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SaintK wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:08 am We're too old and too fat!
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JM2K6 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 2:41 pm Just FYI, the board automatically converts twitter links - no need to use the media tags.

Deveron Boy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 5:41 pm Bumblecunt off the Scotland this week to 'save the union', his lack of self awareness is mind blowing...

Wee Krankie will be loving it and visit alone likely worth a point or two switching to indy.

I doubt very much Peterhead fish market (operating at less than 10% of capacity) will be on his itinerary this time

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:26 am And latest from the Govt

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/h ... 92353.html

dpedin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:40 am

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:26 am And latest from the Govt

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/h ... 92353.html

They really are bastards aren't they! Not a shred of feckin humanity in them unless they see a quick chance of a profit. Miserable feckers every one of them.

Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has told a Conservative MP to apologise and issue a retraction after he was accused of spreading “dangerous misinformation” about coronavirus figures.

In a video clip obtained by Sky News, Sir Desmond Swayne is reported to have commented on the threat of Covid-19, by saying during an interview with anti-lockdown group in November: “It seems to be a manageable risk, particularly as figures have been manipulated”.

"We're told there is a deathly, deadly pandemic proceeding at the moment. That is difficult to reconcile with ICUs [intensive care units] actually operating at typical occupation levels for the time of year and us bouncing round at the typical level of deaths for the time of year.”

Rinkals wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:24 am Does the UK actually have a system for pursuing corruption?

I know South Africa was known for corruption under Zuma, but at least we have the Zondo commission looking into it. Whether the mountain of evidence extracted is actually acted upon is another matter, but at least it is being brought into the open.

SaintK wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:07 am Another "knight of the shires" detatched from reality

Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has told a Conservative MP to apologise and issue a retraction after he was accused of spreading “dangerous misinformation” about coronavirus figures.

In a video clip obtained by Sky News, Sir Desmond Swayne is reported to have commented on the threat of Covid-19, by saying during an interview with anti-lockdown group in November: “It seems to be a manageable risk, particularly as figures have been manipulated”.

"We're told there is a deathly, deadly pandemic proceeding at the moment. That is difficult to reconcile with ICUs [intensive care units] actually operating at typical occupation levels for the time of year and us bouncing round at the typical level of deaths for the time of year.”

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-to ... -12200667

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:37 am

Rinkals wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:24 am Does the UK actually have a system for pursuing corruption?

I know South Africa was known for corruption under Zuma, but at least we have the Zondo commission looking into it. Whether the mountain of evidence extracted is actually acted upon is another matter, but at least it is being brought into the open.

Think of Boris' Government as a mix of Zuma's blatant corruption and the Apartheid Nats and you've pretty much got the Tories nailed down.

sturginho wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:50 am

SaintK wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:07 am Another "knight of the shires" detatched from reality

Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has told a Conservative MP to apologise and issue a retraction after he was accused of spreading “dangerous misinformation” about coronavirus figures.

In a video clip obtained by Sky News, Sir Desmond Swayne is reported to have commented on the threat of Covid-19, by saying during an interview with anti-lockdown group in November: “It seems to be a manageable risk, particularly as figures have been manipulated”.

"We're told there is a deathly, deadly pandemic proceeding at the moment. That is difficult to reconcile with ICUs [intensive care units] actually operating at typical occupation levels for the time of year and us bouncing round at the typical level of deaths for the time of year.”

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-to ... -12200667

If you're in need of a good laugh, have a read of the comments on the Daily Fail's article:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... Covid.html

Rinkals wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:24 am Does the UK actually have a system for pursuing corruption?

I know South Africa was known for corruption under Zuma, but at least we have the Zondo commission looking into it. Whether the mountain of evidence extracted is actually acted upon is another matter, but at least it is being brought into the open.

SaintK wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 10:26 am

sturginho wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:50 am

SaintK wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:07 am Another "knight of the shires" detatched from reality

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-to ... -12200667

If you're in need of a good laugh, have a read of the comments on the Daily Fail's article:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... Covid.html

Fortunately I have ad-blocker software so can't see the Mail Online. I can however imagine the general tone of the comments!!!

PCPhil wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 12:47 pm

Rinkals wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:24 am Does the UK actually have a system for pursuing corruption?

I know South Africa was known for corruption under Zuma, but at least we have the Zondo commission looking into it. Whether the mountain of evidence extracted is actually acted upon is another matter, but at least it is being brought into the open.

In the UK, if there is something clearly fishy going on that even patients in a coma can detect we announce that there will be a full public enquiry. Immediately upon hearing that there will be said enquiry then all official people/bodies say they cannot talk as they could interfere with the full and frank open public enquiry that will be taking place at some point in the future. The enquiry will last many years. It may not even start for many years.
For examples: In the case of the enquiry into how the press operates the conclusions & reccomendations when finally reached will then be ignored. In the Hillsborough enquiry, the final enquiry will finish after most of the guilty are dead or retired. Any who could still be prosecuted will be taken to court and found not guilty.

It's a very efficient system.

sturginho wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 1:05 pm

SaintK wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 10:26 am

sturginho wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:50 am

If you're in need of a good laugh, have a read of the comments on the Daily Fail's article:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... Covid.html

Fortunately I have ad-blocker software so can't see the Mail Online. I can however imagine the general tone of the comments!!!

Swayne is a hero, the govt are trying to control us with masks, it's just a flu [/the gist]

PCPhil wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 12:47 pm

Rinkals wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:24 am Does the UK actually have a system for pursuing corruption?

I know South Africa was known for corruption under Zuma, but at least we have the Zondo commission looking into it. Whether the mountain of evidence extracted is actually acted upon is another matter, but at least it is being brought into the open.

In the UK, if there is something clearly fishy going on that even patients in a coma can detect we announce that there will be a full public enquiry. Immediately upon hearing that there will be said enquiry then all official people/bodies say they cannot talk as they could interfere with the full and frank open public enquiry that will be taking place at some point in the future. The enquiry will last many years. It may not even start for many years.
For examples: In the case of the enquiry into how the press operates the conclusions & reccomendations when finally reached will then be ignored. In the Hillsborough enquiry, the final enquiry will finish after most of the guilty are dead or retired. Any who could still be prosecuted will be taken to court and found not guilty.

It's a very efficient system.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 3:02 pm

PCPhil wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 12:47 pm

Rinkals wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:24 am Does the UK actually have a system for pursuing corruption?

I know South Africa was known for corruption under Zuma, but at least we have the Zondo commission looking into it. Whether the mountain of evidence extracted is actually acted upon is another matter, but at least it is being brought into the open.

In the UK, if there is something clearly fishy going on that even patients in a coma can detect we announce that there will be a full public enquiry. Immediately upon hearing that there will be said enquiry then all official people/bodies say they cannot talk as they could interfere with the full and frank open public enquiry that will be taking place at some point in the future. The enquiry will last many years. It may not even start for many years.
For examples: In the case of the enquiry into how the press operates the conclusions & reccomendations when finally reached will then be ignored. In the Hillsborough enquiry, the final enquiry will finish after most of the guilty are dead or retired. Any who could still be prosecuted will be taken to court and found not guilty.

It's a very efficient system.

As Yes Minster pointed out decades ago, if you want to bury wrong doing the best way to do so was to set up a public enquiry. It will take forever, draw no useful conclusions and anyone to blame will have been long dead anyway.

sturginho wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 3:17 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 3:02 pm

PCPhil wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 12:47 pm
In the UK, if there is something clearly fishy going on that even patients in a coma can detect we announce that there will be a full public enquiry. Immediately upon hearing that there will be said enquiry then all official people/bodies say they cannot talk as they could interfere with the full and frank open public enquiry that will be taking place at some point in the future. The enquiry will last many years. It may not even start for many years.
For examples: In the case of the enquiry into how the press operates the conclusions & reccomendations when finally reached will then be ignored. In the Hillsborough enquiry, the final enquiry will finish after most of the guilty are dead or retired. Any who could still be prosecuted will be taken to court and found not guilty.

It's a very efficient system.

As Yes Minster pointed out decades ago, if you want to bury wrong doing the best way to do so was to set up a public enquiry. It will take forever, draw no useful conclusions and anyone to blame will have been long dead anyway.

In "The Moral Dimension" when the minister reads in the Times that their Qumran contract was won by bribery, he tells Humphrey he wants an enquiry, Humphrey responds, "of course minister, I would be happy to chair it!"

The European Union has told the UK shellfish industry that thousands of tonnes of oyster, mussel, clam, cockle and scallop exports are banned from the bloc indefinitely.

British fishers, who had been told by government to expect the ban to last until spring, are warning this will be a fatal blow to their businesses.

PoliticsHome reported last month that wild shellfish caught in most UK waters that were not ready for human consumption — shellfish known collectively as live bivalve molluscs (LBMs) — had been barred from entering the EU.

This shellfish is normally purified or processed in the EU before it is distributed to supermarkets, restaurants and bars. The UK government told affected businesses and PoliticsHome that this ban was set to expire on April 21, when Brussels implemented new animal health legislation.

However, a European Commission official last week wrote to the British shellfish industry stating that the ban, which is impacting shellfish traders in England and Wales in particular, would remain in place indefinitely and would also include farmed shellfish.

SaintK wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:34 am Just one of those little post Brexit tething trouble bumps in the road that we'll soon sort out! #Michael Gove #George Eustice

The European Union has told the UK shellfish industry that thousands of tonnes of oyster, mussel, clam, cockle and scallop exports are banned from the bloc indefinitely.

British fishers, who had been told by government to expect the ban to last until spring, are warning this will be a fatal blow to their businesses.

PoliticsHome reported last month that wild shellfish caught in most UK waters that were not ready for human consumption — shellfish known collectively as live bivalve molluscs (LBMs) — had been barred from entering the EU.

This shellfish is normally purified or processed in the EU before it is distributed to supermarkets, restaurants and bars. The UK government told affected businesses and PoliticsHome that this ban was set to expire on April 21, when Brussels implemented new animal health legislation.

However, a European Commission official last week wrote to the British shellfish industry stating that the ban, which is impacting shellfish traders in England and Wales in particular, would remain in place indefinitely and would also include farmed shellfish.

The curious saga of a minister’s decision to publicly condemn a journalist for seemingly doing nothing more than asking some questions is dragging on, with Downing Street saying today it is keen to “draw a line” under the events – language which often indicates officials’ desire to close down an awkward matter.

This all began on Friday when Kemi Badenoch responded to questions by HuffPost journalist Nadine White about why the equalities minister had not taken part in a cross-party video promoting Covid vaccine uptake among black, Asian and minority ethnic communities with a furious Twitter thread calling the questions “creepy and bizarre” and accusing her of “making up claims”.

This has baffled HuffPost, given the questions appeared routine and the website didn’t publish a story as they had not received an answer from Badenoch. Huffpost says the tweets sparked abuse against White, and Badenoch’s actions have been condemned by the National Union of Journalists, and reported to a Council of Europe forum on media freedom.

robmatic wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:00 am

SaintK wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:34 am Just one of those little post Brexit tething trouble bumps in the road that we'll soon sort out! #Michael Gove #George Eustice

The European Union has told the UK shellfish industry that thousands of tonnes of oyster, mussel, clam, cockle and scallop exports are banned from the bloc indefinitely.

British fishers, who had been told by government to expect the ban to last until spring, are warning this will be a fatal blow to their businesses.

PoliticsHome reported last month that wild shellfish caught in most UK waters that were not ready for human consumption — shellfish known collectively as live bivalve molluscs (LBMs) — had been barred from entering the EU.

This shellfish is normally purified or processed in the EU before it is distributed to supermarkets, restaurants and bars. The UK government told affected businesses and PoliticsHome that this ban was set to expire on April 21, when Brussels implemented new animal health legislation.

However, a European Commission official last week wrote to the British shellfish industry stating that the ban, which is impacting shellfish traders in England and Wales in particular, would remain in place indefinitely and would also include farmed shellfish.

Oysters and champagne all round.

SaintK wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:16 pm Badenoch appears to be an over-sensitive little flower

The curious saga of a minister’s decision to publicly condemn a journalist for seemingly doing nothing more than asking some questions is dragging on, with Downing Street saying today it is keen to “draw a line” under the events – language which often indicates officials’ desire to close down an awkward matter.

This all began on Friday when Kemi Badenoch responded to questions by HuffPost journalist Nadine White about why the equalities minister had not taken part in a cross-party video promoting Covid vaccine uptake among black, Asian and minority ethnic communities with a furious Twitter thread calling the questions “creepy and bizarre” and accusing her of “making up claims”.

This has baffled HuffPost, given the questions appeared routine and the website didn’t publish a story as they had not received an answer from Badenoch. Huffpost says the tweets sparked abuse against White, and Badenoch’s actions have been condemned by the National Union of Journalists, and reported to a Council of Europe forum on media freedom.

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:20 pm

SaintK wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:16 pm Badenoch appears to be an over-sensitive little flower

The curious saga of a minister’s decision to publicly condemn a journalist for seemingly doing nothing more than asking some questions is dragging on, with Downing Street saying today it is keen to “draw a line” under the events – language which often indicates officials’ desire to close down an awkward matter.

This all began on Friday when Kemi Badenoch responded to questions by HuffPost journalist Nadine White about why the equalities minister had not taken part in a cross-party video promoting Covid vaccine uptake among black, Asian and minority ethnic communities with a furious Twitter thread calling the questions “creepy and bizarre” and accusing her of “making up claims”.

This has baffled HuffPost, given the questions appeared routine and the website didn’t publish a story as they had not received an answer from Badenoch. Huffpost says the tweets sparked abuse against White, and Badenoch’s actions have been condemned by the National Union of Journalists, and reported to a Council of Europe forum on media freedom.

Don't drink and Tweet, folks.

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:19 pm

No, it'll have to be English Sparkling wine.

SaintK wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:16 pm Badenoch appears to be an over-sensitive little flower

The curious saga of a minister’s decision to publicly condemn a journalist for seemingly doing nothing more than asking some questions is dragging on, with Downing Street saying today it is keen to “draw a line” under the events – language which often indicates officials’ desire to close down an awkward matter.

This all began on Friday when Kemi Badenoch responded to questions by HuffPost journalist Nadine White about why the equalities minister had not taken part in a cross-party video promoting Covid vaccine uptake among black, Asian and minority ethnic communities with a furious Twitter thread calling the questions “creepy and bizarre” and accusing her of “making up claims”.

This has baffled HuffPost, given the questions appeared routine and the website didn’t publish a story as they had not received an answer from Badenoch. Huffpost says the tweets sparked abuse against White, and Badenoch’s actions have been condemned by the National Union of Journalists, and reported to a Council of Europe forum on media freedom.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:17 pm

SaintK wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:16 pm Badenoch appears to be an over-sensitive little flower

The curious saga of a minister’s decision to publicly condemn a journalist for seemingly doing nothing more than asking some questions is dragging on, with Downing Street saying today it is keen to “draw a line” under the events – language which often indicates officials’ desire to close down an awkward matter.

This all began on Friday when Kemi Badenoch responded to questions by HuffPost journalist Nadine White about why the equalities minister had not taken part in a cross-party video promoting Covid vaccine uptake among black, Asian and minority ethnic communities with a furious Twitter thread calling the questions “creepy and bizarre” and accusing her of “making up claims”.

This has baffled HuffPost, given the questions appeared routine and the website didn’t publish a story as they had not received an answer from Badenoch. Huffpost says the tweets sparked abuse against White, and Badenoch’s actions have been condemned by the National Union of Journalists, and reported to a Council of Europe forum on media freedom.

Clearly learning from Pratty Patel.

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:19 pm

robmatic wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:00 am

SaintK wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:34 am Just one of those little post Brexit tething trouble bumps in the road that we'll soon sort out! #Michael Gove #George Eustice

Oysters and champagne all round.

No, it'll have to be English Sparkling wine.

Random1 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:06 pm

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:19 pm

robmatic wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:00 am

Oysters and champagne all round.

No, it'll have to be English Sparkling wine.

Had some chapel down at Christmas. Lovely stuff and really come down in price.

Random1 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:06 pm

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:19 pm

robmatic wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:00 am

Oysters and champagne all round.

No, it'll have to be English Sparkling wine.

Had some chapel down at Christmas. Lovely stuff and really come down in price.

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 12:15 pm

Random1 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:06 pm

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:19 pm

No, it'll have to be English Sparkling wine.

Had some chapel down at Christmas. Lovely stuff and really come down in price.

Think it's hitting a point where it's going from a bit of a novelty to a player in the market

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 12:06 pm Lol. Someone in the publicity team is going to get a kicking.