Just how awful is this government? June 2020 edition

[beorhthelm]

Here’s How the Government Burnt Billions on Failed Coronavirus Schemes.

The Tories kings of waste and cronyism...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD6TkWBrEII

oh dear, rights off the entire budget past and present based on past performance of one subsection, ignoring 85% of the budget is on testing. so is the rest of the assessment just as incorrect? sad thing is people believe this misinformation, gets treated as fact. misses the real question is when do we stop testing people?

 

[beorhthelm]

having quick look at the audit report on PPE, he's quite right to highlight the overspend there. the question is how do we efficiently stockpile £2.5bn worth of PPE when using £150m each year?

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Dominic Cummings appeared before a Commons committee this morning. Gave full and frank views on the readiness and capabilities of the Dept of Health during the early days of the pandemic.
Unsure whether this was directed at Matt Hancock as well as civil servants. He wants to come back and be part of a fuller enquiry, so is something of a smoking gun. Interesting to see if this leads to any awkward questions for Johnson at today's PMQs. Hell hath no fury like a SPAD scorned?

 

[The Clamp]

Dominic Cummings appeared before a Commons committee this morning. Gave full and frank views on the readiness and capabilities of the Dept of Health during the early days of the pandemic.
Unsure whether this was directed at Matt Hancock as well as civil servants. He wants to come back and be part of a fuller enquiry, so is something of a smoking gun. Interesting to see if this leads to any awkward questions for Johnson at today's PMQs. Hell hath no fury like a SPAD scorned?

He's a real Last Man Standing that Cummings. Playing everyone off against each other in the hopes he'll come out victorious. He's already publicly stated that the Tory party do not care about the NHS and do not care about poor people.
There's only one person Cummings cares about. Let's just hope in his latest guise, he does some good and damages this government.

 

[nicko31]

Downing Street’s new £2.6 million press briefing room with a link to Russia firm.

Nice...

https://www.tatler.com/article/new-downing-street-press-briefing-room-allegra-stratton

 

[Randy McNob]

 

[A1X]

Downing Street’s new £2.6 million press briefing room with a link to Russia firm.

Nice...

https://www.tatler.com/article/new-downing-street-press-briefing-room-allegra-stratton

Typical fake news from that quasi-communist rag *checks notes* Tatler

 

[Chicken Run]

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Speaking as a working class Tory voter, I have never felt like I was being shoed, whether the Government was Red, Blue or Green ( Coalition Colour) [emoji1745]

 

[nicko31]

Speaking as a working class Tory voter, I have never felt like I was being shoed, whether the Government was Red, Blue or Green ( Coalition Colour) [emoji1745]

If you think you are being shoed, just look over there someone is attacking a statue...

 

[Randy McNob]

Speaking as a working class Tory voter, I have never felt like I was being shoed, whether the Government was Red, Blue or Green ( Coalition Colour) [emoji1745]

OK great. Is there any part of the Tories you could point to where the country is better or your life has improved?

If you look at GDP we are all poorer since 2010 despite 10 years of austerity, what are the plusses?

 

[nicko31]

Sunday Times Deputy Editor reminds us we are where we are because Johnson locked down late, not once, not twice, but three times

https://twitter.com/GMB/status/1372088730702471168

But a large section of the public still think he's a great bloke?

#5thavenue

 

[Thunder Bolt]

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[Chicken Run]

OK great. Is there any part of the Tories you could point to where the country is better or your life has improved?

If you look at GDP we are all poorer since 2010 despite 10 years of austerity, what are the plusses?

My life has been the same since 1969 no better or worse, anything I’ve ever achieved has always been down to me and the effort I put in, during my life I’ve had 11 Prime Ministers, circa 26 years of Tory Government & circa 18 years of Labour.

At no time have I ever looked at the government and blamed them for any sufferings I might have had and I’ve had a few.

To answer your question the Government haven’t improved my life ever, nor do expect them too, I’ve taken responsibility for that and I can assure you I’m much better for it!

[emoji106]

 

[Randy McNob]

My life has been the same since 1969 no better or worse, anything I’ve ever achieved has always been down to me and the effort I put in, during my life I’ve had 11 Prime Ministers, circa 26 years of Tory Government & circa 18 years of Labour.

At no time have I ever looked at the government and blamed them for any sufferings I might have had and I’ve had a few.

To answer your question the Government haven’t improved my life ever, nor do expect them too, I’ve taken responsibility for that and I can assure you I’m much better for it!

[emoji106]

So you'll always vote Tory even though there's no specific reason? I respect your honest answer.

I think the worse times the UK has endured over the last 40 years have been when they have been in power and the best period was when they wasn't - just my opinion

 

[Chicken Run]

So you'll always vote Tory even though there's no specific reason? I respect your honest answer.

That’s a bold assumption

 

[Chicken Run]

I think the worse times the UK has endured over the last 40 years have been when they have been in power and the best period was when they wasn't - just my opinion

Well you do surprise me [emoji23]

Anyway what was it JFK once said

"ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

My bold assumption for the day is that statement doesn’t sit well with you.

 

[Baker lite]

My life has been the same since 1969 no better or worse, anything I’ve ever achieved has always been down to me and the effort I put in, during my life I’ve had 11 Prime Ministers, circa 26 years of Tory Government & circa 18 years of Labour.

At no time have I ever looked at the government and blamed them for any sufferings I might have had and I’ve had a few.

To answer your question the Government haven’t improved my life ever, nor do expect them too, I’ve taken responsibility for that and I can assure you I’m much better for it!

[emoji106]

Post of the month.
Far to many people look to the government of the day to apportion blame. I have never voted Tory in My life and almost certainly never will, that is my choice and no one else’s. I,along with millions of others I was conned into voting for Bliar in 97, never again. I voted leave in 2016 and Brexit party in 2019 local elections,spoiled my paper in the 2019 GE.
Much like yourself, all my achievements and failures have been mine, I own them, don’t look to blame anyone else and move on.


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[WATFORD zero]

Post of the month.
Far to many people look to the government of the day to apportion blame. I have never voted Tory in My life and almost certainly never will, that is my choice and no one else’s. I,along with millions of others I was conned into voting for Bliar in 97, never again. I voted leave in 2016 and Brexit party in 2019 local elections,spoiled my paper in the 2019 GE.
Much like yourself, all my achievements and failures have been mine, I own them, don’t look to blame anyone else and move on.


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Well yours, with a bit of help from Bob Crow and Mick Cash (and probably a few others along the way) to be pedantic. From the jobs that you have mentioned that you have done, you would never have negotiated any aspect of them, such as pay, working conditions or contracts.

They've all been unionised or/and public sector haven't they

 

[Guinness Boy]

My life has been the same since 1969 no better or worse, anything I’ve ever achieved has always been down to me and the effort I put in, during my life I’ve had 11 Prime Ministers, circa 26 years of Tory Government & circa 18 years of Labour.

At no time have I ever looked at the government and blamed them for any sufferings I might have had and I’ve had a few.

To answer your question the Government haven’t improved my life ever, nor do expect them too, I’ve taken responsibility for that and I can assure you I’m much better for it!

[emoji106]

Post of the month.
Far to many people look to the government of the day to apportion blame. I have never voted Tory in My life and almost certainly never will, that is my choice and no one else’s. I,along with millions of others I was conned into voting for Bliar in 97, never again. I voted leave in 2016 and Brexit party in 2019 local elections,spoiled my paper in the 2019 GE.
Much like yourself, all my achievements and failures have been mine, I own them, don’t look to blame anyone else and move on.


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Which only leaves me to wonder, if the government of the day make no difference to your lives, why you are all over these threads like a rash? Is it your position that you know better than the rest of us?

 

[vegster]

Which only leaves me to wonder, if the government of the day make no difference to your lives, why you are all over these threads like a rash? Is it your position that you know better than the rest of us?

Strange indeed!