Feels like the writing has been on the wall following the announcements in Germany, France and Belgium. Coupled with the latest study from Imperial College London.
The government have been softening up the public in recent days.
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Feels like the writing has been on the wall following the announcements in Germany, France and Belgium. Coupled with the latest study from Imperial College London.
The government have been softening up the public in recent days.
does feel like the general public have been slowly prepared (for the past week and a half) for an inevitable lockdown
I have to self isolate. My boss , who I share a reasonably small office with (though we are sat about 3 metres apart) has tested positive so I’ve got 14 days from the 26th to isolate. I’m starting to feel rough. I’m very overweight (though I carry it well it like to think ).
I have to admit, I’m more than a little bit concerned
I have to admit, I’m more than a little bit concerned
Thanks. I can still taste and smell so far. Just ache like mad and tired as hellBest of luck mate.
Rest up, preserve your energy and it can’t hurt to eat healthy, give your immune system every chance.
France with 49k cases and 545 deaths.
Hard to see UK not following soon.
Hard to see UK not following soon.
National lockdown introduced on Wednesday until 1 December.
To be announced Monday.
Educational settings and essential shops to remain open.
To be announced Monday.
Educational settings and essential shops to remain open.
Where have you seen this?
Why do they always give so much notice before a lockdown? Just makes people go crazy for the next few days, so lockdown will take even longer to turn things round.
Times front page, plus I confirmed it with an ex-colleague in DHSC
Driving home this evening. If I hadn't read the news this morning I would've assumed that the pandemic was over. Group of about fifty folk all huddled around outside this guy's house to watch his Halloween decorations being turned on (happens every year - to be fair they're pretty spectacular) and all night there's been packs of wild neds walking along shoulder to shoulder sharing tins of booze.
It's clear that the government fecked our response up, but these shitheads are equally to blame for the second wave. They are absolute morons. Happy to follow guidelines at the start when it was a novelty to them, but now they're just doing their own thing.
Bleh.
It's clear that the government fecked our response up, but these shitheads are equally to blame for the second wave. They are absolute morons. Happy to follow guidelines at the start when it was a novelty to them, but now they're just doing their own thing.
Bleh.
I look forward to Johnson saying "no-one could have predicted it would come to this."
That reads like they're saying that everything will be shut, except everything will also be open. Unless the non-essential shops bit is an error?
Yeah, typo in the tweet. Confirmed in the article.
Why are they tipping the press off but dragging it out until Wednesday again?
Every time they've done this.
Have they all got shares in Andrex?
Every time they've done this.
Have they all got shares in Andrex?
Cheers. What's everyone's take on this? I guess a second lockdown was inevitable. If it happens then Scotland might as well have it too. Hopefully we're not back in five months time preparing for a third lockdown because dipshits have ignored guidelines/arsed up the management of this again
If at first you don't succeed, fail to learn any lessons from your mistakes.
If they're "locking down" but keeping schools open, what's actually the point?
About time we went into lockdown,
Think the government will have been spooked by the latest data/findings presented to them.
But it has felt like a case of ‘when not if’ a second national lockdown would be imposed. The similar announcements from other European countries all but confirmed it. Oddly, probably makes the decision for this government slightly easier.
There is general support for another lockdown so using Christmas as some kind of carrot on a stick could only serve to give people false hope - there’s no telling where we will be.
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Will the lockdown mean I have to close my takeaway business?
Any mention of travel restrictions? I'm meant to be going on holiday next week, negative test permitting.
I think it's because it goes before Parliament. Announcement on Monday, debate Tuesday, implemented on Wednesday.
Nice to know. I'm in a tier one county at the moment and all I keep seeing in the local press is cases springing up from schools. Won't argue with that data even though I suspect whatever they announce will be as incoherent and as ineffective as before.
Ah. Ok. Thinking about it, something similar happened with our second lockdown. The first one came with almost zero warning though. Which was probably for the best.
Good luck pal
So they want a lockdown to save Christmas and probably will introduce another lockdown in the NY. Dearie me.
remember when Keir Starmer was called a “shameless opportunist” for suggesting a national lockdown two weeks ago.
No offence but I can’t wrap my head around people going on hols at the moment
US is going to cross 100k cases/day really really soon.
He'll be Captain Hindsight again in a few days.
Will be fine. Takeaways were open all over lockdown.
Yes but Keir will be too polite to bring it up and none of the press will either.
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