Boris and Rishi should NOT resign over "Partygate"
Partygate. Two comments.	It occurs to me that:-  A) Most of those present would already have had contact within number 10. Is it air conditioned? B) Most, if not all would have been tested at the earlier events and also vaccinated at the time of the more recent events.
From the law. This seems to apply to persons from outside the location?	A direction under sub-paragraph (1) may, among other things, impose requirements about informing persons who may be planning to attend an event or gathering of its prohibition or any requirements or restrictions imposed in relation to the holding of it.
The key factor here is that the law did not apply to people who were already together in the same location - the workplace!	MP Michael Fabricant has just made the same points that I did. (12th April 2022) The Covid regulation was to forbid GATHERINGS. In such cases the disease could be spread. Almost all the "parties" referred to gleefully by Starmer etc were actually people who were ALREADY together for most of the day. They had NOT gathered from other locations. Apart from the fact that a drink at the end of a day is hardly a "party", the fact that the people had been in contact all of that working day means that the "spread Covid" factor does not come into play. That is what the law applied to.

Prince Andrew See Here for the article. To me it seems to undermine her current case.

Yes, underage sex is a crime. Unfortunate That age of consent is not uniform. Also I an concerned with a quote from the woman in question in 2001 to a friend. The claims by Carolyn Andriano, who testified at Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial, will add pressure on the prince.  Andriano said she had asked Giuffre if she’d been to the palace. “And she said, ‘I got to sleep with him’. She didn’t seem upset about it. She thought it was pretty cool,’ Andriano recalled.

Comment on Covid vaccines.	These are aimed at reducing the severity of the disease. This has clearly been demonstrated by the drop in ICU and ventilator cases and the drop in deaths. Case rates overall are still high when new variants of concern crop up.
Vaccine myths and outright lies.	It is biologically impossible for mRNA to alter DNA as it is incapable of entering the nucleus. The vaccines do NOT contain Graphene Oxide. The vaccines do NOT make arms magnetic. The vaccines do NOT contain anything which can be controlled or triggered by 5G signals.

Astra Zeneca "blood clot risk"

Blood clot data. Context - per annum 1 to 2 per 1000 in whole UK population Immobilised post surgery. 372 per 1000 Age Under 40's 0.1 per 1000. Over 80's. 10 in 1,000 HRT - 1 or 2 in 1000 if taken over 7 years. The Pill - 1 on 1,000 Sitting in chair car or plane for 4 hrs or more. 1 in 1000 or 0.2 per 1,000 Pfizer vaccine 38 reports in 11.5 million. 1 in 367,000 - 0.002 per 1.000 AstraZeneca vaccine 40 reports in 17 million. 1 in 425,000 - 0.002 per 1.000

EU DAFT DEMANDS.

The EU are being unrealistic. We have LEFT the EU. There is no reason on earth why we should adhere to ANY of their rules as we are now a totally separate country. Can they not get this through their thick skulls? They cannot foist their terms and conditions on non member countries! It may be reasonable for the UK to still follow (and probably decide to exceed) some existing standards, but NOT to accept ANY they choose to change for whatever reason. That is simply crazy.

History can't be changed by current "WOKE" views. Are we the same as DAESH?	Yes. slavery was an impalatable practice imported to what is now the USA. It should be remembered though that the slaves were sold in many cases by members of their own racial group or by "Arab" slave traders from countries with a long history of it. The British and other nationality traders likely did not originally trade there with such trading in mind, and were encouraged by some parts of what is now USA and elsewhere. Slaves had also been a feature in Roman and Greek society.
Ban "Rule Brittania"	A suggestion has been made that "Rule Brittania" should not be sung at The Last Night of The Proms. Sorry, "Wokeists" you can get lost on that one!
Destroying statues etc.	This, to my mind is counter productive and solves nothing. Many were erected to reflect on the good deeds done by the subject, albeit in many cases with cash raised by questionable practices in today's views. If the statues were not there, would the good deeds be forgotten? Plinth plaques should inform about all the done deeds.
Sins of the father.	There is talk of removal of a Gladstone statue, "because he did not do enough to condemn what his father did". Similarly Robert Peel, the founder of the English police! Sorry Wokers. those arguments do not wash in my opinion.

The Dominic Cummings affair. This was not handled well, allowing for press distortion in my opinion.	Many people disliked the man over Brexit and his opinions on some aspects of Government before this storm blew up. He was seen running from number 10, but nobody at the time knew why. Several of those at number 10, including Boris were showing signs of the virus either at the time or shortly afterwards. It was announced that he and several others including Boris were isolating. Late last week it was reported that he had been seen at Barnard Castle and another location some 260 miles from London. He did not quickly explain why this had happened, and other false sightings were also reported.
The first, unclear part explanation.	The initial response, lacking detail, was that his wife was ill and he felt that he too could have been at risk, and that his son was at risk, were both of them to fall ill. He took the decision to drive to the three family properties in Co Durham in order to both isolate and have access to help from two young family members, NOT his parents. There was no clear explanation for the "sightings", but a suggestion that some were not, in fact true.
The press conference. Here full explanation and timeline was given, but the reporter repeated questions seemed to ignore much of it. At no point in all of this was Mr Cummings in contact with other persons.	The run from Downing Street was to see his wife, who improved slightly. Knowing that several at #10 were affected and fearing he and his wife could both be unable to take care of his son, with no available childcare they drove that evening to the family property in County Durham. There they had a SEPARATE property at their disposal, where they could securely isolate away from his parents, but with support of two young female relatives. On one occasion the child was unwell and was taken to hospital by ambulance. In the absence of a taxi Mr Cummings drove to the hospital to collect the child, but stayed in the car. They also walked outside the house on the family property for a short while. At the end of the isolation period they decided to consider returning to London. As a precaution they did a short test drive to near Barnard Castle where all three spent a short time outside the car and were seen. At no point were they close to other people. They had to stop on the way back when the child needed a toilet break, where they were again seen in the woods.

The disease.   Early evidence?   China delayed warning by 6 days.	There was no natural immunity to this disease as the virus is completely new. It is one of the coronavirus group which includes Influenza. Initially there was no understanding of the virulence, the incubation period or of its ability to survive outside a host and the duration of survival if any. The fact that virulence was an unknown factor led to the initial lockdown un the Hubei province of China and particularly in Wuhan. With hindsight, this should have included TOTAL restriction of air travel from there or at least quarantining any persons travelling from there for the incubation period of 14 days once this became known. The rigid lockdown in China appears to have eliminated the virus in the environment. Also in New Zealand the blocking of entry to the country without quarantine has had the same result.
Tolerance of different age groups to the virus.	Testing for the infection itself was possible and it became evident that different levels of illness was present in individuals and in age groups. It also seemed possible that some people were asymptomatic, but at the same time carriers of the disease. Accurate testing for these individuals is still not widely available if at all. This is VITAL for ongoing strategy, not as total tests, but as tests per 100,000 of a population. Donald Trump doesn't seem to know the difference!
What to do next? FIND OUT who has had the virus and act accordingly. A point to consider as that there are 3 virus strains according to Cambridge research. ( see next panel)	The clearest strategy is to test the bulk of the population to find out how many have been affected with a mild case, or without showing symptoms. Several sources in the USA are advocating lifting isolation without this evidence, but claiming there is already a high enough number infected with mild or asymptomatic cases. VERY DANGEROUS! Children and younger age groups appear to be much less affected. Testing all children for antibody and/or antigen presence would seem a good idea. Similarly for teachers, support staff and childcare personnel. If they prove to have had the disease, then schooling could resume (preferably without the school run though) Similarly test the up to 20 or 30 age groups next, and again if the majority (over 90%) have had it, consider releasing them from the lockdowns. This could then be carried on to other age groups.
The different strains. Does that mean different vaccines or tests? New Scientist.	The Cambridge Study. The team used data from virus genomes sampled from across the world between 24 December 2019 and 4 March 2020. The research revealed three distinct “variants” of COVID-19, consisting of clusters of closely related lineages, which they label ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’.

5G It is claimed that 5g "Sucks oxygen away" FAKE NEWS! See this post. Fact check.

The actual case is that oxygen attenuates and reduces the range of the 5G signal. This is why it needs so many towers. It may also explain why mobile phones need to put out a stronger signal to reach the masts. I don't think many users will be streaming from phones with them very close to the head.

WHO on the pandemic.

What was said in China in early January.

UK Lockdown	It is obvious that this has to continue. In Wuhan they kept it in force till the death rate and infection rate neared zero. We are currently nowhere near this. The only way to change this is to find out how many people have had the disease. The current tests are being tested, but many are proving to be unreliable. Hopefully this will be resolved very soon.
Boris.	It seems to me that once he realised that his symptoms were not clearing he should have hospitalised earlier and taken an MRI scan. It lost time. I wish him all the best for a rapid recovery, but he must NOT overdo it.
UK Lockdown	This has to be done more thoroughly. Too many absolute plonkers are flouting it too often. The rates are coming down, but those breaking social distancing are undermining it. A medical centre is opening on the Middleton TESCO EXPRESS car park, less than 2 miles from me.
Wuhan success.	The city of Wuhan and the region were first to be infected and first to be locked down. China has been far more ruthless in lockdown than any Western country, including the UK where a number of idiots are flouting it. It is now clear, as I said, that the virus CANNOT survive where its host population is absent. We MUST do the lockdown better. To hit 100 % for about 2 weeks should kill off the virus almost totally.