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Lord Sainsbury and John Mills to name but 2

The problem with idiotic minority is they ruin everything for the vast majority (Chester & Wrexham springs to mind bubble matches because of a few idiots) so the only way then is to "bubble" everyone and go back into complete lockdown until a cure is found by then the country would be bankrupt there would be no NHS etc to care for people and thousands more will die and millions out of work, it is a very fine balance and one I wouldn't wish on any Politician and yes mistakes have been made as they would have been whoever was in charge, what this country needs is to pull together to get over this crisis we all need to play our part and if that means staying off the beaches etc so be it

Not just random I didn't realise they had stopped donating I just remember them being Labour benefactors. So you don't have any rich benefactors hardly surprising given your hatred of them and correct me if I'm wrong isn't the union donation an automatic levy (ie not giving members a choice) on its members 

Hatred? Or just wanting billionaires to pay their fair share to contribute to society?

Unite members are encouraged to contribute to the unions political fund but can request exemption if they wish.

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Yes, I am going to correct you as you are wrong. Members have to actively opt-in to the political levy and this has been the case since the 2016 Trades Union Act.

Who do you think brought in the Trades Union Act 2016? As for arguing that you were nearly right, or correct up to a point, I’m a bit loathe to criticise in case upsidedown comes on and accuses me of being anti-Semantic.

Had you been concreting all day yesterday in that heat you probably would’ve been interested in trade unions x

I was a member of asw from 15 years of age until they were amalgamated with ucatt. Been card steward. And federation steward. Paid a lot of money in subs for naff all.

I'd suggest an eye test before you go. Make sure you drive about 25 miles for it, especially if you can't see.

I think there's no doubt that Johnson's outbursts of eccentricity are there to act as a distraction, but there's also a more radical theory that they are a search engine optimisation strategy. 

Remember when he was rambling about his hobby of painting model buses? At that time, there were negative stories to do with him and buses (the Brexit bus and the dubious claims on it), wine (the row with his partner over spilt wine that escalated into a police incident) and models (it was alleged that he abused his position as Mayor of London to give financial favours to a former model). By creating a new story about making model buses out of wine boxes, it meant that if you searched for his name followed by 'model', 'buses', or 'wine', search engines returned a nonsense story about him rather than a more serious one.

So now, if you Google 'Boris Johnson press', you just get him doing press-ups in his office. What did you get before? Him being "pressed" on something? His relationship with the press, including his controversial past as a journalist?

A lot will dismiss this theory as crazy, but I think there could be something in it. Online reputation management is a well-known strategy among shady businesspeople, and it involves trying to edge out negative news about you by creating better publicity. 

Can anyone explain what exactly the thinking is behind having the grand reopening of pubs on a Saturday?

You can bet your life that this weekend, we'll see pictures of rammed pubs, people queueing up at the bar and hugging each other drunkenly, followed by condemnation from the government about people "taking advantage" and "not showing common sense". It's their job to encourage common sense. Surely the sensible thing to do would be to open them on a Monday, so people might just go for a quiet drink or two in the week and avoid the surge at the weekend?

Watching Panorama and it’s utterly shocking how appallingly badly the test and trace system has been managed. Once again it’s just an exercise in transferring public money to private hands and corpses piling up are the consequence. Absolutely shameful.

I must admit, this has annoyed me. 

I work in software development and deal a lot with government agencies along with the NHS and i know these things can take time and get caught up in red tape. But the scope of work is clear, it should have been up and running weeks ago. 

New Zealand have also handled the crisis pretty well, if you're still after ideas.