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Yep, you're right, my mistake

There is a lot of food for thought in what you write. But even if 10,000 infected only corresponds to 10 deaths (and another 50-100 in hospital?) - don't you think that pneumonia deaths and illnesses like that, in February, with the coronavirus in the news, you think no doctor might have put...

Right. There will certainly be refunds then owing by anyone who claimed this and declares a profit of more than £35000 for this financial year, including this payment, but thats not going to affect me! And the question of whether this amount will ultimately be taxable is an interesting one...

Hmmm, mine ran out February and as per usual I haven't got round to it yet...... Tax due soon and now have to try and find somewhere to get it MOT-d as this won't apply to me will it.....

top-up - so either that implies every self-employed person declares actual earnings monthly and then makes claim - pretty impossible to administer - or that when 2020-21 earnings are filed there will be a repayment required, which anyone averaging more than £2,917 will most probably have to...

Its fiddly. My organisation is in some financial difficulty because of the virus. Most people who work with the organisation in the UK are registered self-employed. If I stop contracting them then its going to be even harder to recover, as they are involved in fund-raising and delivery of...

You know I'm really starting not to care what they do with the season

This and Sunak is just the same, which is fine. Impossible for him to have a handle on the treasury brief in such a short space of time, but doing what he is told and doing that fine

She's rather lovely. No wonder they're pushing champions league. Who is she again?

Keep fighting Steve

Dolphin is in Sardinia, not Venice, but the water is certainly nice and clear

Yesterday about 1,400 people died in Britain. 15 of them were from Coronavirus. I suppose context like that can be a bit re-assuring? Shit happens and we are usually pretty good at coping.

Hell of a personal risk for Boris Johnson to take as well. If we are the outlier, and end up with loads more deaths than anyone else - well he is completely finished. Gives me confidence I suppose that the science is sound.

Its scary of course, but on an average day in the UK 1400 people die. Thats about 10,000 every week; or 30,000 in three weeks, and that just keeps going up for ever. So...... coronavirus is going to be part of this, of course, and drive it up for a bit - but it will only be a fraction of total...

A bit worried, yes. I run a conservation charity with a lot of employees in Indonesia. Our funding is part grants, which are at least secure for the next couple of years, and part direct donations - which I have to be worried about, as no doubt fund raising is going to be very difficult in...

There's a uefa meeting with the leagues on Tuesday I believe, they'll be almost certainly to agree delay of transfer window start until this season is resolved one way or another

Nurofen with water. Stonking headache

If its 5 months from now.... Will start again mid - August, with teams able to train for the month before that. 10 games to play for some teams takes us 5 weeks so we'll finish about 15 September. A one month transfer window, start again mid October, by which point we've lost 8 game weeks. A...

Suspend the season, finish it when you can. Keep smaller clubs alive. Reschedule next season when you know how long you've got to fit the games in. Probably only going to lose a month or two of the season, hardly a big deal

Of course. Again, took an extreme position to make a point. You're arguing for a certain place on the spectrum of no isolation to compete isolation. Other people are arguing for a slightly different place, hence disagreement with government policy.