TalkShow Bob

I don't think the actual testing will be costly for nightclubs. Checking someone's phone is no different to checking ID. When I had my vaccine status checked at festival this year it took seconds. It may well cost their bottom line if it effect's the amount of people going into the night club though. But then I guess it's possible it might encourage some people to head out if they know vaccines passports are in place. I was talking to a friend of mine about going to a gig and he decided to hold off buying tickets to see if vaccine passports were introduced, he was on the shielding list so he he's only going to go if they are brought in. Obviously he's only one person but it would be interesting to see what the effects of passports are on a population that's got a very high rate of uptake like ours.

Them having to pay it on vacant properties is good news for councils, especially in heavy student or second home areas. However I've never paid higher council tax than rent - if a landlord isn't filling a house to collect the rent I can't see the council tax bill on top of that pushing them to fill it.

I've tried that trick to be on time, doesn't work.

Yeah, if you make the rules seem illogical I think people are less likely to follow them. I've been to a few places that have specifically put up signs saying what they want you to do with masks as a request, I wish more places would do that. I am double jabbed and still test regularly so am comfortable not wearing a mask (and TBH never had a whole lot of fatih in them in the first place) but still wear mind in a lot of places essentially out of politeness.

Went past the site on a train on Saturday. They're putting up the normal main stage, no signs of work on the new one yet.

Yeah I had to show proof for Latitude last weekend. Got the same QR code, waved through the gates. Note there is an expiry on it (for the QR code not the jab!) so you may need to go on the site and get a new pass before the show. I don't think any of the Welsh test events have worked on vaccination status yet so maybe that's why it says England on it, may change in the near future.

TBF I think noise complaints are quite a small amount of the flack festivals get. It's the traffic that most locals really hate - and FR have done a lot over the last decade or so to keep traffic out of the town center. Main stages have to shut off reasonably early and you can be much more directional about sound nowadays than you used to be so I think this probably won't cause too much issues. Other than those people who want to complain because they hate the festivala and love to moan.