hypochondriac

Where have you read the bit about fleeting contact and small dosage?

I was referring to the 2016 election not Bush. It may well be fundamentally unfair how the US election is conducted but the fact remains that there was only ever a serious protest in regards to it from many many Democrats after they had lost. Where were the protests about how unfair the election is before the result? It didn't exist because had hilary lost the popular vote and won the presidency, the same people who have moaned about the system for four years would be defending it.

Was there a giant concerted campaign about the unfairness of it all to the degree we had following the 2016 election result beforehand? Would democrats have been so vociferous about how unfair the system is if the result had been reversed? Of course not it's rank hypocrisy and the only reason that many of them are even remotely bothered is because their candidate lost.

It's odd that the vast majority of democrats in America didn't have a problem with things up until the point that trump won the election. If there were large campaigns before that then fair enough but there wasn't. Had hilary won in the same manner to trump, you'd have the same idiocy spouted from the republican side and they'd receive the same reply. It's just hypocrisy to complain about a voting system after you've lost.

O rly?

Tbf with respect to the ofsted I don't think they were meant to have it but someone didn't fill out the paperwork properly. They've got a few more modern facilities now than when I was there but most of the teachers with character retired a long time ago.

Think it was dropped and he moved away.

Hardly. It's on the online live stream so not hard to find.

Eh? Wasn't Biden accused of penetrating a woman with his fingers against her will?

Can't say I've cared for anything Gervais has done after extras. I've found him not to be the best or most nuanced actor as it is (in anything it just sounds like Gervais being Gervais.) imo it was Steve merchant that was the real talent as a writer.

They don't have the opportunity for prospects to play in the first team consistently.

Agree with all that. I have to say I don't think raab does himself any favours by coming across so unsure of himself. It may just be his mannerisms and style but it was particularly noticeable today when they really didn't need any wooly messaging before a sunny Bank Holiday. They'd have been much better off just hammering the stay home and save lives message up until the point that they actually have something new to say rather than telegraphing it to all the papers at least a week out from any announcement and allowing speculation to run wild.

They were clearly gearing up for some big opening up announcement on Sunday and now that the R has actually gone up they have to pull back from that. Doesn't seem the brightest thing to do to raise hopes like that even if the media are at least partially to blame.

Yes I noticed that! Absolutely ridiculous. Pretty concerning that the R rate is higher than a few weeks ago.

Don't they legally have to have a certain number? I do find it odd that there always seems to be a huge number at supermarkets I visit and almost always empty.

And yet not a single other poster gets the mockery and ridicule from these so called "righties" that you do and their identities differ on every forum. You start posting more frequently on another forum and almost immediately you get similar reactions from an almost entirely new set of posters than the ones over here. Maybe you're just the one with the most social of all the consciences and it provokes the biggest reaction. What do you reckon?

Odd that there seem to be a boatload of "trolls and wums" that seem to spring up and post just as you start posting more frequently on either forum. I wonder why?

You could say the same for David icke...

Thought you'd gone off in a huff?

I haven't called it "Chinese virus" as I've already said repeatedly.

To be fair though how will September be any different?

That's an odd thing to say considering my very first post on the subject said that anyone being racist or attacking Chinese people should be severely punished. Not using the term and not making it clear that Chinese failures have contributed massively to the loss of life isn't going to stop racist idiots from being racist idiots though. In reality and unfortunately these attacks would have happened regardless. I think when the Chinese propagandists are doing everything to shift the blame and the scrutiny from them that providing a reminder every so often that they are responsible is a good thing.

"I" haven't reffered to it as that but I have no problem with someone who wants to. Its important to remember where this has come from and who has to take a large amount of responsibility. Lots of people want to pretend it isn't China who is largely responsible or even worse want to call it racism. Calling it the Chinese virus is a good way to combat that. China lied and people died.

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And he's wrong to do so but he's correct when he refers to it as the Chinese virus.