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[ignoble] 12/4/2020 09:10

I am starting to despair of Politicians
If you have nothing good to say, don't say anything.

Half the time, they seem to contradict each other...
Maybe, that is down to the way the Media report things. Who knows...

[utrickytrees] 12/4/2020 09:04

It's a shame Redwood cant identify a single issue where his input might actually produce some tangible benefit to society. Atm hes all over the place firing flak willynilly. It's not the first time I've read on here about him championing the cause of directors who pay themselves dividends instead of a salary to offset tax. How can he possibly be sympathetic to tax dodgers? He cant even identify worthy cause & supplements this by pointing out the bloody obvious & patting himself on the back, I bet government hate the annoying tool. The more I read from Redwood the more underwhelmed I am & to think hes actually being paid an extra 10k is quite frankly nauseating.

[poikka] 12/4/2020 08:37

I see Tedros, WHO Director-General, is receiving more flak over his handling of the coronavirus story, and seems to be justified flak.

But to whom does the media turn its fire? Trumpy, of course.

Tedros needs to go, and the UN, btw, needs a clear out.

[tygarreg] 12/4/2020 08:30

I chi hefyd

[stonedyou] 12/4/2020 08:21

復活680;快樂

[poikka] 12/4/2020 08:20

Diku - "When you consider so much greater amount of deaths in the Western World compared to China)..did the pandemic really start from China or was it all along in the Western World but nobody realised it until China highlighted it and the World woke up..."

Oh mate, oh mate, what can I say...

[cheshire pete] 12/4/2020 08:04

1carus: Couldn't agree more...recall a successful man saying he'd never read a book.

[ignoble] 12/4/2020 08:01

130,000 plus 1
Me...

[freddie01] 12/4/2020 07:51

Coronavirus: 130,000 call for MPs to lose £10,000 work from home allowance

[xxxxxy] 12/4/2020 07:23

Pasg Hapus

[xxxxxy] 12/4/2020 07:22

Dear ConstituentBy JOHNREDWOOD | Published: APRIL 12, 2020I write to wish you a happy Easter, despite the difficult circumstances we find ourselves in. I hope many of you can contact your friends and relatives  with suitable technology, and that you can enjoy your homes and immediate family contacts. For any who have illness in the family, I wish you   a speedy recovery.Let me begin with some better news. On April 10th at the news conference the government showed that most recent  hospital patients  with CV19 actually fell by 2%, mainly owing to a turn down in the graph in London which still has the  most cases. Let us hope we are somewhere near the peak of numbers going into UK  hospitals. There were 20,204 in UK  hospitals with the virus on Friday ( these figures excluded Northern Ireland). There were 3335 UK wide in intensive care. These  large numbers are so far well within the stated  enhanced capacity of the NHS , though I do not doubt the big  efforts required of many  staff in the front line facilities to sustain these numbers.For me, the daily tasks of trying to get the government to  ease problems for people financially damaged by the shut downs continues, as does the need to help the local NHS and social care providers where required.I have stressed repeatedly to the government that their cash assistance to people and companies needs to be faster and easier to access. The initial success in getting schemes to allow workers to keep their jobs with state payment of 80% of wages , and with assistance for the self employed, was most welcome. There remain delays and gaps in provision.The Treasury has made a few improvements and needs to make more. I have passed on frustrations with banks over access to credit lines. The Governor of the Bank of England and the Chancellor have written a joint letter to the commercial banks asking them to open the schemes and lend the money, but issues still remain.I am  sending  in more detailed proposals for tackling the pinch points in existing financial support  and for widening access to help schemes. Directors of small businesses are not looked after, job changers can lose out, and companies placing employees into furlough are still not in receipt of any cash to help pay the wages. Ministers want to help, but it is taking time for the administrative procedures to be put into place and to operate on the scale required.There have been issues over the supply of protective clothing for health and care workers. I have taken these up centrally as have many others  and  more is promised. Companies around the country are engaged in increasing manufacture. There is plenty of government money to buy the kit, and plenty of Ministerial will to see more delivered, but the system is stretched by the sudden and continuing surge in demands.Many people want to see more tests done to see if people have the virus. Testing care staff who are ill or have been in contact with those who are would allow the return to work of those without the disease. Ministers have made very clear they want many more tests carried out. They  were also prepared to buy 3.5 million tests kits to see if people had had the virus and gained some immunity as well. These kits turned out not to be reliable so the order has not yet gone ahead. The tests for the disease that are being supplied are important for patients in hospital and for care workers as priorities. Government is encouraging the ramp up of more production.The big decision to be made is how long should the lock down continue?  The medical and scientific advice is that it is necessary to limit the spread of the disease. It does do grave damage to the economy, denying many people the right to work, costing us many lost jobs and damaged businesses. I have been putting forward proposals of how we might start to lift the restrictions so more can go to work, whilst keeping strong protections for the old and vulnerable with other medical conditions who are most at risk from the virus. I am also seeking more accurate figures about the impact of the virus and the capacity we have available to handle patients. It is vital that this important decision is taken on the  basis of reliable data.Yours sincerelyJohn Redwood

[xxxxxy] 12/4/2020 07:19

James Batou12 Apr 2020 6:50AMDespite the plethora of moronic comments here by Momentum loving imbeciles who wouldn't know leadership or humanity if either bit them the country IS supporting the P.M and very relieved at his improvement.

[maxk] 11/4/2020 23:06

When I were a lad...

[1carus] 11/4/2020 22:34

Anybody on here thinks that having an education stops you being a tnuc is simply deluded. Grow up guys. People are educated to different levels based on opportunities, available education and self drive not to mention social economic pressures. Funny how we evaluate each other on here. Plus, I worked for a guy that pointed out that on average an final years honours course subject was 36 hrs of lectures, a weeks work! If you apply yourself in a subject that you have a grounding in for a month you should be quite good at it, particularly now when all of the information is laid out in front of you. Education should be more about how you educate not passing an exam.

[stonedyou] 11/4/2020 22:30

'The NHS saved my life': Boris Johnson pays tribute to hospital medics saying 'I can't thank them enough' and friends reveal he came close to death – as coronavirus claims 917 UK lives in 24 hours


•The PM had been expected in hospital three days before he was finally admitted

•His plight was so grave that Cabinet Ministers and aides prayed for him

•Mr Johnson boosted by letters from fiancee including scan of their unborn child

•Learn more about how to help people impacted by COVID


Boris Johnson came close to death as he desperately fought coronavirus in an intensive care unit, his friends revealed last night.

After rallying, the Prime Minister told them that he owed his life to the doctors and nurses at St Thomas' Hospital in London, adding: 'I can't thank them enough.'

The Mail on Sunday today reveals the extraordinary battle to save the stricken PM by medics who had been expecting him in hospital three days before he was finally admitted last Sunday.

[alphorn] 11/4/2020 22:01

PO - impressed.

My first paycheck I have always kept as a reminder and is in a gold frame and has travelled the world. £5 for the week.

[pierre oreilly] 11/4/2020 21:13

Jaacko, that story isn't a thousand miles from mine. When i was 14 i bought a sunday paper round, cost me a fiver, which was a chunk of cash in those days at a similar time to you. Spend two sundays shadowing the bloke I bought it off. Up at 4, cycled to the train station for 4:30, bought all the papers off the wholesaler, sorted them, put them in the barrow hooked to the pushbike and delivered them. A short break, went round again to collec the cash. After the two weeks 'training', I dumped the sorting and just picked out the papers as i needed them, saved 1/2hr, so got up 1/2hr later every sunday after that. I got £2.50 profit (which was 25% profit o each paper, no delivery charge). So I earnt £2.50 for about 8 hours (hard) work in the days when other kids delivered papers everyday for the local shop and got paid 15 bob a week, for 6 days. Chalk and cheese. I bought a motorbike before 16, and then dumped the barrow and pushbike and had all the papers (a lot of them, and heavy) riding pillion - made the job much easier. Bought another round and got the young neighbour working for me, but his round never made a profit - a lesson learnt there - don't expect people not to pinch cash if cash is involved, even if you pay way over the going rate).