Monkey's on the rope bridges ?It’s mad how opening up some piss poor fast food chains has caused mass hysteria. God help us when all the pie shops open. The worst is yet to come though. The re-opening of pubs will be like a scene out of jumanji.
Labour - sniping without alternative or constructive solutions proposed as usual. Whilst this time asking for polar opposite outcomes !
BBC :-
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham warned the PM risked a "fracturing of national unity" if he ignores regions.
And Labour's Sir Keir Starmer has blamed Mr Johnson for the way Wales and England has diverged on the easing of lockdown.
So - Burnham is whinging that he should be more able to manage his region (and per Sadiq has some options here, chosen not to take - specifically around transport) and SKS is whinging that the whole UK should be exactly the same. (When the law of the land allows devolved assemblies to make their own choices - thought he's "forensic" ?)
Guess the Labour "heavyweights" aren't talking to each other ?
Meanwhile in London Mr Khan is having a mare - not putting public transport on but heres a stealth congestion charge increase - oh dear
A grudgingly high score3/10
As previously posted, personally I was and am against lockdown easing and the govt announcement was poor last Sunday.
That said here's SKS again missing the point on this that "legally" the 4 nations have the power to decide for themselves
BBC :-
"The sooner, frankly, we get back to operating as four nations together the better," he said.
"I do think responsibility for that lies very largely with the prime minister, who I would have hoped could have got all the ducks in a row before he actually made his speech last Sunday," Sir Keir added.
So it's all down to Boris ?
Interestingly SKS avoids any criticism of his mates Nic and Mark even though they broke ranks and announced first .
Fact is Sturgeon would never be in agreement with the UK govt on anything, ever - purely on principle.
Is SKS continuing to be "helpful" or yet again sniping to score points ?
I let personal feelings get the better of me. Don't worry, it'll be pulled down to a "2" by the marking invigilators.A grudgingly high score
I’d be interested to hear Tones observations on how the Labour government in Wales has completely mismanagement this crisis.
To what specifically are you referring?
I'm not sure why he'd comment on it, o
1/10 - Conveniently avoided the point of why Burnham and SKS are asking for opposite actionsI think operating together, whilst differentiating between countries, and even regions, makes eminent sense. Johnson (as UK PM) should have co-ordinated with Sturgeon, Drakeford, (NI not so much given it's on a separate land mass) and even Burnham, Rotheram, etc before publicising his "plan". As it happens, the plan all seems based on the premise that, well, London's not too bad now, so let's kick on.
Wales and Scotland announcing first is maybe a reflection of the lack of engagement from London. I don't know. If, post engagement, Sturgeon wouldn't play ball, then surely that's ammunition for Johnson. Regardless, it doesn't excuse him for not considering the other regions of England.
As for SKS's "sniping", most of what you consider to be snipes are simply straightforward questions that deserve an answer:
- why was the advice re care homes still saying "no problem" up till 12th March?
- why have the international comparisons stopped at the briefing?
- why aren't we testing 100k people a day?
That Johnson/Raab got flustered by them is a reflection on them rather than Starmer, or the question itself.
No more an embarrassment for Labour than the whole of the UK for the Tories.Probably because it’s an embarrassment for the Labour Party. Then again, whilst he’s good at moaning he seems bereft of solutions so perhaps it’s best he keeps quiet and tends to his donkeys.
1/10 - Conveniently avoided the point of why Burnham and SKS are asking for opposite actions