FrancieBrady wrote: » The international media are not afraid to lay the blame where it belongs:https://twitter.com/NaomiOhReally/status/1347870067829190656
The_Brood wrote: » Try again. Either Northern Ireland completely severs its links with the British isles for now, or an actual border with troops is immediately (well this had to happen 9 months ago) erected. Please send me any and all your signed treaties and documents stating why that is impossible, will solve the shortage of toilet paper problem. Oh that's an extreme thing to do? Well gosh here was I thinking we are in the middle of a global virus pandemic where all of society, all economy, anything and everything resembling life has been locked down for the better part of a year. Maybe doing the bare minimum of fighting the virus, aka stopping the movement of people, aka what every single last country that has managed to contain the virus is done, is necessary? A complete and total rework of the justice system must happen, and Meehoe and his friends need to spend the rest of their lives in prison for this failure.
blanch152 wrote: » This just shows up the blatant hypocrisy of anti-government posters. First they want to compare Ireland to Taiwan or South Korea. Second, they bemoan the delays in vaccination. What they are missing though is the fact that Taiwan and South Korea haven't vaccinated anyone yet, and are waiting until February. Classic hypocrisy from some. Ireland is running a middle course between countries like New Zealand and Taiwan on the one hand, and UK, France and the US on the other, because of our unique geographical situation, but some people just are not capable of understanding why, yet if the government proposed closing the border with Northern Ireland, they would be the first to whinge and cry.
"Martin’s government relaxed restrictions last month, a tactic that may have contributed to one of the world’s highest contagion rates in recent days... his administration has also come under fire for the vaccination program’s slow pace," reports@business
markodaly wrote: » Whatever about vaccinations I am curious to hear about negative Market Caps Smurgen.
smurgen wrote: » We're not vaccinating fast enough because of our unique geographical situation lol. Is there not a conspiracy their forum for nonsense posts?
PearseCork92 wrote: » I'd rather be benchmarking Ireland's vaccine rollout performance to places like Germany, Taiwan or South Korea thankyouverymuch.
PearseCork92 wrote: » I predicted a balls-up on the vaccination a long time back. Granted, it's the largest and most urgent public health roll-out in the country's history, but for the life of me I don't get how they didn't have a team snag-checking every element and scenarios of a mass vaccination campaign from the very start of the crisis.
Bowie wrote: » You're all over the place Blanch. The all Island approach is regarding using a sea/air border for the entire island. It's in the name. It's not related to any education or farming policy that I know of. Things change. It's not. Maybe because you don't understand it.
Fann Linn wrote: » A lot of blue shirt deflection on here about NI. FFG must be cocking up big time again down here. Interesting piece this evening about HSE vaccination teams going round nursing homes with clipboards and pens taking down all the patient details as we still haven't got an IT system up and running. Not as if this virus hasn't been knocking around for almost a year here and us all knowing about every pharma company working towards a vaccine.
blanch152 wrote: » The all-island approach from Mary-Lou two days ago was to keep the Leaving Cert going but cancel the A-levels. Previously, Sinn Fein wanted to keep pubs and bookies open in the South, but close schools in the North. If that is what is meant by an all-island approach, it needs to go back to the drawing-board. An "all-island" approach is just politicking, in effect, SF are trying to troll and bait the unionists, rather than engage seriously in policy debate.
blanch152 wrote: » The reason for that is the failure of the DUP/SF government to put in place the requisite testing arrangements. Per capita, they can only test less than half the capacity down South. The real scary figures from your links are in relation to hospitalisations. South - "The number of patients with Covid-19 in ICU is 109, an increase of 13 since yesterday. There are 1,180 people in hospital with the disease" North - "There has also been a big increase in hospitalisations with record 641 people confirmed Covid-19 patients. Of those 45 are in intensive care, with 36 on ventilators." Per capita, this means that hospitalisations are running around 40% higher in the North, and around 20% higher for those in intensive care. Unlike your post with it's superfluous reference to "true blue wrekkin' crew", I won't be indulging in similar gloating references. My thoughts are with the people of Northern Ireland who have put up with the shambolic politicians of the DUP and SF running the place. Most horrifying at all is that the death toll in the North is running at nearly 50% higher than the South, even though the statistics in the North don't count all of the deaths from the virus. Very sad for those people.
PearseCork92 wrote: » Blanch and the rest of the true blue wrekkin' crew will be traumatised to her that per capita daily cases in the South are now running far in excess of the North.* 1,500 reported today in the North, 8,248 reported in the South.https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2021/0108/1188461-coronavirus-ni/https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0108/1188403-coronavirus-ireland/ *Not because of the human element of the crisis of course, but because their crude political mudslinging strategy has expired like spoiled milk.
Bowie wrote: » You have no clue on how the British govern it seems. The Queen doesn't set policy.Do you seriously believe SF have the final say on how it works up there? If so why are we not using the 'all island' suggestion to tackle covid? This all stems from FF/FG supporters doing gymnastics to try whataboutery, which if successful still would not excuse the balls of governing coming from FF/FG/Greens. So it's childish and pointless.
blanch152 wrote: » Sinn Fein are caretakers on behalf of Westminister? If I was to say that Sinn Fein in the North are only doing the job of the Queen for her, it would spark outrage across these boards, but in effect, that is what you are claiming.
Bowie wrote: » DUP/SF et. al are caretakers on behalf of westminister. Ultimately the British conservatives would be allowing SF/DUP have some autonomy. That's my understanding. Do you think SF are in charge? On the GFA. It was agreed by more than one side. Credit is due all involved IMO. Anyway we know who runs the south. Making decisions on schools without consulting Teachers/Unions/Parents. Very stupid.
PearseCork92 wrote: » https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/profiles/minister-health
Bishop of hope wrote: » Who runs it? It's a question I ask as it has relevance as to the GFA and any gain SF might be trying to claim credit for.
blanch152 wrote: » Don't forget, it is only down here that it is all the gubbimint's fault. Up in the North, where hospital admissions are running at twice the rate down here, it is nothing to do with the SF party.
Bowie wrote: » You seem to believe SF run the north. It's unbelievable really. Comments like you have here make you seem foolish.
Brendan Bendar wrote: » And your point is....... Lookit.... if the people got the numbers down they also got the numbers up. What are you on about.. The numbers down..... fair play to the people... The numbers up..... all the gubbmints fault. Would ya ever.....
blanch152 wrote: » The suggestion from you is that the Tories would have no problem dealing with MON. That contradicts your position that there is no point in Sinn Fein dropping the abstentionist policy to prevent Brexit because the Tories would not deal with Sinn Fein and would therefore increase support for Brexit. Simple as. Your last paragraph is a nonsense as after the last election FG made clear that they would not deal with SF under any circumstances.
Bowie wrote: » 'tis.Don't recall ever saying such. Can you link or is it more made up stuff for colour? I don't live in the occupied portion of Ulster so I don't give the faux statlet's mechanics much thought. Speaking on them sidling up to FF, the party had us practically eating out of bins as one FG'er put it. It's marriages of convenience. Do you think Boris has a clue or care about the DUP?
Bowie wrote: » The Tories would be having tea with MON if it was to their advantage. They only give Foster the time of day for votes. I think you are bringing the delusion of party ethics and political philosophy into the British Conservatives. Boris couldn't give a fig about unionism.
FrancieBrady wrote: » It's 'the people's fault' apparently, the same 'people' who had this down to less than 200 a day.https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1347612504420200449
