The Boris Johnson thread.

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Herman

I wasn't in a fraternity either, but some of my friends were.

And now back to the UK, and stories about the first weekend with the Pubs doing business.

Stories about drunk men in the street, naked.

Has any research been done about what inebriated men are trying to achieve by walking about naked?

Anybody have a clue?

Herman

Somehow I have a sneaking suspicion that some men, when drunk, think going naked is a good way to get into contact with a woman.

After all, men like looking at naked women, and if sufficiently inebriated*, they think women feel the same way.

* men

Mandryka

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MusicTurner

-> Bruegel/Breughel, and a good deal of stuff added, of course
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Triumph_of_Death

vandermolen

#384
I think that he's shot himself in the foot (again) by trying to blame the care home staff for the 20,000 Coronavirus deaths in that sector.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eqRUy-DNS2Q

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/07/care-home-chief-denounces-clumsy-and-cowardly-boris-johnson-comments
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Papy Oli

Quote from: vandermolen on July 07, 2020, 01:48:17 AM
I think that he's shot himself in the foot (again) by trying to blame the care home staff for the 20,000 Coronavirus deaths in that sector.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eqRUy-DNS2Q

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/07/care-home-chief-denounces-clumsy-and-cowardly-boris-johnson-comments

Clap for carers on Sunday, crap on carers on Monday...

it is apparently too soon for an inquiry but it is not too soon to blame everybody else...
Olivier

Mandryka

Downing St says that he wasn't blaming care homes but  "pointing out that nobody knew what the correct procedures were because the extent of asymptomatic transmission was not known at the time"

This is an essential point, because at some point there's going to be an investigation of whether the Government wrongly discharged people who did not show COVID symptoms back into care homes, causing many  thousands of premature deaths. Their response, I think, will be that, yes, with hindsight, it would have been better not to have made the transfers, but "the extent of asymptomatic transmission was not known at the time." Hancock began to sow the seeds of this defence in the Marr show on Sunday. 
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vandermolen

Yes, but what Johnson actually said was not that 'nobody knew' the right procedures but that the care homes didn't follow the right procedures. He is now trying to furiously back-pedal.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Mandryka

Slip of the tongue I suspect, it's a storm in a teacup.
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MusicTurner

Quote from: Mandryka on July 07, 2020, 09:14:56 AM
Slip of the tongue I suspect, it's a storm in a teacup.

And then even just a tea-cup of this size. For sure.



Papy Oli

Quote from: Mandryka on July 07, 2020, 09:14:56 AM
Slip of the tongue I suspect, it's a storm in a teacup.

Care home staff interviewed on the local news tonight would beg to differ. A carer who stayed away from her family for 3 months working in her care home asked Boris Johnson "to get his backside over here and do their job for only a day and see how it works out for him..."...

Seething doesn't even come close by the looks of it...
Olivier

vandermolen

Yes, it was the tone of Johnson's remark which made it clear what he meant.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Irons

Quote from: Papy Oli on July 07, 2020, 10:15:16 AM
Care home staff interviewed on the local news tonight would beg to differ. A carer who stayed away from her family for 3 months working in her care home asked Boris Johnson "to get his backside over here and do their job for only a day and see how it works out for him..."...

Seething doesn't even come close by the looks of it...

She needs to be careful what she wishes for as I could see Boris doing that. OK, caring may turn out not to be his forte but bet he would cheer up the residents. :D
You must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony - John Ireland.

I opened the door people rushed through and I was left holding the knob - Bo Diddley.

Papy Oli

Quote from: Irons on July 07, 2020, 11:54:21 PM
She needs to be careful what she wishes for as I could see Boris doing that. OK, caring may turn out not to be his forte but bet he would cheer up the residents. :D

Fair point...  ;D considering how he went about handling a mop when he visited a flooded town some months ago, they'll be bound to laugh...or they'll have his guts for garters...not sure..

More importantly, what actually IS his forte ?? I mean...a positive one.. :P :P
Olivier

Irons

Quote from: Papy Oli on July 08, 2020, 12:42:49 AM
Fair point...  ;D considering how he went about handling a mop when he visited a flooded town some months ago, they'll be bound to laugh...or they'll have his guts for garters...not sure..

More importantly, what actually IS his forte ?? I mean...a positive one.. :P :P

https://youtu.be/kE186w91YVU
You must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony - John Ireland.

I opened the door people rushed through and I was left holding the knob - Bo Diddley.


Mandryka

Quote from: Papy Oli on July 08, 2020, 12:42:49 AM


More importantly, what actually IS his forte ?? I mean...a positive one.. :P :P

Lying
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Irons

You must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony - John Ireland.

I opened the door people rushed through and I was left holding the knob - Bo Diddley.

Mandryka

Boris Johnson plans radical shake-up of NHS in bid to regain more direct control
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/10/boris-johnson-plans-radical-shake-up-of-nhs-in-bid-to-regain-more-direct-control


I am completely disoriented. The Tories are more lefty than Labour!
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Pohjolas Daughter

Quote from: Mandryka on July 10, 2020, 09:39:36 AM
Boris Johnson plans radical shake-up of NHS in bid to regain more direct control
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/10/boris-johnson-plans-radical-shake-up-of-nhs-in-bid-to-regain-more-direct-control


I am completely disoriented. The Tories are more lefty than Labour!
What do you gents (and any women who are here) in the UK think would be the best way to deal with issues re your NHS?  I'm struggling to keep up with all of the news these days.  Last I heard, waiting times for appointments could be quite long?  Is there much/any private practice which is not part of the NHS?  And how many people can afford it?

PD
Pohjolas Daughter