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Post by bernythedolt on Dec 29, 2021 17:14:20 GMT
Only 11 having lived there for 25 years oops. I remember Nye Bevan well since we were staying in the same hotel in Ireland one summer. The owner of the hotel told me he apologised for not having the Mirror available to which Bevan replied "You don't think I read that rubbish do you, get me the Times and Telegraph". Note to adrian, in those days there was the Manchester Guardian, very different to the current hateful paper. The hotel became famous later because Charlie Chaplin and family spent every summer holiday there for many years but even in my time there were lots of interesting people there every summer (excepting a really obnoxious labour mp called Sidney Silverman). I remember one time there were 3 Cardinals all there at the same time, the Irish, English and American ones. We were having a barbecue one friday night and Fergal the son of Freddie Boland the Irish ambassador to the UN asked the English one for a dispensation to allow him to eat meat at the barbecue. but was refused. I was also friendly with Freddie's daughter but she was on the back of a scooter I hired when she spotted his car approaching and insisted we turned off down a stony track down to a beach, however the track was too steep and we fell off with some damage and she dropped me after that. I also used to stay on in a cottage belonging to a friend of my fathers and one year we had to take a young boy called Princey around with us. Princey had a bodyguard who was an American who was 20 years in the New York police and had a revolver stuck in his belt. Princey was staying because my dad's friend was his mother's doctor and she had given him a new Bentley continental for Christmas. Apologies if this is too boring for the chat section and totally off topic. Was it Professor Plum, in the Ballroom, with the Cardinal's Mace...? 
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Post by pikestaff on Dec 29, 2021 17:24:47 GMT
...Note to adrian, in those days there was the Manchester Guardian, very different to the current hateful paper... Rather unnecessary, and not true I believe. I've been a Guardian (and Observer) reader since childhood. One of my earliest memories (age 4) is of asking "Mum, what's a political prisoner?" Although my memories of the Guardian go back only to the early 60s, by which time it had dropped "Manchester" from its title, it is governed editorially by the same principles now as it was then. And politically it occupies a similar place. I thought I'd post the link below because it is relevant not only to this point but also to the thread as a whole: www.theguardian.com/media/2021/may/05/guardian-200-anniversary-covid-pandemic-journalism-editor-missionPS My parents were born into the working class. They worked their way up but still could not afford swanky hotels. I usually vote Liberal/Lib Dem but have voted Labour when I thought it would have the greater effect. Contrary to your caricature in other posts, I worked in the private sector all my career, as did my father. My mother worked in the private sector before she had children.
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Post by michaelc on Dec 29, 2021 18:02:35 GMT
I don't anymore like one paper as they are apply their own bias. My late grandmother was a communist and she always used to say that the two newspapers with little bias were the Morning Star and the FT. I would strongly disagree about the former, but with one exception (Brexit), the FT is about as unbiased as a paper can be.
Hopefully soon we'll get back on track in this thread...
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Post by registerme on Dec 29, 2021 19:18:02 GMT
183k today(but includes five days worth of data from Northern Ireland where reporting delays were experienced).
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Post by Nomad on Dec 29, 2021 21:01:53 GMT
Only 11 having lived there for 25 years oops. I remember Nye Bevan well since we were staying in the same hotel in Ireland one summer. The owner of the hotel told me he apologised for not having the Mirror available to which Bevan replied "You don't think I read that rubbish do you, get me the Times and Telegraph". Note to adrian, in those days there was the Manchester Guardian, very different to the current hateful paper. The hotel became famous later because Charlie Chaplin and family spent every summer holiday there for many years but even in my time there were lots of interesting people there every summer (excepting a really obnoxious labour mp called Sidney Silverman). I remember one time there were 3 Cardinals all there at the same time, the Irish, English and American ones. We were having a barbecue one friday night and Fergal the son of Freddie Boland the Irish ambassador to the UN asked the English one for a dispensation to allow him to eat meat at the barbecue. but was refused. I was also friendly with Freddie's daughter but she was on the back of a scooter I hired when she spotted his car approaching and insisted we turned off down a stony track down to a beach, however the track was too steep and we fell off with some damage and she dropped me after that. I also used to stay on in a cottage belonging to a friend of my fathers and one year we had to take a young boy called Princey around with us. Princey had a bodyguard who was an American who was 20 years in the New York police and had a revolver stuck in his belt. Princey was staying because my dad's friend was his mother's doctor and she had given him a new Bentley continental for Christmas. Apologies if this is too boring for the chat section and totally off topic.Much more interesting than many posts here!
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Post by agent69 on Dec 29, 2021 22:03:16 GMT
183k today(but includes five days worth of data from Northern Ireland where reporting delays were experienced). The problem is that this is based on date reported, not specimen date (so I think we are still unwinding from the 4 day Christmas break).
PS: we may be 183K yesterday, but that's still less than France
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Post by adrianc on Dec 30, 2021 8:46:38 GMT
Note to adrian, in those days there was the Manchester Guardian Another couple of years, and it'll be a nice round two-thirds of a century since it ceased to be a local paper... "The newspaper opposed the creation of the National Health Service as it feared the state provision of healthcare would "eliminate selective elimination" and lead to an increase of congenitally deformed and feckless people."Probably as well it changed, then. We don't need another Daily Mail. "The Manchester Guardian strongly opposed military intervention during the 1956 Suez Crisis: "The Anglo-French ultimatum to Egypt is an act of folly, without justification in any terms but brief expediency. It pours petrol on a growing fire. There is no knowing what kind of explosion will follow.""Tch. Bet they were eating those words in the unfettered glory that followed...
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Post by benaj on Dec 30, 2021 9:22:01 GMT
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Post by keitha on Dec 30, 2021 13:21:43 GMT
Loving the acronym RAT ( Rapid Antigen Test )
There is a severe shortage of RATs nationwide. This means even people who can afford them and could
relieve the pressure on the laboratories, simply cannot buy a RAT kit. We commend the Victorian
government’s announcement of procurement of RATs to distribute free of charge to Victorians, and
the Federal government’s announcement that they will co-fund the provision of RATs with states.
RATs are useful for screening of asymptomatic cases, but cannot serve as the backbone of the public
health test and control system. The results are not reported to the government, so people who test
themselves and self-manage their COVID-19 will not be counted in official case numbers. There is
unknown reliability of individual RAT brands with the Omicron variant, as a nasal swab (the usual
method) is less likely to be positive than a throat swab. There has been no messaging to advise
people on swabbing both the nose and throat when doing a RAT. There should still be a requirement
for a PCR testing after a positive RAT.
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Post by registerme on Dec 30, 2021 13:27:33 GMT
I hope they prosecute the lot of them and throw the book at them.
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Post by bernythedolt on Dec 30, 2021 13:37:55 GMT
Lateral Flow Test kit.... ordered online yesterday, posted through my letterbox today.
I feel like I've won the lottery! 😁
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Post by bernythedolt on Dec 30, 2021 13:40:06 GMT
I hope they prosecute the lot of them and throw the book at them. Piers Corbyn involved again. I wouldn't wish Covid upon anybody, but...
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Post by michaelc on Dec 30, 2021 13:53:43 GMT
They're not "evil" although I disagree with them. Why they picked on an nhs centre (there are plenty of private) and why they also picked on a children's pantomime to invade I can't understand. Going around scaring kids and ripping on health resources what a way to win hearts and minds.
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Post by benaj on Dec 30, 2021 14:20:28 GMT
Lateral Flow Test kit.... ordered online yesterday, posted through my letterbox today. I feel like I've won the lottery! 😁 I am very grateful for local council and their volunteers. I was strolling in the park yesterday, there was a mobile testing site, fully staffed but no queues. Also picked up a box of 20 just before christmas, handed out by the council volunteers. 😁
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