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Isn't MM just a typo for MSM?...

Allegedly that was war gaming a worst case scenario, probably deliberately leaked to see the reaction from the public, that's how this populist Gov rolls. The problem with that is when the inevitable row back happens they come across as dithering, haven't known a Gov perform so many u-turns over it's lifetime yet alone in it's first year, never a good look. Populism has always been easy answers/promises to difficult problems/situations. It can thrive under a concept like Brexit but withers when it meets reality, in this case, Covid. Johnson assumed his premiership would be defined by delivering an 'oven ready Brexit' (which, surprise, surprise, doesn't exist) and instead it's been trumped by Covid...

It's not young v old though is it, there's a vast swathe in between. If you had to choose between quarantining oldies or the rest, oldies wins every time for the simple reason they are more vulnerable to the virus...

Fook Boris, make Idris PM...

Normally when someone dies without a will, Probate or letters of Administration is required. This is a handy guide, under LoA it is possible for nieces to apply... https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/family/death-and-wills/dealing-with-the-financial-affairs-of-someone-who-has-died/ But I would check with CAB first that this ok in your situation before going forward...

Final scores on the doors... Week 31 points... Final table... Congratulations Meds, always difficult to catch someone once they build up a healthy lead, trophy still at the engravers. Thanks to everyone who took part, it all starts again in a couple of months so I'll post details of new league and password as soon as. I just managed to avoid the ignominy of going from first to last in the Fantasy league, not a vintage year all round. Enjoy the rest of the summer...

Denise Johnson, Manchester Soul...

Final fixtures, I reckon Meds should abstain from predicting this week so as to make it more interesting. Week 31 fixtures... Sunday 26th April Arsenal v Watford Burnley v Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea v Wolverhampton Wanderers Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur Everton v AFC Bournemouth Leicester City v Manchester United Manchester City v Norwich City Newcastle United v Liverpool Southampton v Sheffield United West Ham United v Aston Villa Good luck to Cowboy in the Fantasy League. Bet of the day, West Ham to win @ 2/1, Villa 5/4 favs!...

I don't think the numbers do stack up when it comes to project funding, those sums won't get you much. Had you pointed the finger at the waste of tax payers' money on mayoral vanity projects e.g. Johnson's Garden Bridge (?53m) then you would have a better argument, but even then that's down to the mayor rather than the office of mayor. There needs to be more accountability when public money is thrown away like that...

Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe it's time to realise that a mayor of London > and all the associated officers / support staff is > just another level of bureaucracy and associated > costs that could be put to better use by funding > projects and not "middle managers" Do you have any figures of the costs saved to support your statement?...

Week 30 points... Week 30 table...

Nooooooooooo! Just looked at the website, closed on the first day of lockdown...unless of course you're Matt Hancock.

Whittens down from Peckham library has lots of wood off-cuts, might work out cheaper than buying a whole sheet, they will cut to size too, around 50p a cut. The off-cuts include solid lengths of timber e.g. ash, walnut, oak etc, great for shelves and some are big enough for table tops. A great place to explore for anyone who fancies themselves as a DIYer...

''Coca Cola...Levi's...The Beatles''

So the hot take seems to be that there's no Russian interference to report as there was no investigation into Russian interference. Rightyho, back to the troll farms comrades...

Week 30 fixtures... Saturday 18th July Norwich City v Burnley Sunday 19th July AFC Bournemouth v Southampton Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City Monday 20th July Brighton & Hove Albion v Newcastle United Sheffield United v Everton Wolverhampton Wanderers v Crystal Palace Tuesday 21st July Watford v Manchester City Aston Villa v Arsenal Wednesday 22nd July Manchester United v West Ham United Liverpool v Chelsea

Week 29 points... Week 29 table...

Week 29 fixtures. Note: PredictAddict currently has next week's mid-week fixtures as all being played on Wed, this in incorrect... Saturday 11th July Norwich City v West Ham United Watford v Newcastle United Liverpool v Burnley Sheffield United v Chelsea Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City Sunday 12th July Wolverhampton Wanderers v Everton Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal AFC Bournemouth v Leicester City Monday 13th July Manchester United v Southampton Tuesday 14th July Chelsea v Norwich City Wednesday 15th July Burnley v Wolverhampton Wanderers Manchester City v AFC Bournemouth Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal v Liverpool Thursday 16th July Everton v Aston Villa Leicester City v Sheffield United Crystal Palace v Manchester United Southampton v Brighton & Hove Albion Friday 17th July West Ham United v Watford

Week 28 points... Week 28 table...

Don't forget, the Gov's initial strategy in dealing with the virus was one of 'herd immunity', allowing the virus to spread among the population until it runs out of hosts and dies out naturally. It was only the optics of the NHS being overwhelmed with body bags that made them change this strategy to a lockdown. What we're seeing now is a return to the 'herd immunity' approach. It started with the 'common sense' campaign, put the onus on the people, it they catch it, it's their fault. And if the poll on Peston last week is anything to go by, it's working as to who the public will blame if there's a second wave...

Not many pubs have a licence to open at 6am KK, you might get the odd one around the early morning markets e.g. Smithfields. I'll be surprised if any of the pubs along LL will have one. Here are the licence details of the EDT...http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/LicPremisesGrantedDetails.asp?systemkey=872457

I read somewhere that only those pubs with an existing licence to open at 6am will be able to do so. I suspect the numbers that can are small...

Week 28 fixtures... Saturday 4th July Norwich City v Brighton & Hove Albion Leicester City v Crystal Palace Manchester United v AFC Bournemouth Wolverhampton Wanderers v Arsenal Chelsea v Watford Sunday 5th July Burnley v Sheffield United Newcastle United v West Ham United Liverpool v Aston Villa Southampton v Manchester City Monday 6th July Tottenham Hotspur v Everton Tuesday 7th July Crystal Palace v Chelsea Watford v Norwich City Arsenal v Leicester City Wednesday 8th July Manchester City v Newcastle United Sheffield United v Wolverhampton Wanderers West Ham United v Burnley Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool Thursday 9th July AFC Bournemouth v Tottenham Hotspur Everton v Southampton Aston Villa v Manchester United

Week 27 points... Week 27 table...