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What Planet Do These People Live On?
I have long had the suspicion that many of the government's plans for dealing with Coronavirus were scribbled on the back of a fag packet. Now I'm convinced. This is from "a government advisor":
"Eyal Winter, a leading economist, told Cabinet ministers in a meeting that a solution to potential crowding could be to ask [pub] landlords to ration alcohol and to then politely ask people to go home.
It would mean landlords could allow 2 to 3 pints of beer, for example, before asking people to leave due to Covid-19."
How are they to tell how many pints each customer has had? Will they give out tokens at the door? What about people who don't drink pints? How long must the ration last and when can the customer return for more? Has Mr Winter (whoever he is) ever visited a pub and does he understand what they are for? Methinks he might do best to stick to economics.
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"Eyal Winter, a leading economist, told Cabinet ministers in a meeting that a solution to potential crowding could be to ask [pub] landlords to ration alcohol and to then politely ask people to go home.
It would mean landlords could allow 2 to 3 pints of beer, for example, before asking people to leave due to Covid-19."
How are they to tell how many pints each customer has had? Will they give out tokens at the door? What about people who don't drink pints? How long must the ration last and when can the customer return for more? Has Mr Winter (whoever he is) ever visited a pub and does he understand what they are for? Methinks he might do best to stick to economics.
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We can all be reassured by Mr. Winter's pronouncement. After all, he is the author of a book that's called "Feeling Smart":
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Perhaps he should rethink and go back to Game Theory.
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Thanks for the links. I note that Mr (or is it Professor?) Winter is "Director of the Center for the Study of Rationality". Well, physician heal thyself. There is nothing remotely rational about his advice and frankly he should have been thanked for his services, shown the door and given his bus fare home. (Actually, no. He could foot that himself). The man is obviously a charlatan.
Many publicans welcomed the introduction of strict, legally enforceable rules precisely because they'd been unable to get their customers to follow 'guidelines' up until then. So I can't see how any new set of guidelines could ever be made to work.
The MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, Dan Poulter, is a Tory (so he's obviously strongly aware of the pressures on the Government to 'get the economy restarted'). However he's also a doctor (and thus hopedfully knows a thing or two about epidemiology too). He has stated that "pubs, restaurants, theatres and sports venues are unlikely to reopen to the public much before Christmas". That view seems to be broadly accepted within the local business community:
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Much as I miss my usual Sunday evening crossword sessions, with a couple of mates, in an Ipswich pub, I find myself forced to agree with Dr Poulter.
The MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, Dan Poulter, is a Tory (so he's obviously strongly aware of the pressures on the Government to 'get the economy restarted'). However he's also a doctor (and thus hopedfully knows a thing or two about epidemiology too). He has stated that "pubs, restaurants, theatres and sports venues are unlikely to reopen to the public much before Christmas". That view seems to be broadly accepted within the local business community:
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Much as I miss my usual Sunday evening crossword sessions, with a couple of mates, in an Ipswich pub, I find myself forced to agree with Dr Poulter.
(With apologies to NJ for chatting on his thread):
We used The Rep for quite a while, TTT.
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It's lovely old pub, which retains many of its features from its days as the old Ipswich Arts Theatre:
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However Greene King disposed of it and we're not too keen on the way it's run these days, so we've moved to the other Greene King pub in the town centre, which is the Cock and Pye:
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We used The Rep for quite a while, TTT.
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It's lovely old pub, which retains many of its features from its days as the old Ipswich Arts Theatre:
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However Greene King disposed of it and we're not too keen on the way it's run these days, so we've moved to the other Greene King pub in the town centre, which is the Cock and Pye:
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//could be to ask [pub] landlords to ration alcohol and to then politely ask people to go home.//
That in itself is enough to alert anyone who has ever been to a pub that the "advisor" is in need of a bit of advice himself. 2 words would suffice. When a real landlord has shown you the door it is the customer who was "asked" to leave who resorts to politely asking.........whether he (or she) can please come in again your majesty.
That in itself is enough to alert anyone who has ever been to a pub that the "advisor" is in need of a bit of advice himself. 2 words would suffice. When a real landlord has shown you the door it is the customer who was "asked" to leave who resorts to politely asking.........whether he (or she) can please come in again your majesty.
