Boris Johnson latest announcement

A lovely picture Esspee. We wont be clapping either but I'm sure there'll be some who will and it's a nice thought from BJ.

I think it would be a far better tribute to Sir Tom if we emulated him rather than clapped for him. I thought his achievements in raising funds was good but when I listened to his story about his wife, that brought me to tears. I thought that was far more impressive and spoke volumes about what a kind, positive role model he was. Had he been 40 years younger, I'd have been smitten!

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Give people bread and circuses to distract from what was really going on. A clap for a lovely man who raised so much for NHS because ten years of austerity by Tory government had stripped it bare. I don't think so. If he had announced he was giving the NHS the millions that he claimed leaving the EU would free up, that would be a different tale. I'll think of all the people who have died needlessly because of Johnson and his cabal of incompetents.

I won't be clapping either. I did the clap for the NHS until it was taken over by the politicians who didn't seem as keen on giving NHS staff a pay rise as on clapping for them. I feel that this latest clap is just a disrespectful political stunt.

I agree. A minute silence seems more respectful.

I personally agree with the 1 minute silence it pays respect perfectly.

I wont be clapping either I thought it became ridiculous last time,Nurses and front line workers denied a wage rise but go out and clap for them....Sir/Captain Tom 's fundraising went far beyond what he or anyone expected but that was due to his great age.There are people who have been fundrasing ALL their lives and get no recognition at all.My condolences to his family and all who loved him ,but I've lost a lot of friends and family this past year and nobody even mentions them except as part of the statistics

I'm not clapping after someone has died. How disrespectful.
I don't believe in in anyway and preferred the 1 minute silence that was held earlier in Parliament.

I won't be clapping either. I have nothing against people who choose to do so but if we clapped for every victim of Covid every night it would take over 200 years.

I thought the clapping idea had withered away. I’m from a service family and contributed to Sir Toms fund but won’t be clapping. That’s my choice.