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Off Topic Covid 19 restrictions have done one

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by dennisboothstash, Oct 29, 2020.

  1. Newlandcasual2

    Newlandcasual2 Well-Known Member

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    The only lesson to be learnt is never do this (lockdown) again !
     
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  2. Ric Glasgow

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    I don't think they would anyway and certainly not furlough...I think they'd just let it spread rather than see us up to it necks in debt again?
     
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    Don't you think it might depend on what exactly the pandemic is, the risk to life, it's potential duration, options for recovery, etc, etc?
    Never say never, as they say...
     
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  4. dennisboothstash

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    I don’t think that can be quite the case, not as black and white anyway, but wide ranging national lockdowns in principle don’t make much sense.
    Usually public health risks are managed locally, and they will close schools, workplaces etc if the risk means its right to do. However locking someone down in a remote part of Scottishland because there’s a massive outbreak in London doesn’t make much sense.
    Targeted, risk assessed closures, advice on not mixing etc, done quicker but in smaller locations would seem to make more sense? (That and not being scared to stop incoming flights from high risk countries of course)
     
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  5. Ric Glasgow

    Ric Glasgow Well-Known Member

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    Without getting into politics,I'm basing my hunch on the current financial predicament of the Country ...

    I could be totally wrong,let's hope we never need to find out.
     
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    There isn't always the option to do nothing. 'Ignore it and hope it'll go away' was the plan last time. It just wasn't realistic and they had to U-turn because so many lives were being lost.
     
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    The company owned by Scots couple Michelle Mone and her husband at the centre of PPE scandal have been told to repay the tax payer £120 million. The assets of the company stand at 600k...
     
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    They've already had £75m in assets frozen in anticipation of this ruling.
     
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    Watch the itv programme they’re a Drop in the ocean
    Let’s hope they all get done and made to return it
     
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    Good news... I was just repeating what was said on LBC this morning... so they've had it way with just the £44 million then...
     
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    So, when I was younger and had gonorrhea, it was actually chlamydia? <yikes>:emoticon-0145-shake
     
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    Would have been one of the first things I did when Labour took power if I was involved in govt, go after every single bastard who robbed the public purse during the pandemic, starting with the biggest thieves. Would have paid for itself many times over and won supporters on every side of the political spectrum.
     
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