pongo 4,931 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Most of Europe is tightening border restrictions at the moment too. I wonder whether during WW2 people moaned that the blackout and travel restrictions were impacting business. Apart from a few spivs perhaps (all though to be honest - they were probably smart enough to make their own opportunities). Imagine if the War Cabinet had needed to answer to idiots on Facebook second guessing every decision - or conspiracy idiots arguing that the whole thing was hoax or that people were being deliberately frightened. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gladys 9,001 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 7 minutes ago, Tricky said: No, they don't need to be open at all, as it doesn't make a difference. What has happened, has happened. OK, that is your opinion. It will make a difference but you don't see that as important. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTeapot 11,493 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 It's a deeply weird take. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nom de plume 1,691 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 2 hours ago, pongo said: Do you seriously believe that Covid is just a scare / hoax? That it's them? And who are they? And why? Perhaps it's you who should put the pipe down Or are you just pretending to sound like the crazies? I’ve never said it was a hoax, ever. The prevention (or lack of it) & consequences have proved more costly than the cure (which there isn’t). Its been managed atrociously worldwide & I still can’t work out why they won’t present the data so the public can form their own opinions. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snowman 333 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 hour ago, Numbnuts said: It was worse than that . 400 guests at a Jewish wedding held at a school where the head had died last year from Covid . They just dont get it for whatever reason Wasn't 400 It was 150 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
manxst 791 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 3 minutes ago, snowman said: Wasn't 400 It was 150 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-london-55764673 it was originally given as 400. But it really doesn’t matter which, does it? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pongo 4,931 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Nom de plume said: I’ve never said it was a hoax, ever. And yet you deliberately choose to say that they (them again) "ramp up the rhetoric" to "scare people". Clearly implying a hoax. But when challenged to be specific about who they are or why you wind your neck back in again and play the reasonable guy. And you've done this over and over. Why not just be honest? Who are "they" (your words) ? And why are they doing it? Why won't you answer this? Edited January 22 by pongo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
horatiotheturd 879 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 53 minutes ago, Tricky said: No, they don't need to be open at all, as it doesn't make a difference. What has happened, has happened. Do you not think they need to be open about our way forward? If I was planning to move a business here I would want to know the plan. Because I live here I want to know the plan. We can't just bumble from month to month, there needs to be a clear road map. They did have a plan for when we went back into lockdown but didn't bother following it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
horatiotheturd 879 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 21 minutes ago, snowman said: Wasn't 400 It was 150 The one I heard on the news today was 400. £10K fine for the happy couple Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pongo 4,931 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Just now, horatiotheturd said: If I was planning to move a business here I would want to know the plan. Why? This thing will be over sooner or later. But nobody serious is making ultra short term plans. Your choice to move a business here will be about the years ahead. Not the months ahead. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pongo 4,931 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 And nobody not serious matters anyhow. For the most part the IOM is showing that it's a great place to be based. Assuming you are in the sort of business which is mostly remote. If you want to drive up and down the M6 selling the business equivalent of double glazing then probably best not be based here. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
horatiotheturd 879 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 5 minutes ago, pongo said: Why? This thing will be over sooner or later. But nobody serious is making ultra short term plans. Your choice to move a business here will be about the years ahead. Not the months ahead. Wrong Lpads of business have halted plans to move here. Good luck attracting staff with no clear pathway on borders. People who moved here have gone back again. People don't want to be cut off from family and friends. Just look at the issues with teachers and nurses, the same applies everywhere Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pongo 4,931 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 minute ago, horatiotheturd said: Just look at the issues with teachers and nurses, the same applies everywhere short term and will be quickly forgotten All normals know that the current restrictions are temporary. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pongo 4,931 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Most people's relatives will be happy and pleased that they are safely somewhere relatively Covid free compared with the UK. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Believer 13,312 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Just now, pongo said: short term and will be quickly forgotten All normals know that the current restrictions are temporary. Surely for most normals this is their first experience of such an occasion? How will they know? And what's the definition of temporary? The nearest comparison to these conditions would be the World Wars. And those who went through that wouldn't know it was temporary until they respectively ended in 1918 or 1945. Five odd years on each occasion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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