Two readers, responding to a piece contrasting BBC Scotland’s intensive focus on the virus with that of the BBC in England and in particular the North-west, seeming to ignore it, have commented on what they feel is a ‘different mindset‘ among English tourists abroad and among locals in the North-west.
One, based on experience flying out of and back into Edinburgh to more than one part of Europe, wrote:
Edinburgh flights have been inundated with people from England many favouring Edinburgh instead of Manchester . I’ve been on overseas flights and seen it. Even though wearing a mask throughout the flight is compulsory they wear them part-time or under their nose. English people I’ve met do indeed have a different outlook on Covid19. I’m not a pub goer but I’ve seen the pubs and bars around Europe full of English people this last few weeks shoulder to shoulder not wearing masks watching football drinking till late. Countries have seen increases in infections in these areas and decided to close pubs and bars earlier than normal. The mindset is different. That’s England’s Westminster propaganda at work.
A second wrote:
Was in Cumbria for the week-end. Keswick on Saturday was very busy. Could have counted the number of people with masks with one hand. If we have a second wave, it won’t be a surprise. The endless sneering at Sturgeon from Scotland’s colonial media: the indifference of England’s press: the Libertarianism in much of the Commentariat—all conspire to render the public venerable to a second infection.
Readers will no doubt add to this sample. Anyone observing better behaviour in England or by English tourists in Scotland? What about non-English tourists or locals in some other country?
Simples as Merkat says
The English are the superior master race
And Dominic Cummings The renowned
Genius Eugenicist believes this and once his ideas rammed through The Mother Fucker of a Parliament
Where is mastery of puppeteer skills will
Clearly be demonstrated via the contortions of the Tory Front Bench ( the wooden tops )
All leading to the creation of Empire 2 the likes of which will never be surpassed
As a write Breaking News
China has out of sheer fear handed back Hong Kong
And a massive factor that lead to this momentous offer was that their Secret Service had discovered plans that in order
For Britania to Rules the Waves
That England were to launch a huge number of Canoes all built secretly using
The covid lock down as cover
Spiffing Idea indeed Old Chap
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There was an interview on Radio 4 with a psychologist at Queen Mary University in London who has been undertaking a study on compliance with Covid-19 advice and she indicated that the conduct of Dominic Cummings et al and the conflicting and changing advice being issued by Westminster has led to increasing scepticism about the advice. In addition almost all of the metropolitan media are rather contemptuous about restrictions: “We’re British/English dontcha know! Who won the bally war?”
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Weekend covid 19 infection figures (usually lower than non-weekend figures) are 1715 (UK), mostly England.
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Yes there is a different mindset, but it is being reinforced by a media which as you have highlighted, gives Covid a very wide berth, presumably under instruction so the narrative can be dictated.
This will be further reason #10 are so desperate to shut down (via 3rd parties) SG Covid Updates , the Scots public are being distracted by facts, and there are a lot of England viewers asking awkward questions including Mayors as a result.
On Alasdair’s excellent point at 10.20am, are we really to believe with so many behavioural science types and propaganda experts in the back office that the mixed and confused messaging as well as the Cummings fiasco etc in England are not deliberately designed to manipulate that effect ?
To quote a now infamous character, “I smell shite”….
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“For the first time on record, the number of people on zero-hour contracts has risen to over a million. The number of people on zero-hour contracts rose by 17% compared to the same period last year, and this rise was most pronounced in two industries: health and social care (35%) and wholesale and retail (41%). The increase in these two industries equates to 90,000 more people on zero-hour contracts, which is over half of the 156,000 increase across all industries. ”
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/08/instead-of-rewarding-key-workers-britain-is-putting-them-on-zero-hours
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https://www.gmb.org.uk/news/strike-action-looms-british-gas-after-95-vote-over-fire-and-rehire-threat
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“The decision by the University of Sheffield to drop its plans to sack and reengage over 8,000 of its employees in a bid to cut costs has been hailed as ‘a victory for common sense’ by Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union, today (Thursday 20 August).
Unite, which represents university employees in key technical and professional roles, spearheaded the campaign, with other higher education unions, to protect jobs when the proposals were unveiled last month.”
https://unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2020/august/unite-hails-victory-as-university-of-sheffield-drops-plan-to-sack-and-rehire-8-000-staff-on-inferior-pay/
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Hmmm…Workplaces top source of virus clusters in France, says…
BY BRINKWIRE ON AUGUST 30, 2020
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/122625253/coronavirus-covidiots-blamed-for-virus-outbreak-on-flight-from-hell
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