Main Coronavirus / Covid-19 Discussion Thread

[drew]

After days of everyone sounding together apart from a few Labour idiots attempting to point score, then this **** turns up, with all rhetoric of old school politics, shut up you prick and answer a simple question. Hopefully he is not seen again during the crisis.

I didn't see the interview so assume you are talking about Stephen Barclay rather than poor old Raleigh Chopper!

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

I didn't see the interview so assume you are talking about Stephen Barclay rather than poor old Raleigh Chopper!

Haha indeed.

He was so condescending I hope his boss has a serious word. Love to hear his been sacked from the treasury, don't need people like that

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

After days of everyone sounding together apart from a few Labour idiots attempting to point score, then this **** turns up, with all rhetoric of old school politics, shut up you prick and answer a simple question. Hopefully he is not seen again during the crisis.

Whoops
The most deleted of any deleted thread of all time.
Talk about getting the wrong end of the stick.

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

So as it stands as of now.
After 40 years of paying income tax and NI, helping to bail out the banks with my tax pounds and going through 10 years of austerity for doing that, I am now 'operationally' difficult.
10 years ago rather than going unemployed after being a house husband for 5 years while I brought up an adopted baby (until she went to school) I trained and went self employed rather than unemployed ( work was difficult to find in Plymouth at the time)
I have worked chuffing hard and built up a good little business, but it is a luxury and not a necessity so my work has collapsed, I also work in people's houses and a lot of my customers are elderly, so I am being sensible too.
Thankfully Tory MPs are making noises at the moment and I hope Corbyn rattles some cages too as he did for PAYE.
Well done David Davies, something I didn't think I would be saying but credit where it's due.
Not being selfish either, I am feeling for the other 5 million in the same boat as me.

 

[RossyG]

I think the self employed will be dealt with more fairly very soon.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Whoops
The most deleted of any deleted thread of all time.
Talk about getting the wrong end of the stick.

Ha ha looking back at my post it could be read both ways. I was 100% behind you. I was shouting at the screen when I saw the interview.

 

[The Wizard]

I’m so sick of the long line of celebrity experts on social media, Twitter mostly, unbelievable how a bit of celebrity status seems to make certain people think they know everything and can solve all the problems we are facing.

And then you have idiots like Sam Smith posting that ‘they’ are so bored I’m their 7m pound mansion, hard life aye. Tossers.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

I'm not happy that once again it's all the median to big companies getting all the cash and all these key workers will never see any benefit for their sacrifices, minimum wage wont go up, which it should right now .

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[Wozza]

I'm not sure if it's a general rule, but some schools I am aware of are only taking kids if BOTH parents are key workers.

I thought that was the rule, but our kids' school is more relaxed - at least if the mother is a key worker.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

So what if a company claims cash for 15 employees but gets rid of 10? It's all about keeping the rich rich, sell some of your ****ing assets to help get you through , when you think about it its total bullshit how the "key workers" are being treated!

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[atomised]

I'm not happy that once again it's all the median to big companies getting all the cash and all these key workers will never see any benefit for their sacrifices, minimum wage wont go up, which it should right now .

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At least one supermarket has led the way with a 10% hourly bonus for staff payable from 1st march

 

[Wrong-Direction]

At least one supermarket has led the way with a 10% hourly bonus for staff payable from 1st march

That's great but it's still going to be the most wealthy that get the most help, not fair at all .

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[The Wizard]

Fantastic news, 8000 more beds and 20000 more nurses available

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavi...-000-extra-staff-join-covid-19-fight-11961532

 

[The Clamp]

Not really sure where best to post this. One of my favourite podcasts, We Have Ways... discusses CV and it’s comparisons to Britain in 1939.
If you don’t know the We have ways podcast it’s Al Murray and historian James Holland discussing the in and outs of WW2, dispelling myths, exploring little known aspects of the war and life at the time. It is fantastic

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/we-have-ways-of-making-you-talk/id1457552694?i=1000469040100

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Not really sure where best to post this. One of my favourite podcasts, We Have Ways... discusses CV and it’s comparisons to Britain in 1939.
If you don’t know the We have ways podcast it’s Al Murray and historian James Holland discussing the in and outs of WW2, dispelling myths, exploring little known aspects of the war and life at the time. It is fantastic

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/we-have-ways-of-making-you-talk/id1457552694?i=1000469040100

Cheers that looks good, will listen later, could equally go into the podcast thread as well.

 

[atomised]

Another 793 dead in italy

 

[Bodian]

Edit - not the correct data

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

So what if a company claims cash for 15 employees but gets rid of 10? It's all about keeping the rich rich, sell some of your ****ing assets to help get you through , when you think about it its total bullshit how the "key workers" are being treated!

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Do you think a company can claim for 15 yet gets rid of 10 and this will not be picked up. You must have a confused idea how this will work. It's not about keeping the rich rich it's about keeping normal people in a job.

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

Have to say I'm glad we have this guy in charge

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/andrew-cuomo-emerges-as-heartfelt-voice-of-coronavirus-reason-trump-not-so-much/ar-BB11uEUG?ocid=sf

 

[The Wizard]

Another 793 dead in italy

Blimey, that’s appalling. Hoping beyond hope we aren’t heading that way.