[color=SaddleBrown] Enigma wrote:Boris Johnsons advisers were too slow to act on this coronavirus
Well most of the country hates the Tories with Boris the clown[/color]
Gerry, please read this BEFORE launching another attack.
no they were not too slow. read on.
no they don't hate the Tories - you might, but they don't "they" (Labour voters) turned their back on their party to elect Boris - that should tell you everything you need to know about Labour - and more about your hated Tories. sometimes, your imaginings are so wildly wrong you'd be astounded to hear the truth. Labour Party supporters are sick to death of a Labour Party that has abandoned grassroots members in favour of the Islington Set.
you are so ill-informed it's unbelievable. stop and check your facts before you spout your bile.
here's some absolute facts for you on the current crisis.
1. the actions of the Govt were taken at the correct time. you can't just advance straight to lockdown from day 1. scientists need to be able to use computer algorithms to predict spread and outcomes. you can't do this without some actual initial data.
2. the further spread was because of morons who ignored advice and kept on socialising - thereby forcing the Govt to introduce lockdown.
3. the briefings have been professional, efficient and informative. - only the left wing (Guardian, BBC and Channel4) have shown hostility in their Q&As
4. No one in the UK will need to be financially worse off as a result of this crisis.
> Those placed in Furlough by their employers will receive 80% of their salary paid by the Govt.
> The self-employed will be able to claim 80% of their profits (upto a max of £2500 per month) from the Govt.
> Firms have been given rates/rent breaks - as well as Corp tax breaks and business grants
> Those whose companies choose to lay them off will have quicker access to benefits - inside 10 days, with emergency payments being made the day claims are submitted.
5. organised/structured food and medical deliveries are being arranged for those in forced isolation - initially at nil cost to those isolated
6. 35,000 additional medical staff have been recruited (including 11,000 previously retired)
7. 10,000 existing medical staff in unrelated specialisms have been redeployed to emergency/intensive care
8. a 5,000 bed temporary hospital (at the Excel centre, London) has been equipped inside one week
9. Dyson to produce thousands of additional ventilators
10. test kits, masks and other vetilators are en route to the UK today - bear in mind this is global crisis so, we've done exceptionally well to secure the stuff we need - many countries are only now ordering this vital equipment.
Hundreds of Billions of £s have been found to ensure no family suffers hardship. European and Asia leaders have held up the UK's aid package (2nd best in the world) as a model for best practice.
the Daily Briefings are routinely at the same time of day - so everyone currently locked down has no excuse to not hear them...what have you been doing at 5pm every day?
you really are absolutely impossible to reason with. and, more importantly - you're alone in your reasoning on this one. this really is time to step back Gerry, admit you are wrong and dump your party politics - because it doesn't belong in this discussion - at all.
by doing what you are doing, you're manifesting your complete lack of knowledge for all to see.
finally, if you can't find anything positive to say, then this worldwide crisis does not need your bile - things need to move on. there's people dying, and you're busying yourself with name-calling. c'mon fella, can't you see EVERYONE disagrees with you.
not even your usual compadres - runner, aristide or Freddie Jupiter are jumping to your defence. that should tell you everything.
please stop this now - and (for once) pull together with the rest of us.
