YoungWillz

It is the anniversary of the death of William Hughes (20) two years ago. Young Davros? The talking roles in the Krillitanes story? Not sure they are using kids as much as they did back in the Ninth/Tenth/Eleventh Doctor eras.

Wonder who the 20 youngest are?

Boots to cut 7% of its workforce (4000 jobs). John Lewis to cut 1300 jobs and close 8 stores permanently.

Park Won-soon, Mayor of Seoul, being searched for as he goes missing: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/53346831

From "triumphant display at the Despatch Box" to "cowed Minister", Sunak admits scattering money to the four winds isn't necessarily the best idea: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53346419 We know Rishi, it was Cummings' and Blibberwimble's idea, not yours. More stories like Lard's coming out now. Gawd help us.

Oh I hate Labour as much as the Tories! Unfortunately, I don't have the ability to travel along parallel timelines to see how Labour would have panned out - Corbyn was always unelectable and his platform untenable for the economy as it stood. A loathsome prospect equally as loathsome as the clowns in charge now. This is about choices and priorities imo. I've yet to hear much about the investment in finding a vaccine - you know Rishi never mentioned anything about that! The choice facing the country is health first, economy first. You only give confidence to people by giving certainty of employment and more money in their pockets and reassure them that their next shopping trip will not be their last before they are hospitalised or dead. Meantime, they should tell us what they are going to do to grow the economy, obtain investment, collect taxes properly, how about those trade deals? While I agree with your earlier post that the money needed to be put in to save people's jobs, all that is now at risk by Rishi's removal carte blanche of support and substituting it with a sticking plaster until February to cure a pandemic. The "as long as I'm all right Jack" LFN/Thatcher era is on its way back and that will bite harder than ever with the situation we are in now. I just wish Westminster had politicians with a vision, rather than the lot now who all seem to follow "Government by social media" - ooh what's hot today? Let's do something/complain about that!

Look, let's see the facts here. There's going to be a ton of older folk out of a job. Hence my point about re-training. Where's the dosh for that? Kickstart? Don't make me laugh, you can call it YTS, YOPS and all the other sundry names under the sun the same thing has had since the late 1970s. What happens is businesses take on folk to get the Government money, taxes money, and dump them when that dries up. Much the same with apprenticeships. If small and medium businesses go the wall, it's ok for that to happen in February rather than now? So it isn't all bad. The cut in VAT will help (although you know that's not going to be passed on to customers, right? You know, the ones who'll be on the useless Universal Credit). And those who will join the merry band of just about managing are supposed to be happy going out for discounted meal on a school night? It's like they've never heard of the growing use of food banks. Government can't keep shaking the magic money tree. But what they can do is help when the local lockdowns happen (they're coming) - nothing about that. Nothing about the homeless they've been sheltering - announcement coming soon (therefore, oops we forgot about that, sorry, the homeless are just like Gibraltar to us). Look at the US and where the money went - into Trump's friends and family bank accounts. Same will happen here probably with a bunch of fictitious and invisible employees who never existed. The frightening amount of debt and these plans most certainly mean the highest unemployment for a generation, a recession that will last years and bankruptcy and poverty on a scale unseen in my lifetime. Enjoy.

Shitload of people already out of a job. Shitloads to follow. Simples.

I don't read LFN's posts so I don't argue with him. His opinions are irrelevant to me.

Blibberwimble's placeman. He'll now be known as the Groupon Chancellor. Why food and not pubs? Why no re-training? Claims to be the hope beacon, while snatching away hope for a return to the job for "furloughed" (fucking hate that word, it's a crap Americanisation) workers. No industrial strategy. Just like Trump, all the incentives go to the employers and we know where the majority of the money will go - Tory cronies and donors, the South East again. Just after the PM said if you can't claim "furlough" payments, claim Universal Credit - i.e. sending small/medium business owners to the dole.

I'd like not to believe that Polly James is 79 today, but there's no escaping it. She is.

The flame haired hotty.

Report of the death of former Labour MP for Birmingham Northfield, Raymond Carter:

Not me guv, but I like his enquiries!

SNIP John Benfield actually born in 1951, died last month. The Stage Obituary: https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries-archive/obituaries/john-benfield IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071007 I'll probably remember him best from Beautiful Thing and also as Policeman Ben in Sean's Show.

My self-interest is him not dying. Because that Poker Tourney leaderboard will take a hammering!

Bloody hell*, who else thought he was dead?! Phew! (*Ron Weasley)

I did not know this site existed!

Yeah must have been good for him, got all the illness out early! And yes, I would.....

Oh I agree it's too early to open the way Westminster has for England, particularly in London. But it is the chance you take living in Soho. That's why I don't live in Sauchiehall Street!

Just crossing these posts to Jair Bolsonaro's dedicated thread.

Given Terry Jones died this year, I suggest this thread be closed.

You know what, I'm crossing these posts regarding Carlos Menem to his dedicated thread.

Roxy's saxophonist Andy Mackay takes a shot at Soho's potential "nightmare of squalor" on the lifting of restrictions on the sale of alcohol following the COVID pandemic (which we are still in, btw): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8496221/Roxy-Music-star-Andy-Mackay-wants-Soho-party-over.html Yeah, 73 year old man is a NIMBY. Wow.

This above being the last comment on this thread, interesting to note that his gambling addiction is all out in the open: https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/football/england-star-peter-shilton-admits-4301083