Coronavirus - impacting you yet?

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

41 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

You really put the hours in working out angles to use this virus to attack things you hate Kevin.

 

I’m in awe.

 

I’m chopping logs and thinking Mick...  it’s a dangerous combo!

 

What I hate is officialdom relying upon the apathy of the masses to ensure big decisions are never linked  up to their consequences. 

 

Edited March 28, 2020 by kevinjohnsonmbe

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

I’m up next on LBC with Majid

[Woodworks]

4 hours ago, Dbikeguy said:

 

39k die from flu a year in the uk i think i saw...

 

According to the times its 17000 a year in Britain

How does the coronavirus death rate compare with flu and how long will the outbreak last?

WWW.THETIMES.CO.UK

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Covid-19 is the focus of headlines but seasonal influenza has almost certainly claimed more lives this year. The flu is...

 

[Mick Dempsey]

16 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

I’m up next on LBC with Majid

Did we miss it? 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

1 minute ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Did we miss it? 

It's been on, I'm trying to find a rewind so I can listen back me'self!

 

[the village idiot]

1 minute ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

It's been on, I'm trying to find a rewind so I can listen back me'self!

 

I heard it Kevin. I thought you were very good.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

10 minutes ago, the village idiot said:

I heard it Kevin. I thought you were very good.

He roasted me last I spoke to him....  But that was a Brexit discussion.  I generally find much to agree with in his approach to discussing the more difficult subjects.  

[the village idiot]

3 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

He roasted me last I spoke to him....  But that was a Brexit discussion.  I generally find much to agree with in his approach to discussing the more difficult subjects.  

I don't know much about him. I read a book he co-authored on Islamic reform which gave me a lot of respect for him.

 

I don't listen to his radio show, just bunged it on when you posted you were the next caller.

[Khriss]

14 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

I had 3 weeks of feeling like a dog - about 3 weeks ago...... 

 

Then they cancelled Crufts   - gutted!! 
 

 

 

Open gate there,  kev ?  K

[AJStrees]

2 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

It’s a bit of an aside, but the £billions being spent on refurb the Palace of Westminster really can be exposed as a very poor decision by the cronies that want to slink around the salubrious setting. 
 

It was already unsuitable for modern governance, at risk of flooding, over crowded and completely inadequate in a great many ways. 
 

Now we see the consequences of such antiquated work spaces having a direct and significant impact on the business of government - in no small part, directly attributable to the real estate. 
 

I was Very fortunate to have been invited to dinner with Dr Mynors the night before his Barchams briefing (2012?) and I well recall the look of absolute derision he gave me when I suggested the money might be better saved by relocating parliament to an ex-army warehouse at Bicester or Stafford, complete with on site accommodation, modern work, communication, security and leisure facilities whilst partial refurb of Westminster so that it could be handed over to NT or EH as a public monument / museum / visitor centre. 

I wonder if the MPs that voted the refurb budget through will be thinking differently in weeks to come?

 

Every penny counts (especially when some other bar steward had to earn it!)

 

Yes would be nice to see it go to NT or some such organisation. Not point working in a building that is not up to all the modern day tech, wiring and rest, could lose a lot of the historic features if refurbed badly. 

 

I think we have lost enough historic features in our country as it is, with WWII and all the bombings, etc. loads of history got lost. Look at Paris in comparison. So much more history still there in the architecture. Not supporting the french, but it is a shame to have lost so much history.