Lockdown - has it totally failed?

[trigger_andy]

9 minutes ago, Sutton said:

We were in Aldi's yesterday, no customers wore masks nor gloves, social distancing in place though. They have a new rule about bagging up. You can't! Food goes back in trolley/basket until after payment then you can bag it up away from the tills! I asked why thinking I'd get an explanation. Cashier said that's the rule. So that's me told!

Sounds like they're using C-19 to hammer as much folk through the tills as they possibly can. It was bad enough in there before, feck that. 

[Lowestoft Firewood]

This guy has an interesting take on life generally. He cuts through the crap in all his writing so his perspective atm is worth a read. 

Screenshot from LinkedIn. 

[felixthelogchopper]

8 hours ago, Mark J said:

What kind of weirdo eats bagels? They're failed chewy doughnuts.
 

When I used to work nights in London many years ago, an 04.30 Sunday morning visit to the Brick Lane Beigel Bake would show you a whole range of society from clubbers to hookers to shift workers, all queuing patiently for their salt beef or smoked salmon and cream cheese. Food of the Gods. you heathen! ?

[Johnsond]

Just finished the sun morn political shows and apart from the media hype regarding Dom and his travel plans etc which quite frankly no one gives a shit about, the overriding impression I got was of politicians trying to convince us that we must do as we are told due to the ongoing public heath crisis ?‍♂️. The facts and figures though do not now justify the current measures especially in Scotland which has apparently now got one of Europe’s longest lockdowns. The economic  and financial crisis seems to be totally Irrelevant to the devolved Scottish government. 

[nepia]

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Edited May 24, 2020 by nepia

[nepia]

36 minutes ago, felixthelogchopper said:

When I used to work nights in London many years ago, an 04.30 Sunday morning visit to the Brick Lane Beigel Bake would show you a whole range of society from clubbers to hookers to shift workers, all queuing patiently for their salt beef or smoked salmon and cream cheese. Food of the Gods. you heathen! ?

For me it was a burger stand in Smithfield Market and down to the Tavern for 7.15am.

 

Not every day you understand...

[Steve Bullman]

4 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

apart from the media hype regarding Dom and his travel plans etc which quite frankly no one gives a shit about

Try telling that to literally every labour voter in the country ?

[Haironyourchest]

WHO recommends 1 meter distance now. 

[eggsarascal]

5 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Try telling that to literally every labour voter in the country ?

Cabinet members calling for him to go, very Labour.

[trigger_andy]

11 hours ago, Stere said:

Won't be surprised if there is a second wave

 

Suppose we will find out in a fews weeks.

 

Also isn't Norway full of lefties same as NZ?

 

 

Not so much in Norway no. Not in my experiance anyway. Norway has a strong Welfare State and a Strong union mentality. But they also reward hard work and expect people to reap the rewards of that hard work. Norway is a very Capitalist country and the people and government encourage entrepreneurialisim. The tax system in Norway is vastly more fair than in the UK. The people, and Unions are geared to building people up and not tearing them down, working together. I pay slightly more tax in Norway than I would in Scotland (its almost the same now) but I get a lot back through the benefits system. The same level of hate and greed you see prevalent in the Left here in the UK is not apparent in Norway, but they do have Jante's Law.  

 

Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg has been in this position since 2013. She is the Leader of the Conservative Party (central-right, same as our Conservative Party). In reference to Margret Thatcher she is often refereed to as Iron Erna off-shore.

 

Left leaning people, and others who are ignorant of the political landscape here often tout Norway as a working model of a rich Socialist Country. It is nothing of the Sort. It is a Capitalist Country, with a Conservative Party in Power that also has a strong welfare state. But also a very strict welfare state, they do not put up with the lefts hand-wringing like they do here in the UK.