Thereās been a 97% fall in year on year new car registrations.
Yeah, I heard that on the news this morning and thought āno shit Sherlockā, also flights are down 95%, who would have thunk 
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An overseas view of our handling of the pandemic.
Unlike Italy, the United Kingdom had time to prepare for the coronavirus tsunami. But as the death toll climbs, critics say Britainās response has suffered from a series of deadly mistakes and miscalculations.
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They are only over prepared in hindsight
At the time the decision was made it was absolutely necessary - they had an upward trajectory and no idea if a lock down would sort it - given those circumstances they had little option
Iām not using the term āover preparedā. I prefer āunder preparedā. The hospitals should have been built earlier.
Excess deaths likely related to COVID-19 are currently at 42,140.
In the account from overseas that @saintbletch linked hereās the nonsensical statement that identifies the āunderuseā of that extra capacity.
āOnly three weeks ago, even symptomatic care home residents and staff did not qualify for a test. For many weeks, patients were discharged from hospitals and into care homes without being tested to check whether they would be taking a deadly virus to a place where it could unleash havoc.ā
Care home residents or carers were not given a chance even though the resources were available. During this pandemic they have clearly been treated as expendableā¦a betrayal. 
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The piece is full of evidence that when compared to the reaction in the rest of the world, ours has been misguided, too little or too late.
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WFT?
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The answer is āherd immunityā, a policy Iād argue is still in place.
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What a grim āachievementā
It will be interesting to see how the Government spin this into something positive.
Having sat through a few of their afternoon briefings I have full confidence in their ability to do this.
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This video was produced by Chinese state-backed media.
Ramping up the propaganda.
Difficult to disagree with much of the information shared, though.
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When Robert ātoothlessā Peston is on your back and Tom Newton Dunn starts to pile on in the criticism of a Conservative administration, you know youāve fucked up.
Thatās uncomfortable for Hancock - heās being questioned about the feelings of frontline staff by, um, one of those frontline staff.
Notice that testing capacity is being liberally substituted for hard, testing numbers AGAIN.
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They just canāt help themselves can they. Their entire strategy from the off has been to make it up as they go along ignoring what the rest of the world are doing, Britain knows best, we are exceptional. Then when they are exposed on a daily basis as incompetent, getting just about everything wrong and frantically shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted they lie, manipulate death figures to ignore thousands of people who have perished as if they didnāt exist. Stupid lies, lies that they know will be exposed as such within 24 hours. But they tell them anyway, they just canāt stop themselves doing it. It must be in their DNA.
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Iām currently getting into it with my uncles on Facebook.
What was their first question?
Would your pal Corbyn have done any better?
Well, you look around Europe, and he couldnāt have done much worse.
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The thing is whether he would or not heās not in charge. I hate that stupid statement/argument. Ive heard it myself. The responsibility lays with whoeverās leading. Itās a cop out to make hypothetical comparisons. Whatever people thought of Corbyn itād take a very biased person to say he wouldnāt have dealt with it more compassionately and would never experiment with herd immunity whilst people were dying around him.
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And there we have it, confirmation, as if any more were needed that we are being led by an absolute fucking clown. Embarrassing doesnāt even begin to cover it. Pause for a moment and think how this must look to the rest of the world. USA excluded.
Where is he by the way, another day off?