[COVID-19] General Discussion

[FLOBALOB]

A woman at Paddington station last night. FFS

Another woman, who did not wish to be named, said she and her partner had made the "split decision" to take their young son to her parents' home on the coast.
"We just made the decision to leave based on the fact that my parents said come, and we couldn't bear the thought of no fresh air and a toddler going rogue round a small flat for the foreseeable," she told the PA news agency.
"We also really just felt we wanted to get the baby somewhere a bit safer with a garden, though we know a lot of people won't have that luxury.
She added: "The grandparents are just desperately happy they'll see their grandson.
"We obviously worry about taking something down to them, but they seem happy to take the risk."

 

[Bada-Bing!]

With his sudden U-turn over Christmas, Boris Johnson caps a year of debacles | Andrew Rawnsley

The coronavirus crisis has searingly exposed the prime minister’s flaws as a leader

www.theguardian.com

Hits the nail on the head again!

 

[Reiser99]

With his sudden U-turn over Christmas, Boris Johnson caps a year of debacles | Andrew Rawnsley

The coronavirus crisis has searingly exposed the prime minister’s flaws as a leader

www.theguardian.com

Hits the nail on the head again!

Also heard on LBC that he could have made the announcement earlier in the week, but wanted to wait for MPs to be away from Westminster to avoid scrutiny.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

With his sudden U-turn over Christmas, Boris Johnson caps a year of debacles | Andrew Rawnsley

The coronavirus crisis has searingly exposed the prime minister’s flaws as a leader

www.theguardian.com

Hits the nail on the head again!

And yet the Tory faithful will just go "yeah but Labour would have been worse" and all is forgiven. I'm tired of how much leeway the Tories get to **** up whilst everything Labour do is scrutinised to the most minute detail. We will be up to 2 decades of fuckups by the next general election and I feel it will be 25 years after that. Literally done everything wrong yet keep getting in...

 

[Bada-Bing!]

 

[TRF_Olyy]

There is going to be some serious panic buying the next few days, with the ports/channel tunnel closing

 

[Gavin]

Covid and Brexit hitting the UK from January 1st. Travel bans involving European countries. Gonna be hilarious to watch

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Covid and Brexit hitting the UK from January 1st. Travel bans involving European countries. Gonna be hilarious to watch

#blamelabour

 

[The Seeker]

The number$ are correct (and pitiful) for the USA, I'm not sure about the others.

 

[ncurd]

There is going to be some serious panic buying the next few days, with the ports/channel tunnel closing

Combine it with many people (including myself) didn't really have plans to get food in for Christmas and now have to. Litreally about to head to shops now to beat the rush.

 

[ncurd]

Shopping was fine, got luck on that one we had already planned to go this morning after we decided we had to have Christmas here. I imagine its going to make a normal Christmas shop look like hell later.


I do find it suddenly amusing how ****** everyone has suddenly realised we are with the French closing borders......almost like no deal might not be the most sensible plan in the world.

 

[McTallshort]

Shopping was fine, got luck on that one we had already planned to go this morning after we decided we had to have Christmas here. I imagine its going to make a normal Christmas shop look like hell later.


I do find it suddenly amusing how ****** everyone has suddenly realised we are with the French closing borders......almost like no deal might not be the most sensible plan in the world.

Well its not the first time the ports have been shut. A few years ago when I was working for a different transport company the ports were being shut on a regular basis due to strike action. The difference this time is Christmas and Brexit. Most the supply chain is currently full to almost bursting due to Brexit stock builds and the fact most supermarkets have their Christmas volumes in by October. Fresh food from the continent is going to be a problem, not now but in a couple of weeks after the inevitable panic buying that's about to happen....

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I was reading earlier that the closures might not last longer than the 48hrs anyway,
It's a reaction to the government saying this new strain of covid is super super bad when in reality the cases rising was due to tier 2/people being lax in social distancing and mask wearing etc
There might still be a travel ban but freight will start again

 

[McTallshort]

I was reading earlier that the closures might not last longer than the 48hrs anyway,
It's a reaction to the government saying this new strain of covid is super super bad when in reality the cases rising was due to tier 2/people being lax in social distancing and mask wearing etc
There might still be a travel ban but freight will start again

Never should have put London in tier 2.

 

[ncurd]

Never should have put London in tier 2.

One of the many mad things to come out of this weekend was them saying "numbers kept going up in London/Kent during lockdown and we couldn't work out why", then why the **** was it put in Tier2?

Just another great mishandling where changes were made too late and with little notice that added onto the problems that already existed.

Mother-in-law after being fine Saturday evening threw her toys out the pram yesterday...which is typical but added a whole bunch of stress to what was already a long day. We had visited my Dad as part of his bubble for the weekend and basically when we left Saturday nothing had changed not even had an inkling and we'd already been there several hours when the announcement was made. Anyway Sunday was a 3.5 hour drive as we front door dropped presents off to a few friends and family which started off her kicking off about we had spent time with my Dad and not with her (should also point out Dad turned 60 this year whereas they are in their mid to late 70's). So yay!

 

[Which Tyler]

Mother-in-law after being fine Saturday evening threw her toys out the pram yesterday...which is typical but added a whole bunch of stress to what was already a long day. We had visited my Dad as part of his bubble for the weekend and basically when we left Saturday nothing had changed not even had an inkling and we'd already been there several hours when the announcement was made. Anyway Sunday was a 3.5 hour drive as we front door dropped presents off to a few friends and family which started off her kicking off about we had spent time with my Dad and not with her (should also point out Dad turned 60 this year whereas they are in their mid to late 70's). So yay!

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Never should have put London in tier 2.

 

[McTallshort]

 

[Gavin]

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

And yet the Tory faithful will just go "yeah but Labour would have been worse" and all is forgiven. I'm tired of how much leeway the Tories get to **** up whilst everything Labour do is scrutinised to the most minute detail. We will be up to 2 decades of fuckups by the next general election and I feel it will be 25 years after that. Literally done everything wrong yet keep getting in...

Well Labour have a competent leader for the first time in a while.

And I'll be astounded if the Tories don't viciously turn on Johnson long before the next election. That's something they're consistently good at and many of them didn't want him in the first place. His stock will only have plummeted in their eyes.