The UK response to Covid-19 [MOD WARNING 1ST POST]

blinding wrote: »

The Country that produced FFG are in no position to criticise the political parties in other Countries. People in Glass Houses should not Throw Stones ! !

Ah yes the you are not allowed talk a out the UK in the UK thread defense.

I feel like you know something doesn't have a great defense if the best defense is you are not allowed talk about it.

RobMc59 wrote: »

Whether its covid,brexit,importing British cars or any number of subjects there are an astonishing array of mainly anti British threads here on boards,which is fine except when the main contributors take offense when a British person has the audacity to challenge them- This isn't an attempt to stifle discussion by the way,reading different points of view is good although the thought that there are some here with an agenda lingers.
I enjoy boards because I'm interested in Ireland and it's people-I don't come here to slag it off.

Really?

You bristle and take umbrage at the slightest disagreement and run away with your tail between your legs.

Just yesterday you landed in the Irish reunification thread and had a go at us for "refuelling u boats". Something which any intelligent and unbiased person would know is a nonsense and has been long disproven. Even by British commanders.

So, care to revise your post there?

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Really?

You bristle and take umbrage at the slightest disagreement and run away with your tail between your legs.

Just yesterday you landed in the Irish reunification thread and had a go at us for "refuelling u boats". Something which any intelligent and unbiased person would know is a nonsense and has been long disproven. Even by British commanders.

So, care to revise your post there?

To be fair to him, I am glad that he is on here so that we can get a glimpse into whatever drives the other side of the argument over there. It makes no sense to us. So we need some people from that viewpoint to come on. I still don't understand it mind, but the poster himself seems decent enough. (I don't say that for some of the others though...but that's just my opinion)

blinding wrote: »

Have you a Link for Macron ordering Britain and its Prime Minister to close it Pubs ? ?

One assumes Macron is concentrating on running his own Country at this time . Ok, he fancies himself as the next little napoleon but that is mostly in his bedtime dreams.

Alas it seems no European Empire for Macron ! Whats the boy to do. Ask Nanny to kiss everything better ! !

I gave Manny a call last week and he told me. I have a lie detector on my phone in the Oval Office so I know it's true. Oui Oui!

Deleted User wrote: »

Interestingly absolutely none of the posters so intensely involved in the UK's response to coronavirus here, and who are so eagerly recording deaths and apparent national humiliations, have anything to say on the much more interesting and informative thread on Sweden's response.

There do appear to be lots of veterans from brexit threads who spend every post telling each other how stupid / evil the brits are in whatever context or other.

Draw your own conclusions.

It really doesn't read like these people have any genuine interest in what is happening. It's just another stick to beat the old enemy with. Ironically you sound like Boris himself having a go at the EU or a Sun reader talking about "the germans" all the time.

Perhaps people just aren't as aware of the ins and outs of the Swedish system

By the same token, there isn't a thread on the political reaction in Thailand.

Reminds me of the Dara O Briain joke about why he doesn't do jokes about muslims

blinding wrote: »

Have you a Link for Macron ordering Britain and its Prime Minister to close it Pubs ? ?

One assumes Macron is concentrating on running his own Country at this time . Ok, he fancies himself as the next little napoleon but that is mostly in his bedtime dreams.

Alas it seems no European Empire for Macron ! Whats the boy to do. Ask Nanny to kiss everything better ! !

What does any of this crap mean?

Donald Trump wrote: »

To be fair to him, I am glad that he is on here so that we can get a glimpse into whatever drives the other side of the argument over there. It makes no sense to us. So we need some people from that viewpoint to come on. I still don't understand it mind, but the poster himself seems decent enough. (I don't say that for some of the others though...but that's just my opinion)

You're pretty much spot on there actually. He isn't the worst. He's definitely the most confused.

What I don't get is the incessant need for posters to defend Britain to the hilt regardless of the circumstances involved, as of it's done timid little benevolent shrew.

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Regarding Sweden, when they are involved in the partition of my island and continue to be a perfidious actor in Irish life I reckon that's when we'll start giving them as much attention as the right wing nuclear power on our doorstep.

blinding wrote: »

The Country that produced FFG are in no position to criticise the political parties in other Countries. People in Glass Houses should not Throw Stones ! !

The UK are on course to be the worst effected country in the world, Brits would be better served looking at the incompetence of the tories

blinding wrote: »

Have you a Link for Macron ordering Britain and its Prime Minister to close it Pubs ? ?

One assumes Macron is concentrating on running his own Country at this time . Ok, he fancies himself as the next little napoleon but that is mostly in his bedtime dreams.

Alas it seems no European Empire for Macron ! Whats the boy to do. Ask Nanny to kiss everything better ! !

Yes, the telegraph March 22

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

I just laugh at most of them, never left small town Ballygobackwards but m know every tiny detail about what's happening in another country

ur funny mate

Deleted User wrote: »

If they aren't aware of Sweden's response to the current coronavirus pandemic and they debates around it, then they obviously have zero interest in the actual topic at hand and should do the rest of us a favour and stop posting.

If they just want to pull their pud thinking about dead brits I would prefer if they did it in private.

How do you think that the previous minister for health in Sweden would have done compared to the current one? You know, given bother of their track records?

Or how the "shadow" health minister might have done things differently.

You must know their names and their backgrounds?

Are ya frantically googling for a wikipedia page in English to even tell you their names?

Taking the time! Why not put in the resources so that we know the full picture? There are plenty of unemployed people, why not set up a new crisis office to gather all the information together and get it out there.

You seem to just accept that there was nothing that could be done, sure the whole thing is very complicated and well things take time. They only take time when action is not taken to address the issue.

What have they done to speed up the process? What areas have they identified as the bottlenecks and what have they done to remove them?

Who is answerable for not getting the full numbers out?

And it is all well and good saying the numbers only represent hospitals, but it is that number that is talked about. It is that number that the government are questioned on. They are well aware of it bot being the full number, so why even bother? They have selected a certain part of the total to discuss, with the excuse they they can't comment on the other because they have no idea?

Are you really ok with them admitting they they are essentially working blind? How can they even attempt to tackle the problem in nursing homes if, after almost 6 weeks, they still haven't any idea?

This is another area that they have failed to act. This continued excuse that the system is not up to scratch sounds plausible but isn't it their job to get it working.

Deleted User wrote: »

And there you have it.

Anyone who thinks this thread is an actual calm and reasoned discussion of "the UK response to Covid-19" is kidding themselves.

It's actually deeply toxic, xenophobic ****show and everyone involved should be taking a long hard look at themselves.

I'll leave you all to enjoy it anyway, numbers are out later - hope they go up!

Do you think the UK have handled the crisis perfectly and as such are above criticism?