How do you think Boris has handled it so far ?

[vegster]

It's a shame that so many people are straining to criticise the NHS and, through them, the government without even trying to understand the issues they are faced with.

The NHS are doing an incredible job with the resources and the manpower they have available and the incredible spirit of the staff. However, the sad fatalities of NHS staff might well have been caused by shortages of PPE which breaches Health and Safety guidelines for acceptable protection for front line staff, this will come out later if the government are unable to bury it.

 

[darkwolf666]

Why can’t those people isolate and the rest get back to work?

People are losing jobs and businesses every day.

I never cease to be amazed by the moronic insensitivity of some of the people who post on these boards...

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I never cease to be amazed by the moronic insensitivity of some of the people who post on these boards...

I can’t believe the moronic insensitivity of people happy for people to be locked up and suffer finically and mentally if they don’t have to.....

 

[darkwolf666]

I can’t believe the moronic insensitivity of people happy for people to be locked up and suffer finically and mentally if they don’t have to.....

I understand people have to go back to work at some point, probably quite soon, but it was the insensitive tone of your OP that I objected to. You might have well said ‘why don’t the vulnerable just **** off and die so I can get back to work”...

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I understand people have to go back to work at some point, probably quite soon, but it was the insensitive tone of your OP that I objected to. You might have well said ‘why don’t the vulnerable just **** off and die so I can get back to work”...

If I meant I wanted them to **** off and die I would have said that.

 

[spring hall convert]

Yup, I'm no fan of Johnson but he is, without doubt, an outstanding communicator.

If it's insinuation or half-truth that you're after, yes. Dealing with facts - not so good.

I think the mid-March 'crisis, what crisis' stage (13 March - 23 March) actually demonstrated a glaring weakness of his in communicating unpopular messages clearly.

Unless he was trying to get people killed.

This one was particularly bad on Friday 20 March. His inability to be clear here cost lives. Note that the lockdown brief on Monday 23rd was pre-recorded, presumably so there was no chance of him softening/mixing the nessage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ALXzoTe-M0

 

[The Clamp]

I understand people have to go back to work at some point, probably quite soon, but it was the insensitive tone of your OP that I objected to. You might have well said ‘why don’t the vulnerable just **** off and die so I can get back to work”...

He didn’t say that at all. Almost the opposite in fact.

 

[RossyG]

I think in the next couple of days, Boris really needs to start laying out the plans for the winding down of the lockdown. If Belgium can do it, where they’ve had it worse than us, then surely we can.

I appreciate that he’s been off sick, but the government probably should have started talking about it last week. It does feel like we’ve been left in limbo in more ways than one.

 

[Machiavelli]

Hugo, I agree with a lot of what you say but I do wish you'd say populist rather than popularist.

Yes, indeed.

 

[e77]

The UK government have been two steps behind the rest of the world in every aspect of the crisis from acknowledging it, realising the severity, lockdown, PPE and now plans to come out of lockdown.

I appreciate the PM has been ill, although questions have to be asked why he was the only western leader to have that happen to him and why he wasn't kept out the way more, but there should have been a more defined transfer of power when he was out of action.

 

[darkwolf666]

He didn’t say that at all. Almost the opposite in fact.

I know Specsavers have been closed for a while, so maybe my prescription had changed, but I could have sworn he said "why can't these people isolate", as he wants to get back to work and normality. Clearly we are an inconvenience to him. His tone was neither understanding or placating. - so I rest by my inference, and my perception of his...

 

[RossyG]

 

[Sorrel]

Glad to see Boris will be back tomorrow. I think the government continue to have an unenviable job where whatever they choose will have some negative consequences. I hope they will get balance right, but I expect some decisions will not be perfect and will need to be adjusted as evidence increases.

One thing this crisis has made me realise is that a certain section of the population (not so much on here) are determined to detest the government whatever happens. I've now given up listening to the more extreme end of that spectrum - it's much more pleasant to no longer see the ongoing hate, though I do realise I'm creating a slight bubble now I've cut that part of the population off from my social media.

 

[The Clamp]

I know Specsavers have been closed for a while, so maybe my prescription had changed, but I could have sworn he said "why can't these people isolate", as he wants to get back to work and normality. Clearly we are an inconvenience to him. His tone was neither understanding or placating. - so I rest by my inference, and my perception of his...

Well, whatever way you interpret his post, I would imagine the vulnerable will be in lockdown longer than those who aren’t vulnerable. And I think that’s the right move. Whether they’ll adhere to that is a different matter.

 

[Baker lite]

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Good grief...


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[RossyG]

Good grief...


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Good grief that was funny or good grief that’s not funny?

 

[Baker lite]

Good grief that was funny or good grief that’s not funny?

Good grief as in you may be talking out of your clacker valve..


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[Garry Nelson's teacher]

It seems that the media are reporting the 'Conservative Party donors' are pressurising the government for a relaxation in the lockdown. This worries me and looks like a possible case of 'he who pays the piper, calls the tune'. I trust the government will continue to 'listen to the science' before succumbing to listening to the men with deep pockets.

 

[RossyG]

Good grief as in you may be talking out of your clacker valve..


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I didn’t create it but I thought it was a pretty good parody of the Jeremiah’s who think questioning the lockdown is a form of genocide, but each to their own.

 

[Baker lite]

I didn’t create it but I thought it was a pretty good parody of the Jeremiah’s who think questioning the lockdown is a form of genocide, but each to their own.

I gathered you didn’t create it but it a load of old tosh.


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