Sinn Fein? They have gone away, you know.

Started by Trevor Hill, January 18, 2010, 12:28:52 AM

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Evil Genius

Quote from: Snapchap on June 10, 2020, 03:10:39 PM
Quote from: RedHand88 on June 10, 2020, 12:49:19 PM
Quote from: Sportacus on June 10, 2020, 12:30:11 PM
Conor Murphy - "The reason we had to go into lockdown, and people should understand this, is because the health service has been under-resourced through austerity cuts over many years" - like what is that even about.

Whats he on about. Sure every country in the western world was in lockdown.

Sweden wasn't. Their deaths stand at around 4,500
and their GDP grew by 0.4%.
There is a lot of misinformation floating around re. Sweden.

Yes it's true their govt didn't impose a lockdown, but they still advised voluntary self-isolation, which many Swedes complied with. Plus they introduced some other measures, such as banning gatherings of more than 50 people.

Anyhow, as of April 19th,if  Sweden's infection rate was only slightly higher than that of its Scandinavian neighbours, this may be misleading, since they weren't testing so many people. Moreover, their infection rate at that stage was rising quicker than other Scandinavian countries.

Most worrying of all is that Sweden's confirmed deaths to confirmed cases ratio is more than twice as high as Denmark's and more than five times higher than Norways:
Sweden: 10.93%

Denmark: 4.78%

Norway: 2.12%.

Apparently the above ratio is not so instructive as the overall ratio of covid deaths per million of population, but here too Sweden fares much worse than the other two:
Sweden: 149.61

Denmark: 59.74

Norway: 27.3

Anyhow, since it dates from mid-April, a lot might have changed since then, for better or worse. But I quote the above to illustrate just how dangerous it is to make general comparisons without drilling down much deeper to establish a more complete picture.

(The above stats were taken from this fact-checking article: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/28/facebook-posts/sweden-mostly-open-has-higher-covid-19-death-rate-/ )



"If you come in here again, you'd better bring guns"
"We don't need guns"
"Yes you fuckin' do"

screenexile

Sweden also in the top 5 in the world for deaths per 1m population so hardly the shining light to hold up to the rest of the world!!

trailer


Rossfan

SF proposing (in the 26)  that every adult get a €200 voucher and every child a €100 one to be spent in the Hospitality/Tourism sector.
Pearse Doherty says they are ready to talk to "change" parties to try and form a "left led" Government if the Greens reject going in with FF/FG.
He's hoping someone (FF presumably) will allow this with a Confidence and Supply arrangement.
Davy's given us a dream to cling to
We're going to bring home the SAM

BennyCake


Main Street

Quote from: BennyCake on June 23, 2020, 05:36:34 PM
Quote from: trailer on June 23, 2020, 01:03:05 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-53144900

If we can't get our way then everyone will suffer.

Useless bastards, the lot of them.
Are some families so poor in NI that they need to have free meals provided in schools?
Or is it that parents forget to feed their kids?
In the meantime is it not possible for parents to either make a sandwich or two,  or instruct their kid how to make a sandwich?

Main Street

Quote from: hardstation on June 25, 2020, 10:41:53 PM
Yes, apparently poverty is a real thing.
Such poverty as in families cannot afford to provide their kids with a sandwich?

Main Street

Quote from: hardstation on June 25, 2020, 10:51:57 PM
Yes.
Not just some families with special needs but all families cannot afford to feed their kids?
It's hard to credit that a family with an income of over 20k p/a cannot afford to feed their children?

Why not just have a system to support those families in need who out of their circumstances cannot afford to feed their children?

Main Street

#6218
Quote from: hardstation on June 25, 2020, 11:09:56 PM
I'm not sure I follow. Not every family gets free school meals. It is means tested.
Fair enough,
It read it as if all school kids were provided with free meals, mea culpa.

RedHand88

Very big crowd at Bobby Storeys funeral. This will give free reign to loyalists to do what they want on the 12th.

Jeepers Creepers

Quote from: RedHand88 on June 30, 2020, 12:59:14 PM
Very big crowd at Bobby Storeys funeral. This will give free reign to loyalists to do what they want on the 12th.

Sam McBride having some pop at Michelle over todays funeral.

Dire Ear

Quote from: hardstation on June 30, 2020, 01:38:31 PM
Quote from: RedHand88 on June 30, 2020, 12:59:14 PM
Very big crowd at Bobby Storeys funeral. This will give free reign to loyalists to do what they want on the 12th.
Wow, that'll be something different!

;D ;D ;D ;D 8)

trailer

Are all the travel restrictions lifted in the ROI? It was always going to be difficult to manage numbers but SF didn't even appear to try?

screenexile

Quote from: trailer on June 30, 2020, 03:59:04 PM
Are all the travel restrictions lifted in the ROI? It was always going to be difficult to manage numbers but SF didn't even appear to try?

Totally fucked it just when you thought they were doing alright again.

Robin Swann being sure to get stuck in as payback for Michelle undermining him a few months ago.

Sinn Fein a very apt name for today!!!

Sportacus

Slap in the face to the people who buried their dead with no fuss and no attendance, or watched their friends and relatives funeral on a webcam.  An Ireland of equals eh.