Coronavirus

So this was caused by the Tories?

Thanks for clearing that up.

Then again, was it Trump maybe?

 

Let's have a thread about coronavirus then that doesn't mention any concerns about the government's handling of it. Indeed, there's probably enough ability on this forum to patch together a campaign/information update video like the one Trump (illegally) foisted onto the American public last night.

We're in safe hands and Pritti Patel doesn't use pretend numbers when smirking her way through telling us the daily death total. What was it Bill Hicks used to say? 'Here's American Gladiators people. Don't question your government, all is under control'.

 

Trump deffo didn't cause it as he didn't even think it was real until a few weeks ago. He may claim to have invented the vaccine at some point in the future.

 

He'll call it the scrofula virus and claim he can cure it by the laying on of hands on his picture on Fox News.

 

Just make up what you want dude...... The cuts have been under tory watch and we are in a mess now **** has hit fan....... Didn't labour get the blame for the world financial collapse.......even though it was a world event.

 

That's not the whole point, comment on how the government has approached the whole situation is one thing, relentlessly blaming them for everything is another.

It's pretty easy to have the definition without this just being a politics thread extension.

Which it is now anyway, it's obvious.

Two possibles maybe;

• have another politics thread, those that give a **** can just say it is all down to the tories and bore away to their hearts content.
• Don't close/merge the non political discussions.

Either would do.

 

Join in, in other words.

 

Lots have questioned government approach and its been fking shocking

 

Some of it has been, yes.

 

TBF who has said the Tories are at fault for the virus?

There have been comments about how the government have handled the situation and that they're trying to massage the death toll. Surely those are pretty reasonable observations?

Difficult to comment on the inactivity of the opposition parties given they're not really involved in managing the situation.

As I said earlier, it's not about politics, it's about the truth being told and the government taking responsibility.

 

But let's not mention it even though its got everything to do with covid

 

Shhhhh they don't like truth

 

Divisions forming in the site recently, feels like the build up to the American civil war.

 

Interesting point that: Darling and Brown spent half a trillion pounds bailing out the banks in 2009. When the Tories took over a year later and were told the coffers were bare they used that as an excuse for ten years of austerity. They didn't say what they would have done differently. Likewise, I accept that any government in charge now has to spend what they have to spend, and preserve as much as the economy as they can.

There will be a humungous national debt and deficit when this is over. If this, or any other government tries austerity, isolation, trade barriers and authoritarianism to dig themselves out of this hole, then we're on for twice the chaos of the Great Depression. If that becomes the case, you can be sure the Telegraph and the Mail will somehow blame Labour for it again. And probably Meghan Markle.

 

Thanks for your valued feedback.

The other thread that was merged into this one was about companies ****ing people off during the crisis, so I’ve no idea what your actual point is.

 

Spot on dude.......

 

Absolutely ... and comparison of our preparation for a pandemic and also our reaction to it with that of Germany - now that seems pretty reasonable to me.

If nowt else, we need to learn from this.

 

How does it work when all countries have record national debts after having to support their own economies and people during the lockdown? Serious question!

 

The point is, as plenty others have commented, that this is now politics thread part 2.

Just a blur of stats blaming the government and/or trump for everything.

If you can't see it, fine.

 

Don't hold your breath way too many dumb fks in England for that to happen.... Tory makes em feel British