Coronavirus

[Witton Park]

Another great article here from yesterday’s Times regarding statistics and how they can be (mis)used by the government and others to suit the point they want to make

“Sir David Spiegelhalter: When a politician says they follow the science, that’s when I start screaming”

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/s...ming-hqtl2pfgf

(Probably behind a pay wall but we’ll worth opting for the free trial to read)

I'll have a read later. Off for a walk on the hills with the wife.

[Graham Breeze]

“Our leaders amount to little more than a Dad’s Army of highly paid individuals with little or no experience of the job at hand.”

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But MPs are only ever good - at best - at being politicans.

If someone reads, say, for an engineering degree and spends decades practising engineering eventually they should know a lot about engineering.

If someone climbs the greasy pole in politics - all they know after decades as an MP, is politics.

I was just looking at the career of Ruth Kelly (my brother knows her well) who is now going to work for the Vatican. She held four Ministerial posts under Tony Blair - each for about a year (!), including Education and Transport. She read PPE at Oxford - and ended up determining the UK's Tranport policy: well for about a year.

Is it any wonder...?

[Fellbeast]

I guess it’s especially true though of Boris’s motley crew. He bounced out of government/the party a huge raft of experience available to him and just brought in new comers that would sign up to his Brexit jihad 🙄

[Fellbeast]

I’m definitely not a fan of the tories and, amongst other things, hate Brexit with a vengeance, the lies and exaggerations, the disregard for law and parliamentary protocol by Boris and Cummins (if it doesn’t suit their aims), their cronyism, their complete and utter lack of ability to govern and run things in anything like a proper way and, going back before this lot, a million other policies of the Tory party in general have introduced. (Other than that they’re great obviously 😊 )

They’re here to stay for a while yet though so I really really hope that the bit of the Tory party support that remains in anyway ‘normal’, flexes their muscles and gets Boris and co booted out. Rushi might be a better choice maybe 🤔

[Graham Breeze]

I’m definitely not a fan of the tories and, amongst other things, hate Brexit with a vengeance, the lies and exaggerations, the disregard for law and parliamentary protocol by Boris and Cummins (if it doesn’t suit their aims), their cronyism, their complete and utter lack of ability to govern and run things in anything like a proper way and, going back before this lot, a million other policies of the Tory party in general have introduced. (Other than that they’re great obviously �� )

They’re here to stay for a while yet though so I really really hope that the bit of the Tory party support that remains in anyway ‘normal’, flexes their muscles and gets Boris and co booted out. Rushi might be a better choice maybe ��

I once spent an evening chatting to a very senior civil servant about "Ministers he had served".

Fascinating but horrifying.

[Stagger]

And for balance maybe Witton should too. As for stagger he should go for a very very very long run 🤔

Extinction rebellion for you beasty.

Or some other meaningful rally.

Enjoy your day.

[Stagger]

Elsewhere in West Yorkshire the ban on indoor household gatherings will continue in areas of Bradford where it is in place.

In Kirklees, the ban on indoor household mixing will continue in Dewsbury and Batley, and parts of Calderdale.

I wonder what is specific about these certain areas???

Similarly the areas in Lancashire with the small mill towns???

Does appear to be strange that only certain locations become hot beds. Maybe someone should have a serious look at the demographics of such places???

[anthonykay]

Does appear to be strange that only certain locations become hot beds. Maybe someone should have a serious look at the demographics of such places???

It mainly seems to be places with lots of fell runners. Blackburn, Pendle, Calderdale, etc.

[Mossdog]

I’m definitely not a fan of the tories and, amongst other things, hate Brexit with a vengeance, the lies and exaggerations, the disregard for law and parliamentary protocol by Boris and Cummins (if it doesn’t suit their aims), their cronyism, their complete and utter lack of ability to govern and run things in anything like a proper way and, going back before this lot, a million other policies of the Tory party in general have introduced. (Other than that they’re great obviously 😊 )

They’re here to stay for a while yet though so I really really hope that the bit of the Tory party support that remains in anyway ‘normal’, flexes their muscles and gets Boris and co booted out. Rushi might be a better choice maybe 🤔

Yeah, but on a positive note, when Brexit goes completely tits-up with a no deal at the end of December and when the rest of the world sees that the Gvnt are a bunch of lying, rule breaking shysters, who you should never trust to sign a deal(trade or otherwise) with, then the ports will cease up, flights will be grounded, and the entire country will be fully locked down (a part from a trickle of sushi from japan)! Result! Every cloud... as they say. What's not to like?

[Mike T]

I once spent an evening chatting to a very senior civil servant about "Ministers he had served".

Fascinating but horrifying.

More! You do not have to give names.