Why coronavirus is not ‘the great leveller’ - BBC Newsnight

[@lavayuki]

Job less, recession, increased rates of depression, suicide and divorce is what will come of this

[@shanjanusman9974]

Thanks to our services economy. All those shiny new shopping centres and boutiques and restaurants were already destroying us. We must scrap office blocks and retail developments.

[@sarfrazali2947]

And some of us are in this crisis already with these issues.

[@allanscott3513]

Sanctions against china for allowing the consumption/trade of live/wild animals

[@douglastaggart9360]

@@allanscott3513 they will just laught at us they own most of industry including our nuclear power as it is

[@gullygullible9769]

Lava the poor don't have far to fall take comfort in that ! Peace

[@ianmangham4570]

Buy food not a tv license

[@StellaSutton]

As previously mentioned this hurts the poorest people the hardest !

[@editor4578]

@A 1 I think that the dead don't feel pain. Let's grieve but focus on the living especially the poor.

[@fredatlas4396]

@A 1 probably ends up the same, poverty kills, you can't live for long without food or shelter

[@sagittariusa2283]

Coronavirus lockdown has led to increase in suicides, police chiefs say as fears grow that domestic violence and sex abuse are also on the up

[@jeffrejr1]

Says a lot about society. Rather than the virus.

[@terrymoore861]

Everyone should see kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqm2opKPf7GVe5o which details the REAL situation about Covid 19. Then get VERY ANGRY and pass on this link!

[@TheManWithNoName.]

@@terrymoore861 agreed

[@abstractica]

domestic abuse calls are up 300% in my area... animal abuse cases too. BC Canada has given women's relief shelters 2 or 3 hundred million to help them out. I think Canada gave shelters money federally too. It's so sad :(

[@terrymoore861]

@@abstractica All because governments believed the lies of the pharmaceutical companies!

[@kaleblindsay9055]

we need a new type of politics in Britain and a new type of economy we need to get rid of thatcherism and the capitalist system

[@bushwhacked7112]

Destroy liberalism then

[@allanscott3513]

@W0RDUPV3X yes capitalism done correct has not conservative capatilism though probably the worst time ever to grow up in britain ive been working for 2 years under the tory government and because of all these new health and safety rules etc its impossibly hard to get a job on paper at 16 and 17 and who even wants to work for 4 pounds an hour? Who says a 16 year old doesnt have bills to pay? The system needs overhaulled and the economic brackets need shattered price gouging needs outlawed and one last law that would benifit everyone. Make it illegal to make cuts on the nhs as its basically sacrificing lives everytime they do it for what? A few more pennies

[@Sam-qj2hu]

Quite right. The good thing about this bad virus situation is how many people are thinking we need to fundamentally change our system, since capitalism has proven to be so weak in a crisis. In the short term we can pay out billions to help people get through it, and we should. However, in the long run what we need is to stop using a capitalist system because inequality, concentration of power and taking control away from the majority of people is central to how it works. We need to organise ourselves according to a better system, BESS, as i call it (a better economic and social system) that works well for the majority of us. No matter what useful short term changes we make in pay and education and rights etc, they will all be whittled away again 50 years later or so, if we have a capitalist system (as we have seen since the 1980s, with right wing government taking away the rights won in 1911 and 1945 etc). We need a BESS, and we ARE capable of having one.

[@Sam-qj2hu]

@W0RDUPV3X No, its capitalism. Its a waste of our time to focus on migration, when capitalism is a much bigger problem.

[@Sam-qj2hu]

@W0RDUPV3X Planes have taken people further, quicker..doesnt mean they dont crash and that nothing is wrong with them, or that a better way of transport is not possible. Basically: despite some good points, capitalism is not a good enough system and we need a better one.

[@lw3646]

For people on low wages this is just another bad time. Now unemployed, on universal credit or with 20% reduced wages. Living in overcrowded housing and flats. Being shamed for going to the park. Uncertain if your job is still going to be there to go back to in 3 months time stressing about money... If you're well off it's not been so bad. Working from home in your home office, maybe reading a few novels, chilling in the big garden, baking cookies with your children, learning a new skill or hobby. The only inconvenience is the longer lines in the supermarkets and your ski holiday being postponed.

[@Broken-Silencer]

Yvette Cooper shaking her head whilst talking in the affirmative. You don't need a degree in psychology to see through that. You also don't need a degree in politics to understand the BBC's choice of whom to interview.

[@timothyhallett6312]

Broken Silence yes, you have valid points. Vickie Price, remember she was involved in criminal lying by herself and former husband. Then there’s Yvette Cooper, who helped cause utter national humiliation by her Brexit blocking actions last year. She was lucky to be re-elected in December... clearly plenty of gullible, socialist supporters still in the BBC. These socialists all propose strong government action, you know, the sort which actually prevents or slows growth.

[@jameswingad3212]

@@timothyhallett6312 No politician that never had a proper job will ever undersstand that the more money they confiscate the more growth they throttle.

[@AndyTomlins]

@@jameswingad3212 Growth isnt the issue. 84% of all wealth generated goes to 1% of people. You could have alot less growth and still benefit the majority. The tax burden was much higher in the past but then there was alot less ways to avoid it. Problem with leaving the vast majority of the countrys wealth with individuals is they will use it whatever way benefits them not the country, which has been to invest in moving jobs overseas as its more profitable.

[@geordievillan]

@@jameswingad3212 and? exactly what benefit to anybody do you imagine 'growth' brings to society? Higher taxes, better directed taxes and lessening concentration of wealth at the top regardless of growth rate would benefit every aspect of society and every person within it.

[@geordievillan]

@@timothyhallett6312 Brexit is a national and international humiliation. That any person could still support it and manage to open youtube and type boggles the mind.

[@abdulrazzak9199]

The poor man will suffer with this lockdown the most

[@internautmedia1210]

Of course. Poverty is a death sentence.

[@kerryfry1857]

Same with Brexit.

[@phriedokra6158]

And the poor woman EVEN MORE AND THE POOR OF COLOR WHO ARE ILL THE MOST!

[@ElohimJim]

@@phriedokra6158 maybe if they washed their hands then they wouldnt get ill... No such thing as a racist virus.

[@douglastaggart9360]

What is Yvette cooper going on about when the government puts vat up on everything the poor will suffer because no matter how rich or poor you are we all pay the same vat on items

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Douglas Taggart : VAT is a Euro tax, surely the Tory government will be ditching it, yes?, no?

[@douglastaggart9360]

@@suzyqualcast6269 well no off course they wont

[@jeanmyers1787]

VAT was brought in @ 7.5 per cent but is now 20 per cent. Why????

[@douglastaggart9360]

@@jeanmyers1787 its going to higher and people who support these actions dont realise how bleak their futures are going to be

[@thelostboy916]

Let me guess, the solution to this economic malaise will be more open borders and more mass-immigration. The economy doing well? Well, we need millions of immigrants. The economy doing badly? Well, we need more immigrants.

[@internautmedia1210]

Nope, the answer will be to hold average joes like you down at a certain level by offering you universal income while technocrats continue making billions.

[@idems75]

but dont worry the uk government still working on an hard brexit (no fta , no significative agrement, noo delay Full speed to wall while the world is in crisis

[@theresistance3818]

Why isn't anyone talking about all of the independent contractors, who are ALL out of jobs, right now and aren't able to collect ANY type of unemployment benefits!?? What are we to do!?? I was already struggling before this pandemic hit, but now, my entire family, is struggling along with me. I don't know how any of us, will recover when this is, all over.

[@joestockton7016]

What sort of independent contracting do you do?

[@samstone8591]

“Young professionals” welcome to the Benefits Street

[@Midnightwhiskeymassacre]

Was just saying to my mrs how many of these people, moaned about those other people that claim benefits and some even wanted rid of it! Do you remember? Bet they feel a bit silly now 😂😂

[@AA-hi6os]

A country who’s govt abuses austerity measure as a norm, and it’s state broadcaster has the audacity to ask such a question?!

[@Broken-Silencer]

If you don't like it here, there's plenty of other countries to move to. Why don't you fuck off?

[@Billythecoww]

We all know where it goes when keeping the government in check equals enemy of the state. Propaganda has prepared the right wing british public for a totalitarian state. Newspapers are 80% pro-Tory in the country and soon the gammons will cheer for dictatorship.

[@fatfat1877]

@@Billythecoww Dictatorship? Its lefties that want restriction on freedom of speech and lefties cheering for the massive control the state has enforced over everyone lives. Your clearly not a very bright person.

[@QamarHussain-w8s]

Strong area of leadership should be to write off all IMF debts to the developing world and help them in the future if they need it. #Humanity

[@tonydecastro6340]

they all say there is need for a "re-think" of the market economy.... we've heard that so many times before, that the way the world has been proceeding economically is NOT sustainable in the long run and that unforeseen shocks (like the coronavirus) would send it off the rail. this brings up the question: well then, WHO DECIDES how this re-think should go? Trump? Johnson? if anything, these two would not at all agree about that re-think...

[@shanjanusman9974]

WE NEED TO OVERTHROW THE MODERN SERVICES ECONOMY. BAN ALL RETAIL AND LEISURE COMPLEXES.

[@markofsaltburn]

Shanjan Usman Yup - ban the places that sell what you want us to manufacture. Cracking idea.

[@shanjanusman9974]

@Marq LOECSTA It can be bought digitally now.

[@shanjanusman9974]

@@markofsaltburn Nobody is against fair and reciprocal trade. The UK and The EU27 run a trade deficit but I have no problem with that but China yes indeed as the country isn't a democratic state and also we can make more in this country than we do. It is time we focused more on agriculture, farming and fishing to forestry and mining and quarrying as well as the windfarm industry. We don't need cheap imports from China and also the benefits of outsourcing and importing from China has been wiped out as The UK is losing two billion pounds a day. The future isn't consumerism and corporate dependency to imports and services sectors. Also where's the equality in the cinemas? Poor people serving Metropolitan Britain and the rich. I would refuse a job at the cinema as it's not essential and it's enslavement not employment. F***K the services economy

[@markofsaltburn]

Shanjan Usman First problem: the UK has zero phosphate reserves - we are entirely dependent on imported phosphorus from the Western Sahara to fertilise our soil - we are tied to geopolitical forces whether we like it or not. Secondly, you castigate China for being anti-democratic but you want to limit people’s freedom of movement, assembly and expression to build YOUR kind of society; you’re the tyrant here. You say culture isn’t essential, but nothing could be further from the truth: culture IS humanity.

[@robertdowns3638]

💢Universal credit is A Weak system and none helpful HAS NOW BEEN OMITTED!!!!!💢

[@kaleblindsay9055]

We should support our public services investing jobs and get rid of austerity

[@OfficialBunKaaH]

I got made redundant yesterday, horrible feeling. Feeling lost.

[@janierees1987]

OfficialBunKaaH I’m so sorry...hope you get back into work shortly stay safe!

[@joestockton7016]

For thousands of years your ancestors have struggled to survive; they've faced plagues, wars, famines, natural disasters, invasions, poverty, etc etc... and done so without anything like the modern technology/medicine available today; Now, imagine you could speak to everyone of these members of your family; your Grandparents' mum and dad; their Grandparents and on and on as far back as you like and try to imagine what those people would say to you right now. They were all warriors in their own right, and whether you know it or not; that same warrior blood flows through your veins and if you ever needed to, you could call upon it to fight through any kind of adversity you face. You're not your job, you're not even you, you're part of something much bigger and more important. Find something you love to do i.e a hobby and spend whatever time you have right now trying to become a master of it; doesn't matter what it is, just work on something you enjoy for the same amount of time everyday as you were working in your old job; wake up the same time; hey dressed, eat breakfast etc, then spend 8-10 hours doing something you actually want to do, but with the specific goal of mastering it. If you're feeling lost just start f*ing looking for yourself...shouldn't take too long to find you, or a new you..perhaps even a better you.

[@waza8536]

Have faith, Stay Strong

[@mogznwaz]

The older I get the more I realise that human beings just love to whine.

[@SebAnders]

OH! Here we go again! You know what I can't stand? People like YOU complaining all the bloody time! *friendly sarcasm

[@poopsiekelly724]

@@SebAnders Some people just can not handle the TRUTH.Go do your RESEARCH

[@poopsiekelly724]

@RandomlyInaccurate Some people can not handle the TRUTH.Go do your RESEARCH

[@mogznwaz]

@RandomlyInaccurate How do you know I'm a guy?

[@phriedokra6158]

@@mogznwaz NOPE, but a whiny little bitch either way

[@adityajha4887]

"... the income of the poor families fell in the last two years, that's not what we should've been seeing when the economy was actually growing" Under capitalism, the economic growth is spurred by the stealing of the surplus value of the labour of the working class by the capitalist. While the worker powers the growth,all the benefits are reaped by capitalists;thus resulting in the inequitable loss suffered by the working class during the period of supposed "economic growth". I appeal to the working class: let's not go back to our normal life after this pandemic ends but, strive to change the normal and annihilate capitalism

[@sendit6481]

A nation of sheep will be ruled by wolves, and they will be eaten by them.

[@stevecooper7038]

It's a scam - you've all been had.

[@tmejackson]

We most certainly have - thought you died years ago!!

[@lionsroar9811]

You should be ashamed of yourself show a bit of respect for the 10k plus people that have died

[@studio-flash]

I bet you think the earths flat as well.

[@poopsiekelly724]

Stiglitz is a LIAR by saying our economy is not resilient, there is PLENTY OF MONEY in the system the only problem is that it is not going where it should be going and billions are being diverted to non essential projects,non urgent projects and especially the pet projects favoured by members of the front benches.Stiglitz is one of those people that promotes the banking system,he says again the system is not resilient,what he really means to say is that it is the CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR of the banks that makes the system vulnerable.But do not expect mr stiglitz to admit this any time soon as he is a member of that particular group of people who belong to that particular religion who pull the strings when it comes to the economy and who fix the system so that it enriches them massively and punishes the rest of us.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Working class pay and conditions will NEVER NEVER grow if the system can always import an over supply of cheap labour.

[@jeffrejr1]

Do you think that's what controls wages? The government can easily put the minimum wage up. It's that simple

[@NnamdiNw]

I think sometimes we fail to neglect the additional benefits some working class get and to some extent this reflects in the wage structure

[@fatfat1877]

@@jeffrejr1 You dont believe in supply and demand?

[@anonUK]

@@NnamdiNw fail to neglect?

[@NnamdiNw]

anonUK fail to acknowledge * Better?

[@kerryfry1857]

I'm a refuse collector, will I get a pay rise after this is over?

[@kerryfry1857]

@@tracik1277 thank you very much. Hopefully I'll get through this. Stay safe.

[@kerryfry1857]

@@terrytunney4089 sounds about right :(

[@howardbabcom]

Can someone explain to me how on earth we can deal with the debt when we haven't even begun to pay back what we owe America for it's material support... in the first world war!

[@howardbabcom]

@Kris Moodley That was for WW2. We've never begun to properly pay the WW1 debt, and probably could never afford to.

[@jaynemachen7193]

It’s time we humans started to focus on what is truly valuable to us. Time the world dropped this money/capitalism/debt cycle and focussed together on quality of life and fair distribution of food. Instead, we work like slaves to the elite, buying useless rubbish and destroying the planet alongside all that!

[@IHSchwingo]

Make billionaires into millionaires

[@Molly-ss4fw]

Why

[@IHSchwingo]

@@Molly-ss4fw Because as system that allows for billionairs to exist, relies on exploitation.

[@CarlinConnolly]

Why are we not asking what the Banks are doing? We saved them in 2008 and yet now not only are they not offering their help but the Govt is not asking them to do anything. Everyone should get an immediate grant from their bank of £2000 p.c.m for the duration of the restrictions - i am sure it would cost a lot less than the State gave the Banks in 2008 and what is the alternative? that the current Govt support translates into a state debt to the banks that we bailed out only 10 years ago...

[@kaleblindsay9055]

I support the welfare state we need security opportunity for all

[@PeterJohnsonWales]

The fact that people's salaries are usually inversely proportional to their usefulness to society has never been so clearly illustrated. I can't see that been addressed - I bet all these warm sentiments towards key workers will evaporate with end of the crisis. Any high earners stepping forward to pay higher taxes to pay fair wages to front line workers? Not holding my breath.

[@glennflynn1619]

Being upbeat no more struggling with loose change, in a cashless society

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

Why doesn't every country write off a percentage of debt. Is that just too sensible?

[@matthewwaddington2777]

'Universal Credit' is 'Jobseekers Allowance' by another name.

[@beautiful00786]

Believe in Britain,let's lead the world out of this crisis, long live Queen and kingdom 😇😇💗💪💪👊🙏

[@shanjanusman9974]

The modern services economy must be overthrown for good.

[@carolinebennett5615]

Shanjan Usman OK. But what replaces it?

[@internautmedia1210]

😂 Irrational.

[@jameswingad3212]

@@quantumhelix8668 How would you finance manufacturing without banks and capital markets?

[@jameswingad3212]

Twisted Helix Are you in the manufacturing business? There also is no equivalence there at all. A salaried employee gets his pay but borrowing that money and spending it now has no impact on the size of the salary in the next few days. Borrowing to find growth increases revenue allowing the company to service the debt.

[@jameswingad3212]

@@quantumhelix8668 It's not a huge surprise you're not in business! Borrowing works when there's a cashflow to service the debt which is the case for borrowing against business growth yet not when borrowing against a constant salary. If people take on personal debt that is a matter for the lender and borrower - people do not need saving from themselves! Recessions are no bad thing really. They're an opportunity for the economy to reset and weak business models (deserve to) go to zero. Making money is a war from which not everyone returns. Failures are a fact of life and it's wrong for states to interfere. Recessions are like volanic erruptions where some things perish yet that makes room for healthier and stronger growth!

[@DC-wp6oj]

Whats changed. The rich get through difficult times and the poor get smashed. Been the same for thousands of years. Yet taxpaying rich pay for the poor something that is overlooked.

[@threeMetreJim]

Those that are safe now won't be so much when it's over. They are supported from the bottom. If there are less people buying, then those lucky now, will have a problem when who they work for lose out because of lack of consumption from below.

[@fxchannelhouse]

I dont see the key workers getting a pay rise or bonus for carrying out everyone's back. low pay jobs will be same thing after this, the ivisible ones..... fucking sad this is.

[@tdavis85]

Says something about the fragility of a completely capitalist based society where the only facet that keeps the poorest afloat is their already lowly paid jobs, most at risk of losing

[@NicoCapen]

sick without job ! what a life !!

[@canangel75]

Who do we owe all this money to? How can each nation owe money to? )why do we have a world bank? Are we all in it together?? ??

[@theadventuresofoldmort1746]

The answer rhymes with pew.

[@lionsroar9811]

A banker lost 1 million of a banks money he didn't tell but his bosses found out and let him continue reading this is all that is wrong with banking

[@peterhouston161]

Keyworkers: overlooked and undervalued until the shit hits the fan.

[@life107familyfitnessboxing8]

Love the story telling. Fantastic capture and editing.

[@sonalpatel6119]

RESULTS OF FAITH IN TRUTH

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

Older men have been massively discriminated by this virus. Men use less NHS resources and the NHS staff are overwhelmingly gyno-centric.

[@kimwarburton8490]

maybe because too many men thought that being a nurse was only for women, yet lacked the intelligence to become doctors n lacked the courage to go against conventional work roles because of stupid comments like yours

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

kim warburton it’s the matriarchy. I just had a child and not a single member of staff through the entire experience was male. You might think it was because women are attracted to and suited for those kinds of roles, but if we thought that, we might have admit STEM jobs and executive boards are attractive to men and better suited to them, and if we accept that, it’s sexist, isn’t it.

[@davebellamy4867]

10:12 The lady with the specs has hit the nail on the head. Default.

[@hauskalainen]

Thumbs up on this comment if you SUPPORT the BBC. (Just to counter the critics denouncing the BBC in their comments)

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

The post Corona recession will be short and sharp, not long and shallow. Why? Because it's not an economic crash, economy is on pause. When it is un-paused, economic activity will rapidly resume, and re-employment will rapidly resume. I predict we'll see a sudden boost in economic activity the six to twelve months following the easing of restrictions, because businesses will rush to get back to BAU, and even use the pause to grab more market share from those businesses that will have failed.

[@JogBird]

virus do not discriminate

[@thechickenman2289]

Ye but Discrimination and racial segregation will always be in the UK as we all kno

[@JC-bd5ho]

What segregation?

[@cohabitant]

@EriolTolkien Abolishing slavery after making plenty of money transporting slaves and the goods that slave labour made? Trade routes established primarily through violence, not ingenuity. The UK is rich thanks to profits made on the back of slave labour, be careful not to forget it.

[@cohabitant]

@EriolTolkien My point is that the introduction of the Abolition of Slavery Act does not absolve the UK of its role in slavery, particularly with reference to establishing the unfair economic conditions of today. Of course, the UK did not act alone, and arguably other European nations were more violent in their empire-building activities, with particular reference to Spain in South and Central America as you rightly mention. But now, as then, these global economic rules are largely established by the British Empire. Britian set these rules also within its own borders, and it worked - cheap UK labour of servants and factory work allowed the economic conditions for ruling classes to grow their wealth and be rewarded for doing just that. The feedstock for those factories was largely taken from out in its Empire, cotton for mills made on the back on slave labour in its new colonies in the US and Caribbean, tobacco for cigarette manufacture, sugar plantations for food. They could now sell these higher-value products back to their colonies, with tax on these products also going back to London. Cheaper clothes and food for the poor in the UK was a small benefit (at the sacrifice of millions of slaves globally). But let us not be so naive to think that this was the intended goal. With all due respect, Our Moral View is that so long as the money is flowing back to London, the UK is okay with it. This is still happening today as by the rules set and enforced of the World Bank and IMF. As you mention, other nations are responsible too, but I would argue that pointing this out does not make the UK blameless. Just to note, of course, the UK is not the only party to this, but as the biggest economy of that time, I believe has to shoulder the responsibility proportionally. Slavery still goes on today, but I think it is, at best, naive for the UK to wash its hands. Many of the products we use today we could not afford without slave labour. And whilst the UK has managed to hide its role by having slavery happen in other countries, we cannot be so oblivious that we no longer have any part in it.

[@cohabitant]

​@EriolTolkien So you believe it was a wholly moral decision for reason why Britain wanted rid of slavery? The US was a new country, independent from the UK and ready to take part in the global economy. How could the UK compete if the US could benefit from its slave labour, whereas the UK could not? Yes, some moral drivers helped push this world view, but the economy ultimately drives these decisions.

[@fluffyfour]

Not a very balanced group of commentators. Two of them had financial positions in the last Labour government. Where's the balance in that?

[@thegreenbastard5171]

I told Coronavirus to go get its fuckin' shinebox!

[@susanelliott2287]

Should read care not card

[@phriedokra6158]

Time for ALL countries 1%,RICH corporations ceo's, the royals, mega recording artists and athletes, the shieks, popes and rich,bishops to combine their monies to cover ALL for food, room and board and healthcare and WE WILL MAKE IT UP TO THEM ....we made it for,them IN THE FIRST PLACE

[@empirefire9681]

If you Don't have Big Stacks.. You Deserve it.... Equal Equality Isn't.... ☣️

[@waynefff9914]

Cooper... must have jaw ache... does she ever do anything but criticise?

[@Headwind-1]

of course there are more poor than other . . . .so the impact is bound to be disproportionate . . .silly . .

[@mrraccoon6264]

China owes the World a massive I.O.U

[@colallison6152]

There more interested in having a 'lovely light show'.

[@raymondsawyer8626]

The east Asian countries should clamp down on these awful wet markets

[@萬頃秋]

The British government had to pay for their colonization

[@萬頃秋]

Patient zero is American, like the Spanish flu.Apparently originated in the United States, the United States government failed to control it and it spread to Spain where it was exposed to the public and then it was called the Spanish flu. Aren't the Spanish people pitiful?

[@hopethisworks1212]

Looking at language usage in the comments, I've come to the conclusion that a lot of the trolls are american. Just preparing for their takeover i suppose.

[@4uurbantroll2u]

pneumococcal vaccination ? whats in it ? 6 months on not well

[@sagittariusa2283]

Defy your imprisonment don't let your freedom be taken

[@Ali-di6vp]

David Ickes video was removed from KZbin so our liberties are starting to deminish... NWO 😔

[@pru666]

The two of you are an example as to why it’s somewhat alarming that everyone has access to the internet. You both need help.

[@fdp2904]

Doom, gloom and fear everybody... that's all there is on offer.

[@PrinsTan]

Useless guest Stiglitz. Anybody could have given the same answers....

[@dantaylor7344]

The century might be different but we're all aboard the RMS Titanic and only posh rich people will get a place in the lifeboat.

[@africanelectron751]

BBC is sad we got a plage not Mao.

[@lifestylelifestyle5471]

Big up(brian rose)from(LONDON REAL TV)great livestream interview with(david icke) the other day.which was the 2nd most popula livesteam video in the WORLD!...☺

[@jeffrejr1]

David Icke is off his meds.

[@johnrambo4245]

@@tescolucan7356 Every single country that has (so called) covid 19 has 5G

[@TheManWithNoName.]

One thing we're all learning right now is that no matter how much proof, or evidence you lay before the sheep, they will not wake up... their mentality relys on the system and they will defend it no matter what, you cant argue a reasoned logical point with them cause they are illogical and unreasonable.

[@lifestylelifestyle5471]

@@TheManWithNoName. i agree 100%.

[@terencetrentwatford.632]

Go get some fresh air lifestyle . You sound like a very unfriendly nasty reptilian .

[@bongoslide]

where your mask lmao can we check what's in your bag, see if there is none essential stuff, and can we loot your house if we turn up 17 of us with the social distancing of being crushed as we all try to get in your house because you failed to come to our maritime admiralty courts this not the case in some cases?

[@theadventuresofoldmort1746]

When you don't own anything to begin with and your used to it you take this stuff on the chin. It's the people who had that this will destroy. Beans on toast. You can't beat it. Toughen up people.

[@gwmitchell1980]

How about a 20% pay cut for MP's . Suspend the Television License for 18 months and put a temporary freeze on the £16.6Million EACH month we pay to the W.H.O.

[@kaleblindsay9055]

We should have a socialist economy

[@CoreyJayB]

people prefer freedom

[@benbow7]

The economy should operate for the benefit of the native British People. When our ancestors built this country they did it for us, not for foreigners, and neither they nor us ever consented to give any of it away, or were even asked before it was given away.

[@NnamdiNw]

benbow7 Are you also gonna consider the slaves and colonies who help build the nation alongside your ancestors?🤔

[@benbow7]

@@NnamdiNw The Mongols, Turks, Arabs and Bantu all employed far more slaves than the British for far longer and treated them far more cruelly which is why so few of their slaves' descendants are around today to whine at them, yet the homelands of these peoples are certainly did not become wealthy thereby. I could also point out for the thousandth time that whereas ALL human societies practised slavery the British and their colonies were the only ones that ever tried to abolish it, expending enormous blood and treasure in the process.

[@pru666]

BenBow. You are the problem with society as it stands. You are cruel, unfeeling and dismissive. How can you speak in such a blasé manner about slavery? If one person rapes twenty people would it be okay for another to rape thirty? How can you be SO cold? People are fucking dying, and it’s affecting the poor and minority communities the most. Learn some compassion for god sake, you’ve been sold lies by an elite who don’t care about you, and who deem Kindness a weakness. It’s not. It’s how humanity survives.

[@brainstemriff]

The great leveller? I want the great riser cheers, I've had enough of levelling as it pertains to average wage. This video title is a joke.

[@mohammedhanif6780]

are you thick? read properly

[@brainstemriff]

@@mohammedhanif6780 bot says 0101

[@thecultofjohnnydelr.soulsw7010]

KEY workers are never important in a MONEY society!

[@coreyh6207]

are you stupid?

[@YevOnegin]

For the love of Allah, BBC. Can you just stop rambling about nonsense for 5 minutes and focus on actual problems?

[@editor4578]

Well! This is the most 'meant to trigger' comment so far.

[@carlyonbay45]

did he say 'low rollers' or 'lower earners' ....?....his accent is awful

[@kaleblindsay9055]

I am a labour party supporter and I voted for Jeremy Corbyn

[@jeffrejr1]

Funny how his ideas would be welcome at this time. He already said the weak were already too weak. People acted like he was a nut.

[@NnamdiNw]

Let’s not act like Jeremy Corbyn’s idea was based on Black Swan events happening, it sounds rather stupid. You didn’t vote for Jeremy Corbyn because you could predict a Global epidemic / recession, I’m just saying.

[@jeffrejr1]

@@NnamdiNw I voted because the system runs on the edge. So something going wrong to this level just has triple the impact. Because a large number of people live close to the edge. The current government pretend that isn't the case.

[@bushwhacked7112]

Let’s eliminate poverty by importing 100’s of thousands of poor people every year.

[@paulburns1333]

@@bushwhacked7112 And they're still queing up at Calais.

[@ifukill7538]

It's a different world now. Financial depression....global debt clock, trillions in debt. Me well I'm growing fruit and vegetable plants to share in the community. 🍅 sliced, lots of seeds, lots of 🍅 plants. Recycle plastic bottles/ bags with soil to grow. KZbin has easy indoor growing videos. I bucket of soil, grow potatoes = 🍟.... Strawberries.... Grow salad in water😉🍅🍓

[@kikidee3204]

Media love this can't get enough scare mongering is the name of the game social media loves it too personally I'd like some first class entertainment from the BBC I pay my licence through the butt and what do I get for it in a crisis sweet fa on the telly even with a captive audience they have missed a massive trick I'm giving up television I cancel my subscription

[@kaptinbadrukk2668]

China must pay

[@presidentelectzigenpuss3570]

Can we prevent the continuation of the bbc?

[@johnathanpearson3203]

Woke biased newsnight voted down 😀👍 We don't want to pay your internet BBC tax!

[@asnekboi7232]

Yes how dare something explain things

[@johnathanpearson3203]

@@asnekboi7232 you mean the BBC explaining how there would be no more sandwiches after brexit? Is that what your saying Cathy?

[@asnekboi7232]

Johnathan Pearson that’s never happened

[@allanscott3513]

@@johnathanpearson3203 i find it hilarious that thats the only point you could come up with for brexit and well as for bbc if you dont like them stop paying your license simple as..

[@johnathanpearson3203]

@@asnekboi7232 yes it did. That's what the BBC reported.

[@XLNC616]

So we’re creating a financial, health, economic and social crisis out of a health crisis. Logic.

[@Bugster42]

nptonr mask tobe seen

[@davidhenryandthemysterons3220]

This presenter is a dragon , get her off the airwaves NOW.

[@ATipplingPhilosopher]

Maitlis is awesome

[@anonnymous4684]

Love Emily Maitlis. She's excellent at her job.

[@andrescasado5975]

W r bro

[@awsomevidios58]

I am sooo glad that we have the great unbiased BBC looking out for the poor and vulnerable and keeping them protected. Imagine if the BBC hadn't pushed so hard to get us locked down? We might have seen hospital beds selfishly taken up by cancer patients and elderly people instead of CV patients. We might even be in the same position as countries like Sweden or Japan, or even....God help us, Iceland (that basket case of a country that prosecuted bankers) instead of countries like Italy or Spain. So thank you BBC, I applaud you for your untiring efforts to keep us all safe in our boxes. This is for you 👏👏👏

[@awsomevidios58]

chima chibi Not saying you're wrong but if that was the case wouldn't we be seeing more cases in the unvaccinated? I.e. Younger than 20 Am I missing something

[@paulburns1333]

Sweden's a mess. Smart arse plan never worked.

[@KP-bw7lz]

Come on BBC ... can't you blame this on Brexit ?