Government coronavirus response thread

[MinnieTimperley]

Johnson telling Starmer to watch his tone and Hancock heckling.

Even as we kill you by the tens of thousands you do not question us.

Something has happened to Boris Johnson, he's lost his vim and bluster. Not sure if it's his known lack of attention to detail and preparation, the scale of the pandemic, the size of the eventual recession, his illness, brush with death, or the fact he's still ill and struggling to stay afloat. He no longer appears at the press briefings, he's an empty suit at PMQs, he's lost it, he's lost the Boris affect. Considering the Boris affect was pretty much his mandate to govern, is it time for Jeremy Hunt to step up?

[Emma Raducanu]

Who cares? They're all a bunch of cunts.

[Head Gardener]

[Quote]

Oh no, not that famous Borisonian vim that's done so much to help us all. We can't lose that.

[Fambo Number Mive]

Something has happened to Boris Johnson, he's lost his vim and bluster. Not sure if it's his known lack of attention to detail and preparation, the scale of the pandemic, the size of the eventual recession, his illness, brush with death, or the fact he's still ill and struggling to stay afloat. He no longer appears at the press briefings, he's an empty suit at PMQs, he's lost it, he's lost the Boris affect. Considering the Boris affect was pretty much his mandate to govern, is it time for Jeremy Hunt to step up?

They can't get rid of Johnson for Hunt as they would lose support from a lot of Leavers who are backing the Government on coronavirus as they see the Tories as the best hope for a no deal Brexit and turbo-charged capitalism following that. They are stuck with the excrescence until 2022 at the earliest, after which they will probably replace him with another ghastly Tory.

[Fambo Number Mive]

Testing numbers including tests that are not being used to diagnose cases:

Up to 30,000 tests a day which were never intended to diagnose individuals with Covid-19 are distorting the UK's figures on testing, according to BBC Radio 4's More or Less programme.

Producer Kate Lamble says these tests are carried out by universities and statisticians to study the spread of the disease across the country but the Department of Health and Social Care acknowledges they are not being used to diagnose cases.

With the government aiming to show it can keep daily testing above 100,000, our producer says the tests make it possible for the government to say the target has been hit.

On 15 May, for example, the government reported 136,486 tests but we can only be sure 69,900 were carried out if we discount these non-diagnostic tests and tests posted to people's homes which were not necessarily returned.

Obviously the other tests are still important, but they shouldn't be counted towards the government's target. I do wonder if the government never intended to meet this target on a regular basis and wanted to get the public used to the government not delivering so when they really screw up people take less notice.

This government have failed to help the people with regards to coronavirus at every stage, all they care about are the 1%

[MinnieTimperley]

I think, (actually I'm sure now) I'm getting a bit of a ''thing'' for surgical face masks another unforseen knock on from the coronavirus worldwide pandemic.

[Cuntbeaks]

Klaus Kinski has let himself go.

[poodlefaker]

Something has happened to Boris Johnson, he's lost his vim and bluster. Not sure if it's his known lack of attention to detail and preparation, the scale of the pandemic, the size of the eventual recession, his illness, brush with death, or the fact he's still ill and struggling to stay afloat. He no longer appears at the press briefings, he's an empty suit at PMQs, he's lost it, he's lost the Boris affect.

no BoJo mojo?

[MinnieTimperley]

no BoJo mojo?

That's what I'm sensing

[Pseudopath]

Why have they sent out Martin from Game On to do the daily update?

[Dewt]

I really hope Wally Bazoom is involved

[Norton Canes]

'Dowden thanks people for sacrifices'

Irony levels through the fucking mesosphere

[dissolute ocelot]

Oh no, not that famous Borisonian vim that's done so much to help us all. We can't lose that.

If only BoJo would do the funny dance, people wouldn't care about the lockdown or the corona death. Do the dance! Swing on a zipwire! Say something funny about Africans!

[Chollis]

Eddie Howe's let himself childsnatcher

[solidified gruel merchant]

Strawberry-blonde tosser

[ollyboro]

Why have they sent out Martin from Game On to do the daily update?


Fat Chesney

[Sebastian Cobb]

RLB demanding evidence sending the kids back is safe. https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1262644071165841409
I think it's the first time I've seen her since Keith took the helm.

[BlodwynPig]

RLB demanding evidence sending the kids back is safe. https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1262644071165841409
I think it's the first time I've seen her since Keith took the helm.

why bother RLB, just say "the government won't do this, we therefore will lobby against reopening of schools"

- how do you know?

"lockdown calamity, ppe calamity, all the other scandals, its how they roll....this won't work and will kill 1000s of people"

[ollyboro]

We should have a referendum about what to do next.

[jobotic]

Got deaths but not new cases so far.

Maybe looks bad for sending schools back.

[Zetetic]

Hints of England counting their two swabs as two tests in some cases.

[ollyboro]

We're doing our Covid tests after nine tonight. When the results come back I bet I've lost my driving licence.

[bomb_dog]

I really hope Wally Bazoom is involved

From the bank?

[BlodwynPig]

Got deaths but not new cases so far.

Maybe looks bad for sending schools back.

Still the second highest death rate in the World.

[Johnny Yesno]

I really hope Wally Bazoom is involved

I don't. It's one of my least favourite rounds in I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

[jobotic]

Still the second highest death rate in the World.

Two World Wars, One World Pandemic

[idunnosomename]

isn't vim what you use to scrub stains out of toilets? anyway government voted through commons returning June 2 because the Tories can do whatever they want now. cheers

[ollyboro]

Pleasantly surprised at how easy that test was. Genuinely assumed that tickling my tonsils with the swab would cause a psychedelic eruption, but no. Considering that I struggle to get a toothbrush to my back teeth on a morning, that was alright. Perhaps I've written my gag reflex off too early and I could be a rentboy after all. Disappointed that I wasn't sent a rectal swab. 8/10.

[BlodwynPig]

Pleasantly surprised at how easy that test was. Genuinely assumed that tickling my tonsils with the swab would cause a psychedelic eruption, but no. Considering that I struggle to get a toothbrush to my back teeth on a morning, that was alright. Perhaps I've written my gag reflex off too early and I could be a rentboy after all. Disappointed that I wasn't sent a rectal swab. 8/10.

why did you get one?

plus..why did the Government not announce number of new cases yesterday, just deaths?