Comments by "Steve Parker" (@steveparker8065) on "Covid cases rising in UK - what happens next? - BBC News" video.

Ring a ring of roses, A government full of posers. A-tishoo, a-tishoo, We all fall down...
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Johnson couldn't even manage to fling a custard pie in his own face, he'd miss. I think you're being a bit hard on clowns to be fair.
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@QwadLuzr I saw a report that suggests the Bank of England is running out of lives and is likely to collapse. Now I know a national bank can't really collapse as such, but if the pound becomes worthless internationally it's the same thing. Tories have stretched the pound to the point of breaking with the recent £400 billion in bonds, on top of which we have £2.2 trillion national debt which gives us a debt to GDP ratio of almost 100%. We'll be lucky to survive the damage the Tories have already done, whilst asset-stripping the nation.
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@JamesSmith-vz8yr Agreed, here's another one: Remember, remember Tory sleaze this November, and how our government have all lost the plot. They will never see reason; while they profit from treason. In the old days, they would all have been shot...
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Smug Man You regurgitate the cognitive defecation of right-wing think tanks that fly in the face of centuries of historical fact. Revisions of history aren't history. You're smug because you aren't intelligent enough to realise how ignorant you are...
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Smug Man I've already made my views clear on currency and digital currency. "Currency is simply a human construct to allow a tiny minority to monopolize the world's actual resources." "Digital currency will disenfranchise the masses, those without credit will perish."
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@anonymoushuman8962 Not likely to be short but it will be a sharp shock, analysts are predicting the end of the BoE. Our Debt to GDP is closer to 100% in real terms and the growing cost of living is going to lead to action, eventually. The Tories have stretched the anaemic pound beyond its limits with the recent £400 billion in gov bonds. We've been downgraded on Moody's at least twice lost our triple-A credit rating. Tories are using every trick to keep us afloat, while they continue to asset-strip the UK.
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@anonymoushuman8962 I agree that would have been wise. Despite denials, Brexit only served to allow the UK to remain the largest enabler of corporate tax avoidance globally. But I don't think it will matter, we're in late-stage capitalism and nuclear proliferation has restarted. We are on course for a dystopian corporatocracy at best. Sorry to be so cheerful :)
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@QwadLuzr Labour has been infiltrated by centrist leadership since the '80s when Blair dropped clause 4. The left has always fought the machinations of billionaires. Currency is simply a human construct to allow a tiny minority to monopolize the world's actual resources. Central banks, Fractional Reserve Banking and FIAT currency are predominantly fractionally created digital currency already. Digital currency will disenfranchise the masses, those without credit will perish. Capitalists are in control of the world and they want us as cash cows to feed endless profits.
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Smug Man Yes, I'm aware of the conflicted nature of the Bank of England, from its nationalisation in 1946 to its ability to generate financial scams to export globally. It's a Central Bank which is a national privately-owned bank, that uses FIAT currency and so prints money under a Fractional Reserve Banking structure. There's a difference between a national bank (has the name of a country) to a nationalised bank (run by the government)...
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Smug Man Can't you read? Nationalised is run by a government, national just means it carries the country's name. You make arguments because you can't interpret English... It was nationalised back in 1946, the Tories reversed that. It's still a national bank, but not a nationalised bank. There's a difference!
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Smug Man They're called books, like memes but longer and factually researched...
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@djam7484 From a major banking and finance tabloid: "Will the Pound get stronger in 2021? With the coronavirus pandemic, continued frustrations over Brexit and the UK suffering the biggest economic recession amongst major economies, most bank analysts predict the Pound Sterling will continue to be under pressure in 2021."
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@soraninja The millions for our NHS have been siphoned by the Tories into the offshore bank accounts of shareholders. But they've given us debt in return, which was nice :)
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@Hypersonik ...we don't use leeches as much as we did back then. Technology has moved on a little in 700 years. What you should know is this: "How did the bubonic plague end? The most popular theory of how the plague ended is through the implementation of quarantines."
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@Hypersonik You obviously didn't learn the lesson of why the bubonic plague was stopped, you also don't understand that quarantine doesn't work with people continuing as normal and hence breaking the quarantine, Covid has killed healthy children and adults and ruined the lives of other healthy people by giving them long term conditions. Not sure what you mean regarding the £42k but if you're talking about the national debt, it's £2.2 trillion, divided by 67 million population = £32,835.8 each, not that it works like that...
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@Hypersonik lol your logic is wrong. You can't compare a bike accident to an illness. One is a choice. I've been knocked off my bike 3 times and I've had the flu many times. One is a physical accident, the other is an illness... I can chose to avoid riding my bike ever again, I can't choose to avoid illness... UK GDP was £2.7m last year. UK population is 67.2 million. Not even sure what your point is regarding GDP but the maths is off...
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@Hypersonik You can't choose to avoid being infected by an idiot who thinks illness is a personal choice...
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@Hypersonik GDP is the gross domestic product of Great Britain, that comes from tourism, industry, taxes etc. It isn't our wages, it's the country's profits. It isn't the same as national debt which is £2.2 trillion. The debt to GDP ratio is how much of our profits we have to pay in debts each year, which at the moment is nearly all of our profits as the ratio is around 100%. I already worked out the national debt as a proportion of every man, woman and child (£2.2 trillion, divided by 67 million population = £32,835.8 each), but only a third of our population is actually working many are children or the elderly. So the number you're looking for is £32,835 but I'm still not sure why you mentioned it, what relevance does it have to the pandemic? other than proving the Tories have ruined the economy...
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@Hypersonik GDP is profit, not debt. The national debt is what we owe. Quarantines and lockdowns only work if everyone does it. A delivery driver who doesn't lockdown can still spread the virus to customers. The elderly and vulnerable still need food shopping etc. I've worked during the pandemic, my understanding of how lockdowns and quarantines work is the reason I follow the advice, not because I personally want to be locked down, it's a sacrifice we make to stop the spread of the virus. Yes, debt is a problem and lockdowns will reduce our GDP and increase our debt. But the system isn't designed to allow for things like this, and debt is just information written on a computer, it really is a farce. Stop worrying about a fictional number and start worrying about your friends and family's health... None of us enjoy this, and yes the wealthy are taking advantage of the situation. But the virus has us by the balls, ignoring it could lead to the country shutting down completely.
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@Hypersonik I'm well aware what Gross Domestic Product is, but I was trying to explain it simply to someone who repeatedly conflated GDP with debt, you!. My point wasn't a point but a rebuttal of your comment, simply follow the conversation. You brought up the lockdown and debt. The Tories are giving away £100 billion per annum to corporations who cost us between £40-120 billion per annum in lost corporate taxes. Corporate greed is what is putting us in debt! The pandemic is being used to give taxpayer money away via cronyism. Our credit rating falling isn't good, our finances are looking dire, our debt to GDP ratio is around 100%. Economists predict nothing good for the pound. We also had the worst economic fallout of the developed nations. An economic expert you are not! Currency is a fiction, it's a human construct used to control and allow a tiny minority to monopolise the world's actual resoruces!
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@Hypersonik Corporate greed is killing our economy. Brexit has also cost us trillions. The Pandemic also played its part. All that aside we have the option to play it safe or risk it spreading and getting worse, if we ignore the virus or don't play it safe it could develop into something that could destroy the species.
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