Tag: Pandemic
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F You 2021…
Well screw you 2021, you gave us two new Coronavirus variants, a bunch of nutballs in the form of anti-vaxxers and now you have taken Betty White from us on the very last day. We knew you had a trick up your sleeve, but even we didn’t expect it to be this shit. So 2022, […]
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The Cowardly Lion
In a normal, well run country, any Prime Minister would have sacked Matt Hancock for the scandal of his extra marital affair and his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. But this is not a normal, well run country and we have Boris Johnson as our Prime Minister so it was bound to […]
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The 1 percent
Healthcare unions have denounced the 1 percent pay increase for NHS staff. The recommendation by the Department for Health and Social Care to the NHS pay review body comes after a year of unprecedented pressure for the service and its workers. 1 percent, 1 fucking percent! It’s almost as though the government have thought ‘You […]
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The Bare Necessities
Some branches of Tesco in Wales have come under fire after it was found they had cordoned off sections which they had deemed non essential. Among the items placed off limits by the supermarket chain were sanitary products and baby milk. Customers took to social media to air their complaints, with one commentator tweeting: “I’m […]
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A Tory Proposal
As the government continues to battle the fall out of the free school meals vote, ministers have turned local Conservative associations to find alternative resolutions to the problem of feeding poorer children during the school holidays. The exercise in trying to find different solutions no matter how outlandish has led to a deluge of suggestions […]
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Sage non-advice
The Government has come under fire for ignoring scientific advice and following its own Coronavirus pandemic plan. After announcing on Monday that a three tier system will be put into place across the UK from Wednesday which will determine the levels restrictions according to severity, the minutes of a SAGE held in September was released […]
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Virtually Impossible
Donald Trump has ruled out taking part in a virtual debate with Presidential rival Joe Biden after testing positive and being hospitalised with Coronavirus. Trump dismissed the proposed virtual debate structure calling them, ‘ridiculous’, and has instead decided to hold an in person rally in Florida even though he is likely to still be infectious. […]
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The Arts: Cancelled!
Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has been accused of ‘turning a deaf ear’ to the culture sector after announcing a programme of job protection measures which many say will not help those within the arts. The measures include a scheme to top the wages of salaried workers and extend the self employed income support scheme at a […]
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Know Your Place Peasent!
The haunted overcoat that is Tory MP, Jacob Rees-Mogg, has described the concerns of those unable to get tested for COVID-19 as ‘endless carping’. Victorian throwback, Rees-Mogg, told Parliament this week that people should instead be celebrating the administration in establishing a testing system. Celebrating what exactly? A system which is crippled under its own […]
Nicola Gale 