Swine Flu Update III
Just a quick update since so many co-conspirators (and even a few sworn enemies) have been kind enough to enquire. 4-year-old Miss Fawkes is reluctantly taking a Tamiflu / chocolate Nutella compound. She seems firmly on the mend. Fever is past, a little lethargic and a low appetite persists. Baby Ms Fawkes has her second birthday today, she won’t be having a party, but seems as boisterous as ever – all anarchy on a new pink mini-scooter.
Miss Fawkes’ school is unsure, a few kids are off, some just be pre-cautionary, some unwell. The local pharmacist told Guido on Friday that he had done half-a-dozen children’s Tamiflu prescriptions that day. Was it summer flu or Swine flu? We won’t know without testing…
See also Swine Flu Update & Swine Flu Update II.
eh up lad good to here little fawkes ok
Ahem… “Little fawkers” surely?
IJGMC.
english not my strong point lad
It’s good enough to get the point over, but it’s a good job your bowling’s better.
Good luck Wednesday, lad, you know the nation’s with you.
let me at em lad BARMY ARMY BARMY ARMY
Glad your daughter is OK Guido.
My Daughter, also two had this a couple of weeks ago, took her to the doctors he sent us straight home with the usual advice.
No testing, in fact not even any mention of swine flu so we will never know now.
Though as she oinked every time she sneezed I have my suspicions.
She is also fine now.
Why whats happening on wednesday, is freddie taking a snipers rifle to PMQ’s?
W.W.
eh up got to be in cardiff on wednesday
Will Jonah be in Wales?
Seconded
Good news. Nothing worse than sick little ones. Having said that, they are staggeringly resilient. By which time, we parents, are nervous wrecks & on the point of collapse from exhaustion.
Very Happy Birthday to Baby Fawkes.
In the case of Guido’s child, it’s sounds as if GP’s are acting under government orders. Tamiflu is reported to be ineffective unless administered at the outset – that it’s being given to children WITHOUT tests proving ’swine flu’ is the cause is wholly unethical. No way would I subject my child’s developing immune system to this type of treatment.
Only 860 odd cases have been confirmed by Health Officials
Encouraging news, Guido. Fingers crossed that the worst is over for Miss Fawkes and the rest of the family.
Ach Ja!
Zis news ist sehr gut, Herr Fawkes – all ze very best to Kinder Fawkes!!
Triumph Acclaim!!!
Concur, Fred, Concur.
this is getting far too schmaltzy I think I am going to throw up.
Just as well you can’t have kids.
I prefer to have a life thankyou very much.
oh and who let the ginger in?
no gingers allowed.
thankyou.
Good to hear the little’un is on the mend which is more than can be said of Wacko’s Jocko and Jacko…
Gary Elsby to be published at Labourlist. Order your ringside tickets NOW!
LabourLosts barrel must be super thin with all that scraping.
and they will find you at the bottom of the barrel licking the scrapings.
*splutter “fever has passed“. Sub-ed, position, etc.
Great news.
A pink mini-scooter.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh!
Glad to hear she’s on the mend. Anxious times when children are ill. Be nice to think we could look to the NHS for help and support at such times – but alas in lots of cases that is not so.
As for the pink mini-scooter for the littlest one – enjoy – just wait until she wants to learn the violin!
Good news!
Re the small hurricane on the pink scooter; wear Totectors.
Amen to that – very glad to hear that Miss Fawkes is on the mend, and hope that Mr and Mrs Fawkes can relax a little.
As to Baby Fawkes and the pink scooter – enjoy it while it lasts. Just wait ’till they want to learn to drive…..
Entirely echo those sentiments – very glad to hear that Miss Fawkes is on the mend, and hope that Mr and Mrs Fawkes can relax a bit.
As to Baby Fawkes and the pink scooter – enjoy it while it lasts, just wait until they want to learn to drive….
… or you’ve got to take her to bloody ballet lessons!
Good news though – best wishes to you and yours.
Two comments ‘cos they both got modded. Gave up after the second. Thanks for the reprieve, Guido. Trying to stay out of the way of the rugrats, are you?
It started in Mexico
It started in SOUTH America
I think he means Central America….
“It happened in Monterey, a long time ago
It happened in Monterey, in old Mexico”
It started in 1997.
It all probably started in a Lab somewhere in Washington State
A Lab Lab or a Lib Lab ?
Hope they get well soon!
Great news Guido. So today’s a day when your presence in the life of Ms Fawkes junior is essential. Don’t forget, Jelly and Pimms go well together. :)
Try your Pimms cocktail with dry ginger instead of the usual lemonade. You should mix in the ratio 1:2 instead of 1:3 which is good news, and leave out the cucumber
Isn’t it terribly vulgar to put cucumber in Pimms and lemonade?
Berlusconi put cucumber anywhere he like.
Thought it was standard fare. I don’t use cucumber because I can’t stand the stuff and what is more to the point, particularly when in company, neither can my constitution.
I put strawberries and mint in it yesterday.
Glad Miss Fawkes is better.
Did the mint sting?
Cheats’ Pimms:
2 x Gin
2 x Red Vermouth
1 x Triple Sec/Cointreau/Orange Bols
Half the price of real Pimms and 50% stronger (depending on brands used).
PS. Glad to hear mini-Fawkes is on mend
Now that sounds like a good drink…..slurp, hic, stagger!!
Good man will try it immediately….also Aldi has a sham pims – don’t mention ze war1
Lovverley apostrophe usage, Doc.
You’re only saying that to get round me, I know your tricks!
I blame it on the Government
I blame it on the boogie. Or bogie in Jocko’s case.
Hope they are on the mend did they eat those percy pig gums ?
Hope Gordon does’t send a message Guido!!
On behalf of your many sworn enemies, best wishes to the little ones.
My name is Legion.
Hope everybody in the Fawkes household is soon fully recovered- Guido your country needs you. If you want a consultation with my medicine man, do not hesitate to ask.
Great evreything and everyone Fawkes is on the mend.
Guido
If you see an email from Brown arrive in your inbox delete without opening!
It may be a note wishing your daughter well and his track record isn’t good.
I understand he sent a message of support to Roddick after the Murray game on the basis he has to get one right some time.
I’m glad to hear she’s over the worst.
Was it summer flu or Swine flu? We won’t know without testing…
But it suits the propaganda machine to put it all down to swine flu, not to mention the pharma profits…
Grow up.
Err, not the real me.
Why are you impersonating my pseudonym?
I’m not, and neither is he
“all anarchy on a new pink mini-scooter”
What the hell did you expect? Has it got gunpowder panniers?
Glad they are on the mend!
A little reading for distraction purposes,if needed.
http://zerohedge.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-case-of-quant-trading-industrial.html
Pleasing news all round.
Many happy returns to Little Ms Fawkes.
The best of health to you all. I’m sure your kids will grow up into a better world if the complete transparency in public affairs afforded solely by the blogosphere continues to prevail without interference from the enemies of truth within the state.
Sky News:
Stay at Home If You Are Ill
People with flu-like symptoms are being advised to stay at home and if possible check their symptoms on the cold and flu symptom checker on http://www.nhs.uk or ring the swine flu information line on 0800 1 513 513.
Those still concerned should call their GP rather than visit in person.
Why are you using my username? Poor netiquette.
No, why are you using mine?
I’ll assume at this point that you are new here and this is just a coincidence.
May I politely request you choose a new name?
Hey! You’re the newcomer here, let’s compromise, you can stick with the Mk1 suffix if you really want to.
Oh ffs. We have a troll.
Probably TaT the twat or MB/Hardwidge/harman_pride/Jonty. You forget that Guido can see the IP address.
Good luck with this one, if that’s the best you can do.
Just give it up, you’re not funny.
I am a dick.
Probably “revenge” for you exposing his IP location on the last topic Dr Feelgood.
Do a FOI to Guido and if it is the same IP addie (being on a yellow card an’ all) then maybe it’s an early bath for Jonty?
that last one was me but not the other ones.
Thanks Brown’s Half Cleaner, I suspect you may be right.
I expect the next step will be a campaign of abusing other users here in order to undermine my ID.
At least I can take satisfaction from the moral victory.
Thanks Brown’s Half Cleaner, you’re right.
The next step will be a campaign of abusing others here in order to undermine my ID.
At least I will win a moral victory.
i am not the others
people have been ripping off my name for donkeys.
that is because I AM TOP BOY AND THEY ARE TORY SCUM!
LIKE YOU!
Too much milk and alcohol perhaps?
I tried the NHS flu website. (Experimentally)
Nowhere early on does it ask you to list your symptoms. It seems to be an elimination exercise by faux exclusion alternatives to see you are not mistaking that which you think likely be flu for a heart attack, meningitis and probably
ingrown toenails… the lot. It goes on for ever, and is TOTALLY unsuitable for the task it purports to do. Who the hell designed it? Even at the end you don’t get through to an intelligent medically qualified voice… doctor, senior nurse or whoever…
I am told by others that there is a lot of ‘we will ring you back… there is a long wait’… etc etc.
Since EARLY consumption of of anti virals is important if you are in a high risk category, and do have flu, this is deeply unsatisfactory. Taking them too late is useless.
Also, the business of getting a docket number and the address of the medication pick up place is again highly complex, and hedged about with many elephant traps, including proof of identity documents, both from the patient and designated ‘flu friend.’ It is set up as an amazingly bureaucratic and put-you-off business.
Liam Donaldson and co may bleat on about ‘moving into the treatment phase’ but it seems the system is not properly set up.
How simple it sounds. I quote from NHS guidelines:
“* GPs will be able to diagnose swine flu on the basis of patients’ symptoms rather than waiting for laboratory testing.
* The medicines will continue to be offered to all those who show symptoms of swine flu at their doctor’s discretion.
* They will be used for prevention (prophylaxis) only on the advice of a doctor in high risk groups. These include people with long term conditions, those over 65, children under five and pregnant women.
*Individuals who require antivirals will be given a voucher reference entitling them to pick up the medication at a local clollection point.”
Seems straightforward as described, but either the system is not set up properly at all, and where it is partly set up it is over-complicated, slow and cumbersome.
Good job most of this flu is a mild or moderate illness.
If you don’t fall into one of the ‘at risk’ categories you are in very much the same position that you would have been in, say, in 1709 as regards medical help.
Do MPs get Tamiflu?
Just waiting for Hardwidge to come on now and spout off about Labour’s record on schools…
God Forbid.
i ll take him in the nets and do some bowling at him lad
Good luck on Wednesday. Watch that ankle, too, you don’t want any more operations.
Aaarrgh. Done it again. Expect a long essay from Hardwidge on Labour’s record on health.
And also Pink mini scooter stats.
Brown- ‘The conservatives would, if in power cut spending on mini scooters by 10% where we the Labour party have introduced measures under the new scooter ”Scrappage” scheme that will enure every toddler can trade in the old stainless steel model for a shiny new pink one’.
We are increasing investment in pink scooters by 0% over the coming year.
freddie,
you will take him in the nets?
is that some sort of gay euphimism like tea bagging.
I don’t even know what tea bagging is ffs.
Looks like the Hardwidge troll has been banished. Let’s hope so anyway.
Good to hear she’s on the mend and happy birthday to Baby Ms Fawkes.
173.
How many more British troops have to die in your wars Labour?
Oh, many, many more. When you wage war against a people that even Alexander the Great said are unconquerable, you expect it to drag on and on interminably. In fact, that’s probably why they chose that country in particular to attack. Nothing going on in Northern Ireland these days, so somewhere else has to take over.
When Britain deployed 3,300 troops to Helmand province in June 2006, then Defence Secretary John Reid said: “We hope we will leave Afghanistan without firing a single shot.
That’s because the ex-chancellor decided that bullets were an unnecessary expense.
It wasn’t a lie John Reid was on the next plane out and never did fire a single shot.
Bit like President Blairs – doing a runner before the shit hits the fan.
Very glad to hear the young Ms Fawkes is on the mend. A scary time for you. Meanwhile, is it not thoroughly depressing that it’s impossible to get a test. It means we’ll never be able to trust government figures (no, really?) about the pandemic, because there’s no way of telling who had swine flu, who had man flu, who had a cold and who had hayfever. Pathetic.
Wouldn’t it be a waste of public money to test every suspected case?
The virus has spread to pandemic status already.
The government plans to sample test to assess the extent of the disease.
Are you stupid, do you get frequent headaches?
MB,
Good point but why do you always finish your comments in such a fucking stupid objectionable way?
TWAT.
Don’t give compliments for comments you can’t understand.
PS
Nearly forgot..
Are you fucking stupid, do you get frequent headaches?
‘Ere, stop messin’ abahht!
Corr phew!, weren’t it ‘ot lass week?
“The virus has spread to pandemic status already.” -Doesn’t mean much.
Its debateable as to whether its got hold in England to such an extent that theres no point trying extremely hard to contain it.
Probably mixed up with on the whole its looking like its not really much different from normal flu.
Neither of those points has very much to do with pandemic status.
Anyway…. are you back in Chorley and Missing Canal street life?
Get yourself on a train, you’ll be there in an hour.
Was that a scurrilous homophobic slur?
Please forward it to the indignant Alan Duncan referencing his spat with Ben Bradshaw.
Maybe Bradshaw was right and there just is a deep strain of homophobia still existing in the Conservitudes.
Since you bring up sexuality, perhaps simply, you are repressed.
Silly boy.
More to do with you having to put up with your old dull suburban life for 2 months.
I am neither homophobic or chorleyphobic.
However, you tag silly unpleasantries at the end of all your messages, which is ridiculous and doesnt help either your credibility or the quality of the debate.
I thought it quite a laugh to try my own, and it seems to have been on target.
By the way – have you ever seen any evidence that I am a conservative? (small c, large C. social, political, monetary, whatever you like)
Yes
You tell him, Ducky!
1. Ask the government. After all, they seem to have no problem wasting it in shed loads. Surely they will be able to print some more cash if required?
2. However that is as defined by the WHO worldwide. There are 7000+ confirmed cases here with 3 deaths.Possibly more cases but the symptoms were probably too mild to warrant a trip to the doctor. No need to panic at this stage.
3. And how will this be conducted? It could prove a useless exercise and provide no worthwhile data.
4. Offensive remarks are not worth posting. There are many better than you at this already and therefore your capacity to annoy/shock etc is much reduced as a result,probably to about zero.
As Plato says:
‘Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something’
No doubt you heard Plato say those words first hand.
Or possibly he can read?
Or heard it on the Radio this morning unlike everyone else?
I am Chorleyphobic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good news Guido, Mrs Amps and I wish you and yours a successful outcome.
Ampers.
see http://www.cytokinestorm.com/
Down the bottom it says Tamiflu and Relenza cannot treat the cytokine storm
Two more things, spammer.
a) who said it could?
b) To what extent is “cytokine storm” relevant to swine flu?
Cytokine storm is what killed in SARS outbreak in Hong Kong and is thought to have been responsible for high death rate amongst young adults during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918/19.
In other words those with strong immune system (the ’strong and fit’) may be most vulnerable to the current H1N1 flu.
By the way, why can’t Cameron admit to planned Conservichewed public spending cuts?
When was Opposition Leader’s Question Time? I missed it.
This morning on Radio 4 around 8am, as it happens.
On the contrary Mr Baiter, Cameron has admitted that there would have to be spending cuts. Its the party of the great ditherer, of which you appear to be a supporter, which refuses to come clean on what spending cuts will have to be made.
You can bet your bottom dollar that they are already planning the cuts but will not reveal them till after the election. Typical NuLiebor deceit. Just like with student top-up fees they promised that these would not be going up and after the election tripled them with some cock and bull story that the situation had changed. The same situation could have been foreseen before the election but it was politically expedient to lie to us.
You know sod all about it jonty.
You cannot answer simple questions on the subject. You can’t think, your brain just “cut and paste”s things. You’ll do well in your chosen field.
So cutting Quangoes don’t count then Mister Cutty Pastry?
You can get a verbatim transcript of what Cameron said, know doubt. However, when asked what public spending will you cut if in power he said they would not cut public spending only cut the rate of increase in public spending.
By the way don’t be so nasty all the time. It’s very bad for the image of the party you purport to support, but maybe you are a Labour plant?
Maybe Cameron was plain lying.
Maybe you’re lying? Nobody else heard this stuff (except your alter egos) and it wouldn’t be the first time you lied on here. Anyone who masquerades under a succession of different names is a fucking Hoon.
Daddy, I’m feeling much better now…can I have that bottle of Guinness you promised me?
You might want to ask the Doctor whether taking Tamiflu once you have full blown flu has any effect at all.
Flu (particularly Swine Flu – H1N1 and Bird flu H5N1) gets the immune system to attack the body, which is why people with strong immune systems are worst affected along with people with compromised immune systems like diabetics and asthmatics.
The immune system goes into overdrive as the flu virus tricks the body into thinking it is being attacked. The body releases “Cytokines” (site –to-kyne) to fight the fictitious infection. There is a 6 to 24 hour window in the attack where the symptoms are visible but the cytokines have not reached critical mass. This is the time to administer Glaxo’s Relenza or Roche’s Tamiflu, as before this all you are doing is building up a resistance and it just gets passed straight out of the body.
If you miss this 6 to 24 hour window and the immune system is under full scale attack in what is known as a “cytokine Storm”, Relenza and/or Tamiflu cannot help you. The only thing to do is take vast amounts of antibiotics and hope for the best.
Luckily, H1N1 – swine flu is not proving that fatal, but everyone popping Tamiflu like Tic Tacs is just helping to create a resistant strain.
Ask a viral immunologist if Tamiflu will help at this stage, I have been told it won’t.
Wrongly prescribing Tamiflu could waste many millions of NHS budget.
see http://www.cytokinestorm.com/
Down the bottom it says Tamiflu and Relenza cannot treat the cytokine storm
Antibiotics? What for.
Cytokine storm – involves a fair bit of guesswork as to whether it happened in 1918, and hasn’t been observed for swine flu.
Thats bloody wierd – a web domain devoted to a rather obscure piece of medical theory.
As someone who was completely Donald Ducked twelve years ago by GBS due to an over-active immune response to ‘a mild flu’ like illness’ I know about the early or not at all… I am relying on ’social distance’ and shall try to dodge the postman lest he cough all over me.
I’ve had GBS too. Not the most pleasant to put it mildly.
I had GBH once. Not nice either.
Perhaps I should not have spoken to that chap in gents of a Manchester wine bar.
Gr8 to know Little Miss gunpowder plot is getting better.
so you have got a heart anticitizen!
when was it transplanted?
Glad your family’s on the mend and happy birthday to Baby Fawkes – I hope your house / garden / nerves survive the scooter treatment!
The female of the species….so much more resilient than the male….
Glad she’s better Guido, and hope baby Fawkes has a fab b’day.
new girl,
where the bloody hell have you been?
oh, and I have been trying to persuade nell to let me spank her but she is not having any of it.
you are my second choice.
what say you?
eh lad the only thing getting a spanking is the ausses bowlers from me and kp
BARMY ARMY BARMY ARMY
good one freddie.
keep flying them down the corridor of incertainty and you’ll win us those bloody ashes lad.
tat sorry to disappoint you but newgirl isn’t jailbait – she’s over the age of consent.
don’t judge others by your own standards you ginger nonce.
You touch me once and I’ll punch your lights out? That do?!
PS have been shopping. A lot.
is that a no or are you just playing hard to get?
more fun that way innit.
are you upset because you were my second choice?
shit, I knew I shouldn’t of said that bit.
I was almost in there.
you mean you shouldn’t HAVE said that…
I just liked the phonetic sound new girl.
a conscious aesthetic choice. more casual, conversational innit.
so sue me.
Christ, what a snob.
I really would enjoy spanking that bitch’s arse.
I’d teach the fucker a lesson or two.
shit, did I post that last bit, fuck I did!
I’ve definitely blown it now.
Good news about the Fawkettes!
Now the worry about the little one has passed, Guido, can you get onto investigating the £550 worth of hotel ‘premium rate’ movies which Jeffrey Donaldson MP claimed for on expenses?
This (s)wine flu. Think I had it yesterday. Headache, red eye syndrome, being a bit grumpy, lethargic. Then she reminds me that I drank a couple of bottles of Corrbiers on Saturday. It’s the bloody wine flu.
Glad to hear all is well. Kids + Flu = poor Mrs Fawkes.
Glad the tiddlers are OK.
Did Skid & Marks cartoon cheer them and speed their recovery?
Hope that your wee ones recover soon.
So much trouble from one little germ… first discovered at a American research facility for use against the pig farmers of Cuba
Guido..sounds like you have got over the worst of it. From experience, all kids get ill and school is the worst / best place for catching these bugs.
Personally, I think it is a good thing for children to catch these bugs early on and develop the antibodies for the virus. That way later virus’s don’t have the same impact.
Parents die a thousand deaths for their children and it is nice to see that even your sworn enemies have empathy for your current predicament….. perhaps we are not all so different after all.
Oh except a few well known protagonists we have been discussing, and the troughers, and the Nu liebor swine and the bankers and the EU(SSR) and the… and the … and the……….
Get well soon Miss Fawkes.
Happy bday to baby Fawkes as well (Hold the bday party when every one is well). It is always good to have a party.
except the labour party ….
The Labour party is GREAT!
Either way, I hope they`re both on the mend Guido.
Keep up the good work!
Regards
Cjamesk
Great news but why not test?
Is it,
a) pointless
b) too expensive
c) both
I would have thought it would be useful to know but this government just live by spin and bogus announcements.
So the election can be postponed from a bagillion “suspected” cases.
(a) pointless I should think, as identifying the virus as swine flu won’t help with treatment.
It would help if we were at a stage where containment was possible, or of great importance.
So its probably a ratio of a:b
If I have swine flu I want to take Tami flu. If all I have is summer flu then it is pointless, and possibly counter productive, taking Tami flu. Hence a reason for wanting to know.
I’m glad all is well – I have 2 girls of similar ages and it is nerve-wracking when they are sick…although they usually bounce back quickly, having passed the bug on to mum and dad, bless them!
This is very worrying indeed – sounds like the government and NHS has very little interest in the spread of swine flu, hence the sticking-plaster approach. If this virus mutates – which it will do – and the mutation results in increased mortality, then we could be in for a disastrous loss of life unparalleled in modern times. All very well if you are young and fit, but the young and elderly will be dangerously exposed.
The health service needs to be far smarter – they need to map the spread of the flu in its current form, so if/when it does mutate, and depending on relative immunity of those who have already suffered, tamiflu and medical care can be focussed in the worst affected areas. Currently, this would be Glasgow and London by what appears to be reported. If they can set up tents for binge drinkers at New Year, they can set up tents for critically ill flu sufferers….well, we all know about New Labour priorities and protecting the feckless at the expense of the deserving!
Reinforces the general suspicion that this government can’t be trusted and the best thing to do is to head for the hills with a carful of food (and booze)!
Nice to see Wackos got grasp of french pronounciation.lol
Did Gordon, whilst Brown-nosing Sarkozy just say:
“we are leading the world out of growth”.
Double negative? Zero percent increase – poor bloke could not get one of Ed Balls’ devalued GCSE Maths exams!
Swineflu my arse! What a load of over-hyped fuss about relatively little.
The British must be the softest, most neurotic bunch of drama queens in Europe.
Hope you and teh family get well soon Guido.
Guido glad to hear all is well and your all on the mend………..myself and family have also had the same symptoms but are getting better….still got bloody horrible dry cough and a bit feverish….my 16 month old daughter has also been ill but she is over the worst of it and Mrs Titanic Captain has been amazing with my pathetic ability to do anything around the house (Nothing new there).
“She seems firmly on the mend.” Were the shoots green, Guido?
This is what the HPA website promises:
“Everyone who has flu-like symptoms will be assessed by a doctor and if diagnosed with swine flu will be given antivirals to manage their illness.”
good luck freddy and the lads against the aussies today
oops got me days mixed up init.
is it wednesday already ?
The bus has just left Freddie.
oh eck kp im late again strauss aint going to like it
The most popular and pleasant means of reaching the stadium from the city centre is on foot. The final part of the leisurely stroll from the City Centre takes you along the banks of the famous River Taff and the grounds of Cardiff Castle.
Stewards will be on hand at Cardiff Central station, and at key points along the route, to provide advice and directions.
Found this in a leaflet by my hotel bed freddie. Have you been to this godforsaken place before? I’m totally confused.
eh kp lad i got a hangover dark glasses and a taxi will do
Just watching gordon on the tv with sark*zy.
Poor brown looks rather poorly too – and very haggard and grey.
He was wittering on about investment – still thinks we can spend a way out of this black hole of debt that he’s got us into.
So guess his problem isn’t swine flu – most like raging spendaholism – hope someone comes up with a vaccine soon.
He’s not fit to run the country; not fit morally, physically or mentally.
he has come up with a vaccine for spendaholism it’s Recessiflu.
The only vaccine with 100% proven results is double barrelled and has a trigger.
122 – MB
‘You can get a verbatim transcript of what Cameron said, know doubt. However, when asked what public spending will you cut if in power he said they would not cut public spending only cut the rate of increase in public spending’
By the way don’t be so nasty all the time. It’s very bad for the image of the party you purport to support, but maybe you are a Labour plant?
Maybe Cameron was plain lying.’
I think you may be expressing a few terminological inexactitudes? You are not quoting him ‘verbatim’ (I heard what he said) You are putting a very selective slant on his words,then putting them forward as fact.
Could that be spin? Maybe you are a Labour plant?
I think the Guido party is not too worried about it’s image. We encourage members to be off message e.g honest. Suffering fools gladly is also not a manifesto commitment.
He “mis-spoke”?
Even Mrs Dale’s dire, man love stuff is more interesting than Guido’s family diary.
This guff belongs in Femail, not the nation’s most acerbic blog.
Where’s the spite?
In your mind apparently. Feck off.
Here.
‘The higher education minister, David Lammy, insisted a degree was still a “strong investment” despite the “undoubtedly tough times”.
“Businesses are recruiting through the downturn, with growth in some areas, so graduates should remain positive about their long-term prospects,” he said.
“But, like everyone else, graduates are not immune from the effects of a recession.”‘ (from the Guardian today)
Tsk, tsk. A higher education minister should be able to produce better English than that and ‘immune from’ is an error. It’s just as well he wasn’t the lower education minister.
As the Minister for “Higher Education and Intellectual Property”, David Lammy serves Archbishop Fondlebum of Boy in the “Department for Business, Innovation and Skills”. In the circumstances he is lucky not to have been made an ‘Under’ Secretary of State. This may have given him additional propositional difficulty.
Good news, is a shame you didn’t take them to No 10 and spit through the letter box though, or green card your MP and walk around Parliament.
That’s good news about your children, Guido.
We just need to pray we don’t get a 1918 spanish ‘flu scenario this winter, because judging by the difficulty in getting tamiflu now, god knows what it will be like when people really do start dropping like flies. Tamiflu, as others have already said, really needs to be taken during the first 24 hours of symptoms, but with phone lines permenantly jammed – as they would be if things really kick off – how the hell are people going to be able to get prescriptions?
We put our faith, and our lives in the hands of this Government.
God help us if we really have to test that faith.
Excellent that Miss Fawkes appears to be over the worst, there is nothing like a poorly child for reducing parents to haggard wrecks. As for the pink mini scooter: shin guards and industrial boots come highly recommended.
So all those assurances about the NHS having everything under control, never worry, you’re safe with us, was the customary load of b*llcks?
Sounds like Hardwidge graphically designed the swineflu section of the NHS website.
No good trying to pass it off – we all know it’s YOUR pink mimi scooter and Dale refused to use it on the march, which is why you got it back…
Best wishes for the recovery
Happy Birthday to the young one.
Hope all is progressing well and the little ones are back to normal, what ever that is.
There are some odd bugs around at the moment as always in the summer.
Keep up the good work…..