[Malcolm Armsteen]

Yet our glorious press is trumpeting them as dates set in stone...

The Dumbarse of the Day award yesterday went to Ben Bradshaw (worra surprise) when he asked if the 5-week protocol could be shortened, presumably thus ignoring any data. He hadn't got it at all...

[The Red Arrow]

Fookin' 'Ell...

.....Johnson says he feels guilty about his journalism

During school visit prime minister reveals doubts over ‘abusing or attacking people’

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... journalism

[Samanfur]

Yarblockoes. Great bolshy yarblockoes.

These are his principles. If you don't like them, he has others.

[Andy McDandy]

John Bellingham, where are you when we need you?

[satnav]

We started testing pupils today in a bit of a dry run in preparation for school fully re-opening in two weeks. We currently have 23 pupils in Year 7 and it took nearly a hour to process them all. Given that we have 800 pupils in school and they will need to be tested twice a week I think it is going to be a real struggle if not impossible.

The main problem is actually the registration process. Pupils are not meant to have mobile phones in school so they all had to register via computer. We actually had a number of pupils who didn't know what their home address was and then there was confusion over which mobile phone number they should use to get the results.

I'm looking forward to see what guidance Gavin Williamson is going to give to help schools deal with the inevitable bumps in the road.

[The Red Arrow]

Why, this handy registration app, of course! It's all run out of my mate's hairdressing salon. Not cheap, granted, but pupils are missing out on their education...

[The Red Arrow]

[mattomac]

I'm looking forward to see what guidance Gavin Williamson is going to give to help schools deal with the inevitable bumps in the road.

Busy tackling “wokeness”, costs no money and provides easy headlines.

As for media it was dangerous this morning, problem is people have gone ahead and started planning stuff now, he is gambling if he thinks the 21st is the end of it all.

[Bones McCoy]

Earlier Guardian article:

By the time he finally gave up the column when he became foreign secretary, Johnson was paid £275,000 a year, about £4.80 a word.

Fuuuuu....

[davidjay]

Earlier Guardian article:

By the time he finally gave up the column when he became foreign secretary, Johnson was paid £275,000 a year, about £4.80 a word.

Fuuuuu....

And most writers starting out now are expected to do it for the experience.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Connections, dear boy, connections...

[The Red Arrow]

So much explained. Where to leave this?

Brexit is a machine to generate perpetual grievance. It's doing its job perfectly
Rafael Behr
Tue 23 Feb 2021 16.26 GMT
The story of plucky Britain standing up to bullying Brussels spares leavers the discomfort of admitting they voted for a con
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... n-brussels

[Bones McCoy]

See those public schools that award places to "rugby prospects".
There's this 11 year old who's 6 foot 6, 17 stone and still growing.
There's a massive rush to sign him up, due diligence goes out the window.
The school that signs him then discover he's still wearing nappies.

That's how you get Ben Bradshaw.

Yet our glorious press is trumpeting them as dates set in stone...

The Dumbarse of the Day award yesterday went to Ben Bradshaw (worra surprise) when he asked if the 5-week protocol could be shortened, presumably thus ignoring any data. He hadn't got it at all...

[Boiler]

"He vacillates.... we vaccinate."

Give. Me. Strength.

[The Red Arrow]

Johnson 'a liar' who will seek to blame Brexit costs on Covid, says diplomat

Sylvie Bermann, France’s UK ambassador during Brexit vote, assesses PM’s pandemic handling alongside Donald Trump

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Wed 24 Feb 2021 15.08 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... s-diplomat