"The UK is facing an unprecedented crisis, but instead of behaving like a strong leader, Johnson is once again resorting to the self-serving cowardice that was his trademark move during the 2019 General Election.
At this point we should obviously be having daily briefings from the government, but instead we've got a Prime Minister in hiding, government communication through selective leaking to favourable journalists (like Robert Peston, who was the one who broke the now seemingly abandoned 'herd immunity' story), important ministerial statements issued behind newspaper paywalls (Matt Hancock's coronavirus article was originally posted so only Daily Telegraph subscribers could read it!), completely contradictory statements from one day to the next (Hancock now saying that 'herd immunity isn't part of the plan after the Tories just spent 2 days vehemently defending the idea), and the continuation of their unbelievably complacent 'dither and delay' tactics while almost all other countries are adopting strong containment measures.
I still really struggle to fathom how millions of people actually concluded that such a lazy, dishonest, incompetent, and disgustingly elitist coward of a man would make a good leader for our nation."...
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Nuts what a 180 @Gandalf has done on Boris - https://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingfo...355-boris.html
I sounded rather harsh there, but for sure, he has made a big mistake here and due to the lack of beds the UK will have problems. Not only that but people who require important treatments will inevitably be delayed and potentially die.
No, the same as here the decision to not immediately own the situation means that the situation is worsened and that is not acceptable. Furthermore, the notion that schools will open this week is ridiculous. Sensible teachers and parents should obviously oppose putting others at risk if the government does not have the balls to make strong decisions.
Protect yourselves and stay safe. Do what is right rather than what you are told.
It is not a good enough reason, but Johnson was not alone in making a poor decision. It will turn out that pretty much everyone except Putin and a few others made poor decisions. Russia has barely 2 dozen cases, but then if it had fizzled to nothing people would complain at how Johnson destroyed the economy. It is political whatever happens.
I called it very early and saw it coming so obviously would have set up proper testing, closed far more flights, stopped gatherings, and closed schools. I am quite hardcore that way as we know the UK does not have enough hospital beds. In saying that though, it can be controlled, but for at least a month it will be difficult.
Yes, Johnson missed the beat, but he did not release this upon the world or cover it up for a month while it ran rampant. Once this is settled it would be nice to see people not forget and to remember how this all started and that was not Downing Street.
Agreed.
A difficult hand to play. But he needs to crack down on shit now. Pubs, public transport. Crazy consequences but it has to be done.
Thousands of Athletico fans were in Liverpool Tuesday night ffs mingling in bars etc
Don't bully fat kids - they've got enough on their plate
It is like having my very own librarian of the self. Of course there are a variety of selves and they evolve with different personas so it is sometimes useful. I wish she would prepare me a scone and a cup of tea sometimes though when I suggest it is unorthodox to contemplate breeding the world into a unified black super race.
I stand by this post, but few countries did any better. Even here they kept the Chinese planes flying in. It was irresponsible. It runs global and not helped at all by China covering up and denying human to human transmission while sending WMD global and then the WHO saying nonsense about masks and how borders should not be restricted.
Governments rely on experts and all too many were guided poorly. The UK was poorer than some and it might have been a better strategy had they shut the borders completely, but the advice was against. The WHO needs to go and it would be great if people went back to seeing how staying local and protecting borders is good for you. They help slow any assault on your nation, they are there to protect you.
The loss of tourists for a few months is nothing compared with keeping a general economy afloat and not collapsing a healthcare system. Nations need more self sufficiency too and this also kind of proved the failure of the EU which takes us back to the start of the thread. Nations function better when they have more autonomy.
I am quite upset about Boris actually. He is not a mean person, just a Tory and values like doing things on your own terms are decent. He is hardly Thatcher or Blair. He never denied societies existence like Thatcher or tried to destroy society like Blair. He believes in Britain and is clearly ready to die for Britain if need be. We should never call him a coward ever again.
Long live Boris Johnson. The man of the people as chosen by the people.
Last edited by Gandalf; 04-07-2020 at 07:47 AM. Reason: Made some typo's on a phone before.
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