They could, but I have used PayPal with using partly some funds that I‘ve had in my PP account plus Visa.
As said, I used PP buyer protection and have received the funds in full.
My point was, I understand the trouble that BA and others are and if they‘d worked with me instead of playing deaf, I‘d been willing to compromise.
As they did the deaf thing, I have gone to the maximum pain solution which was a full refund.
President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Sorry to interrupt the thread with this, but it seems like a good place to post it:
The furore in the UK about the government's defence of its top advisor Dominic Cumming's "interpretation" of lockdown guidance to suit his personal circumstances is important in terms of undermining public trust. It seems the PM and his Cabinet are reverting to old style politics and prioritising over clarity of message a decision to look after one of their own. This in the middle of a public health emergency.
A car crash briefing by the Transport Secretary this evening. Pun intended.
Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
The UK minister in question, Grant Shapps, is doubling down this morning, on the political shows, and doing further damage in terms of public trust in the government's messaging/ instructions. Wholly irresponsible behaviour by the UK government, in plain sight.
Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
It's an odd story all round. We have a local who spotted Cummings out and about near a castle, and just happened to recognise him and also took his number plate AND typed it into his computer AND says he has a photographic memory it's just the sort of thing he does.
It reminds me of the Sun or NoW story about how they happened upon a radio boffin who happens to listen to late-night phone calls and radio signals and record them for fun and just happened to happen upon a phone call of Prince Charles and Camilla, in which they happened to engage in erotic byplay about tampons and stuff.
Rubbish! Of course the press had hacked their phone calls, but they didn't want to admit to that possibility so they co-opted some helpful citizen to 'explain' how the call came into the public domain.
The police never looked into this hackery because, well, they collude with the press anyway which very often is arm of the State, and they put out the official story as and when. That's why Leveson 2 got shut down - to avoid exposing all that, it seems.
So it appears Cummings was under surveillance during his travels - and as Cummings is a declared enemy of the State - in particular local authorities, this was going to happen. It is hard to know who to feel sorry for most in all this.
"This is where we leave you Mr Bond."
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Sir MilesThe Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,924Chief of Staff
I thought the local spotting him etc was a bit odd too. I thought we were all supposed to be social distancing but that doesn't seem to apply to journalists and photographers. At least, not the ones surrounding Cummings getting into his car. Seems like a double standard to me.
It is hard to know who to feel sorry for most in all this.
Well, certainly NOT Dominic Cummings X-(
I've no strong aversion to this view - but Cummings is a mixer and some part of me thinks, like Bond and Stromberg's vino, that a man so opposed to local authorities can't be all bad. -{
I thought the local spotting him etc was a bit odd too. I thought we were all supposed to be social distancing but that doesn't seem to apply to journalists and photographers. At least, not the ones surrounding Cummings getting into his car. Seems like a double standard to me.
So the local couldn’t have spotted him from two metres away?
Journalists and photographers are allowed to work - whilst maintaining social distancing...what you are NOT supposed to do is drive the length of the country to visit your parents! I thought THAT was obvious. THAT’S where your double standards are.
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Sir MilesThe Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,924Chief of Staff
If Cummings would have sat down and admitted that he was arrogant and deliberately breaking the rules which he has installed -because he thought that he was better or more important - it would have been not as pathetic as that sh*tshow that is currently on TV.
What a loser!
President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
If Cummings would have sat down and admitted that he was arrogant and deliberately breaking the rules which he has installed -because he thought that he was better or more important - it would have been not as pathetic as that sh*tshow that is currently on TV.
What a loser!
He's a career psychopath. The government needs to accept that the situation puts at risk people's willingness to adhere to lockdown rules and may cost lives. The PM should sack him, but I fear he's too arrogant or weak, or both, to do that.
Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
Thunderbird 2East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,818MI6 Agent
Until we‘ve found a vaccine, that will be my conduct
Thunderbird Too! Wales is still in full lockdown, and that suits Me. My Employer has confirmed we are continuing Working From Home at least until September, and WFH will most likely carry on beyond that.
This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
If I go out to buy a Times and a bottle of red - hardly essential, is it?
But what if I do my daily approved exercise - and there's a Co-op at at the end of it? And I go in and buy the Times and wine. Is that right or wrong?
What if Cummings drives 250 miles - what of it? He's in the car, it's not strictly as bad as walking around your local supermarket.
It would be different if he got to go to his Mum's funeral or into her care home or something - cos no one else is allowed to do that.
Oh, and the photographers weren't social distancing as they tried to interview him/harass him - so they are in the wrong.
If I understand correctly, UK citizens where ordered to stay at home and not driving around and visiting family.
President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Thunderbird 2East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,818MI6 Agent
Higgins is right. This is not bending the rules it’s blatantly flouting them. My Father, my Aunts and Uncles they are in other parts of the country. Many of my friends and colleagues have kids and or elderly parents too.
Why were none of us given this ‘provision?’ Because it was breaking the law!
Sack him? He should be prosecuted for gross negligence, endangering the lives of others and shut given a prison sentence of at least four months.
This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
I thought the local spotting him etc was a bit odd too. I thought we were all supposed to be social distancing but that doesn't seem to apply to journalists and photographers. At least, not the ones surrounding Cummings getting into his car. Seems like a double standard to me.
So the local couldn’t have spotted him from two metres away?
Journalists and photographers are allowed to work - whilst maintaining social distancing...what you are NOT supposed to do is drive the length of the country to visit your parents! I thought THAT was obvious. THAT’S where your double standards are.
Hmm, I really didn’t word that well at all. I was responding to NP’s post about the local typing the number plate into his computer. That’s what I found odd. The social distancing comment I made was not about the local although I can see that it looks that way by the way I wrote it. That was about the photographers and journalists that were crowding around and not social distancing. And my double standard comment was referring to one group not sticking to the rules while judging another. Hope that it makes a bit more sense now.
Boris Johnnson's attitude over the Cummings business reminds me of when he tried to prorogue parliament. Contemptuous and contemptible, except now with lives at stake. Unfortunately, Durham Police don't have the clout that the Supreme Court had... and once again dissenting Tory MPs will end up being silenced.
Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
Sir MilesThe Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,924Chief of Staff
I thought the local spotting him etc was a bit odd too. I thought we were all supposed to be social distancing but that doesn't seem to apply to journalists and photographers. At least, not the ones surrounding Cummings getting into his car. Seems like a double standard to me.
So the local couldn’t have spotted him from two metres away?
Journalists and photographers are allowed to work - whilst maintaining social distancing...what you are NOT supposed to do is drive the length of the country to visit your parents! I thought THAT was obvious. THAT’S where your double standards are.
Hmm, I really didn’t word that well at all. I was responding to NP’s post about the local typing the number plate into his computer. That’s what I found odd. The social distancing comment I made was not about the local although I can see that it looks that way by the way I wrote it. That was about the photographers and journalists that were crowding around and not social distancing. And my double standard comment was referring to one group not sticking to the rules while judging another. Hope that it makes a bit more sense now.
It makes a bit more sense than the bollocks Cummings came up with
YNWA 97
Sir MilesThe Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,924Chief of Staff
So the local couldn’t have spotted him from two metres away?
Journalists and photographers are allowed to work - whilst maintaining social distancing...what you are NOT supposed to do is drive the length of the country to visit your parents! I thought THAT was obvious. THAT’S where your double standards are.
Hmm, I really didn’t word that well at all. I was responding to NP’s post about the local typing the number plate into his computer. That’s what I found odd. The social distancing comment I made was not about the local although I can see that it looks that way by the way I wrote it. That was about the photographers and journalists that were crowding around and not social distancing. And my double standard comment was referring to one group not sticking to the rules while judging another. Hope that it makes a bit more sense now.
It makes a bit more sense than the bollocks Cummings came up with
Maybe I should be Boris's adviser! Although I think I would need to have a proof reader
Albert Finney was nicely self-isolated until Bond and Emma showed up, probably hadn't seen another soul for years.
And Bond and that Sylva had both been travelling in Asia less than 14 days before visiting Glencoe, and they both went on London public transit at rush hour!
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As said, I used PP buyer protection and have received the funds in full.
My point was, I understand the trouble that BA and others are and if they‘d worked with me instead of playing deaf, I‘d been willing to compromise.
As they did the deaf thing, I have gone to the maximum pain solution which was a full refund.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
The furore in the UK about the government's defence of its top advisor Dominic Cumming's "interpretation" of lockdown guidance to suit his personal circumstances is important in terms of undermining public trust. It seems the PM and his Cabinet are reverting to old style politics and prioritising over clarity of message a decision to look after one of their own. This in the middle of a public health emergency.
A car crash briefing by the Transport Secretary this evening. Pun intended.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
It reminds me of the Sun or NoW story about how they happened upon a radio boffin who happens to listen to late-night phone calls and radio signals and record them for fun and just happened to happen upon a phone call of Prince Charles and Camilla, in which they happened to engage in erotic byplay about tampons and stuff.
Rubbish! Of course the press had hacked their phone calls, but they didn't want to admit to that possibility so they co-opted some helpful citizen to 'explain' how the call came into the public domain.
The police never looked into this hackery because, well, they collude with the press anyway which very often is arm of the State, and they put out the official story as and when. That's why Leveson 2 got shut down - to avoid exposing all that, it seems.
So it appears Cummings was under surveillance during his travels - and as Cummings is a declared enemy of the State - in particular local authorities, this was going to happen. It is hard to know who to feel sorry for most in all this.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Well, certainly NOT Dominic Cummings X-(
I've no strong aversion to this view - but Cummings is a mixer and some part of me thinks, like Bond and Stromberg's vino, that a man so opposed to local authorities can't be all bad. -{
Roger Moore 1927-2017
What a pathetic and arrogant little liar!
And of course no regrets and press making this up.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
So the local couldn’t have spotted him from two metres away?
Journalists and photographers are allowed to work - whilst maintaining social distancing...what you are NOT supposed to do is drive the length of the country to visit your parents! I thought THAT was obvious. THAT’S where your double standards are.
That’s him summed up to perfection.
What a loser!
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
He's a career psychopath. The government needs to accept that the situation puts at risk people's willingness to adhere to lockdown rules and may cost lives. The PM should sack him, but I fear he's too arrogant or weak, or both, to do that.
Thunderbird Too! Wales is still in full lockdown, and that suits Me. My Employer has confirmed we are continuing Working From Home at least until September, and WFH will most likely carry on beyond that.
If I go out to buy a Times and a bottle of red - hardly essential, is it?
But what if I do my daily approved exercise - and there's a Co-op at at the end of it? And I go in and buy the Times and wine. Is that right or wrong?
What if Cummings drives 250 miles - what of it? He's in the car, it's not strictly as bad as walking around your local supermarket.
It would be different if he got to go to his Mum's funeral or into her care home or something - cos no one else is allowed to do that.
Oh, and the photographers weren't social distancing as they tried to interview him/harass him - so they are in the wrong.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Why were none of us given this ‘provision?’ Because it was breaking the law!
Sack him? He should be prosecuted for gross negligence, endangering the lives of others and shut given a prison sentence of at least four months.
Hmm, I really didn’t word that well at all. I was responding to NP’s post about the local typing the number plate into his computer. That’s what I found odd. The social distancing comment I made was not about the local although I can see that it looks that way by the way I wrote it. That was about the photographers and journalists that were crowding around and not social distancing. And my double standard comment was referring to one group not sticking to the rules while judging another. Hope that it makes a bit more sense now.
Boris Johnnson's attitude over the Cummings business reminds me of when he tried to prorogue parliament. Contemptuous and contemptible, except now with lives at stake. Unfortunately, Durham Police don't have the clout that the Supreme Court had... and once again dissenting Tory MPs will end up being silenced.
It makes a bit more sense than the bollocks Cummings came up with
AHA!
Maybe I should be Boris's adviser! Although I think I would need to have a proof reader
Jumping in the car to travel across the country at short notice... pop in on the family home... what's the worst that could happen?
Roger Moore 1927-2017
And Bond and that Sylva had both been travelling in Asia less than 14 days before visiting Glencoe, and they both went on London public transit at rush hour!