Pandemic Politics and Economics

[viggy]

I think the saddest thing is that nothing surprised me. The lack of care. The lazy attitude. Years of austerity and Brexit weakening the country's ability to respond to a pandemic. The British public knew they were voting for a careless buffoon and they did it anyway.

[sally maclennane]

That article is utterly depressing and yet as Vig says, not remotely surprising. I hope the people who voted for that arse are pleased with their work.

[Pippedydeadeye]

It’s made me furious. I’m also furious with knobheads like Peston being all “hard hitting” on Twitter because asking inane questions in the press conferences, when it matters. This is all a shit show.

[Bat Macdui]

Parliament is sitting again today. If you're as geekily interested in this as I am, the first chunk of the Politico London Playbook has a fairly facetious rundown of how it's going to work here.

[Turtle Bean]

I enjoyed that, Bats. I might read that page more often.

Incidentally, I am very disappointed in Novak Djokovic.

[smalex]

Yes, I read that about ND and thought the same, Bean. I hope there is some legal obligation on people to have it, when it's available, if they want to fly around the world or have their kids in schools etc.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-52373888 This is really depressing. 115million additional 'hungry' people. 115 MILLION.

[Bat Macdui]

I like the London Playbook. It kept me sane during Brexit too.

I am also deeply disappointed in Djokovic. The massive knobber.

[Mountain Goat]

Keir Starmer today at PMQs is giving me the first twinges of hope that there might be a grown up in the room.

[sally maclennane]

Keir Starmer today at PMQs is giving me the first twinges of hope that there might be a grown up in the room.

God, me too. I saw it on the lunch time news and he was great, Raab looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights (even more than usual)

[Mountain Goat]

He really showed Raab up for the out of his depth but arrogant school boy he is, didn't he? He just cut through the childish bluster with a withering headmaster look.

[SunnyMum]

I don't know if I'm in the right place for this, but this is a linguists expert opinion of Trump : "He's oddly adolescent for someone who's a senior citizen."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phsU1vVHOQI

[Bat Macdui]

This morning's Politico Playbook has some useful stuff on what we might be able to expect by end of the week/next rolling lockdown renewal.

[sally maclennane]

That is a good summary, Bats, thanks.

[Bat Macdui]

Codicil: I am very pleased carrie Symonds and her baby are doing well. Actual: I can't believe this going to him off the fucking hook AGAIN for media scrutiny of handling of pandemic. Boris home followed by Boris the (unknown times over) Dad.

[Mountain Goat]

Yes, from dead cats to live babies, he's never getting the level of scrutiny he should.

[Bat Macdui]

We should probably be blaming the media, not him. I don't want to though. I childishly want to accuse him of cynically fathering children to get out of getting told off.

Also, Keir needs to up his game. What's he actual doing?

[Pippedydeadeye]

So he’ll be off on paternity leave for a fortnight now?

[Chicky]

Someone said on Twitter that the baby was born 9 months and 6 days after he won the leadership election. Ugh.m

And yes. Come on Kier. We need a leader.

[Texaco Shirley]

He says he’s delaying paternity leave till later in the year.

[Ella77]

How will we know the difference?