The U.K. government in 2019 was the 30th highest spender on media advertising. In 2020 it’s number 1 with a spend of close to £200M. I think that goes someway to explaining the media’s lack of scrutiny of this government as there’s no value in biting the hand that’s currently feeding them.The Mail website is asking Are cases on the rise again. Once again sensationalising (is that a word?) rather than looking at the details behind the figures as HP has done.
A good day with stuff opening but still 3 months off a lot of the population getting 1 jab and over 40s not done.
Can't help that this could set things back but you can't keep stuff closed forever.
The merchant of doom is having his weekly downerA good day with stuff opening but still 3 months off a lot of the population getting 1 jab and over 40s not done.
Can't help that this could set things back but you can't keep stuff closed forever.
Its a forumThe merchant of doom is having his weekly downer
I shall cheer up the forum then - I get my second jab this Thursday at LIttleborough Sports Hall! We seem to have things sorted out in Littleborough. i reckon if Pep sends the strikers down in the afternoon I could give 'em a few tips on how to thread the ball through an eleven man defence and into the oppo net!The merchant of doom is having his weekly downer
Very tempting but I like reading Martin Samuel's columnNeed to fuck all papers off mate.
Agreed. No-one needs to get on your back. We all have different things to deal with. Outside factors can change the way you think/perceive things. For example, the mindset of a person that's worked all the way through lockdown, saved a wad of cash and family have stayed healthy, and doesn't mind when a jab comes because he's just happy to be patient, might be the opposite of someone who's lost a job, lost a parent, felt depressed because they don't have a network of support and is feeling mental/physical effects of lockdown.Its a forum
I'm entitled to my opinion
They do it to gain clicks, cover both sides to gain maximum effect. That's why the sports pages are full of positive rags and dipper stories and negative ones on us.Like their sports coverage, or lack of it in our case unless it's negative, I try and avoid the media for any other stuff too. I'm against censorship but if this coverage was happening in wartime they'd have been hanged alongside bloody Lord Haw Haw.
Screaming for everywhere to open up and within hours of some places opening crying cases might be on the rise again. We've got to live with this and get on with our lives so I wish they would just STFU!
Its fineAgreed. No-one needs to get on your back. We all have different things to deal with. Outside factors can change the way you think/perceive things. For example, the mindset of a person that's worked all the way through lockdown, saved a wad of cash and family have stayed healthy, and doesn't mind when a jab comes because he's just happy to be patient, might be the opposite of someone who's lost a job, lost a parent, felt depressed because they don't have a network of support and is feeling mental/physical effects of lockdown.
Let's all be as kind to each other as possible despite difference in opinion.