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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.

Calling it a Chinese virus is no different than all those other viruses and pandemics that have been named after locations. People being racist to Chinese people are dangerous idiots who should be punished accordingly but that has nothing to do with being factual about the virus.

Lol you fool.

I'm not saying it will but to give the election to Biden at this stage as a certainty is naive.

Warren? She was a joke candidate. Tulsi gabbard seemed to be the best of the lot imo but the far left hated her for some reason.

Agree with all of that. Hopefully the government have realised the importance of being ready for the next phase that will inevitably come after a loosening of restrictions.

Doubt it. Probably his sister will take charge.

I read an article yesterday that said that we fear a second wave in December which would be much worse and that the lockdown has actually been too successful- it's stopped the virus affecting the vulnerable without infecting enough healthy people that the vast majority are still susceptible. Not sure that a harder or longer lockdown wouldn't have made things worse for any second wave. That will all change if they find some effective drugs or vaccine before then of course.

Wasn't hillary given something like a 90% chance of victory last time? Loads of things could happen between now and November which derail Biden. This latest assault allegation for one.

It wasnt about the speaking of Spanish, it was the disingenuous manner in which it was done which was widely derided at the time so no reason to go into the details. Anyway that was just one example but it highlighted the lengths that some candidates were going to in order to win. It seems that for some, virtue signalling and paying lip service to ridiculous concepts like unconscious bias and reparations were more important than trying to appeal to middle America. If Biden wants to win, let's hope he has recognised the folly of that tactic.