I dont have an issue personally as long as its ended by May 1st for example. Get the vulnerable, front line workers and teachers vaccinated etc by then, if possible.

Too many anti-vaxxers still around.

We know one such family.  Told them not to come round ours without having been vaccinated once lockdown fully ends.

Subbax wrote:

I'm not going out for at least 2 months after lockdown ends.  Fuck that.

Might go round the in-laws for beers and bbq but the general public?  No thanks.

If you've had your double vaccine shot then you should be ok.

I remember some quite serious disagreements on here about the White Helmet lot. Just read this:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-56126016

Yes, BBC. But it's still quite convincing and chimes with others things I've read about the WH org and Mayday Rescue. What was the real evidence that the WH were insurgent Jihadists and JlM was a western spy stooge / agent provocateur / not just someone trying their best to help people?

b0r1s wrote:

Too many anti-vaxxers still around. We know one such family.

I really don't get these people.

I do. My Mum works with the Muslim community in Bradford and the distrust of a seemingly endless succession of racist goverments combined with the dereliction of Northern towns and the associated poverty that brings means that marginalisation equates to barely living in the same country some of us do. Most are coming around but it's really only because they are listening to the Mosque, some of the young 'uns or family members working in the NHS. It's not just BAME communities, you can see similar distrust in white care home workers. The only common thread is being poor but it's not exclusive. There are non-poor too but they are the least part of the anti-vax lot by some margin.

The Irish Times with one hell of a lede.

Having a monarchy next door is a little like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and has daubed their house with clown murals, displays clown dolls in each window and has an insatiable desire to hear about and discuss clown-related news stories. More specifically, for the Irish, it’s like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and, also, your grandfather was murdered by a clown.

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/harry-and-meghan-the-union-of-two-great-houses-the-windsors-and-the-celebrities-is-complete-1.4504502

So some good has come from all of this then.

I really hope that channel sinks but I’ve got the feeling they are going to have a big enough audience.

Morgan will sign up to one of the two new right-wing news channels that are setting up. He’ll get a fucking huge signing cheque for doing so. It doesn’t really matter whether it’s then successful or not, from his point of view he’s a bigger brand than the channel.

I’ve always been of the opinion that Morgan isn’t actually right wing at all, rather a contrarian to whatever point he’s currently involved in discussing, interviewing or shouting at?  Pretty sure he’s fairly cunty to both sides as long as he thinks he’s coming off as being the Voice of the People or some such.

Just seen Morgan storming off GMB.
It did feel rather staged/forced. I reckon the weatherman is genuine but Morgan has engineered an out for whatever reason, most likely a contract at said new channel.

Him quitting GMB a couple of days after Farage steps down from politics. Something is up.

I reckon it’s complete fakery. I’ve never heard of this Alex chap and he comes running down to the ring out of nowhere with a chair to smash the heel champion Piers Morgan. Please.

yourfavouriteuncle wrote:

I’ve always been of the opinion that Morgan isn’t actually right wing at all, rather a contrarian to whatever point he’s currently involved in discussing, interviewing or shouting at?  Pretty sure he’s fairly cunty to both sides as long as he thinks he’s coming off as being the Voice of the People or some such.

Yeah, I think this is more on the nail. Remember his wonderful segment with Alex Jones? He has also had issues with everyones fav, Ben Shapiro. 

I guess he is right wing in the UK but was seen as more leftist in the states.

40k is a lot.

Ian Hislop told an amusing story on one of the Private Eye podcasts about how Morgan, while editor of whatever shitrag he ran, spent shitloads on getting staff to dig for dirt on Hislop (including raking through his bins) so that he could get payback for stuff Private Eye had published.  He found nothing because, as Hislop explained, his personal life is very boring.