing to Johnson, there is no need for the foreign press to do so.

Givemeabreakpls · 21/09/2020 10:52

Weary PMK with thanks to you all.

HoneysuckIejasmine · 21/09/2020 10:53

So, no word on your red line then?

Chersfrozenface · 21/09/2020 10:55

@Peregrina

Why shouldn't the airport name drop? What is wrong with them publicising themselves? Even if the UK Press is mostly supine and kow towing to Johnson, there is no need for the foreign press to do so.
Absolutely. Of course they're name dropping. It's a puff piece.

The last paragraph reads in translation "Umbria and our airport are at the center of the world at this end of the season, with more and more personalities choosing the "San Francesco d’Assisi" airport thanks to its strategic position in the center of Italy, the speed of connection and the always punctual and efficient service that the airport is able to guarantee”.

Peregrina · 21/09/2020 10:56

Normally, it wouldn't matter - we didn't make much of a song and dance about Cameron going off on his hols, or May on her walking trips. But with Johnson a) he's always on holiday, b) there is a crisis on, which previous PMs would have made sure they came back to attend to and c) it's yet another thing that Downing Street has lied about.

Then they wonder why the public is getting cynical about obeying the rules, assuming they know what they are in the first place.

unmarkedbythat · 21/09/2020 10:57

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SabrinaThwaite · 21/09/2020 10:58

Ah, Google translate. Explains a lot.

pollyannaperspective · 21/09/2020 11:00

Chers it may be a 'puff piece' from the Airport's perspective but the Republicca article focus is the presence of our 'dear leader' at said airport around 11 to 14 September 2020. Let us hope that there will be further independent evidence of the location of said 'dear leader' to clear matters up. It would appear that, for some UK citizens, a mere denial from No 10 is no longer sufficient.

Chersfrozenface · 21/09/2020 11:08

@pollyannaperspective

Chers it may be a 'puff piece' from the Airport's perspective but the Republicca article focus is the presence of our 'dear leader' at said airport around 11 to 14 September 2020. Let us hope that there will be further independent evidence of the location of said 'dear leader' to clear matters up. It would appear that, for some UK citizens, a mere denial from No 10 is no longer sufficient.
Oh, I know, perhaps I wasn't clear.

Clav said that the airport was name dropping, I was agreeing with Peregrina that indeed it was, and why not.

I should have said that I thought any comment on "name dropping" was irrelevant to the question of the date Blood Stupid Johnson was there.

pollyannaperspective · 21/09/2020 11:09

Understood :)

Clavinova · 21/09/2020 11:09

Sounds like the airport was name dropping to me.
Oh dear, poor grammar from me.

SabrinaThwaite
Ah, Google translate. Explains a lot.

We should ask DGRossetti - does he speak Italian?

Chersfrozenface · 21/09/2020 11:11

That should be "Bloody Stupid Johnson".

Apologies to the shade of Sir Pterry.

DGRossetti · 21/09/2020 11:13

Maybe Boris went to Italy to get a test ?

Darker · 21/09/2020 11:14

@DGRossetti

Maybe Boris went to Italy to get a test ?
Snort Grin
dontcallmelen · 21/09/2020 11:15

@52andblue

Amen to that, *@quiteathome* also fed up with living 'in interesting times'

PMK

Thanks @RedToothBrush

PMK same as above
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Clavinova · 21/09/2020 11:15

I should have said that I thought any comment on "name dropping" was irrelevant to the question of the date Blood Stupid Johnson was there.

It's not irrelevant if they meant "in recent times."

DGRossetti · 21/09/2020 11:15

Well, OK, I've just put the words into google translate and "these days" is their translation. Sounds like airport name dropping to me.

Translated from what ? Italian ?

ICouldHaveCheckedFirst · 21/09/2020 11:18

The airport can name drop, because BJ was there. That's the whole point.
Why?
Doing what?
With whom?
And where?
(Clav?)
And why is Downing St not being open about it?

Chersfrozenface · 21/09/2020 11:19

On another note, where are the blasted paparazzi when you need them?

Come on, Italy, you invented the term, FFS. Get a grip!

RedToothBrush · 21/09/2020 11:22

In the middle of the press conference.

#SackWhitty and #SackValance are trending on twitter.

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52andblue · 21/09/2020 11:22

Chris Whitty looks tired.
But he seems clear:
cases doubling every 7 days at present
'the season will benefit respiratory viruses'
'a 6 month problem'
'this is everybody's problem'
'4 ways it will affect us -
covid deaths, NHS overwhelm re Covid 19, NHS cannot cope with other illnesses (ie indirect deaths), social impacts inc MH impacts
'balancing two sides of effects - balance of risk' (paraphrase)
'if I increase my risk, I increase that on behalf of everybody else'
4 things we can do:
'hands, face, space'
'self isolate and contact tracing - absolutely critical'
'break unnecessary links between households - at work & socially'
then talk about vaccines ...

if we do too little the virus will get out of control but if we go too far we will do damage to the economy

so: are they setting us up for more 'local lockdown' (to join up all areas eventually) or for a short sharp national lockdown?
(and will many comply this time)?

Clavinova · 21/09/2020 11:25

Translated from what? Italian?

"questi giorni"

DGRossetti · 21/09/2020 11:28

@Clavinova

Translated from what? Italian?

"questi giorni"

You can't cut and paste two words from another language (well you can if you're a bit dim) and expect them to mean exactly the same in English, because you'll be wrong almost every time.

I'll dig out the original and see what it says.

Anyone who watches subtitled dramas on TV would know this. Inspector Montalbano is chock full of nuanced phrases that simply don't translate directly, for example.

prettybird · 21/09/2020 11:30

It will be interesting to see what Nicola says at 12.15 - and who she has alongside her, the CMO or the CSO? I'm sure the questions to her will mostly be about Vallance's and Whitty's briefing.

Glasgow is in its 3rd week of increased restrictions - she should be announcing today whether it will be extended for another week (already been extended once). I expect it will.

Dh thinks that Vallance and Whitty insisted on this briefing and that if they hadn't been allowed to, they'd have walked - which wouldn't have been a good look for BJ's Government.

Clavinova · 21/09/2020 11:32

DGRossetti
I'll dig out the original and see what it says.

SabrinaThwaite at 10:29.