I see it as, our club trying to get a little money to help with survival while helping to keep their supporters safe

You were quick to blame the protesters for a potential second spike; I was merely pointing out that there have been large amounts of people flouting the rules beforehand. In the end, the Government have never taken lockdown seriously - just how look at how quick they went from “stay at home, protect the NHS” to “stay alert, control the virus”.

That’s the thing - they didn’t. They’re quick to condemn the general public but when it’s one of their own....

Fake!!!

Please free to PM me so I can arrange for you tell my wife it's fake after losing her father disgraceful post

I actually said "social distancing" which includes [iall[/i of these who haven't followed that directive since the lockdown began.

I’m afraid cliche though it is it’s true in the case of laws and order.

The job of the government is to enact strong legislation and then far more importantly back the police up when they attempt to enforce it. All modern politicians completely negate that responsibility as they chase Twitter likes. This is even more offensive when done by a governments and especially its load mouthed Home Secretary who claims to be tough on crime. They are a bunch of deceitful windbags who lack any morality or backbone.

The police or should I say the senior officers are just as bad if not worse. There ludicrous desire to make the police force an off shoot of Social services has led to a systemic breakdown in policing.

The police are not here to be liked, there only job is to enforce the laws to the letter, nothing more. Parliament legislates the Judiciary decides who’s right and whose wrong.

Further to this the police due to ridiculous equal opportunity laws are stacked with officers who are either physically are mentally incapable of doing their core job MAINTAINING THE PEACE!

The only quota should be are you physically and mentally strong enough to do unpopular work. It simply isn’t enough to be chatty with old folks or down with the kids, by its very nature policing will turn nasty on occasions. The people they deal with are nasty, if they weren’t we wouldn’t need a police force.

An officer must be tough, strong and aggressive when needed. I don’t doubt the personal bravery of many police officers but when you have nothing to back it up with you’re as good as useless.

As a nation we need to wise up and stop clinging to a notion of Brittiness that no longer exists. We been a neW type of policing. Let the local constabulary deal with the community policing. Then create a national force to deal with the tough stuff.

I don’t mind if a person is black, gay or female so long as the are up to the job. We need a force that intimidated when needed and the hugely diluted police of today are no longer up to it.

That won’t please the liberals on here and will probably get locked or deleted but it’s the truth and it will put in the end.

If it doesn’t then it’s anarchy and when that happens we will see just how quickly to pond life turn on there liberal patrons.

Hang on, which is it? It's either a fake pandemic or the masks are worthwhile. You can't have it both ways. Trolling score 1/10

And to just correct your last line, I agree with this ......But it is unreal to walk on the street and see masks, an acceptance by society to say, "I recognize [iCovid19[/i as a threat

I can't keep locking every thread that starts just because someone says something stupid or wants to talk politics.
This is a rugby forum and to be honest I should just cut everything that isn't tenuously related to rugby but in the interests of fair play and the fact that we don't really have any rugby to talk about.

So from now on, if you want to post about politics etc, post it in here. It still has to adhere to the AUP. If you are bullying or offending people just for the sake of it, your post will be trashed and you'll get a warning or a ban, just like normal.
If you are offended by people who post about politics, this isn't the thread for you.

Jeez...which planet have you been living on for the past 4 months, pal ???

I have been posting on here for a few years now and have obviously read some right old garbage, but this absolutely takes the biscuit....10/10 for posting the biggest load of diatribe I have ever had the mis-fortune to read, now where is that 'ignore' button ???

I’d like to meet the piece of sheite that was perched on the cenotaph trying to set fire to Union Jack, one thing is for sure social distancing will be out of the window. I’ve scraped better things off the bottom of my shoe.

Vasty sums it up perfectly.

spot on Vastman. I agree with all your comments especially a national police force, which is long overdue, in terms of efficiency if nothing else!

Don't think our beloved PM helped much when he allowed the Cheltenham race meeting to go ahead, and the Italian football fans coming over here right at the outset did he BG. This government takes the first prize for hypocrisy.

My view on the current protests?
Correct to protest, but wrong time to do it. However, doubtful if the protests would have had anything like the same impact if they'd waited a couple of months.

I was meaning from the public's perspective but fair point, you're right they didn't.