When will this shit end?

[steviewevie]

Europe

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/17/covid-in-europe-who-warns-of-alarming-spread-across-continent

[efcfanwirral]

20 minutes ago, zahidf said:

 

That'll be a drop in the ocean by then - its ages away!

[Ryan1984]

 

[Ryan1984]

The founder of phones4u (Tory donor twat) is on Question Time talking absolute nonsense about how it’s all fine...

[Waterdeep]

A nice, detailed tracker for the UK

https://www.travellingtabby.com/uk-coronavirus-tracker/

[Ozanne]

11 minutes ago, Ryan1984 said:

 

It was as I was saying earlier, we've has the warnings before and done nothing. This is solely at the feet of the Government and Johnson; whatever happens next is on them.

[Ryan1984]

4 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

It was as I was saying earlier, we've has the warnings before and done nothing. This is solely at the feet of the Government and Johnson; whatever happens next is on them.

Completely agree but they take no responsibility and that majority means no one can question them. We are so screwed.

[dotdash79]

1 hour ago, crazyfool1 said:

Lancashire it’s your turn  

Rossendale going back in when it came out a few weeks ago. 
 

mind you 7 staff at a school got ill after they had a party 

[Ryan1984]

25 minutes ago, Ryan1984 said:

The founder of phones4u (Tory donor twat) is on Question Time talking absolute nonsense about how it’s all fine...

Jon Ashworth was also being a knob, to be fair.

[Fuzzy Afro]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54199351

 

Welsh football team plays a Europa League qualifier with several symptomatic players (Several others already tested positive but did not play as they were self-isolating)

 

This sounds bad

[Reckoner]

1 hour ago, Ozanne said:

It was as I was saying earlier, we've has the warnings before and done nothing. This is solely at the feet of the Government and Johnson; whatever happens next is on them.

It’s been frustrating enough watching from overseas as the UK government has ignored every lesson learnt by other countries in their decision making, whether it be incompetence or some misguided British exceptionalism, but they aren’t even listening to their own advice now. It’s an absolute car crash at the moment. 

[stuie]

10 hours ago, gazzared said:

I won't be going to my parents on Christmas Day if things are locked down again and they wouldn't want me too either. They are both 70 and they have the same opinion as me regarding Christmas dinner... It's just another bloody roast dinner on some fake guys fake birthday 😂

I’m not a fan of Christmas... or religion, totally agree on the fake guys birthday. But... my folks are into it and I don’t know how many more they have left. 
 

Also, my sis is having a baby end of nov so there’s a lot of anticipation and excitement about that. My colleagues joke and call me Scrooge because I’m always vocal about how much bullshit it is but, if they tell me I can’t see my fam at Christmas that will be the breaking point for me... fuck it! 

[Zoo Music Girl]

5 hours ago, Waterdeep said:

A nice, detailed tracker for the UK

https://www.travellingtabby.com/uk-coronavirus-tracker/

This is great, thanks for posting!

[Zoo Music Girl]

Some kind of "circuit break" lockdown being considered apparently:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54199642

I really can't see a pub curfew achieving much.

[Ozanne]

2 hours ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Some kind of "circuit break" lockdown being considered apparently:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54199642

I really can't see a pub curfew achieving much.

Why wait till next week, they are so reactive. Take some proactive measures now to try to get on top of the virus is surely a more effective option?

[st dan]

[philipsteak]

7 hours ago, Gregfc15 said:

It’s been frustrating enough watching from overseas as the UK government has ignored every lesson learnt by other countries in their decision making, whether it be incompetence or some misguided British exceptionalism, but they aren’t even listening to their own advice now. It’s an absolute car crash at the moment. 

Can't it be both?

[Zoo Music Girl]

1 hour ago, Ozanne said:

Why wait till next week, they are so reactive. Take some proactive measures now to try to get on top of the virus is surely a more effective option?

Where does it say next week? I thought it was just speculation. According to Sky News, Hancock hasn't ruled it out. He is due on BBC Breakfast soon apparently.

[Zoo Music Girl]

1 minute ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Where does it say next week? I thought it was just speculation. According to Sky News, Hancock hasn't ruled it out. He is due on BBC Breakfast soon apparently.

Sorry, I mean "under consideration" not "speculation".

[Ryan1984]

3 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Where does it say next week? I thought it was just speculation. According to Sky News, Hancock hasn't ruled it out. He is due on BBC Breakfast soon apparently.

He’s just been on. Typically vague answers and he said another lockdown is a last resort but we can avoid it if everyone follows the ‘rule of six’ and does face/space etc.

Basically, it’s inevitable it is coming in.

Edited September 18, 2020 by Ryan1984

[Zoo Music Girl]

Oh I see: "in the next week". I read that as being any day really.

Agree that they seem to have no plan at all. Feels very like March in terms of their response.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Just now, Ryan1984 said:

He’s just been on. Typically vague answers and he said another lockdown is a last resort but we can avoid a national lockdown if everyone follows the ‘rule of six’ and does face/space etc.

Basically, it’s inevitable it is coming in.

Cheers. It'll be sold as "you didn't follow the rules so now we have to do this" then. Even though the rule of six was never going to work wonders at this point.

[Ozanne]

Just now, Zoo Music Girl said:

Oh I see: "in the next week". I read that as being any day really.

Agree that they seem to have no plan at all. Feels very like March in terms of their response.

Yeah that’s what I meant, it does feel a bit like March.

[steviewevie]

springtime.

yay!

[Zoo Music Girl]

So I was asking this the other day but seeing as it seems even more likely now, what do people expect potential restrictions to be?

I reckon curfew on pubs and maybe no mixing outside households for a few weeks? Can't see pubs closing.