Politics (and other political stuff)
Politics (and other political stuff)
(31 May 2020, 4:49 pm)Michael Yet they've confirmed the Sunderland plant will stay open....... job losses may still occur as Nissan are still reducing production, as its in the red for the first time in years.We haven't left yet though Michael. Business in general is still hanging on to see what awaits. Not just Nissan...
Don't think they'll leave the UK now, with them shutting the Barcelona plant and the Sunderland plant becoming the main EU producer for cars.
(31 May 2020, 4:49 pm)Michael Yet they've confirmed the Sunderland plant will stay open....... job losses may still occur as Nissan are still reducing production, as its in the red for the first time in years.We haven't left yet though Michael. Business in general is still hanging on to see what awaits. Not just Nissan...
Don't think they'll leave the UK now, with them shutting the Barcelona plant and the Sunderland plant becoming the main EU producer for cars.
(31 May 2020, 4:53 pm)Adrian We haven't left yet though Michael. Business in general is still hanging on to see what awaits. Not just Nissan...
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(31 May 2020, 4:53 pm)Adrian We haven't left yet though Michael. Business in general is still hanging on to see what awaits. Not just Nissan...
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(31 May 2020, 5:02 pm)streetdeckfan We have left though, we are no longer a member of the European Union. We're just in the transition period of still following the rules while a deal is agreed
(31 May 2020, 5:02 pm)streetdeckfan We have left though, we are no longer a member of the European Union. We're just in the transition period of still following the rules while a deal is agreed
(31 May 2020, 5:18 pm)cbma06 I thought we leave the EU on January 1st 2021?
Nissan will always be here in the UK while there still get millions of pounds from the UK government each year
The EU still wants rights to still do fishing in UK waters, I wonder what it will take for the UK to sell the UK off.
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(31 May 2020, 5:18 pm)cbma06 I thought we leave the EU on January 1st 2021?
Nissan will always be here in the UK while there still get millions of pounds from the UK government each year
The EU still wants rights to still do fishing in UK waters, I wonder what it will take for the UK to sell the UK off.
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Regarding the Liberal Democrat leadership contest, Ed Davey has confirmed that he is indeed standing again. He is joined by declared candidates Layla Moran and Wera Hobhouse, but Daisy Cooper has ruled herself out.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/52919408
I read elsewhere that the result is due on August 26th rather than after that date.
(26 Jun 2020, 9:02 am)Storx Typical reply of this forum totally ignoring the whole point of the reply and spouting something totally irrelevant and it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. I won't be posting anything more on this though as this is a bus forum and not a discussion about the origins of the rainbow flag and companies suddenly diverting the meaning of it during the month it's for so it has a wider meaning and audience. There's been a few though and you don't just design a bus overnight, this would've been done months before the virus even hit.
Sorry to those who don't politics stuff but it's been on my chest for awhile and it's annoying. It's annoying enough companies becoming sudden pride advocates for marketing reasons it's even more annoying when they suddenly divert it because it can get a bigger audience.
(26 Jun 2020, 9:02 am)Storx Typical reply of this forum totally ignoring the whole point of the reply and spouting something totally irrelevant and it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. I won't be posting anything more on this though as this is a bus forum and not a discussion about the origins of the rainbow flag and companies suddenly diverting the meaning of it during the month it's for so it has a wider meaning and audience. There's been a few though and you don't just design a bus overnight, this would've been done months before the virus even hit.
Sorry to those who don't politics stuff but it's been on my chest for awhile and it's annoying. It's annoying enough companies becoming sudden pride advocates for marketing reasons it's even more annoying when they suddenly divert it because it can get a bigger audience.
This whole 'local lockdown' is really getting on my nerves
It's all about politics, and absolutely nothing to do the number of cases, if it was, it'd just be the towns that have high numbers locked down like it has been with the rest of the local lockdowns!
This isn't about reducing the spread, it's about the mostly Labour councils trying to one up the government.
Hancock was basically backed into a corner and had no choice but to put the North East into lockdown, if he hadn't the Labour MPs would have had a field day with the headlines of 'Hancock refused to lockdown North East'
I have to admit, what they did was clever. They've managed to anger their own voters (the students) and put the blame on the Conservatives at the same time!
Nothing they've announced today is going to reduce the spread of COVID in the north east.
If pubs are the problem, then close them completely.
If people being close together is the problem, close the leisure industry again.
There's absolutely no need for blanket restrictions over the whole of the North East.
Most of Northumberland has very few cases yet is included. Same with South West Durham. Everyone's favourite Barnard Castle has had 0-2 cases, yet is in lockdown.
(17 Sep 2020, 11:59 am)streetdeckfan This whole 'local lockdown' is really getting on my nerves
It's all about politics, and absolutely nothing to do the number of cases, if it was, it'd just be the towns that have high numbers locked down like it has been with the rest of the local lockdowns!
This isn't about reducing the spread, it's about the mostly Labour councils trying to one up the government.
Hancock was basically backed into a corner and had no choice but to put the North East into lockdown, if he hadn't the Labour MPs would have had a field day with the headlines of 'Hancock refused to lockdown North East'
I have to admit, what they did was clever. They've managed to anger their own voters (the students) and put the blame on the Conservatives at the same time!
Nothing they've announced today is going to reduce the spread of COVID in the north east.
If pubs are the problem, then close them completely.
If people being close together is the problem, close the leisure industry again.
There's absolutely no need for blanket restrictions over the whole of the North East.
Most of Northumberland has very few cases yet is included. Same with South West Durham. Everyone's favourite Barnard Castle has had 0-2 cases, yet is in lockdown.
(17 Sep 2020, 11:59 am)streetdeckfan This whole 'local lockdown' is really getting on my nerves
It's all about politics, and absolutely nothing to do the number of cases, if it was, it'd just be the towns that have high numbers locked down like it has been with the rest of the local lockdowns!
This isn't about reducing the spread, it's about the mostly Labour councils trying to one up the government.
Hancock was basically backed into a corner and had no choice but to put the North East into lockdown, if he hadn't the Labour MPs would have had a field day with the headlines of 'Hancock refused to lockdown North East'
I have to admit, what they did was clever. They've managed to anger their own voters (the students) and put the blame on the Conservatives at the same time!
Nothing they've announced today is going to reduce the spread of COVID in the north east.
If pubs are the problem, then close them completely.
If people being close together is the problem, close the leisure industry again.
There's absolutely no need for blanket restrictions over the whole of the North East.
Most of Northumberland has very few cases yet is included. Same with South West Durham. Everyone's favourite Barnard Castle has had 0-2 cases, yet is in lockdown.
(17 Sep 2020, 11:59 am)streetdeckfan This whole 'local lockdown' is really getting on my nerves
It's all about politics, and absolutely nothing to do the number of cases, if it was, it'd just be the towns that have high numbers locked down like it has been with the rest of the local lockdowns!
This isn't about reducing the spread, it's about the mostly Labour councils trying to one up the government.
Hancock was basically backed into a corner and had no choice but to put the North East into lockdown, if he hadn't the Labour MPs would have had a field day with the headlines of 'Hancock refused to lockdown North East'
I have to admit, what they did was clever. They've managed to anger their own voters (the students) and put the blame on the Conservatives at the same time!
Nothing they've announced today is going to reduce the spread of COVID in the north east.
If pubs are the problem, then close them completely.
If people being close together is the problem, close the leisure industry again.
There's absolutely no need for blanket restrictions over the whole of the North East.
Most of Northumberland has very few cases yet is included. Same with South West Durham. Everyone's favourite Barnard Castle has had 0-2 cases, yet is in lockdown.
(17 Sep 2020, 11:59 am)streetdeckfan This whole 'local lockdown' is really getting on my nerves
It's all about politics, and absolutely nothing to do the number of cases, if it was, it'd just be the towns that have high numbers locked down like it has been with the rest of the local lockdowns!
This isn't about reducing the spread, it's about the mostly Labour councils trying to one up the government.
Hancock was basically backed into a corner and had no choice but to put the North East into lockdown, if he hadn't the Labour MPs would have had a field day with the headlines of 'Hancock refused to lockdown North East'
I have to admit, what they did was clever. They've managed to anger their own voters (the students) and put the blame on the Conservatives at the same time!
Nothing they've announced today is going to reduce the spread of COVID in the north east.
If pubs are the problem, then close them completely.
If people being close together is the problem, close the leisure industry again.
There's absolutely no need for blanket restrictions over the whole of the North East.
Most of Northumberland has very few cases yet is included. Same with South West Durham. Everyone's favourite Barnard Castle has had 0-2 cases, yet is in lockdown.
(17 Sep 2020, 12:46 pm)Adrian This is nonsense. On several levels.
1. We have (significantly) the 3rd highest rate per 100,000, so it is absurd to suggest it is not about cases.
2. Nobody gets into politics because they don't care about people; but there are different ideologies. Again, its absurd to suggest that Councils are trying to 'get one up' on the Government, and quite frankly without any evidence to support the claim.
3. Hancock was not backed into a corner. He is the Health Secretary and it is ultimately his call.
4. I would suggest that students are more angered about being forced to sit 30+ in a classroom, without any respect for social distancing.
I would love to hear your explanation about why extra measures will do nothing to prevent the spread and why you think there is "absolutely no need for blanket restrictions" Bold statement to make, but nothing to support it!
(17 Sep 2020, 12:46 pm)Adrian This is nonsense. On several levels.
1. We have (significantly) the 3rd highest rate per 100,000, so it is absurd to suggest it is not about cases.
2. Nobody gets into politics because they don't care about people; but there are different ideologies. Again, its absurd to suggest that Councils are trying to 'get one up' on the Government, and quite frankly without any evidence to support the claim.
3. Hancock was not backed into a corner. He is the Health Secretary and it is ultimately his call.
4. I would suggest that students are more angered about being forced to sit 30+ in a classroom, without any respect for social distancing.
I would love to hear your explanation about why extra measures will do nothing to prevent the spread and why you think there is "absolutely no need for blanket restrictions" Bold statement to make, but nothing to support it!
(17 Sep 2020, 1:41 pm)Rob44 How do you explain the Conservative MPS in the regions requesting this too?? Are they really Labour MPs in disguise?
(17 Sep 2020, 1:41 pm)Rob44 How do you explain the Conservative MPS in the regions requesting this too?? Are they really Labour MPs in disguise?
(17 Sep 2020, 1:47 pm)streetdeckfan Which conservative MPs have requested it? All I've seen from them is requesting clarification of what the lockdown would be if it went ahead.
(17 Sep 2020, 1:47 pm)streetdeckfan Which conservative MPs have requested it? All I've seen from them is requesting clarification of what the lockdown would be if it went ahead.
(17 Sep 2020, 1:59 pm)Rob44 i know its the chronicle but the Tory MP asks Mathew to give the powers to the North east councils......... unless im reading it wrongly????
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...g-18938216
(17 Sep 2020, 1:59 pm)Rob44 i know its the chronicle but the Tory MP asks Mathew to give the powers to the North east councils......... unless im reading it wrongly????
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...g-18938216
(17 Sep 2020, 2:15 pm)Rob44 He must be one of the few Tories who cares about his continuance rather than points scoring!
(17 Sep 2020, 2:15 pm)Rob44 He must be one of the few Tories who cares about his continuance rather than points scoring!
Guy Opperman and Dehenna Davison have both backed the restrictions. None of the others have spoken out against them.
Boundaries have to be drawn somewhere. Because we have two large unitary authority areas in Northumberland and Durham, it makes it incredibly difficult to shrink the area. Maybe it would have been more possible if we still had the old District and City Councils model, but I also bet that if Teesside and Darlington were included, you'd have people asking why Northallerton or Whitby wasn't.
Guy Opperman is an idiot and a moron and should’ve been voted out during the last election (I voted against him) as Tynedale barely has any cases yet we are being punished because of idiots in other areas and I’ve had enough of hearing about it, doesn’t help I’m on the autistic spectrum and going on and on about things like this cause my anxiety to rise. They don’t think about how it affects peoples mental health as they just wanna get their political agenda shoved down people’s throats.
(Sorry for the rant, this has been building up for months).
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Local mps certainly didn't ask for a ban on using relatives for child care so that people can work. You're allowed to employ a nanny, though.
(17 Sep 2020, 1:47 pm)streetdeckfan Which conservative MPs have requested it? All I've seen from them is requesting clarification of what the lockdown would be if it went ahead.
(17 Sep 2020, 1:47 pm)streetdeckfan Which conservative MPs have requested it? All I've seen from them is requesting clarification of what the lockdown would be if it went ahead.
