| Irreversible - or maybe not… 08:44 - Jul 16 with 1209 views | ElderGrizzly |
“Irreversible”… - Boris Johnson
Even the most staunch Boris supporters can see it coming.
He’s called it wrong again and they are putting in the groundwork now to appear like they said “we know”
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| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 09:03 - Jul 16 with 1128 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
The one lesson of history ... |  |
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| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 11:01 - Jul 16 with 999 views | MerseyBlue |
When they first said "cautious but irreversible", surely we all collectively rolled our eyes? Nobody believed them, did they? They can't have believed the line themselves, can they?
It was just so glaringly obvious that their actions would be neither cautious, nor irreversible. I honestly think we'd get clearer and more consistent messaging if the cast of The Thick of It were running the show. |  |
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| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 11:06 - Jul 16 with 974 views | tonybied |
| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 11:01 - Jul 16 by MerseyBlue |
When they first said "cautious but irreversible", surely we all collectively rolled our eyes? Nobody believed them, did they? They can't have believed the line themselves, can they?
It was just so glaringly obvious that their actions would be neither cautious, nor irreversible. I honestly think we'd get clearer and more consistent messaging if the cast of The Thick of It were running the show. |
I'm sick of hearing the soundbite "If we don't open up now when will we be able to open up?". Surely the answer to that question is when it's safe to do so, not lets just to it because it's possible. It's not like we're currently under heavy restrictions anyway! |  | | |
| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 11:16 - Jul 16 with 939 views | MerseyBlue |
| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 11:06 - Jul 16 by tonybied |
I'm sick of hearing the soundbite "If we don't open up now when will we be able to open up?". Surely the answer to that question is when it's safe to do so, not lets just to it because it's possible. It's not like we're currently under heavy restrictions anyway! |
Precisely. Life is fundamentally normal right now. You need to wear a mask in enclosed public settings, night clubs aren't open, and numbers are restricted at certain events. It's not that difficult to get on with. I used to go out to gigs and nights out most weekends before the pandemic, so I miss that a lot, but it really isn't that much of a price to pay for keeping things at bay for the time being. | |
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| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 12:12 - Jul 16 with 872 views | ThisIsMyUsername |
I for one am shocked by this. Really expected the decision to be final this time.
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| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 12:14 - Jul 16 with 861 views | positivity |
it was such a stupid, arrogant thing to say, shoots himself in the foot over and over and over again.
he can't control a pandemic armed only with boosterism and blind hope |  |
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| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 12:15 - Jul 16 with 857 views | jeera |
| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 11:06 - Jul 16 by tonybied |
I'm sick of hearing the soundbite "If we don't open up now when will we be able to open up?". Surely the answer to that question is when it's safe to do so, not lets just to it because it's possible. It's not like we're currently under heavy restrictions anyway! |
It still grates every time I hear the term 'lockdown'.
What effing lockdown?
Even during the first one, which was as close as we were going to get to actually having one, I was still able to pop to the Co-op and grab a bottle of red wine while I was there. |  |
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| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 13:38 - Jul 16 with 763 views | factual_blue |
He can't stop himself, can he? After all, by his own admission he sacked halfcock. |  |
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| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 13:44 - Jul 16 with 748 views | vapour_trail |
I’m generally up for getting the show on the road again, but I do think it’s another abdication of responsibility that we are lifting the final restrictions at a point when infections are rising at the rate they are.
It seems crazy.
Perhaps the schools breaking up will offset this though, that’s got to be a blow for the virus. |  |
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| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 13:50 - Jul 16 with 719 views | positivity |
| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 13:44 - Jul 16 by vapour_trail |
I’m generally up for getting the show on the road again, but I do think it’s another abdication of responsibility that we are lifting the final restrictions at a point when infections are rising at the rate they are.
It seems crazy.
Perhaps the schools breaking up will offset this though, that’s got to be a blow for the virus. |
you can get the "show on the road" in a more sensible way, eg keep masks until the figures actually start falling/vaccinate under 18s etc.
schools closing will make a big difference, but the mixing from holidays is potentially negative | |
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| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 14:22 - Jul 16 with 614 views | stopmoaning |
And Conservatives will still win the next election. |  | | |
| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 15:02 - Jul 16 with 568 views | ElderGrizzly |
| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 11:01 - Jul 16 by MerseyBlue |
When they first said "cautious but irreversible", surely we all collectively rolled our eyes? Nobody believed them, did they? They can't have believed the line themselves, can they?
It was just so glaringly obvious that their actions would be neither cautious, nor irreversible. I honestly think we'd get clearer and more consistent messaging if the cast of The Thick of It were running the show. |
It’s pathetic and even more so to see ministers continually trotting out the party line when even they can’t believe it.
Especially when you’ve got almost every adviser saying it is a mistake and Chris Whitty warning of more restrictions back on 5 weeks.
Oh and 1,200 scientists saying it is dangerous
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/16/englands-covid-unlocking-a-threat- [Post edited 16 Jul 2021 15:04]
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| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 15:07 - Jul 16 with 546 views | MerseyBlue |
| Irreversible - or maybe not… on 15:02 - Jul 16 by ElderGrizzly |
It’s pathetic and even more so to see ministers continually trotting out the party line when even they can’t believe it.
Especially when you’ve got almost every adviser saying it is a mistake and Chris Whitty warning of more restrictions back on 5 weeks.
Oh and 1,200 scientists saying it is dangerous
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/16/englands-covid-unlocking-a-threat- [Post edited 16 Jul 2021 15:04]
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Have just been reading about Chris Whitty's warning and checked out Twitter where he is now being accused of lacking a backbone. This government has managed to make him the bad guy for a lot of people, as if he and the other scientists haven't been advising them of all of these things in private for months. | |
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