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I understand there are a number of UBI models that can be tailored to suit. One model suggested was that UBI would replace the dole, or unemployment benefit, or jobseekers allowance or whatever they call it now. Other benefit structures for housing, special needs etc would not be included but...

Agreed, there are a lot questions regarding workability. As long as all the variables are looked at there may be a way forward with this. For example there is the additional saving in administrating/facilitating of a single flat payment. The universal credit admin is monolithic, they even pay a...

UBI has been knocking around for a while and has/is been implemented in a number of ways, in a number of countries/regions to stabilise failing economies or address specific problematic sections of populations, i.e certain provinces or impoverished sections of society, Brazil is a good example...

Wellington Pub Company One of many big companies that own pubs and are still demanding full rent from leaseholders. They have offered a luke-warm 3 month 'holiday' (because the gov told them to) but are still expecting this to be paid back when pubs are reopened. Fullers and Admiral Taverns...

Hacking, data and security are indeed top of the list of fears about the App. ......and this just in from the Daily Fail. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8284175/NHS-coronavirus-contact-tracing-app-launch-TOMORROW-Isle-Wight.html?ito=push-notification&ci=14388&si=7535945

That is a good explanation. Let's not get too confident and rush into things, is a good approach too.

Sorry, but nothing very much has changed in respect to meeting the 'five test' litmus paper guide, so I can't see how things can get back to normal ATM. Digital tech to track contacts, alerts (and travel passes?) are still at R&D level, testing is all over the place and not being aimed at the...

This. I'm not really investing in any figures ATM as there are still so many variables. But to buy into the gov 'lying' about them and hinting at some sort of fear agenda? I'm not adverse to a bit of 'what would David Blaine do with this situation?' type of musings, but seriously? I think that...

Zero on the neck. Whatever number you like for the rest. Zero all over, keep it simple.

Just another video streaming social me me me media platform. The digital version of flared trousers, could have more legs though.

I am as open minded as most, but questioning the validity and necessity for the lockdown seems pointless. There is more evidence to suggest that these measures work in densely populated areas, than not. I don't fault the reasoning behind not overwhelming essential health services by limiting the...

I would class this thread as incendiary by design. Not sure the fishing emoji fits but due to the lack of input by the OP, it'll do. The doomsday media are licking their lips at the thought of civil unrest. I don't think anyone on NSC seriously wants to fan those flames.

Fair enough. TBF I let anger get the better of me so I apologise for that.

I always top-up the drama when people start labelling whole sections of society as 'they'. You know, 'they' think this, do that, say this, say that etc etc. Your post assumes way too much and does not reflect the true intentions, thoughts or future actions of anyone at all. The casual way you...

Got some pretty shaky base lines there Clamp. No evidence to suggest that 'Boomers' will do this, that or the other, or collectively think this, that or the other. Absolute tosh based on absolute tosh. You must be gutted that the 'Boomer Remover' has been thwarted by those damn Tories and their...

This is an interesting take on how we can manage lifting the lid on lockdown. Apps to monitor movement/transmission? Already being used in China and South Korea. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/04/09/science.abb6936

This may be why we are hearing about extra quarantine measures to ensure that when the 'peak' happens, we stay under the blue line?

Not sure about this. Iv'e read in other studies/reports that there is no evidence to suggest that the virus is susceptible to heat - and it is thriving in countries with hot climates. Also, i've read that humidity and airflow (wind) could assist airborne transmission making safe social...