I don't agree with his politics at all but certainly concur with your sentiments. Time to rise above all that. And of course, none of us knows when it will be our turn. Wishing him, and all others in the same boat, all the best.

Edited By Hopper on 07/04/2020 08:34:45

Agree wholeheartedly. But we must respect and adhere to the guidelines to get out of this mess.

it was Barnier wot done it, aided initially by the Chinese of course.

The Americans just didn't get it, (they never do!) but they have it now……..

wish Boris well

stay safe folks, especially us old Gits.

My thoughts exactly. This is no time for ' yah-boo ' politics, and I too wish him a full recovery…

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My Coronavirus letter from Her Majesty's Government arrived today, along with the latest Model Engineer and a flyer for a forthcoming show in Weymouth Pavilion. In May – I would be very surprised if that can go ahead, in only a few week's time.

An interesting point about our governmental system emerged in the News programme this afternoon, about the need to choose a deputy Prime Minister when the PM is ill; but the UK does not have a regular post of Deputy or Vice, PM. (Remember, anyone can fall seriously ill, and at any time, not just in a pandemic.)

Prefaced by the hoary old canard about our "not having a written Constitution", we learnt that the British Constitution is not a rigid set of procedures, so it gives the Government a degree of flexibility in such situations.

(Our Constitution IS written. Of course it is, but spread over a series of documents and Acts from Magna Carta onwards. Those who claim we don't are misled by countries like the USA, which was founded historically rapidly enough and recently enough to have enshrined practices brought by the settlers, in one paper.)

I thought you said don't get political

I think he's just trying to work a 16 hour day while fighting the virus, which you really can't do

So they've shoved him into the 'ospital to force him to rest up

Generally I think the government are doing reasonably well managing a difficult crisis, but the Cabinet deserves a good hard kick up the backside over the way they mishandled poor old Boris. In a situation where government decisions have to be trusted by the public, someone chose to lie about the seriousness of his illness. Lie.

Do politicians really suppose that any individual is so important that Britain will fall apart if he's known to be poorly? It's not true; even if the entire cabinet and all the MPs were hospitalised, the Executive will carry on, and could do so for years if necessary. In 2010 Belgium, hung politics meant politicians failed to form a government for almost 2 years (589 days). Not sure anybody noticed!

In China, a politician chose to hide the seriousness of Covid-19 when a doctor first tried to alert the authorities. It's the sort of stupid dishonesty expected of Communist dictatorships. Bad practice here too, especially as the PM being in Intensive Care could have been played positively. (See what happens when you ignore the separation rules at work!)

Dave

Well, that was an under-whelming response from the HoP !

Quite right. All Dictatorships!

Also agree it's difficult to characterise China's current Paramount Leader as a dictatorship. Life was so much easier when Mao-tse-tung and the Gang of Four were in charge!

Dave