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Surgeons and theatre staff wear masks to prevent respiratory droplets contaminating the surgical area, nothing at all to do with preventing viral transmission.  By the way, the eyes are also an entry point for viruses to enter the body, perhaps the neurotic mask wearers should wear goggles when they go shopping?

24 Mar 2022

Masks are theatre to make people feel good, that's why most people are longer wearing one.

19 Mar 2022

You can't keep the country locked up for something which is now a mild illness, and always was for most people  The economy was trashed because of the endless lockdowns and restrictions, we should have moved on a long time ago.

@Teignpot - reported, for the obvious reasons.

Europeans, many from the south west, were captured by the Barbary pirates and sold into slavery in North Africa.  You don't hear much about that these days.

Carrie Antoinette is the real power in Downing Street, that's why we're getting all these loony green diktats every other day.

14 Sep 2021

Will they work in the winter when there's not much sunlight to recharge the chargers?

Network Rail is not a commercial business, it has no shareholders and does not pay dividends, it is a state-run organisation, hence the shambles of the sea wall.

black lives matter
11 Jun 2020

With the current furore about statues that are now deemed inappropriate, it's worth noting that the sculptures which are incorporated into BBC Broadcasting House in central London were created by Eric Gill, a serial sex abuser who repeatedly molested his daughters, and even his own dog. The BBC, however, thinks it is perfectly fine to keep the statues in place because he was a respected 20th ...

11 Jun 2020

The BBC's interpretation of "news" is very selective indeed.