When will this shit end?

[tigger123]

4 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

They may have finally fucked up to a point where the masses have had enough. The mood around the internet is sour even in places where they have had support from the less informed. 

So true. This is the end of compliance now, the app will be being deleted by thousands around the country and isolation numbers will drop through the floor

[Havors]

7 minutes ago, tigger123 said:

So true. This is the end of compliance now, the app will be being deleted by thousands around the country and isolation numbers will drop through the floor

Yep lots of pubs have said they won't be asking anyone to sign in either. 

[rivalschools.price]

59 minutes ago, BobWillis2 said:

The Scotland team that got away with not isolating when Gilmour tested positive got far less faux anger thrown their way. 

The difference is that, rightly or wrongly, it was cleared before the tournament that all squads would be tested regularly and if an individual player tested positive then that player would isolate but the others wouldn’t as long as the rest were negative.

In the case of Boris and co, for many of us this is the first we’ve heard that they were part of a pilot.

 

[rivalschools.price]

3 minutes ago, Havors said:

Yep lots of pubs have said they won't be asking anyone to sign in either. 

I completely genuinely forgot to check in to a pub yesterday with my wife and no one challenged me. It was only later in the day I thought about it and realised.

[Fuzzy Afro]

Boris has managed to piss off both lockdown lovers and anti maskers with this 

[rascalpete]

5 minutes ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

Boris has managed to piss off both lockdown lovers and anti maskers with this 

God loves a trier 

[fraybentos1]

If Labour can’t capitalise on this then they should be embarrassed 

[BobWillis2]

24 minutes ago, rivalschools.price said:

In the case of Boris and co, for many of us this is the first we’ve heard that they were part of a pilot.

 

It’s been in the news all week that ministers have been trialing it. 

[Radiochicken]

Hahahaha fastest u-turn yet. What does Big Dom call him? The trolley? Apt.

Edited July 18, 2021 by Radiochicken

[rivalschools.price]

9 minutes ago, BobWillis2 said:

It’s been in the news all week that ministers have been trialing it. 

Fair enough, I wasn’t aware of that.

In that case, that does reduce the controversy slightly.

Though it was (unsurprisingly) misleading media coverage yesterday with all the will they/won’t they if it was clear that they were part of a pilot and wouldn’t need to isolate. 

[Havors]

4 minutes ago, rivalschools.price said:

Fair enough, I wasn’t aware of that.

In that case, that does reduce the controversy slightly.

Though it was (unsurprisingly) misleading media coverage yesterday with all the will they/won’t they if it was clear that they were part of a pilot and wouldn’t need to isolate. 

Gove didn't isolate a few weeks ago. The "pilot" has been going on for ages now. It's basically just a bullshit trial so they don't have to follow their own rules. 

[st dan]

Why have they u-turned if they are taking part in a trial, and I assume testing negative?
That’s the whole point of the trail is it not?! It doesn’t make any sense at all. 

[Andre91]

I am fucking fuming (but totally unsurprised) at them not isolating and inventing new rules to suit themselves. 
 

I’m leaving the school I’ve worked at for four and a half years this week and I have classes I have taught for 2 years who I am so close to who are mostly sat at home isolating because of a positive case in their year group. I’m not going to get to say goodbye to those kids now, whilst the PM and Rishi swan about doing what they like. 
 

We need to storm Downing Street and put their heads on sticks. Insulting is not the word. 

[balthazarstarbuck]

5 minutes ago, Havors said:

Gove didn't isolate a few weeks ago. The "pilot" has been going on for ages now. It's basically just a bullshit trial so they don't have to follow their own rules. 

It really does seem like that. Getting a bit Animal Farm for me.

11 minutes ago, Radiochicken said:

Hahahaha fastest u-turn yet. What does Big Dom call him? The trolley? Apt.

Laughing like a drain this morning. 

[km9]

2 hours ago, Chapple12345 said:

I wonder how many of the 500,000 people who were pinged this week by the app will take up the option instead now they've seen this? How do you even get on the trials? It takes the absolute piss 

I just think it means that this shit is over 

[Chapple12345]

 

[steviewevie]

everyone quickly reinstalls app.

[st dan]

Arrogance and incompetence is a terrible mix when trying to run a government - especially through a pandemic. 
You can probably get away with either of these on their own, but certainly not both together. 

[Havors]

1 minute ago, Barry Fish said:

Basically - I want to be PM

It's OK Boris has done the same now its hilarious 

[jump]

1 hour ago, Barry Fish said:

Compared to a CEO salary etc it's pretty shit

That’s silly, they can get more money by playing football.

[philipsteak]

4 minutes ago, jump said:

That’s silly, they can get more money by playing football.

Not sure Johnson could make more money by playing football

[jannybruck]

This is a Barnard Castle moment where lots of people who've been dutifully complying with a certain thing (last time lockdown, this time isolating) realise that we're actually not all in this together. 

I feel like the genie is out of the bottle at this point.

[steviewevie]

We are all free tomorrow.

[steviewevie]

Just now, jannybruck said:

This is a Barnard Castle moment where lots of people who've been dutifully complying with a certain thing (last time lockdown, this time isolating) realise that we're actually not all in this together. 

I feel like the genie is out of the bottle at this point.

the u-turn was so quick maybe not that many will notice.

[rivalschools.price]

The most ludicrous decision in all of this is the fact that they were part of the pilot in the first place.

No good could have come out of it and there are so many other businesses that could have done the pilot.