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Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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The fact that the Tories were no better than Labour is what broke Scotland. It probably started with Kinnock, admittedly, but Blair ignored Scotland, Wales and most of England. The SNP just gave an alternative. That's why I hate Blair more than Thatcher. Despicable man.
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thebronze14
Jack Charlton Derry City Til I Die Joined: 22 Feb 2011 Location: Dublin/Donegal Status: Offline Points: 7170 |
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The media has been a disgrace during this. The likes of George Lee on a couple of weeks ago for example blaming pubs and restaurants for the numbers not going down enough at the moment! Totally farcical. Continually having doom pedlars on that have been completely off the mark with their predictions...RE social media, I wonder what our response would been like 12 years ago before social media properly took off. I think it looks embarassing for the country if we become the only one of the hosts to pull out now despite our low incidence and hospital rates. The only plus side is that JD used to sh*te on about getting the Euros here and now they won't be staged here
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colemanY2K
Roy Keane Fresh minty breath Joined: 01 Mar 2010 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 14959 |
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while it is disappointing, and i am pissed about it, giving up hosting it in dublin is the right thing to do. it didn't have to happen though is my point i.e had we a properly run health service.
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"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
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Het-field
Roy Keane By Appointment to His Majesty The King Joined: 08 Mar 2016 Status: Online Points: 10616 |
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There is more to it than just the health services capacity. Lower hospital numbers and incidence rates are also influenced by the, albeit slow, vaccination rates. People are also more educated on virus transmission and as a result are taking greater precautions including the use of masks. Lockdown is a vital part of it, but it only can do so much any more, as I think the issue of community transmission needs to be examined, and in truth, the likelihood is there are a great number of responsible people who are not mixing, and are abiding by the rules, and those that aren't. Also, there is a lot of focus on things like international travel, which seems not to have the impacts that people conjecture.
The media, and social media ought to be scrutinised, as it is playing a major part in the paralysis of the creation of a roadmap. Government doesnt necessarily want to be seen making decisions on its own (outsourcing to others allows them to point fingers), and there is now a number of political footballs on the field including things like Zero Covid, vaccine prioritisation, hotel quarantine, which are deflections. But these are certainly getting an airing on Twitter, and it does seem like Ireland sometimes is run by what people on social media say.
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Artie Ziff
Ray Houghton Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Status: Offline Points: 3617 |
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I don't know what the rules are, if any, about access to vaccines outside of the EU block sourcing scheme. But it's not one of the areas I think I'd give the government a pass on.
Denmark gets mentioned a lot, and Prime Time covered it about two weeks ago and I only saw their figures as fractionally better than Ireland's at the time it was aired. This link today says they have vaccinated 10% so about the same as Ireland https://graphics.reuters.com/world-coronavirus-tracker-and-maps/countries-and-territories/denmark/ Austria bought 1m of the Russian Sputnik vaccine but they can't use it until the EMA approves it. So what happens if the EMA doesn't approve it? The Austrian government will look clueless if that happened. |
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Shedite
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In the states you are born Democrat or Republican In UK you're born Labour or Tory
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pre Madonna
Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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That's the ideal why Labour lost the working class. According to Peter Mandelson, at least, the working class had nowhere to go, so they needed to appeal beyond that. ****s.
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Artie Ziff
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I'm glad my mother went into Labour I don't like to think what would have happend if she went into Tory with me
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Het-field
Roy Keane By Appointment to His Majesty The King Joined: 08 Mar 2016 Status: Online Points: 10616 |
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Recent results would suggest people are definitely breaking away from that. However, what is happening is that people are voting for other parties that have pilfered the FF/FG playbook by offering the sun the moon and the stars, not explaining how they will achieve it, leveraging the anger at the establishment, and pointing towards 'change' when the reality is you'll either get more of the same in Government, or you get the party of opposition that is not truly interested in government, or is open about it being. a party of opposition.
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colemanY2K
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"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
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colemanY2K
Roy Keane Fresh minty breath Joined: 01 Mar 2010 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 14959 |
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which is a dangerous road to go down as sooner or later a far right maggot will appear promising sunlit uplands as the british would say. there's a residue of them about. it wouldn't take much for them to get a foothold.
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"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
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horsebox
Robbie Keane Born n bred in darndale. Joined: 03 Feb 2010 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 34856 |
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Why is this? I asked this before as it was mentioned elsewhere that Ireland need to look beyond the EU (Russia,US or Israel) to source vaccines. |
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It was far across the sea,
When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
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gufct
Jack Charlton Trapattoni could manage me any day! Joined: 15 Feb 2009 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 6518 |
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if they use it before it’s approved they would have to indemnify the manufacturers much the same as Boris did when the Uk started using az
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MayoMark
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A million doses
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They finally did it man... They killed my f**kin' car...
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Lenny82
Liam Brady Joined: 20 Aug 2010 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 2914 |
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Such an important milestone to hit.
Looks like it is predominantly Pfizer being rolled out by GP's to the over 70s. When they get to the 65-69 age bracket, does anyone know if that is likely to change? The reason I ask is my mother and father in law have been really stressed and anxious about Covid from day 1. He is early 70s and got his first dose of Pfizer last week, with 2nd dose to follow in 4 weeks time. Massive weight off his shoulders but someone told him that his wife, late 60s, will get AZ and there'll be 12 weeks between both doses, and now he is stressed and anxious again!
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Artie Ziff
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That's an assumption. I'm only going off an article or two I've read myself so my understanding is yes they can approve it themselves but they don't want to go over the heads of the EMA. The EU is meant to be a partnership so if every country decides to go off on solo runs it undermines the whole thing. Why are you using Hungary as an example? The country is run Orban a right wing semi dictator
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