And the difference, I’d venture to suggest, is Mr Cummings, who is, very different.
Do you think that perhaps, as the Brexit thing falls apart and it appears that perhaps we do not hold quite ALL the cards and that the trade deal won’t be done in an afternoon over a cup of tea that the team at No 10 are starting to fall out a bit?
And all for a blue passport which we could have had anyway…
Thanks to Andi, John (and Erik/Brendan), Panda Paws, Brenda and Wilson.
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The statistics in Arizona are terrifying and yet, these dafties are out protesting about lockdown… and not wearing masks.
I know masks are vaguely uncomfortable (I’ve been wearing them since early on, but, you know, it’s not that terribly long ago that we were hearing from Brexiteers that the Blitz Spirit was still with Britain and the great British people (albeit from people who had not actually lived through the blitz).
Our parents and grandparents had to carry masks wherever they went, for the best part of the war years. Kids went out to play with them; they went to school with them; they took them with them to the bomb shelters. Adults had them with them all the time, at work, at play. And of course, they also had to go without food and any kind of luxury (unless they were up the top)… and there was no foreign travel, unless you were being shipped out to Africa, the Near or Middle East or Burma, which wasn’t much of a holiday!
But it is true that they got through it.
The idiots who won’t wear masks for 15 minutes as they go round the supermarket because they are a bit uncomfortable*, wouldn’t have lasted a day in the Blitz.
I can’t wait to see how they manage with what’s going to happen in January when we leave the EU, and find ourselves in utter chaos because nothing is ready.
Whiney wee gits… yes, you Michael Gove.
So, there is the result of John Hopkins research. One of the top universities in the world.
I suppose it’s a hard choice to make… On the one hand John Hopkins University with its banks of scientists, on the other hand, Michael Gove with second class honours in English from Oxford.
Not easy…
*I was reminded by Panda Paws the other day, that not everyone can wear a mask for health and I absolutely understand and appreciate the truth of that.ย
Thanks to John, Dave and Munguin.
Thanks to Andi, Dave and John.
And a wee cheer you up bonus…
Was there ever a more ridiculous man than this?
I mean, at least Lofty could sing!
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Apparently, Mr Sunak, in his address to the nations today, said that the Covid crisis has strengthened the union.
I’m having problems equating that to the polls showing aย bigger than ever majority for independence, but maybe there’s something I’m missing.
Also, it seems that he thinks that it was only because Scotland is a part of the UK that they could enjoy being part of a furlough scheme. Has he heard of Denmark? They had one before the UK did… Just wondering.
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Liz Truss has written to the prime minister to tell him that his plan Brexit borders, which needless to say are way behind schedule, are likely to cause problems… They may enourage smuggling, leave the UK open to a legal challenge and damage the union’s reputation. (Eh? I hear you ask. How can you ruin a reputation for being buffoons?)
Border controls will not be in place until July next year. Not so smart when the UK’s transition period (look up transition, Boris) runs out in December.
So, not only are we not taking back control of our borders, we actually aren’t going to have borders at all (just like Scotland).
So, I guess that will be breaking international law…
Still, I’m sure Mr Cummings will come down and sort them out and they won’t like that, eh Mr Frankoise?
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At Prime Minister’s Questions today,ย Boris Johnson said that setting up a free port “is something that can only be achieved by Brexit”.
Not surprisingly, he was lying.
It seems to have escaped his notice that there are somewhere around 80 free ports in the EU, and until 2012, some of them were in Britain.
He also managed to say that until recently no one knew that you could pass on the virus whilst being asymptomatic and he proceeded to have a right little hissy fit at Starmer about him being Captain Hindsight because he had claimed to know about this. Strange then, that I was talking to a friend of mine, a junior doctor, about the dangers of asymptomatic viral transmission as early as mid-March. If my friend knew about it, why didn’t Johnson?
I wonder if you can get an eye test from Captain Hindsight. Maybe at Barnard Castle?
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I was going to add a cartoon to cheer you up, but it appears that the ‘pictures from my computer feature’ as supplied by WordPress, has gone on sick leave, so here’s something from the Net:
There’s not going to be a single border anywhere because they are repellent, eh? Not between Scotland and England; not between Wales and England; not between Northern Ireland and Ireland… and absolutely not between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
What’s that, Munguin?
Oh, boArders, you say?
Ah, well, I guess it depends on your accent…
Dear DUP,
You trusted Boris Johnson?
Really?
Jeeeeeeez.
Ya muppets.
Kind regards,
Munguin
Sally Mulligan of Coral Springs, Florida, read an ad in the newspaper for one of the jobs that most Americans are not willing to do and decided to apply.
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She submitted her resumรฉ to a Florida lemon grove but seemed far too qualified for the job. She has a liberal arts degree from the University of Michigan and a Masterโs Degree from Michigan State University.
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For a number of years, she had worked as a social worker, and also as a school teacher. The foreman studied her application, frowned and said, “I see you are well-educated and have an impressive resumรฉ. However, I must ask whether you have any actual experience in picking lemons?โ
“Well, as a matter of fact, I have,” she said.ย “I’ve been divorced three times, owned two Chryslers, and voted for Trump.โ
She started work yesterday.
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Thanks to AndiMac, John (and Erik and Brendan), Wilson and Brenda.
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