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[Hiberno-Britannic Politics] Yesterday, The Troubles Seemed So Far Away
Bogart
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How awesome is this government?
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[Hiberno-Britannic Politics] Yesterday, The Troubles Seemed So Far Away 131 votes
So awesome
6%
8 votes
Not that awesome
0%
1 vote
Decidedly not awesome
0%
1 vote
Shitty
2%
3 votes
So shitty
7%
10 votes
The absolute worst shower of bastards imaginable
26%
35 votes
[hollow screaming intensifies]
55%
73 votes
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I'll be quite happy if it slims down the number of people at work back down to how it was in June
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On Thursday French Girl went to Tesco and found the toilet roll aisle closed to shoppers. You had to ask a member of staff for anything down there.
I wouldn't expect hoarding to be as bad this time around though. People saw it wasn't really needed.
A 4 week lock down is a pretty substantial move and will go a long way to help curb the corona virus.
I am positive that the british public will pull together so that they all can enjoy the upcoming christmas festivities!
I've definitely seen aspects of that guy in government timetables around Covid.
No, it's all locally produced too
As long as you know what the label looks like, you are not the worst customer I've helped.
Yeah, back in late March was when that situation hit here in Sweden. There wasn't a shortage, there was just a delivery pipeline that couldn't handle the sudden increased demand. Once it adapted everything was back in stock again.
I was extra annoyed because I was genuinely down to my last two rolls.
Also had a lot of success talking with my conservative family about the situation by not talking about what the opposition would do, but by other countries that have seen success (NZ). So that's nice.
I reckon it'll be suspended over Christmas though - whether that's Christmas and Boxing day or the whole week I'm less sure about.
There's no way this government, with their current popularity decides to cancel Christmas, regardless of whether it is the right move or not.
I made a game, it has penguins in it. It's pay what you like on Gumroad.
Currently Ebaying Nothing at all but I might do in the future.
Before I answer this poll, I'm gonna need some clarification. Does "the government" in this, the Hiberno-Britannic thread, include the government of the Republic of Ireland, or is this strictly about the United Kingdom's government?
Andrew Neill is a full on mad bastard, some of the things he's said... he shouldn't be allowed to work as a journalist
They won't extend this lockdown, even if it isn't effective enough. It'll get things down to where they can ride out a rise through December, deny any chance of a third lockdown in January, and announce one for February two weeks after it becomes obvious that it's needed.
I'll try to refrain from rambling too much about this, but seriously, what is up with this weird international obsession with Sweden?
"Oh, if we just do what Sweden did, while ignoring the entirety of the rest of how Swedish society is set up with paid parental leave and universal healthcare etc, then surely we can get the same results!"
Also we're totally hitting the second wave now.
(Sky News correspondent)
The Sunday Times article is paywalled, but the gist appears to be that the app in use in England isn't actually warning people that they need to self isolate
Meanwhile my work is trying to figure out how to get people to ignore the app isolation notifications after several whole shifts have been told to isolate after numerous members of staff tested positive....
It's not surprising loads of people at my work have had the isolation notification.
The main outbreak has been in the smaller control room which has no windows and uses air con. I know of several people who've tested positive in that room so unsurprisingly it's triggered dozens of isolation requests.
In my room, the manager sitting next to me received an isolation notification and has chosen to ignore it...
I've emailed the team that have been collating all COVID stuff to ask for advice. Probably gonna contact the union too.
Notifications from the app aren't currently legally enforceable. However, I work for the Police, sets a poor precedent if all our civilian staff catch Covid because we were forced to ignore the app.
Even more so now that it's been revealed the app is actually issuing too few requests....
https://www.thesixthaxis.com/2020/10/31/what-will-happen-to-physical-ps5-and-xbox-series-xs-pre-orders-if-the-uk-goes-into-lockdown/
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One of those medical effects is that people who have been hit the hardest(like Boris), seems to have had their brains age 10 years as a result of Covid.
I don't think Boris has got 10 years worth of brains to lose.
My work is the same, because we are apparently a COVID safe environment.
just wait until the telegraph finds out about the rest of human healthcare which, as of now, has not succeeded in unlocking immortality
is that... self-reflection?
yes daniel it is good luck
The supply of toilet paper is predicted on it being bought at a certain rate.
Empty shelves are caused by people bulk buying far more than they ordinarily would.
Other people see this and buy more, just in case. Then you get empty shelves, so people go else where and buy extra, just in case.
The supply is fine, it's just idiots that are the problem.
This time, it looks like the supermarkets are getting ahead of it, and limiting the quantity people can buy, which is good.
Because people are idiots.
I haven't done click & collect before, so, new experience ahoy!
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It's worth a quick Google as many of them will have extra supply from losing the hospitality trade
Reeeeally starting to think the combination of lockdown, perhaps extended but definitely again early next year, Brexit supply problems, further economic damage, is going to start resulting in civil unrest to some degree.
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