In what may be a sign of things to come, arch-lockdown fanatic Michael Gove has begun to pivot, contradicting Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi by refusing to rule out the end of free lateral flow tests and saying the pressure on the NHS is “abating”. “We are moving to a situation where it is possible to say that we can live with Covid,” the Housing Secretary said. Sky News has the story.
But when asked by Kay Burley on Monday for how long the [lateral flow] devices will remain free for all, Mr Gove said: “It is the case that in this country lateral flows are free – unlike in many other jurisdictions – they are a vital tool in making sure that we can curb the spread of the infection and also that people who need to isolate do so.
“But, as you pointed out right at the beginning of our conversation, we are moving to a situation – we are not there yet – but we are moving to a situation where it is possible to say that we can live with Covid and that the pressure on the NHS and on vital public services is abating.
“But, it is absolutely vital to recognise that we are not there yet. And as the health secretary has reminded us there will be some difficult weeks ahead and that is why we all need to continue to test, continue – if we are positive – to isolate, and continue broadly to support the NHS as it goes through a challenging period but one in which the frontline professionals are doing an amazing job.”
Pressed once more on whether the Government is considering phasing out lateral flow tests but not for the coming weeks, Mr Gove replied: “As the Prime Minister and others have said, we will do whatever it takes.”
Sounds like he may be preparing the ground for the wind-down – and it is being reported that Boris is indeed drawing up plans for “living with Covid”. Let’s hope so. Mass testing has long outlived any usefulness it might have had.
Worth reading in full.
Stop Press: Boris says he’s looking at cutting the self-isolation period to five days, according to MailOnline.
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Michael Gove
Is a curious cove
Who danced alone
With an “icecream cone”
To atone
‘Mass testing’ had no ‘usefulness’. Especially using this not-fit-for-purpose PCR test (wonderful though the science is) when the inventor said himself it should NOT be used for ‘mass testing’ because it couldn’t show infection.
This Man needs an “Appropriate” Uniform.
A bit rude, but your pic of Gove does really does endorse my term for him:- Fish Face.
I also suspect he also has a Fish Brain behind the face !!!
If the LFT tests lose their ‘free’ status, that’s the point where mandatory testing and isolation must be dropped.
Unless one can issue a bill for them to compensate us financially!
They test for the flu since they’ve never isolated Covid-19. Which makes me wonder how they can tell there is a delta variant. They never isolated the virus but they use a test to show the damage of a solution does on monkey kidney cells then show the cellular debris as proof of the virus. So, they can use this method to claim an UNENDING! amount of variants. A lot of cancers and “viruses” are probably just different forms of parasites. Since the tests can’t differentiate between cold and flu and covid then doesn’t that mean ivermectin cures both the cold and the flu? Welcome to “they’ve been lying to us our entire lives about everything”. Get your Ivermectin while you still can! https://ivmpharmacy.com
The MSM are reporting Pfeffel de Fat Fuk is preparing to declare a ‘living with covid’ plan.
Likely a pretence of a half-way house on restrictions while they continue to take away vital NHS services that keeps people alive, such as regular cervical cancer screening, blood tests, etc.
It amazes me that there are still many people who comment here that believe this criminal government are operating on incompetence.
There aren’t many I can assure you and their numbers are dwindling!
Cummings blog exposed the party that took place on the 20th May, 5 days after the ‘garden’ working event photograph. Cummings blog was published 3 days ago. Strange that it’s only now hit the headlines.
But a cracking statement in it that made me spit my tea out:
“The Guardian has worked with lawyers explicitly using the courts to disincentivise fast action — take a bow Jolyon-the-kimono-fox-killer, famously ‘the biggest cun* at the bar’ who brought a JR complaining about the speed of the vaccine taskforce.”
LOL
“In what may be a sign of things to come….”
Tomorrow will be interesting now that an email has emerged inviting 100 people to a party at No. 10 Boris and Nut Nut attended, whilst they told the rest of us we could only see one other person outdoors.
Saying ‘we’re moving to a situation where it’s possible to say we can live with COVID’ is like saying ‘we’re moving to a situation where it’s possible to say we can live with the sea’, or birds, or gravity. Does Gove have any idea how utterly deranged he sounds?
Whenever we feel like criticising British political leaders for their handling of covid-19, its important to keep this in mind: Which country’s leadership has done markedly better, at least on maintaining a sense of calm, balance, and proportionality?
The answer is, apart from the Governors of a few US states, is: Not many.
Covid-19 hysteria, panic-mongering, and ridiculous Government over-reach is pretty much a worldwide problem. Look at France, or Austria, or Australia.
That doesn’t let Boris Johnson and his cast of idiots off the hook. Real political leadership requires a certain amount of courage, an iron-clad belief in core principles (ie. personal freedom and respect for basic human rights), and and the strength of character to see a battle through. Despite carping from the press and the slings and arrows of snap popular opinion polls.
We’ll be paying the price for this world-wide failure of political leadership for many years to come. (How long before you get to sit in a commercial airplane without a face mask? Any guesses?)
Personally I think ending free lateral flow tests would be a step in the right direction. But its going to be a long time indeed before we get back to… Read more »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59935551 Gove stuck in lift.
I always thought the lifts at the BBC were wired for sound, as well as CCTV, so didn’t he do his interview from there?
Albert Bourla, the capo di tutti i capi of the Pfizer cartel seems to have a date for his new protection racket of March (Omericon cold operation). Interesting timing? Ties elegantly in with BJs route out timeline. Anyone else see the play?
‘capo di tutti i capi ‘
Is my favourite ice cream
Covid Circular 100,028/22
Not one person in the UK has collapsed from a ‘vaccine’ induced blood clot, stroke or heart attack
Central planning can reveal these people are just having ‘medical episodes’
Please move on there is nothing to see here
(Note to editors: ‘medical episode’ is not the latest installment of Casualty)
If anyone has evidence, they should file a crime report.
Maybe copy it to Reiner Fuellmich too, or to whoever is coordinating legal matters for him in the UK. The police might be quite surprised to hear that the ‘lawyer in charge’ is the one who took on the crooks in Deutsche Bank and VW.
Je suis Novak
Well, je suis no-vax!
Here We Go Again/Just Say No! Katy-Jo Murfin song
Zoe posts the largest daily drop in new symptomatics today
R=0.93
look like the curve will drop as quickly as it went up
It’s like it’s spring and people are getting more Vitamin D…
doesn’t feel like spring here!
everywheres bit quiet. I expect everyone feels skint from Xmas and has just seen their electricity bill
Don’t be stupid, be a smarty, come and join the Globalist party!
London was dead last week.
‘Let unelected bureacrats run your lives.’
Er … wasn’t that the reason for leaving the EU?
From the frying pan into the fire.
Blair does that too !
Gove still has the most punchable face in Westminster. Given the competition, that’s quite an achievement.
Would be good to hear from people who he went to school with…
Perhaps the Alpha Male Assembly will go for him, once they’ve finished karate-chopping their pizza boxes!
Sunak for me. Every time I see that cunt smirking I am reminded of what he did to me and the other 3m self employed in April 2020. That irritating lisp would be the least of his ailments were I left alone in a room with the utter twat.
Cunning……. as per usual they will play it by ear, nothing like not having a coherent plan when you’re at war with a mischievous ruddy virus, you never know what it’s going to do next. I imagine all parts of the UK will have a different defense strategy up their sleeve to create maximum confusion. These viruses can’t be trusted, no respect of authority, it’s gorilla tactics, camouflaged trousers etc. Just a pity about all the collateral damage. The public must understand that we’re going to defeat this virus even if it means total destruction of the entire UK .
Most of us on here know its only the fake tests keeping this plandemic going. Start charging for the tests and see how quickly it collapses.
The LFTs are not free in Finland – £3/ a spin. However, the ‘cases’ continue to be made up in their thousands, daily. It’s funny how I have never met even one of these ‘cases’.
This is why I don’t watch ‘The News’ on TV here, it is blatant State Propaganda.
Agreed. I think it was Tony Blair who introduced that grossly unnatural gesture, on the presumption that it indicated sincerity and conviction. I am not aware of anyone using it prior to that but many politicians have adopted it since. It really winds me up when I see such a meaningless and self-conscious gesture being deployed. My first reaction is to be highly suspicious of anyone who has adopted it. Interestingly, the only woman I have seen using the gesture is Nicola Sturgeon. Make of that what you will!
Ideally the headline would say “taxpayer subsidised” rather than “free”.
They’re not free and never have been, our money is robbed and given to a Chinese pharmaceutical company.
Mr Gove, loving the power https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/599841
Anybody seen this? And if so, had the stamina to wade through it ? https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0122/cbill_2019-20210122_en_1.htm
Unfortunately yes.
The most frightening part of it ( in my view) is the following clause;
Modifications of the Mental Health Act 1983Applications for compulsory admission to hospital for assessment or treatment3 (1) An application by an approved mental health professional under section 2
5or 3 made during a period for which this paragraph has effect may be
founded on a recommendation by a single registered medical practitioner (a
“single recommendation”), if the professional considers that compliance
with the requirement under that section for the recommendations of two
practitioners is impractical or would involve undesirable delay.
Basically anyone can get sectioned at the whim of any ONE medical practitioner summoned in the middle of the night to the local cop shop. And if you have ever had the unfortunate experience of a loved one caught up in the Mental Health Act you know its unlikely they reappear as the same person.
Like that film ‘I Care a Lot’
Lawyer Anna De Buisseret Speaks On Nuremberg 2 & Common Law
https://www.bitchute.com/video/88dbywRXDqk3/
Pulled into a petrol station today and when I went into pay their was two NHS nurses in front of me obviously from the local nearby hospital (you see them quite a lot where I live) … anyway, I noticed they were both wearing one of those purple ribbons which are a symbol of defiance against Jabbits ‘no jab no job rule‘ – which was good to see …
NHS100K
Incredible ….
A whole shop dedicated to Cov ert ID, who woulda thought it
“they are a vital tool in making sure that we can curb the spread of the infection and also that people who need to isolate do so”
Utter bollocks. I worked on LFT development and know that the ability to correctly read a faint result depends not only on the user’s colour vision but also on what result they actually want. It’s the reason Clearblue developed electronic readers for their pregnancy LFTs.
Add to that people who want to be off work for nothing and those who desperately don’t want to be off work e.g. because they can’t afford the pay cut and who provide results accordingly, and you have a system which is as utterly pointless as it is expensive.