The Politics Thread

Let's check in with the Covid sceptics to see how human they sound...

...nope, they don't

 

Nothing to see here, just a bunch of senior Tories on Parler...
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...and-commentators-who-joined-banned-app-parler

 

Friends don't let friends 4chan

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Well, it's less silly than QAnon, so it's a start.

 

4chan is literally where QAnon got started

 

That's what I was referring to. Had some idiot referencing it on the Prem Board a while ago, trying to go under the radar. Morons.

 

Is this funny?

Brexit: Fishing firms hold London protest over disruption
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55706114

Fishing businesses have staged a protest outside government departments in Westminster to highlight post-Brexit export problems they are facing.

Exports of fresh fish and seafood have been severely disrupted by new border controls since the UK's transition period ended earlier this month.

 

It's depressingly predictable.

"This is going to happen if you vote for this thing."
"No, it isn't. You're just a naysayer." Votes for thing.
Thing that was predicted happens. Surprised Pikachu meme.

 

As far as I can see it's the first thing the government have got right. Because the issue isn't to maximise protection to individuals which is what the WHO advice is based on. It's to reduce the R number and hence hospital emissions as quickly as possible. 15m people with 50% protection is much better at that than 7.5m with 95% protection.

 

Here's the two things the government have not got right

i.) The belief that you can mix and match the Pfizer and Oxford vaccine as if vaccines are interchangeable so people are getting a dose of one with a follow-up dose of the other, which is the equivalent of thinking regular and diesel petrol are the same and you can just bung them both in you car's petrol tank and your car will carry on as normal

ii.) Acting as if a single jab means somebody is "vaccinated", which is like taking a single pill is the same as doing a course of antibiotics - and I notice the BBC have had to stress that the figures they are quoting for the first dose and not the complete course, so this means somebody has leaned on them hard for blatantly misinforming the public

 

There is no data on (i) so they shouldn't do it. No reason to at all.
On (ii) the government dashboard is actually quite clear about first and second doses so the BBC had no excuse

 

The only reason the Tories think that is either
a.) Because they know better than immunologics and biologists, or
b.) Because the Oxford vaccine is the cheap alternative, which means they keep the good stuff for those who need it (hedge fund managers, mostly)

The thing with the BBC mislead is that, given they routinely use various other misleading government stats, the issue is one from above - which takes us back to the longstanding issue that the BBC would rather mislead the public than give the Tories reason to threaten their Royal Charter, and to be blunt it's better to go down swinging than kneeling

On the subject of pathetic excuses for journalism misleading the public...

 

Wasn't there a big stink some years ago because foreigners where taking fish and fry. Japanese fishermen?

 

How a country can let a lunatic screw up their democracy is unbelievable.....and I'm not talking about Russia!!!!!!

 

A quick thread on Chartwells trying to brazen their way out of the spotlight

...and a good reason why they're not doing a very good job of it

 

America elected Trump, we elected Boris, Brazil elected Bolsonaro, Hungary elected Orban, Poland elected Duda.
****ty right-wing, corrupt populists are very popular at the moment.

 

...and if you choose the opposite, as Bolivia did, then the US come stomping in telling you "No, we don't want him"

 

They did elect an Arce, to be fair!