gettafa Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Manx Radio - All Jersey residents are being given £100 each That'll do for me. Isle of Man can do better than that though, I'm sure 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 IoM Govt will be taking £100 off each resident. And that's just for starters... 4 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nom de plume Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Great idea! Fags & booze all round to compound an already horrendous looking NHS treatment backlog. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyWolf Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Crikey the yoof of today spend more than that on a night out in the big smoke already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 (edited) I does rather smack of desperation, as some of us pointed out some days ago. Malta tried a similar scheme, which seems to have turned out more expensive than forecast. But the simple fact is that the sectors they are directed to in those places, don't seem to need them on the Island. Something that those demanding we should be more like Jersey seem to be missing. (I assume no one is daft enough to say we should be more like Malta: who pretty much defined how to make your second wave worse than your first) Edited September 9, 2020 by Roger Mexico Add link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: (I assume no one is daft enough to say we should be more like Malta: who pretty much defined how to make your second wave worse than your first) Malta still has less deaths than us (14 which is still 10 less in total than us) for a population of around 400,000 people so what’s it getting so wrong? So their first and second wave combined is still not as bad us for fatalities. Edited September 9, 2020 by thesultanofsheight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Flint Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Pfft! Japan gave everyone there seven hundred quid! Even foreign nationals working there on a visa. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Yes but they have a national debt two & a half times GDP and really know how to make money work for the nation as a whole Here it will be grants for landowners to help them get by 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 11 minutes ago, thesultanofsheight said: Malta still has less deaths than us (14 which is still 10 less in total than us) for a population of around 400,000 people so what’s it getting so wrong? So their first and second wave combined is still not as bad us for fatalities. Our deaths were rather unlucky though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 37 minutes ago, GreyWolf said: Crikey the yoof of today spend more than that on a night out in the big smoke already. I should think so too. I used to spend more than that on a night out 20 years ago. Its reassuring in a way that perhaps there is still hope for the new generation. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 18 minutes ago, thesultanofsheight said: Malta still has less deaths than us (14 which is still 10 less in total than us) for a population of around 400,000 people so what’s it getting so wrong? So their first and second wave combined is still not as bad us for fatalities. People can't keep telling us that somehow our deaths don't count because they were mostly at Abbotswood and then saying they matter because they were more than other countries'. Actually five of Malta's already relate to the most recent wave (as you know there's always a lag) and they actually had fewer cases per head than we did in the first one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I look back through the COVID thread and some of the suggestions that lockdown could be a starting point for an economic reset and a fairer way in how we did things, Universal Basic Income for all etc etc. Chances of it happening? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 45 minutes ago, GreyWolf said: Crikey the yoof of today spend more than that on a night out in the big smoke already. People spent more than that each weekend night in Douglas 15- 20 years ago, when times were different to today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Ni 3 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: I look back through the COVID thread and some of the suggestions that lockdown could be a starting point for an economic reset and a fairer way in how we did things, Universal Basic Income for all etc etc. Chances of it happening? Nil! sadly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: I look back through the COVID thread and some of the suggestions that lockdown could be a starting point for an economic reset and a fairer way in how we did things, Universal Basic Income for all etc etc. Chances of it happening? I’m pretty sure that those take aways and restaurants that changed to deliveries, will do well as they have expanded their client / customer base. We have learned that buying local is important to the economy. Downside, is that we all realised how good Amazon is. Edited September 9, 2020 by dilligaf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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