Strawman. No one suggested closingBorders in January.

Should they have joined the EU PPE and ventilator scheme? - Yes.
……..Looks as if we did join, misinformation reflects badly on Civil Service

Would locking down a week earlier have saved thousands of lives? - Yes
Hindsight is always 20/20; and 'thousands' is an ungrounded number; misinformation again.

Should those that die in care homes be counted as dead? - Yes
They are, but in the formal national statistics. The 'hospital' number is for fast accurate comparator use and an international standard. Great pity we don't teach statistics and interpretation at school. WHO said testing is critical, testing is pointless without fast comparable and reasonably accurate statistics. The sluggish behaviour of the national statistics operation again reflects badly on the Civil Service.

Are we continuing to allow thousands into the country a day unchecked? - Yes
Really? ...and 'thousands'

Should Boris Johnson have attended Cobra meetings sooner? - Yes
Why? Johnson is actually being Prime Minister, something we've needed for a long time. The operation of Government is working very well and Ministers are now stepping up to the plate and taking responsibility

Is the truth important? - Yes
YES, and something that this crisis has shown is lacking in those who are actually paid to seek and defend it. The BBC and Guardian type reporting which has so damaged our political life should now be held to account. They are not the opposition; job in an emergency is to explain.

You are clearly on the extreme right of politics and buy into conspiracy nonsense.
Generally where there is a very serious threat to the state, parties come together. The paucity of thought and lack of leadership even now, in our opposition parties means this hasn't happened.

It seems we have been bounced into good governance but that has revealed the dire state of our politics and even more sadly, our senior civil service.

Oh dear. No hope for you at all. I can tell you that most ordinary folk don’t see it the way you do.

I'll just leave this here...

https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articl...ab-32-16-17-apr

How DO YOU define most? Most in your social media echo chamber by chance???

Oh dear. No hope for you at all. I can tell you that most ordinary folk don’t see it the way you do.

An interesting development.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-more...us-zoo-11977342

Next thing we know will be millions of moggies being abandoned. This doesn't surprise me and I wonder why other species have not been identified as carriers but I guess we are so concerned with testing ourselves that the animal kingdom get's overlooked.
Most virus are species specific and only pose a problem when the mutate and subsequently cross the boundary but if covid 19 is shown to be endemic across all mammals then it's going to be a long year.

Really? I call this bull**** clickbaitery. You watch, pretty soon it's going to be the fault of space lizards from dimension zero. People already believe it's caused by 5G so why not?

Which bit do you consider bovine excrement? The bit that says that once a virus takes on zoonotic properties it is a one way passage? Or the fact that this has come from the States where conspiracy theories abound?
I certainly am not suggesting that this came from anywhere other than SE China or is being transmitted by all warm blooded animals but if we infect our pets / farm animals etc then we have a real problem. Ask yourself how a tiger which is obviously in captivity managed to become infected? Only one answer and one we should not ignore.

Go and get your patches!!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/...ing-coronavirus

I'll just leave this here...

https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articl...ab-32-16-17-apr

How DO YOU define most? Most in your social media echo chamber by chance???

I don't have an echo chamber at all actually. I'd say a couple of things though. There's a tendency to rally round the flag in times of crisis. Also - the truth will out. Hancock yesterday was spouting about the new approach of test, track & trace as if it's their idea. The WHO and other leading scientists were telling the government this approacgh combined with an early lockdown in Feb would save lives. Did 25-30,000 people have to die to prove the government were wrong? It was obvious to anyone that applied their mind to it. The **** up will become evident to most normal folk eventually. Don't forget that the press have now turned on Johnson.

I don't have an echo chamber at all actually. I'd say a couple of things though. There's a tendency to rally round the flag in times of crisis. Also - the truth will out. Hancock yesterday was spouting about the new approach of test, track & trace as if it's their idea. The WHO and other leading scientists were telling the government this approacgh combined with an early lockdown in Feb would save lives. Did 25-30,000 people have to die to prove the government were wrong? It was obvious to anyone that applied their mind to it. The **** up will become evident to most normal folk eventually. Don't forget that the press have now turned on Johnson.

Meanwhile, Labours efforts to defeat the pandemic,

BBC News - Coronavirus: Doreen Lawrence to head Labour probe on minorities
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52405243

They'll be opening committees next to identify its gender. 🤣🤣🤣

Of course this virus is a card carrying member of the white supremacy group and the fact that minority groups are paying the ultimate price for it's racist bigotry is unacceptable. FFS!!! What with this obtuse bovine and the president of america suggesting salvation may come in the form of a daily dose of domestos is it any wonder we are struggling to cope with it.

Of course this virus is a card carrying member of the white supremacy group and the fact that minority groups are paying the ultimate price for it's racist bigotry is unacceptable. FFS!!! What with this obtuse bovine and the president of america suggesting salvation may come in the form of a daily dose of domestos is it any wonder we are struggling to cope with it.

What are they going to do? Check out Covid-19s Instagram , Facebook and Twitter for any signs of right wing tendencies?. You dont need a bloody enquiry to work out why. Larger family groups in inner city densely populated areas, a tendency to be more friendly in greetings, a lack of vitamin D, obesity and a lower average salary resulting in poorer health. There...just saved tens of millions of quid.

Tim Wetherspoon is rebranding for the pubs to reopen...

I don't have an echo chamber at all actually. I'd say a couple of things though. There's a tendency to rally round the flag in times of crisis. Also - the truth will out. Hancock yesterday was spouting about the new approach of test, track & trace as if it's their idea. The WHO and other leading scientists were telling the government this approacgh combined with an early lockdown in Feb would save lives. Did 25-30,000 people have to die to prove the government were wrong? It was obvious to anyone that applied their mind to it. The **** up will become evident to most normal folk eventually. Don't forget that the press have now turned on Johnson.

Not quite how I recall what was said. In fact, most people I know thought WHO was being unnecessarily obtuse. Hancock is actually doing a pretty good job, trouble is, our media reporters ain't. This morning, the BBCs reporter was deliberately trying to trip him up, woukdn't let him answer fully - so it's pointless having her trying to fulfill BBC duty to inform, rather it's actually dangerous. Sad to see even in this above politics crisis, we still suffer from fake and distorted information from those who purport to be unbiased.