Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Sentinel]

My memory is not what it was but the only Shapiro I've ever heard of is Helen

Kudos for your reference to Helen Shapiro. Just as a reminder.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Some crackers posts appearing in this thread. Keep up the good work guys

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Stood in a queue outside Aldi. Everybody maintaining 2 metres, one in one out.

Everybody sharing the same trolleys which no staff are wiping between uses.

What is the point.

Get yer marigolds on!

 

[Paris]

 

[summerisle]

Never forget :

 

[Barnfred 55]

Kudos for your reference to Helen Shapiro. Just as a reminder.

A retraction of the Don't wash your hands now comment would be good

 

[COYBL25]

I own a 1000 acre farm, have a business model that doesn't work without really cheap labour, help me please, or I may have to sell it to lots of people who will make it work and feed the nation!

I shouldn’t think you’ll be short of people mate, with the amount of people not working at the mo and worried about their finances.

 

[Brennan]

Never forget :

Im no fan of Boris but are people not allowed to change their minds ?

When was this, twenty years ago ?

 

[summerisle]

Im no fan of Boris but are people not allowed to change their minds ?

When was this, twenty years ago ?

*Johnson
He was, and still is, a free market fanatic.

 

[summerisle]

lol

 

[Charlie Sweet]

Never forget :

Give it a break for a few weeks eh? The time for retrospective analysis will come dont worry

 

[summerisle]

Give it a break for a few weeks eh? The time for retrospective analysis will come dont worry

Let hypocrisy reign then, it really grates on me the cant suddenly spouting now from the Conservative party.

 

[Shevin Keedy]

So after all the praise the Tories have been getting about financial help, etc, the Chancellor has now hinted that we will all foot the bill with tax rises. Great...

I am really interested to know if anyone has had this furlough payment yet too. Has anyone on here had it or know someone who has?

 

[aazak]

Health officials say the number of deaths in Spain has risen to 4,858, up 769 in the past 24 hours. The previous day saw 655 deaths. Overall Spain has seen an increase of 7,871 cases in the past day to 64,059. The number of people who have recovered is now 9,357.

 

[evilwebby]

It's all very well saying that the NHS has suffered more under the Tories than it would have under the alternative. Maybe there is an element of truth about that.

But it's also possible that that alternative would mean that today our public finances would be in much worse shape, such that we would not be able to provide the relief stimulus that the Government has provided. Lending markets don't take too kindly to countries that are seen to be profligate and then suddenly ask for a whole tonne more money in the face of a crisis.

Mortgage payments in Britain are about 3% because we run our public finances sensibly. Mortgage rates in Argentina, for example, are about 50% because their public finances are a shambles.