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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 23, 2021 22:14:50 GMT
It is simple in that we are in a public health crisis and statistically we are the worst country in Europe.
Because your children might go hungry, doesn’t give you the right to spread this virus. It is inexcusable to go into work if you have Covid, even if you don’t get paid. Everyone has the right to catch Covid and the risks that go with it, what they don’t have a right to spread it to law abiding citizens.
Sadly Trump made the mask a political statement.
The risible Laurence Fox wears a lanyard, one he purchased off Amazon. You can still spread Covid with a visor, the law says you should wear a mask, covering both nose and mouth. The law needs to be changed requiring non-mask wearer to provide evidence from their G.P. when requested.
People who enter this country with fake negative Covid test results, they would fine them £20k
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 23, 2021 19:41:12 GMT
We shouldn’t be rewarding people for having a virus, that is preposterous. We should be fining the arse off people who aren’t complying. If someone is so broke they can’t take the time off work to self-isolate when sick, then fining them is ineffective - they can’t afford to pay the fine, it just becomes a debt that they can’t repay. And you’ve just made it even more difficult for them to afford to take time off work to self-isolate when the next person in their household gets it (and there likely will be multiple household members getting it). So you’ve created a bundle of debt and put a family into to financial crisis without actually stopping the virus from being spread. Then if someone has a positive Covid test, their employer should pay them sick pay. It doesn’t give the right to go into work and spread this virus and potentially have kill other people, because they’re short of a few quid. Not for the government to incentivise catching Covid. That is absurd
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 23, 2021 19:37:35 GMT
Sorry but please could we stop attacking those unable to wear masks - this hasn't been heard about before because we haven't had to do so before this. Yes there are people who are just saying it but spare a thought for those who have been through personal trauma that leaves them unable to cope with something over their mouth, those with autism who find it hard enough to go into a supermarket without the additional stress it may cause, those who suffer anxiety and find the masks bring on a panic attack. Not everyone is lying about it, I struggle with a mask for any real length of time and am lucky enough to be able to wear the visor for longer periods so have real empathy for those who simply can't cope. The biggest problem is that all the idiots who refuse to wear one from choice are causing real problems for the genuine cases out there. If you cannot go into a confined public space without wearing a mask, then don’t go into confined public spaces then, it isn’t necessary. These are the people who are spreading the virus. I have a colleague who’s son wears a mask, at the age of 11. He understands why he needs to wear a mask, he also suffers from autism. I certainly agree with your last paragraph with the idiots 100%, but it is what it is. When you are extremely vulnerable, which I am, my view comes selfish unfortunately.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 23, 2021 16:54:43 GMT
We shouldn’t be rewarding people for having a virus, that is preposterous. We should be fining the arse off people who aren’t complying. If the rumour is true you have had bus drivers go in, who have tested positive, well that is reprehensible p, dine them £2000.
It has taken the police 8 months to fine people for not wearing masks which in itself a disgrace. Look at South Korea where people have complied and guess what they’re not suffering a public health crisis.
An interesting caller to LBC who has worked in operating theatres for over 20 years, also said it is very new to this caller that someone cannot wear a mask and something she had never heard of before. So all this that people cannot wear a mask is absolute hogwash. So someone like the awful and entitled Laurence Fox who claims they cannot wear a mask, if they cannot prove they need a mask, via a letter from their G.P. the fine goes up from £200 to £500. Someone that resists proving who they are to the Police, when they get fined, so they have to be arrested instead, they get fined a £1000.
This all depends do the current inertia in Westminster. We have a new strain of Covid, that is more infectious and likely to be more fatal. It is time to stop pussyfooting around and deal with this virus once for all.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 23, 2021 2:11:46 GMT
Love to see again Andrew Lloyd Webber’s and Jim Steinman’s Whistle Down the Wind.
However the second to last song Nature of the Beast contains a line ‘there has always been wars, viruses and death,’ think that maybe a bit too raw at the moment.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 22, 2021 19:12:38 GMT
^^^Like me, you’ve came a big fan of CNN, compulsive viewing after 11pm.
Trump checked out, when he alluded to injecting bleach, that is when he lost the presidential race.
However if Trump did run again in 2024, the dreadful and pious Mike Pence will not be his running mate this time, no doubt he would want the top job himself. If Trump did start his own political party, rumoured to be the ‘Patriot Party’ (he has the funding) this will split the Republican vote and will allow the Democrats to win another election. You also have 50 Republican Senators, you need 17 Republicans to vote to impeach Trump for a successful impeachment, you have 50 Republican Senators that want a shot at being Potus 47, the,selves, including Mitch McConnell. You’ve seen the Republican Party turn its back on Trump for his departure, That is why Trump will be successfully impeached, they need him politically extinct.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 22, 2021 18:56:24 GMT
Come Fly with
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 21, 2021 18:40:34 GMT
£800 is a lot of money for most, so will be a deterrent, however some will be able to afford it.
It is too little too late, like enforcing masks. It has takes police 8 months to enforce masks, which in itself is a disgrace.
Glad to see 8 police officers get a £200 fine each, for eating in a cafe in Greenwich.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 21, 2021 17:23:46 GMT
Watching the joy of inauguration of Potus 46 and stark contrast watching Trump’s final engagement, that no one significant turned up, only a few sycophants. Okay he had a military send off with bands and guns, it was all pomp and no circumstance. A dejected Trump who has clearly checked out boarded Air Force One, a soon to be successfully impeached ex president will follow.
Even looking at George Bush Jr, came across as a statesman.
If you told me a year ago that Trump would lose the election, I would have thought you mad, especially against Biden who isn’t the best communicator, not as good as Obama, Clinton or indeed Trump. Obviously Trump is going to blame the “Chinese Virus,” that isn’t the reason he lost the election, the reason he lost was how he handled Covid.
I was watching someone who was pro Trump, with the flag hanging upside down on the BBC. This person more likely would have no health insurance or if they have weak health insurance, so why would someone like that back Trump and see him as the saviour?
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 20, 2021 13:08:27 GMT
That is hilarious.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 20, 2021 0:17:05 GMT
Another song from the show on the Elaine Paige show about 45 minutes in.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 19, 2021 23:38:29 GMT
Oh well Trump will be going to bed in a little while as the very last time as Potus or IQ45 as some have coined.
Looks like Mike Pence and Mitch McConnell will not be attending his send off from USAF Andrews, this maybe the beginning of the end before he gets impeached. As they say be nice to the people on the way up, you sure as hell meet them on the way down.
Maybe the many people he has pardoned will hold his back, good to see he is flooding the swamp.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 19, 2021 3:27:01 GMT
Carrie Hope Fletcher
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 18, 2021 16:25:50 GMT
It is all tier 2......sorry meant to type 2 tier.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 17, 2021 3:05:14 GMT
sends Shylock scrambling
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 16, 2021 1:17:12 GMT
though everything comes
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 15, 2021 23:36:11 GMT
The Almeida would never have done this show in a million years 18 months ago, but have being forced to because of circumstances Not sure that's the case given that it was mentioned in this thread back in 2019 that it was coming to the Almeida in summer 2020... Agree with you that it's a very un-Almeida show though, unless they're going to radically change the production. I did see it in Hammersmith but didn't love it, would be interesting to see in a very different context... Whoops.🦧🦧🦧 Didn’t you see Rupert Goold whe; he did a press conference for The Doctor last year, that he was going to do Spring Awakening as the Almeida needs to do a revival, as Robert Icke David Icke informed him that a terrible plaque was coming, that was going to take out theatre for the foreseeable future.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 15, 2021 17:41:59 GMT
Ha, I said Duncan Sheik and that was back in 2013 I think. American Pyscho was an original musical. Has the Almeida ever done a musical revival? I don't think so. The only other musical that springs to mind is Brighton Rock. It was terrible and I left at the interval That is interesting, they’ve never done a musical revival. When I have attended the Almeida always got the impression that the audience is an older Guardian reading intelligentsia, which pretty much defines me too. However they’re going for a well known musical that appeals to a younger audience, which may read the Guardian, but more likely online. The Almeida would never have done this show in a million years 18 months ago, but have being forced to because of circumstances. It just shows the heavy lift it will be to get theatre back in a meaningful way. They should just transfer the Hope Mill production. It deserved a bigger audience. I enjoyed the Hope Mill version, good production values,I was at the same performance as you. But sadly the Almeida is only a producing house.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 15, 2021 12:46:33 GMT
The last musical the Almeida did was also by Duncan Sheik. When was the last time the Almeida have done a revival of a musical? American Pyscho (Duncan Sheik) I think! Ha, I said Duncan Sheik and that was back in 2013 I think. American Pyscho was an original musical. Has the Almeida ever done a musical revival?
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 14, 2021 21:34:45 GMT
The last musical the Almeida did was also by Duncan Sheik.
When was the last time the Almeida have done a revival of a musical?
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 14, 2021 1:04:15 GMT
I’m a celebrity
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 13, 2021 22:17:48 GMT
his sporran hanging
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 13, 2021 18:40:05 GMT
Chapter two begins
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 13, 2021 16:26:21 GMT
When got impeached.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 12, 2021 15:09:41 GMT
and strictly come
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