Coronavirus update - NO MORE RESTRICTIONS

[Eric Cartman]

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Prof Helen Ward has a very interesting twitter account. Hint; hates Tories.

I wonder why she's forthright.

She definitely does but that will become the smear for any scientist whose analysis points the finger at the government.

[Croesy Blue]

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Prof Helen Ward has a very interesting twitter account. Hint; hates Tories.

I wonder why she's forthright.

I imagine any scientist with a knowledge of how this should have been handled will criticise the Government's slow response.

[tell it like it is]

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I imagine any scientist with a knowledge of how this should have been handled will criticise the Government's slow response.

Her Tory hatred stems from well before this. I can see why her and Labour party member John Ashton are oft quoted.

[Croesy Blue]

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Her Tory hatred stems from well before this. I can see why her and Labour party member John Ashton are oft quoted.

Of coure she hates the tories she's well educated in a scientific field

[xsnaggle]

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Another example of The Welsh government running things for themselves. so much mire efficient.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-52283236

[the other bob wilson]

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Her Tory hatred stems from well before this. I can see why her and Labour party member John Ashton are oft quoted.

So you think it's more important that they "hate Tories" than that appear to be being proved right in what they've said?

[lardy]

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Prof Helen Ward has a very interesting twitter account. Hint; hates Tories.

I wonder why she's forthright.

Very common in academia. Every academic I knew under 40, and a pretty decent amount of those over 40, hated the Tories. Think that attitude changed, unsurprisingly, the further up the age and salary scale you went.

[Baloo]

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Prof Helen Ward has a very interesting twitter account. Hint; hates Tories.

I wonder why she's forthright.

Perhaps that's the case. The more important thing though is whether she's being honest regarding advice offered - what do you think?

[CCFCC3PO]

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Of coure she hates the tories she's well educated in a scientific field

She's one of those blasted experts that we have to ignore.

[Croesy Blue]

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Her Tory hatred stems from well before this. I can see why her and Labour party member John Ashton are oft quoted.

Imagine being this much of a fanboy of a political party, embarrassing.

[tell it like it is]

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So you think it's more important that they "hate Tories" than that appear to be being proved right in what they've said?

Not at all.

I'm more curious as to why the media seem to like using the likes of her and Ashton, the latter of which doesn't react well when his Labour links are revealed.

There's a difference between being right and relishing in being right.

[tell it like it is]

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Perhaps that's the case. The more important thing though is whether she's being honest regarding advice offered - what do you think?

I've no reason to doubt she's being honest. I'm also sure she's relishing being right, for political reasons.

[the other bob wilson]

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Not at all.

I'm more curious as to why the media seem to like using the likes of her and Ashton, the latter of which doesn't react well when his Labour links are revealed.

There's a difference between being right and relishing in being right.

John Ashton was on Newsnight in January warning about Coronavirus. There may have been a degree of political point scoring going on then I don't know, but they've been proven to be prophetic words and, let's get this right, there would be plenty from the other end of the political spectrum "relishing" being right if the figures were making a case that the Government had been correct to put off introducing a lockdown for as long as they did.

[Eric Cartman]

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Not at all.

I'm more curious as to why the media seem to like using the likes of her and Ashton, the latter of which doesn't react well when his Labour links are revealed.

There's a difference between being right and relishing in being right.

For weeks the narrative was that the only qualified experts were those government employees we see on our screen every day.

[surge]

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Is anyone relishing being right or is that a suggestion which is meant to reduce trust in these experts? Gove saying UK had had enough of experts only landed because people were starting to feel/already felt the televised experts were becoming out-of-touch despite their concerns, thereafter ignored, being largely well founded. We're all on the same team here (we all want government to act responsibly and get it right as quickly and safely as possible) but some are saying it's uncouth to ask questions when they get it wrong or simply don't give us information, despite chancellor saying they welcome feedback, because it's "point scoring".