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Best Place For Self Isolating.
Proof that this man is a genius.
There must be a village that is missing him right now.
Piers Morgan
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@piersmorgan
I just heard Tim Martin, owner of Wetherspoons, say on @SkyNews there has been 'very little transmission of the virus in pubs.'
HOW THE F*CK DOES HE KNOW?
This is insane stupidity from a reckless selfish millionaire putting money before health.
Don't go to Wetherspoons.
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10:20 AM - Mar 20, 2020
Coronavirus: Wetherspoons boss causes outrage after insisting he will keep chain open as ‘virus doesn’t spread in pubs’
Tim Martin also claimed that he would take opportunity to catch the coronavirus ‘under supervised conditions’
The Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin has sparked outrage after he claimed there had been “hardly been any” transmission of the coronavirus in pubs, arguing they should stay open during the outbreak.
The explicit government advice, received from public health experts, is to stay away from pubs, cafes and restaurants to limit the spread of the disease.
Yet the 64-year-old chairman of the pub chain claimed it was “over the top” to shut them, despite admitting he had no knowledge of the science.
“Supermarkets are very, very crowded. Pubs are much less crowded,” he told Sky News.
“There’s hardly been any transmission of the virus within pubs, and I think it’s over the top to shut them. That’s a commercial view, but also a common sense view.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-wetherspoons-tim-martin-pubs-close-piers-morgan-boris-johnson-a9413971.html
There must be a village that is missing him right now.
Piers Morgan
✔
@piersmorgan
I just heard Tim Martin, owner of Wetherspoons, say on @SkyNews there has been 'very little transmission of the virus in pubs.'
HOW THE F*CK DOES HE KNOW?
This is insane stupidity from a reckless selfish millionaire putting money before health.
Don't go to Wetherspoons.
52.9K
10:20 AM - Mar 20, 2020
Coronavirus: Wetherspoons boss causes outrage after insisting he will keep chain open as ‘virus doesn’t spread in pubs’
Tim Martin also claimed that he would take opportunity to catch the coronavirus ‘under supervised conditions’
The Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin has sparked outrage after he claimed there had been “hardly been any” transmission of the coronavirus in pubs, arguing they should stay open during the outbreak.
The explicit government advice, received from public health experts, is to stay away from pubs, cafes and restaurants to limit the spread of the disease.
Yet the 64-year-old chairman of the pub chain claimed it was “over the top” to shut them, despite admitting he had no knowledge of the science.
“Supermarkets are very, very crowded. Pubs are much less crowded,” he told Sky News.
“There’s hardly been any transmission of the virus within pubs, and I think it’s over the top to shut them. That’s a commercial view, but also a common sense view.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-wetherspoons-tim-martin-pubs-close-piers-morgan-boris-johnson-a9413971.html
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A case could have been made for phased closure of pubs. London now, then cities, towns and villages.
It needed careful planning, with sensible decisions being made on all sides.
But that moron caused every pub to be shut early. Because he made it abundantly clear that he was incapable of making sensible decisions. And left the Government with no alternative.
On the other hand, does anyone believe that anyone can tell Stanley what to do? Can't blame the man for the acts of his father.
Would have made more sense to close them in the morning though, rather than announcing it at 6pm on a Friday prompting a load of ‘one last drink’ parties.
Agree re Underground/timing of announcement on pubs.
Tim Martin is his hero?
Why is he not defending his hero?
Coronavirus: Wetherspoon scraps dividend and warns on profit
Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin has scrapped the pub chain’s dividend and issued a profit warning after Boris Johnson urged Brits not to visit pubs and restaurants amid the UK coronavirus outbreak.
A rapid escalation in UK coronavirus cases has already seen a 4.5 per cent decline in Wetherspoon pub sales in the week to 15 March.
But Martin warned today: “Following the Prime Minister’s advice to avoid pubs, sales have declined at a significantly higher rate.”
That has led Wetherspoon to delay spending on pubs and cancel its interim dividend despite strong profit growth in the first half of its financial year. Martin also warned full year profit will miss market expectations.
“We now anticipate profits being below market expectations, so long as the current health scare continues,” Wetherspoon chairman Martin said.
Earlier this week Martin warned a lockdown of the hospitality sector could “cripple” the economy.
Free cash flow sank 31.2 per cent to 46.7p, down from 67.9p in 2019. Wetherspoon blamed the drop on the timing of supplier payments, an earlier payment for corporation tax and higher spending.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/business/coronavirus-wetherspoon-scraps-dividend-and-warns-on-profit/ar-BB11rBws?ocid=spartandhp
would be to break into a WETHERSPOONS near you ........ now they're ALL shut
Science has shown that alcohol has inhibited the growth of the Corona-Virus. Not allowing the British public there favourite drinking establishment is as much as a crime as giving the EU £350M a week.
If only we had left the EU sooner. We would have completely close our borders and none of this COVID-19 would have hit the British shores
I was certain it had to be a pi55 take.