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JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Amazon is taking on staff - bet they have a > business pan for stay at home. > > https://www.standard.co.uk/business/amazon-hiring- > coronavirus-employee-drive-a4389111.html > > "The company added that it would be looking to > hire individuals currently out of work due to > cutbacks over the coronavirus outbreak in the > restaurant, travel and entertainment industries, > among others." > > "We want those people to know we welcome them on > our teams until things return to normal and their > past employer is able to bring them back," You'd have to think that as many parts of the economy collapse, there will be some pockets which are absolutely creaming it....supermarkets, pharmacies, courier companies, streaming services, mobile network and internet providers .....

gromit3:16 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > this non stop media coverage is too much, people > are going to be having panic and heart attacks > because of it. > > I've had to switch off lbc as it is non stop > coverage of what is or is not going to happen. > it's getting too much now. Agree with this. It's obviously a serious issue, which needs due attention, but it's non-stop (And almost exclusively covid-19 news) from most media outlets. With all the 'social distancing' going on, people are seeing other people increasing less, living in a bit of a bubble and working themselves into a lather with the news being their major window to the outside world....

Looks like a tough period coming up for local pubs and restaurants (and their employees). I'm assuming that those local restaurants which source larger portion of turnover through delivery services like ubereats and deliveroo (as opposed to relying on in-house diners) will be the ones that are most likely to remain open.... Guessing that's probably going to be pizza places, curry joints and Chinese restaurant?....but that's based on nothing more that my own speculation!

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All pubs clubs cafes restaurants theatres etc are > to close down from tonight in uk. > > No social contacts are allowed in uk from > tonight, by law ! #coronavirus > #coronavirusoutbreak > > From Midnight tonight. ?? > > Conflicting news from the BBC now saying pubs NOT > Forced to close but people should avoid. Just watched the downing Street press conference....the govt is 'recommending' people don't got to clubs, pubs, theatres etc.....they are not forcing shutdown. Although this advice will no doubt have the effect of forcing closure of many venues....

I've noticed a dodgy guy when I get on the 176 bus. He always sits near the front. Appears quite gruff. And he has this massive circular ring that he turns at random intervals. Sometimes he broadcasts his thoughts to everyone on the bus. He may or may not have a beard.

Sephiroth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If that?s your information, what?s your > conclusion? Do you really have to be unnecessarily combative about every topic? This really is not the thread for it. Draw whatever conclusion you like from this fairly simple chart.

Found this informative....

Sephiroth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ?I've expressed it numerous times before on this > forums, but in anycase..... ? > > Despite you repeatedly waving away any problems > arising from this, yet claim to point out multiple > ?benefits? > > We?ve read your posts. We know you have > repeatedly tried to justify your position (with no > substance whatsoever) > > We?ve even had to deal with your cringey ?peek > behind the robe? comments which tells us all about > how central you view yourself > > But none of it amounts to a damn thing. > > Here is what is true: > > We have left the eu > We have idiots in charge > We have a population with no understanding what > leaving with no deal means > Instead of engaging with the eu we have adopted a > weirdly belligerent position. When the eu points > out everything that was predicted before the > referendum we say they are bullying us > > We will rejoin the eu - only the damage done > between now and then is up for debate You really are a joy aren't you? You don't have to change your mind. You're not going to. Through trying to engage with you, including the 'open the robe' post, I thought maybe there might be some small concession from some of you that perhaps not everyone who voted to leave was a nutty, racist, ignorant idiot. That way there might be the chance of actual useful discussion here, rather than the overwhelming condescension and bullying that goes on (which you constantly try and justify but claiming that people who say things you don't like have justifiably opened themselves up to ridicule. Its not justified, it's just bloody nasty. But just go glance at the posts above, it's just a echo chamber of you lot all agreeing with how stupid people other than yourselves are.... Unfort the only hatred, bitterness and prejudice on this thread has come from the usual suspects above. And explains why the list of regular contributors has shrunk so much. Who wants to express a view when you guys are just going to belittle them? and even when a decent point is made, it's quickly glossed over in favour of more bile and petty insults. This is a toxic thread. And I'm sure you'll all be thrilled and overjoyed to know that I'm out. Enjoy patting yourselves on the back about how f@cking clever you all are....

Is this twenty questions? Are you Peter Kay? I don't know if it can. Maybe. Be nice if it could of course. But the only people who know are the ones in the room... So that's not a yes or a no. Sorry if I've spoilt your game...

I've expressed it numerous times before on this forums, but in anycase..... A deal is highly likely to be preferable to no deal given the 'friction'/transition issues of foremost concern in the short term. (Despite it often alleged that I don't discuss the issues. I have actually laid out my views on a whole range of things multiple times over the past 4 years (go and check my posting history), but these often then get lost in back an forth on other petty issues that are part and parcel of this forum.)

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So you really want to rerun the same arguments > around ignorance already done to death, really? > > Where shall we start? With a big red bus perhaps? > > Put down the troll potion ffs. Sigh. No I don't want a 'return' to these 'arguments'. Calling more than 50 percent of the voting population stupid is not an 'arguement', its a symptom of all-consuming self-righteousness, and absolute inability to accept that there may be some concessions or a different viewpoint from one's own. Its telling that almost every time I (or a few others) decide to voice our opinions on here which disagree with what to you consider to be true, you brand them a 'troll'.....

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Slow hand clap...... > > It is blatantly obvious that some (if not many) > leave voters voted for something without having > any clue of the complexities. That was the whole > drive of the leave campaign. So please, don't > insult the intelligence of people here. Ha, good grief, some of you people are un-believable. Don't insult the intelligence of the good, right-minded, sensible, remain voters on here is what you mean, right? And in the same paragraph (without any indication of irony), you manage to once again insult leave voters by claiming ignorance as the main driver behind the result. And you have the gall to brand me infantile and a troll. Time for a look in the mirror my friend....

diable rouge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The First rule of Troll Club: > > If an early hours, half-pissed thread falls flat > on it's arse, troll a Brexit thread... I think it's pretty clear that you've proved the first rule is clearly finding something totally irrelevant to the discussion to focus on, and pretending like it is relevant....

They are light hearted posts which make serious points (I mean FFS...I used the word 'dolphinicide'!!). The two are not mutually exclusive. So you now seemingly admit that there are some possible 'wins' but now you've qualified it by saying they have to be 'no cost' wins, and it's now not about 'not one' potential benefit, but has morphed to being all about the 'bigger picture'? Just keep changing the goalposts, as long your narrative stays the same huh? In anycase, I fail to see how these points don't 'stand up to scrutiny', when you haven't even provided any robust 'scrutiny' or in fact any reasonable counter argument on those two specific points. Who exactly loses out of removing the consumer/discretionay goods VAT rate on sanitary products? The HMRC, sure....but I'm guessing you knew that. Anyway, as Keano said above...Yawn....

Okay...since any form of levity appears to be lost on this crowd. Let me be more direct....you (and others) have previously claimed on here that there is 'not one' potential benefit of leaving the EU. My two posts above give you not one...but two potentials benefits. They may not be that important to you versus other things, but they are two potentials benefits nonetheless, and to deflect by again claiming the leavers are 'ignorant of all the problems caused' just exemplifies the myopia which many display on this thread. Maybe...just maybe...there's more to this than the ridiculous polarizing position that many take on this thread about the entire brexit process and subsequent trade talks. Sure, I get that on balance you don't like it. But by dogmatically claiming 'not one' benefit is just wilful obsintnece. I would add to Blah Blah.....I agree that conflating remain voting with misogyny or environmental vandalism is plainly ridiculous (that was sort of the point). It's almost as ridiculous as constantly being told how 'ignorant' leavers when any little factoid comes out which might be negative for the UK's relationship with the EU going forward. It's interesting that I don't see your calling out of the plethora of 'infantile'and 'disingenuous' posts on here when they clearly agree with your pre-exisating position.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/07/ban-supertrawlers-from-uk-waters-after-brexit-say-green-campaigners Finally, as sovereign UK, we can strive for sustainability, and not have to adhere to the environmentally irresponsible directives of the European Union. I know not EVERY person who voted to remain is an environmental vandal, and not all prejudiced again the dolphin population. But clearly all remainers are happy align themselves with the litterbugs and climate change deniers who form a core part of this posse. I hope they're happy with tacitly supporting dolphinicide. I expect most remainers didn't know what they voting for, and just swallowed the lies that the EU is an environmental friendly organisation. Perhaps they need to be better educated and informed about their un-sustainible views, and made aware that their actions have given rise to a normalisation of planet-destroying attitudes.

Blimey..I would have thought the hyperbolic nature of my post would make it clear that it's obviously tongue in cheek.... I guess some people refuse to be able to take themselves with anything other than complete seriousness...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/mar/06/budget-2020-chancellor-plans-to-finally-end-tampon-tax Finally, as sovereign UK, we can strive for equality of tax policy, and not have to adhere to the bigoted tax directives of the European Union. I know not EVERY person who voted to remain is a misogynist. But clearly all remainers are happy align themselves with the misogynists. I hope they're happy with tacitly supporting such bigotry. I expect most remainers didn't know what they voting for, and just swallowed the lies that the EU is a progressive organisation.. Perhaps they need to be better educated and informed about misogyny, and made aware that their actions have given rise to a normalisation of misogynistic attitudes.

Is it not cause for thought that uncle Glen (who is so derided on these pages) was previously a WRP supporter, and is now seen as very right wing......

When you have a rowdy night at home with friends, and your guests leave, and you open another bottle of wine, and turn around to your partner snoring on the couch.....and realise that you're alone, but don't want to go to bed.....yes, that moment....

Fascinating that Afua Hirsch (a woman of colour) can write two books about 'whiteness', while also banging on about 'lived experience'...I'm not sure how much lived experience she has of being white.... Frankly, I believe that anyone of any colour can have an opinion on anything to do with people of another colour, sex, religion etc...I don't care what colour you are when considering your argument. But according to the wokeists only certain groups can acceptably cast aspersions about other groups....

It's telling that many people have viewed this post, but no one wants to touch it.....

I know the spiked is a wind up page according to some.....but thoughts on the below...... Are we https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/02/25/the- dangerous-war-on-whiteness/ https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/02/24/yes-i-am-a-race-denier/

Maybe it's actually the peckham hipsters setting up an ironic 'delinquent' centre.... Maybe with vegan menus written out in the style of a court summons....

pk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > keano77 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > How things work today pk might not be how they > > work tomorrow. It?s called change or adaption > or > > evolution etc > > > But as we?re here today why not deal with today > rather than speculate about some bizarre future > where countries don?t have free trade arrangements > but don?t have border controls either? I find this a puzzling perspective. Many remainers want to berate leavers for not having a clear plan for the future. And while I acknowledge that brexit is clearly significant more change than remaining, the 'status quo' does not exist, the EU will continue to evolve, so while there is uncertainty in leaving, there is also uncertainty in remaining. I don't think anyone can accuratley predict what the Eu will look like in 10 years time.