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It should be noted among all this fearmongering that, although it may change in a couple of days, that we still haven't reached the positive tests number of 15th July, a few days before restrictions were completely relaxed - and this is despite 25% more testing right now. Also hospitalisations...

Taking measures that will definitely severely harm many sectors of the economy and the health/wellbeing of a large proportion of the population should not be based on "imperfect and incomplete" information. See the Iraq war decision which ultimately brought down the Blair government; many...

This is the problem. People have been conditioned to not realise how extraordinary these measures should be. Imagine if omicron was the first covid virus to break out. Ok we wouldn't have this obsessive testing nor the vaccines, so it wouldn't even be registered anyway, but even if we did...

This is plain wrong.

Overall I agree with you, but this change has happened in politics, and it is very much an industry of slogans and populism. My main reservations about ReformUK come from their Brexiteer background (I was a remainer), but they also seem to be the party with the most clout that has an...

Whilst the comment was flippant, I would hardly call the word 'pleb' an insult, as in ancient Rome 'plebian' meant pretty much anybody who wasn't the ruling classes. Therefore all of us are effecively plebs. #PlebAndProud :)

Yes I agree- nobody's going to go to a bar if they can't drink alcohol, so it effectively locks those buisnesses down without needing to give them compensation. Instead people will go to each other's houses and have parties there, which is much less regulated than letting people socialise in a...

But you miss the point about one issue parties - they will never form a government, but they spook the establishment enough to change their tune. As I said in my earlier post, UKIP was not going to be a serious governing party, but it enabled a large section of the populstion to sufficiently...

That's.... both hilarious and utterly ridiculous.

All countries have been taken off the red list today. Last minute flights to Cape Town for Christmas are £500...

Indeed. I think it could be considered that, by and large, people on this forum are well informed about politics, and actually know about alternatives such as Reform. I would anticipate a lot of those conservative voters polled publicly probably have always voted Conservative and currently...

Well some experts believe Omicron has been around in SA since September potentially. If that's true, then it really is nothing to worry about. Also note only 25% of SA is vaccinated.

I speak for myself here, but I would assume most of us who have said Reform in this know that what you say is true - but ultimately we realise there is a need to disrupt the arrogance of the two main parties, make them feel uncomfortable, and force change on the biggest issue we face right now...

This is one of the main flaws of democracy - politicians only think about the next election at most, not the long term. Same with many voters, to be honest.

I've been a lifelong Tory, and whilst I was not wanting Brexit, I stuck with them after that. But now I will never vote for them again. Labour are worse. Lib Dems were always my backup vote, but their stance on this has mostly been the very opposite of liberal. If there was an election...

About 1550 people died yesterday within 28 days of eating a potato. Let's ban these evil, deadly things!

I was agreeing with you.

Wasn't the banner he stood behind saying 'Stay Home > Protect The NHS > Save Lives'? I could be wrong, but that's the image I have in my head.

Boris has said now one person has died 'with' Omicron. If it wasn't 'of' Omicron, then why is it even mention-worthy?