When will this shit end?

[Mr. B]

Also not really sure that the concept requires 'piloting' 

[rivalschools.price]

20 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:

Boris in a shit position now lol

I very much suspect we’ll see headlines of illegal immigrants coming over on boats before the week is out.

[efcfanwirral]

It's amazing - not even midday and they've managed to piss everyone off already. Wonder what the rest of the day will bring 😂

[Guest]

1 hour ago, st dan said:

It’s shocking PR too if nothing else. How did they envisage this going down with the public - it’s going to be met with widespread dismay and a number of high profile people already jumping all over it on Twitter.
I know they just don’t care in the slightest, but you’d think they would at least try to pretend they do for their imagine .. even a little!

I know they've U-turned now but the thing is they think/believe they can get away with anything, it's why barely any Ministers resign or get sacked these days. They believe that no matter what they do the voters will still vote for them.

[efcfanwirral]

Just now, Ozanne said:

I know they've U-turned now but the thing is they think/believe they can get away with anything, it's why barely any Ministers resign or get sacked these days. They believe that no matter what they do the voters will still vote for them.

At this point thats seeming pretty true. With years before the next election and social media/media on their side and zero opposition there's very little they can do that would lead to them getting kicked out 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, efcfanwirral said:

At this point thats seeming pretty true. With years before the next election and social media/media on their side and zero opposition there's very little they can do that would lead to them getting kicked out 

There is opposition but otherwise I agree with you. No matter what happens the bulk of their voter base will support Johnson.

[efcfanwirral]

A good point from my local MP here...

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

A good point from my local MP here...

Downing St is too small for him to isolate probably or some nonsense like that.

[Dark Star]

11 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

I know they've U-turned now but the thing is they think/believe they can get away with anything, it's why barely any Ministers resign or get sacked these days. They believe that no matter what they do the voters will still vote for them.

The public would vote for this lot irrespective of anything at this point. 

Edited July 18, 2021 by Dark Star

[tigger123]

13 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

At this point thats seeming pretty true. With years before the next election and social media/media on their side and zero opposition there's very little they can do that would lead to them getting kicked out 

Also says a lot about the Labour Party then unfortunately and how poor an opposition they are currently. A u turn like this would be gold dust for any strong opposition party but will probably be Con+10 in a few days time. I say all this as a disheartened Labour voter by the way

[Ryan1984]

Does this thread end tomorrow? Or will this shit keep going on for a while yet… 😉

[Chapple12345]

 

[Mr Boo]

10 minutes ago, Ryan1984 said:

Does this thread end tomorrow? Or will this shit keep going on for a while yet… 

I think Freedom day is only going to increase conversations about Covid. I work in the NHS and feel very tired at the moment.

Although I am very lucky to be going to Latitude at the end of the week and look forward to having time to switch off and enjoy a festival instead.  

[found home in 2009]

2 hours ago, rivalschools.price said:

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.

My dad doesn't really understand QR codes & had just been taking photos of the qr code whenever he went to the pub & thought that was him checked in. 

It was an honest mistake met by much hilarity when we realised what he'd been doing, but he must have been to a few pubs without checking in and nobody ever noticed or challenged him on it.

 

[efcfanwirral]

1 minute ago, found home in 2009 said:

My dad doesn't really understand QR codes & had just been taking photos of the qr code whenever he went to the pub & thought that was him checked in. 

It was an honest mistake met by much hilarity when we realised what he'd been doing, but he must have been to a few pubs without checking in and nobody ever noticed or challenged him on it.

 

The instructions around QRs saying "using your phone camera" instead of "you need to use a QR reader app" doesn't help to make it clearer 

[Chapple12345]

If people keep acting all alarmist like this the next few weeks are gonna be unbearable 

Edited July 18, 2021 by Chapple12345

[steviewevie]

8 minutes ago, found home in 2009 said:

My dad doesn't really understand QR codes & had just been taking photos of the qr code whenever he went to the pub & thought that was him checked in. 

It was an honest mistake met by much hilarity when we realised what he'd been doing, but he must have been to a few pubs without checking in and nobody ever noticed or challenged him on it.

 

I'm sure he's not the only one...

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, Chapple12345 said:

If people keep acting all alarmist like this the next few weeks are gonna be unbearable 

It does open a discussion about the trustworthiness of people doesn’t it, if it’s relying on people being honest about their test result and also then isolating if they are positive. There are stories of people testing positive then going to the game last weekend anyway. 

[BobWillis2]

Hardly worth the big furore is it. 
 

Ironically the faux rage has played into Boris’ hands and he can now hide away for the rest of the week while shit hits the fan re “freedom” day. 

[Guest]

 

[efcfanwirral]

39 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

It does open a discussion about the trustworthiness of people doesn’t it, if it’s relying on people being honest about their test result and also then isolating if they are positive. There are stories of people testing positive then going to the game last weekend anyway. 

Yeah it doesn't work self reporting. Equally you could have double vaccinated people in theory passing it onto unvaccinated people. I'd expect a change to vaccine proof only soon - and it's probably the right thing to do despite not being perfect 

[rivalschools.price]

1 hour ago, efcfanwirral said:

It's amazing - not even midday and they've managed to piss everyone off already. Wonder what the rest of the day will bring 😂

The rest of my day is Sun, burgers and lager so to be fair there’s a good chance that I will forget.

[Chapple12345]

50 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

It does open a discussion about the trustworthiness of people doesn’t it, if it’s relying on people being honest about their test result and also then isolating if they are positive. There are stories of people testing positive then going to the game last weekend anyway. 

I'm hopeful people will do the right thing. The issue is you only ever really hear the extreme sides of the debate, either open everything up or don't reopen until everyone is jabbed twice. You never hear people in the middle who are happy complying to the rules but don't like the blame game like me. I just genuinely want to do the right thing and enjoy myself safely and I think many others will agree too. I think this week will go smoother than expected but you'll only hear about the idiots taking things to the extreme 

Edited July 18, 2021 by Chapple12345

[rivalschools.price]

1 hour ago, tigger123 said:

Also says a lot about the Labour Party then unfortunately and how poor an opposition they are currently. A u turn like this would be gold dust for any strong opposition party but will probably be Con+10 in a few days time. I say all this as a disheartened Labour voter by the way

I laughed at Ed Byrne on Mock the Week.

’I don’t know what’s worse about the current Labour Party. The fact that their only manifesto seems to be that they’re not the tories or the fact that that isn’t enough to get them in power’

[zahidf]

Lol 1 or 2 years of restrictions he says blithely....

Clearly unacceptable and I don't think will put up with it