Off Topic The Politics Thread

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Should the UK remain a part of the EU or leave?

  • Stay in

    Votes: 56 47.9%

  • Get out

    Votes: 61 52.1%
  • Total voters
    117
  • Poll closed .
Steelmonkey said:
I posted this on the COVID thread, but it's a interesting read....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-52617895

They reckon the deaths could have been reduced by 80% if lockdown had been bought in two weeks earlier. We know that it's easy to look at in hindsight, but a look at the success that NZ, Greece and other nations that had strict border controls and lockdowns in place tells us we got it wrong.
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New Zealand has 3M visitors a year and we have 147M (I believe). So I wouldn't call that a good comparison. However, they have still done very well. I believe we have been hit hard due to London having the busiest airport and that our capital is the most multicultural around (I believe). Add to that we have many clinically obese people and many ignoring the initial advice which was the start of our downfall. Then you can add-in Lockdown time/Carehomes/testing and no shut down of LHR which has added to the misery. I think the Government has made a decision that they don't want the economy to flatline so they have taken a risk by expecting people to use common sense. Do I believe there will be a further spike... probably yes? However, this disease has caused problems that no government could have foreseen. I believe it's been around a lot longer than people think.
 
To be fair to Boris, its blatantly obvious that hes not in charge. Hes just a puppet who they let speak now and then until he ****s up. Like yesterday, with the track and trace being able to spot the covid virus in water supplies in certain areas!!! Hes an absolute liability to the country! Even some of my Tory supporting friends are saying this now. One said he would never vote for them again while hes PM. Blood on his hands was his quote and then just bumbles his way through things.
 
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I reminded my good mate of the time the Tories cheered after defeating labours public sector pay rise for nurses and the like. You know, those same nurses and co that are dieing to save our PM,'s life and that of thousands of others. Quite disgusting really and even more so in hindsight.
 
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