poker news
blondepedia
card room
tournament schedule
uk results
galleries
Welcome,
Guest
. Please
login
or
register
.
May 21, 2024, 06:40:26 PM
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Login with username, password and session length
Search:
Advanced search
Order through Amazon and help blonde Poker
2272713
Posts in
66756
Topics by
16723
Members
Latest Member:
callpri
blonde poker forum
Community Forums
The Lounge
COVID19
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
« previous
next »
Pages:
1
...
125
126
127
128
[
129
]
130
131
132
133
...
305
Author
Topic: COVID19 (Read 365088 times)
kukushkin88
Hero Member
Offline
Posts: 3892
Re: COVID19
«
Reply #1920 on:
May 01, 2020, 05:48:28 PM »
Quote from: Marky147 on May 01, 2020, 05:45:31 PM
Quote from: kukushkin88 on May 01, 2020, 05:36:40 PM
The bragging has got a bit much. Sam Coates just shredded him.
https://twitter.com/10downingstreet/status/1245820428020584450?s=21
That's a tweet from April 2nd, kuku.
Evening mate
It’s because it confirms they were aiming for 100,000 people tested, not 100,000 tests.
Logged
Marky147
Hero Member
Offline
Posts: 22798
Re: COVID19
«
Reply #1921 on:
May 01, 2020, 05:58:22 PM »
Definitely seems worth bringing up.
Maybe I'm too apathetic, though.
Logged
Burning $$$ in Vegas 2021
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=68840.0
Jon MW
Hero Member
Offline
Posts: 6191
Re: COVID19
«
Reply #1922 on:
May 01, 2020, 06:03:35 PM »
Quote from: TightEnd on May 01, 2020, 05:19:06 PM
they include tests sent out in the post but not returned yet.
Obviously it was an ambitious target, and there has been a big ramp up in testing
the actual "reaching the target" is a bit smoke and mirrors though for PR purposes
The setting the target to start with was for PR so it's not too big a surprise that the meeting the target is all about PR as well.
Although I suppose it would have got a bit tedious if the government had announced that their target for testing was "as much as possible", followed by journalists asking "but how many tests are you aiming for?" every single day and the government replying "as much as possible to it". At least this gamified it a bit
Logged
Jon "the British cowboy" Woodfield
2011 blonde MTT League August Champion
2011 UK Team Championships: Black Belt Poker Team Captain - - runners up - -
5 Star HORSE Classic - 2007 Razz Champion
2007 WSOP Razz - 13/341
kukushkin88
Hero Member
Offline
Posts: 3892
Re: COVID19
«
Reply #1923 on:
May 01, 2020, 06:18:54 PM »
Quote from: Marky147 on May 01, 2020, 05:58:22 PM
Definitely seems worth bringing up.
Maybe I'm too apathetic, though.
You might have noticed that dishonest politicians is one of my things 😉? Great that they’re doing a lot more tests though, hopefully the start of some real progress.
Logged
kukushkin88
Hero Member
Offline
Posts: 3892
Re: COVID19
«
Reply #1924 on:
May 01, 2020, 08:56:23 PM »
Early indications that them missing the target will get more balanced/accurate coverage overseas:
https://twitter.com/billneelynbc/status/1256265426935431169?s=21
Logged
Marky147
Hero Member
Offline
Posts: 22798
Re: COVID19
«
Reply #1925 on:
May 01, 2020, 10:49:15 PM »
They're all dishonest, but you seem to have a special affinity for anything the current gov do.
I'm not a Tory, but it even gets tiresome for me
Logged
Burning $$$ in Vegas 2021
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=68840.0
arbboy
Hero Member
Offline
Posts: 13285
Re: COVID19
«
Reply #1926 on:
May 01, 2020, 11:28:20 PM »
They set the number far too low. They gagged up on the bridle. 25000 in hand. Should have made it a quarter of a millball and made the government put a shift in the last month. Give them a proper challenge. Typical government setting tiny targets which were a piece of cake to reach and taking all the credit.
Logged
youthnkzR
Hero Member
Offline
Posts: 2406
Re: COVID19
«
Reply #1927 on:
May 02, 2020, 05:07:37 AM »
Quote from: kukushkin88 on May 01, 2020, 08:56:23 PM
Borris Johnson
Killed. His. Country
Whacked 'em
Logged
kukushkin88
Hero Member
Offline
Posts: 3892
Re: COVID19
«
Reply #1928 on:
May 02, 2020, 09:04:02 AM »
Quote from: youthnkzR on May 02, 2020, 05:07:37 AM
Quote from: kukushkin88 on May 01, 2020, 08:56:23 PM
Borris Johnson
Killed. His. Country
Whacked 'em
I didn’t write any of those words, of course. Can someone delete that?
Logged
kukushkin88
Hero Member
Offline
Posts: 3892
Re: COVID19
«
Reply #1929 on:
May 02, 2020, 09:11:14 AM »
Quote from: Marky147 on May 01, 2020, 10:49:15 PM
They're all dishonest, but you seem to have a special affinity for anything the current gov do.
I'm not a Tory, but it even gets tiresome for me
I thought that the fact that they missed their target and lied about it would merit discussion, no worries if that’s not the consensus view. You don’t seemed so worried when Trump is criticised for doing it.
«
Last Edit: May 02, 2020, 09:21:18 AM by kukushkin88
»
Logged
Pokerpops
Hero Member
Offline
Posts: 1431
Re: COVID19
«
Reply #1930 on:
May 02, 2020, 09:59:48 AM »
Quote from: kukushkin88 on May 02, 2020, 09:11:14 AM
Quote from: Marky147 on May 01, 2020, 10:49:15 PM
They're all dishonest, but you seem to have a special affinity for anything the current gov do.
I'm not a Tory, but it even gets tiresome for me
I thought that the fact that they missed their target and lied about it would merit discussion, no worries if that’s not the consensus view. You don’t seemed so worried when Trump is criticised for doing it.
The only people fretting about whether or not 100,000 tests were done on Thursday are those who want to make political or personal capital from it. It makes sense for each side to fudge the numbers in some way or another, but for most of us the fact that we are now testing at a rate that is close to 100,000 a day is impressive in itself.
Logged
"More than at any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly."
kukushkin88
Hero Member
Offline
Posts: 3892
Re: COVID19
«
Reply #1931 on:
May 02, 2020, 10:08:36 AM »
Quote from: Pokerpops on May 02, 2020, 09:59:48 AM
Quote from: kukushkin88 on May 02, 2020, 09:11:14 AM
Quote from: Marky147 on May 01, 2020, 10:49:15 PM
They're all dishonest, but you seem to have a special affinity for anything the current gov do.
I'm not a Tory, but it even gets tiresome for me
I thought that the fact that they missed their target and lied about it would merit discussion, no worries if that’s not the consensus view. You don’t seemed so worried when Trump is criticised for doing it.
The only people fretting about whether or not 100,000 tests were done on Thursday are those who want to make political or personal capital from it. It makes sense for each side to fudge the numbers in some way or another, but for most of us the fact that we are now testing at a rate that is close to 100,000 a day is impressive in itself.
Every single Conservative MP that I follow is tweeting about it. There’s absolutely no fudging at all needed to see that they missed it by a very long way.
Logged
Jon MW
Hero Member
Offline
Posts: 6191
Re: COVID19
«
Reply #1932 on:
May 02, 2020, 10:29:26 AM »
Quote from: kukushkin88 on May 02, 2020, 10:08:36 AM
Quote from: Pokerpops on May 02, 2020, 09:59:48 AM
Quote from: kukushkin88 on May 02, 2020, 09:11:14 AM
Quote from: Marky147 on May 01, 2020, 10:49:15 PM
They're all dishonest, but you seem to have a special affinity for anything the current gov do.
I'm not a Tory, but it even gets tiresome for me
I thought that the fact that they missed their target and lied about it would merit discussion, no worries if that’s not the consensus view. You don’t seemed so worried when Trump is criticised for doing it.
The only people fretting about whether or not 100,000 tests were done on Thursday are those who want to make political or personal capital from it. It makes sense for each side to fudge the numbers in some way or another, but for most of us the fact that we are now testing at a rate that is close to 100,000 a day is impressive in itself.
Every single Conservative MP that I follow is tweeting about it. There’s absolutely no fudging at all needed to see that they missed it by a very long way.
Why are you following Conservative MPs on twitter?
Logged
Jon "the British cowboy" Woodfield
2011 blonde MTT League August Champion
2011 UK Team Championships: Black Belt Poker Team Captain - - runners up - -
5 Star HORSE Classic - 2007 Razz Champion
2007 WSOP Razz - 13/341
kukushkin88
Hero Member
Offline
Posts: 3892
Re: COVID19
«
Reply #1933 on:
May 02, 2020, 10:31:27 AM »
Quote from: kukushkin88 on May 02, 2020, 10:08:36 AM
Quote from: Pokerpops on May 02, 2020, 09:59:48 AM
Quote from: kukushkin88 on May 02, 2020, 09:11:14 AM
Quote from: Marky147 on May 01, 2020, 10:49:15 PM
They're all dishonest, but you seem to have a special affinity for anything the current gov do.
I'm not a Tory, but it even gets tiresome for me
I thought that the fact that they missed their target and lied about it would merit discussion, no worries if that’s not the consensus view. You don’t seemed so worried when Trump is criticised for doing it.
The only people fretting about whether or not 100,000 tests were done on Thursday are those who want to make political or personal capital from it. It makes sense for each side to fudge the numbers in some way or another, but for most of us the fact that we are now testing at a rate that is close to 100,000 a day is impressive in itself.
Every single Conservative MP that I follow is tweeting about it. There’s absolutely no fudging at all needed to see that they missed it by a very long way.
It’s not only a propaganda issue either. It compromises accurate record keeping of the testing process going forward. There’ll be thousands of tests that will never be seen again, not easy to account for these going forward. Will they be subtracted out of the total number, if so when and what will that decision be based on?
Logged
Jon MW
Hero Member
Offline
Posts: 6191
Re: COVID19
«
Reply #1934 on:
May 02, 2020, 10:34:15 AM »
And as I alluded to before the 100,000 doesn't
mean
anything.
It's not quite as random a figure as Blairs 50% should go to university but it still never related to any diagnostic standard or capability.
If the government had said we aim to reach 80,000 a day by the end of April does anybody think the government critics would be saying well done at this point?
Logged
Jon "the British cowboy" Woodfield
2011 blonde MTT League August Champion
2011 UK Team Championships: Black Belt Poker Team Captain - - runners up - -
5 Star HORSE Classic - 2007 Razz Champion
2007 WSOP Razz - 13/341
Pages:
1
...
125
126
127
128
[
129
]
130
131
132
133
...
305
« previous
next »
Jump to:
Please select a destination:
-----------------------------
Poker Forums
-----------------------------
=> The Rail
===> past blonde Bashes
===> Best of blonde
=> Diaries and Blogs
=> Live Tournament Updates
=> Live poker
===> Live Tournament Staking
=> Internet Poker
===> Online Tournament Staking
=> Poker Hand Analysis
===> Learning Centre
-----------------------------
Community Forums
-----------------------------
=> The Lounge
=> Betting Tips and Sport Discussion
Loading...