United Kingdom VII: Taking Pride in Your Success

[MartyG]

They had 0 viewers last week after that.

I think they've vastly overestimated the audience numbers for a garbage news channel.

[wakka]

Yeah, you can't be taking the knee on a channel for racists. That's not really going to work. They need to double down on segments like 'Woke Watch', or just shut the whole thing down. The only way it's commercially viable is if you make it a venue for far right views that you can't get from mainstream channels.

And even then, as Marty says, I think they've massively overestimated the addressable market for that.

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2021/jul/16/uk-covid-live-hospitalisation-numbers-chris-whitty-coronavirus-latest-updates?page=with:block-60f1672a8f08331a6b288e6e#block-60f1672a8f08331a6b288e6e

1 in 95 now have COVID at current rates, can't wait to do the shopping tomorrow...

[Neon Ignition]

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

In the words of Barry Manilow - Looks like we made it!
Near 52,000 new cases and hospitalisations up into the 700's

[nakamura]

Have to say, some smashing thread titles.

[Dogg Thang]

They're pure gold.

[Cassius_Smoke]

Bulgaria has put the UK on the red list after the UK put Bulgaria on the green list.
UK: You can all go to Bulgaria!
Bulgaria: You're bloody not you know!

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/bulgaria-uk-green-list-holiday-b1885516.html

[Neon Ignition]

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/vomiting-bug-norovirus-surging-covid-163100314.html

Though cases remain low, Norovirus is now at 3x the levels it would normally be at in the Summer

[Hirst]

I had notorious a few years ago and it was the most ill I've ever felt from anything. Several times I went to the gents during the night to be sick, then fell asleep on the bathroom floor because I was too physically knackered to get back to bed.

[fishbowlhead]

Bulgaria has put the UK on the red list after the UK put Bulgaria on the green list.
UK: You can all go to Bulgaria!
Bulgaria: You're bloody not you know!

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel...-b1885516.html

Absolutely spot on. Whole planet should no fly list the UK.

[wheelaa]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57874744

"Health Secretary Sajid Javid tests positive for Covid"

[Neon Ignition]

Ha ha ha ha! Ha ha! Ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha *inhale* haha ha ha! Etc

[teddymeow]

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[Golgo]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57874744

"Health Secretary Sajid Javid tests positive for Covid"

There's a lot of it about, apparently.

[Neon Ignition]

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

54,674 new cases today, that it's a new third wave record isn't even news anymore it's so commonly accomplished a target.

A near 20,000 jump in a week - last week I guesstimated 44,000 peak which was way off the mark. Time to be more ambitious:
Guesstimate for next week: 71,000 new cases per day