Bob The Badger

I have a strong dislike for Cummings and I'm sure he is vindictive, but people in government rarely take out against government whilst they're in government, no matter what they thought/think at the time.
We can remember people like Michael Heseltine and John Nott (if you're old enough) because grand gestures and resignations like that are so rare.
Even opponents of Trump like Mattis, Tillerson and Cohen waited until they were on the outside before speaking up.

Once you do speak out you lose your influence, so 99% of people in politics prefer to stay quiet and try to make changes from the inside.
Even Obama spoke of the need to sometimes just keep your mouth shut.
That sounds like it should be true, but from the news reports I have read, it isn't.
I've only followed the BBC and The Guardian and they have just been reporting what Cummings has been saying.
In fact, that is pretty much what the BBC always do to the chagrin of right and left.

I never heard them say Cummings was lying then, and I have never heard them say he is being truthful now - they're just reporting.
They reported what he said then and they are reporting what he says now.
Lots of people took what was reported at the time and thought Cummings was clearly lying - me included - but I don't remember the media spending months telling us Cummings was lying then any more than they are telling us what he is saying is gospel now.
It just feels that way because of what other people say about the media.

All well and good, but since we showed them Europeans how to get vaccine supplies, I have been struggling to get wood.
 
 
* and some other building materials.

From the chief sports writer at the Tomes, Martin Zeigler,
For all you football fans out there - Helen McNamara who said 'I think we're absolutely ******' is the Premier League's new No 2!
 

Cummings is an utter tool, but he's coming across as incredibly plausible and this is devastating for Johnson.
And other than his conversations he has agreed to back everything up with documentation. 
Up until the vaccine I though BJ had done a horrible job.
It was much worse than that.

Without wanting to get to political and despite playing his role down Dominic Cummings is a very clever man. 
Labour are on their knees at the moment and offer zero political opposition - has there ever been a better time to 'air the covid laundry' than now?   
Get it all out there, apologise, sack a few underlings then move on and forget about it all whilst the opposition are sinking faster than the Titanic and despite all the usual Tory sleaze they appear more popular than ever ? 

Yes, serious.
No worries, no offence taken.

@BucksRam - seasons 3 - 5 are still very good, it's just that I found Escobar really chilling in compelling in seasons 1 and 2. And yeh I loved the way they weaved real footage in too.  The acting in all of the seaosns is really top notch.
I also love the way they when they get into the Mexican cartel they start to weave the Cali cartel back into the story line because a lot of this was going on concurrently and the Mexicans were buying from the Colombians.
@Wolfie
American TV did a remake of that and rather surprisingly for foreign remakes it was excellent. Very noirish and great acting from the lead woman and the dude who was in Robocop and Altered Carbon.
For anybody who prefers not to bother with subtitles, then I'd go for this and it's on Netflix (I think).
 

That's a shame. Were you watching it on All4? Do you come across that issue very often? 

Whisper it quietly, but Gomorrah may even be better than Breaking Bad and Peaky Blinders.

I'd also have Narcos up there, especially the first two seasons about Escobar, utterly outstanding.

Good time to binge Gomorrah @BucksRam as they just wrapped up filiming for season 5 coming this autumn. 
https://www.skygroup.sky/article/first-look-at-gomorrahs-fifth-and-final-season
 

How predictable - a veiled anti-Mel rant from Jourdan. Must be a day with a 'd' in it.

Is that our back three?

Even if it adds nothing to the P&S column to please the EFL, think of all the hospitality staff at the club who haven’t been able to work for over a year now, the suppliers, events team, ticket staff. 
Which ever account this money goes into, with little to no revenue for over a year, would be a great way to put a few quid back in to the club whilst also being able to step back in Pride Park.
Never intended to suggest that buying a table would allow Rooney to buy a striker.

Yeh I can see why Disney would be showing it!
Just say yes kids!

I’ve just finished the 1st season after completely forgetting about it when it first came out. It’s also on Disney+ of all places lol. 

4 seasons behind, but just getting into Snowfall.
On iPlayer, it's a look at the US coke scene in 1983 that is going to turn into the US crack scene rather shortly it would seem.
It's also looking at the US funding (with money from drug sales) of the Nicaraguan contras - or at least that's what I presume it is because they h mentioned them, or the country, by name yet.
I know there was a woman who was a serious player in LA back then and I'm wondering (4 episodes in) if the character they have is based on her because it's unusual to have a woman 'boss' like that.
Really well acted with some lovely dark humour, and I like the 40 minute or so long episodes. 
Expecting big things.

Sorry, somebody hacked my account above.
How long you say?
Well, obviously it's only usually about 10 days and we give them growth hormone to stimulate white cell production. We recommend that they have the vaccine before a chemo cycle.
None of the above was copy and pasted from Facebook Messenger, it's just what I knew.  

You're presuming I know what I'm talking about and not just regurgitating something my wife told me.
I just messaged her said 'Help I'm in a conversation and out of my depth, can you bail me out and make me look smart?'
Sadly and selfishly I can only presume she's dealing with oncology patients so hasn't responded yet.
I'll get back to you.
 

Sorry, somebody hacked my account above.
How long you say?
Well, obviously it's only usually about 10 days and we give them growth hormone to stimulate white cell production. We recommend that they have the vaccine before a chemo cycle.
None of the above was copy and pasted from Facebook Messenger, it's just what I knew.  

I just saw there is a new season of The Kominsky Method.
It took me a while to get into this, but when I did I loved it. Very funny.
 
 

On the strength of recent  posts , I've just been on the main NHS online covid booking thingy, cancelled my 2nd appointment (10th June) and am now re-booked in for tomorrow teatime.
Similarly, I've done the same for Muckerette, (with her permission, of course!) who was booked for Sat 29/5, but is now in 5 mins after me, tomorrow teatime.  Both at Derby Arena.
The only difference is that Muckerette was originally booked through Swiftqueue, not the NHS site, so as it stands, there's no mention of an actual cancellation (of that 29/5 booking).  She'll sort that after she's had her jab tomorrow. 
(Doing this via the NHS website, after entering Muckerette's details, it appeared they didn't know her covid jab history, but as we completed the process, the appointment does indeed confirm it is for her 2nd jab)
 
Massive thanks for the heads up, from @RoyMac5 and @Bob The Badger.  I owe you both a swift half!
...Yes... one each)!  :-)  

Sorry, somebody hacked my account above.
How long you say?
Well, obviously it's only usually about 10 days and we give them growth hormone to stimulate white cell production. We recommend that they have the vaccine before a chemo cycle.
None of the above was copy and pasted from Facebook Messenger, it's just what I knew.  

You're presuming I know what I'm talking about and not just regurgitating something my wife told me.
I just messaged her said 'Help I'm in a conversation and out of my depth, can you bail me out and make me look smart?'
Sadly and selfishly I can only presume she's dealing with oncology patients so hasn't responded yet.
I'll get back to you.
 

Sorry, somebody hacked my account above.
How long you say?
Well, obviously it's only usually about 10 days and we give them growth hormone to stimulate white cell production. We recommend that they have the vaccine before a chemo cycle.
None of the above was copy and pasted from Facebook Messenger, it's just what I knew.  

You're presuming I know what I'm talking about and not just regurgitating something my wife told me.
I just messaged her said 'Help I'm in a conversation and out of my depth, can you bail me out and make me look smart?'
Sadly and selfishly I can only presume she's dealing with oncology patients so hasn't responded yet.
I'll get back to you.
 

Ah, I misinterpreted your original post slightly.
When you said 'People will literally die', I assumed you meant as a result of loosening the restrictions, in which case the extreme example served a point.
I now realise you meant certain people will die if given the vaccine.