I find your comments very worrying aka. That is a typical totalitarian authoritarian response. "You might not have broken the law but we don't like what you've said so we are going to harass you so you comply in future".

Do you really want to live in that kind of society?

I don't and remember it could be you they come for next.

But her point played into the yes campaigners hands which is the group she was attacking.
We (ie Scotland) had no other option other than sending the nurse to England for treatment a point that went over Hopkins head.

I haven't thought deeply about your point but she hasn't played into anybody's hands. The referendum has been and gone. If anything her point, if made at the time, was one in favour of better together I'd have said.

As regards her remark about the nurse being sent to England for treatment you've missed the point yet again.
I was going to spell it out to you but it's late and I can't be ar5ed.

Hopkins actually kind of has a point in a muddled way. Basically lets say this happened and Scotland was independent at that point. Would it have spent the money on a unit for something as specialist as this, duplicating something it previously had access to anyway, on the off chance it might happen for a small country? Perhaps not up the political money spend wishlist until it happens. So if this had happened would Scotland want to give the victim possibly inferior treatment at home or send them to the one in England if it is believed to be better. If the latter, would Scotland pay for it? Regardless of payment, would it not then be Scotland still using a UK resource, after the SNP (who wanted the independence) aggressively rejected the UK.

I'm guessing that's basically the point she in her obnoxious way, if she's trying to make any actual point at all of course, is trying to make, as EternalOptimist can see. A large problem here is that for some in England, despite the fact "No" won in Scotland, many see the likes of the EternallyObnoxious Salmond and his anti English rhetoric as the face of Scotland...

It's a facking sad state if there's only one suitable isolation unit in the whole of the UK.

Hoe much do they cost?

Our local hospital got a brand new MRI machine about 3 years ago, and they cost £millions.

I don't see it like that JC. The facts are that there is only one specialist unit and it is in England.
Your point is speculation of what if and she was talking in the present tense only.
"Not so independent now are you" Nothing to do with anything other than having referred this nurse down south.

Well aka I think you can see what I'm trying to say, there is truth in it. I doubt there is only one isolation unit in the UK, she was isolated in Glasgow? The difference here is that it's very specialist treatment. In the US when someone was infected AFAIK they took them to their very specialist unit. If I was infected with something I'd want the best experts possible treating me, and I wouldn't want that f**ked up because some member of a nationalist movement wanted to politicse health and stick artificial boundaries on an island.

I know someone who's worked on the ebola virus for years.
Was a student girl who worked for me during the summer and she got a position at Liverpool Uni studying the virus.
We all wanted to hear more about it when we heard how deadly it was. That was 12 years ago so I'm assuming that the medical authorities must have managed to contain any previous outbreaks.

I do see the point you are making but I don't think that Hopkins is that clever.

Was a student girl who worked for me during the summer and she got a position at Liverpool Uni studying the virus.

It doesn't need studying.

The 'experts' on the BBC said that soap and water prevents it happening.

As the death toll when they said this was just under 3,000, and it's now over 7,900, either the 'experts' are wrong, or the people of Sierra Leone  are not using soap and water effectively.   

Perhaps they should ask their own govt for cash, soap ain't that expensive, and the govt seemed to have plenty of money for war.

Maybe we should send Ms Hopkins to Sierra Leone to advise them as she's seemingly very astute on all matters.

Not that keen on taxes, pretty much against death but women? No, I'd leave the women  out of your list and put immigration in their place.

akabula    03 Jan 15 01:56 
Not that keen on taxes, pretty much against death but women? No, I'd leave the women  out of your list and put immigration in their place



No akabula or ebola in Norfolk.

Which seems to be the relevant point. It was a selfless act for which the nurse should be applauded to go and try to help out. It was totally selfish and stupid not to return to this country after the three or so week period which takes symptoms for the infected to show.

As for the point I think there is quite a bit of unvented anger at the way some in the yes campaign behaved during the buid up to the indendence vote

Legitimate sources and evidence please Eo.

There was plenty of evidence in the dailies of the lies and sh1t pushed by BT. They made headlines of Murphy's egging (ONE person, ONE egg), yet ignored the threat on Salmond's life and suppressed other stuff.

Why the points about the woman being treated in London? Did she ask to go there? Who made the decision to send her? Maybe the NHS decided it was their responsibility, given her position and service.

If the police approach her on this matter she should see her lawyers, possible compensation for Ms Hopkins.

Alias

I think I've already pointed out to you that the race has been run. You're like one of those Japanese soldiers emerging from the jungle in the 70's. Give it up man.

naydam   
03 Jan 15 10:47 
This, obviously, would also apply to Scousers, Brummies, Geordies, Cockneys...in fact, ANYBODY who was stupid enough to return from ah infected area and not make DAMN SURE that they were Ebola-free.

It will be a fine thing if she has infected others, won't it?

You won't find many  cockneys going to Sierra Leone, it's just like being at home, no holiday at all.

Hopkins is a bell-end who makes a living by being a bell-end, which appeals to other bell-ends. She is worth nobody's time.

G2D. All the more reaso0n why these people returning from danger zones should INSIST that they are checked thoroughly. They should also ensure that they, and everybody else concerned, understands the importance of adhering strictly to their safety procedures without exception.
Women like this nurse are just downright gung-ho and extremely dangerous. I also doubt very much if her present hospital can operate, without exception, to a strict safety regime.