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Originally posted by AtW View PostThe speed of approval was for sure - faster than USA? Give me a break.Comment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostThe PM is a huge part of the problem, and his personality was a bigger part of the Tory campaign than it would normally be. But he has made so many errors along the way which appear to be linked to him not wanting to be the Mr Killjoy. Not closing down Cheltenham. Telling people to get back to work if they can, against official advice to work at home unless you can’t. Returning hustle and bustle to the high street. These were all unforced errors and there are plenty of others. They are all the PM’s fault. They will have cost lives and hit the economy. I can’t think of any other PM who would have screwed thing up so regularly.Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostThe speed of approval was for sure (to make people feel good for Xmas right after/before lockdown 2 ended) - faster approval than USA? Give me a break.Comment
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Originally posted by jamesbrown View PostHe's unable to take decisions. This is endlessly documented, including in some excellent recent articles in the Sunday Times. Not that anyone is surprised by this, but the pandemic has exposed his indecisiveness, big time.
Funnily enough, the Irish government which did a pretty good job most of last year ****ed it up in December badly and now the country is going down the u bend fast. And that’s not with the benefit of hindsight - it was pretty obvious that opening up restaurants and pubs serving food and then trusting people to behave sensibly over the Christmas period was going to end badly.Comment
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Originally posted by jamesbrown View PostHe's unable to take decisions. This is endlessly documented, including in some excellent recent articles in the Sunday Times. Not that anyone is surprised by this, but the pandemic has exposed his indecisiveness, big time.
But the mistakes made at the outset are utterly irrelevant to the last three months' happenings. Some have been badly wrong or badly thought out, but we have to wait a while longer before we decide how well the end result was.
And while little countries like Israel, NZ, Singapore are doing fairly well, we are far from being the worst off around the world - or even Europe.Blog? What blog...?Comment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostIt turns out that being a ‘lovable’ clown isn’t the best qualification for running a country during a pandemic. I found it interesting comparing him to Varadkar. I didn’t think much of Varadkar pre Covid. He did a tulip job of healthcare and housing and almost everything else, except perhaps Brexit. But cometh the hour... the obvious difference is that his pre politics background was as a GP and Johnson’s as a particularly mendacious journalist.
Funnily enough, the Irish government which did a pretty good job most of last year ****ed it up in December badly and now the country is going down the u bend fast. And that’s not with the benefit of hindsight - it was pretty obvious that opening up restaurants and pubs serving food and then trusting people to behave sensibly over the Christmas period was going to end badly.
Those charts for Ireland in the last week or two are, indeed, pretty scary, almost unbelievable.Comment
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Originally posted by malvolio View PostOr he is willing to take decisions but not with reference to earlier ones? In other words, is he being driven by his advisors more than he should be. The jury is out on that one, but personally I'm not convinced that this situation is manageable by anything other than quick, tactical decisions. A long term strategy is simply unviable when faced with moving goalposts and an intransigent population.
But the mistakes made at the outset are utterly irrelevant to the last three months' happenings. Some have been badly wrong or badly thought out, but we have to wait a while longer before we decide how well the end result was.
And while little countries like Israel, NZ, Singapore are doing fairly well, we are far from being the worst off around the world - or even Europe.
Excellent example here:
Boris Johnson was last man standing over Covid school closures | News | The Times
This is why many political observers predicted that nothing significant would change when Cummings left, because it isn't about his advisers, it's about him.Comment
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Originally posted by jamesbrown View PostYup, he's just particularly ill-suited to the current situation.
Those charts for Ireland in the last week or two are, indeed, pretty scary, almost unbelievable.Comment
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No healthcare system can cope with Covid going wild, it's always better to shutdown early as even just extra week would mean a lot more weeks in lockdown.
Pretty fooking basic math.Comment
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