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Russia may have lost more people but the only survived to eventually confront the germans because of equipment supplied to them first by the British and secondly by the Americans.
Hilter actually made a speab which was dropped all over southern england called "A last call to reason" wanting Britiain to declare a turce and not fight them. If we had agreed he could have moved all the divisions tied up in northern france to the east and he'd have got to moscow before winter set in. He probably would have won at Stalingrad which would have opened the wat to all the oil in the caucasus. So I'd say it was a bit of everyone.
Stay Alert. Thats sorted it.
So its no longer Stay Home. Erm yeah do that as well.
I see the statistician Boris Johnson quoted in PMQs this week has "clarified" his views - taken from the BBC's rolling coverage;-
The UK public is being fed "number theatre" by the government instead of "genuine information", a leading statistician from the University of Cambridge told the BBC on Sunday.
David Spiegelhalter criticised the government's daily briefing, saying "seems to be co-ordinated really much more by a Number 10 communications team" rather than led by experts.
"I just wish the data was being brought together and presented by people who really knew its strengths and limitations and could treat the audience with some respect," he said.
Spiegelhalter wrote an article for the Guardian in April which has been quoted by government ministers when they argue against comparing Britain's high death rate to other nations.
But earlier this week he tweeted to ask ministers to stop citing his article.
He told the BBC's Andrew Marr: “What I was talking about was the comparisons between the bad countries in Europe such as UK, France Italy, Belgium - I was not saying we can’t make any comparisons at all.
“Clearly it is important to note that we as a group are way above Germany, Portugal, Norway, who have low mortality rates.
“What happened in this country was not inevitable," he said.
Yeah, it's a case of sending a completely ambiguous, but strongly worded, statement to the nation. It is typically British, in a way.
I can see arguments as people start socialising because they no longer have to stay at home. I have had e-mails from companies since Friday declaring "The lockdown is lifted".
"Only go out for essential trips - including the garden centre and library". It's getting a little bit garbled - a bit like Johnson's answer to a Keir Starmer question on Wednesday. Make sense of this, if you can.
Originally Posted by Boris Johnson
It'll be genuinely interesting to see what happens in the countries that have begun to lift their lockdowns. If those that appear to have coped best with the first wave of the virus suffer significant second waves of infections and deaths, then the situation will become a lot clearer and some extremely difficult decisions will need to be made by the authorities.
Two things we know are that a vaccine could either be a long way off or may never arrive at all, and that the human race cannot and will not continue to function as it is currently for an indefinite period of time. Cracks have been appearing since the outset and they seem to be widening on a daily basis now, which is hardly surprising. Difficult times ahead for sure.
Please remember that here in Wales we are a devolved nation and therefore our slogan is still Stay Home, Protect The NHS, Save Lives.
The new "Stay Alert" slogan is an English one, not a British one. Our lockdown was extended (with minor adjustments) for three weeks 2 days ago
The first lockdown was ridiculously lax, in hindsight 4 weeks of draconian measures would have been more sensible. A slight 3 week relaxing then, allowing a bit of exercise etc would have been a psychological Godsend, that’d been 7 weeks gone. Another slight relaxing then to, say what the actual first lockdown entailed would have had us happier. As it is it seems as though people are beginning to think it’s business as usual, the second wave is quite probable. Are we cannon fodder? Is a population reduction the government’s plan to get back on its financial feet, there’s a few been wiped off the monthly state pension bill already.
It is probably something a politician will never say but I expect some of them may be thinking it:-
The aim is to keep the R rate below 1.
What percentage of deaths occur in care homes? The national R rate is allegedly 0.6-0.9 at the moment.
If you take care homes out of the equasion what would the R rate be then?
It is quite a calous exercise but care homes can be more eaily regulated and environmentally controlled which would give the greater population more breathing space.
That and ensuring that the most vulnerable continue to barricade (can't think of the word they use for higher level of self isolation) themselves might make lifting the lock down for the vast majority less problematic.
But of course, as I said, no politician would ever say it!!
I didn't have you marked down as a conspiracy theorist, Steve. You've surprised me.
I believe the truth is relatively simple: we have a government cabinet packed with hopeless, inexperienced incompetents who are desperately trying to deal with a situation that, despite clear warnings stretching back decades, they were almost totally unprepared for and they treated far too nonchalantly during the early stages.
Absolutely nothing in Boris Johnson's background suggested he was going to make a good Prime Minister and very little in the backgrounds of those he chose as his leading players in the cabinet suggested they were going to be any more competent than he is.
Still, at least we've taken back control......