Coronavirus

Quoted from ginnywings

Well done Boris and chums. Disgusting!

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/dec/16/unicef-feed-hungry-children-uk-first-time-history

Meanwhile...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54446285



A response from the most hideous of hideous ar$eholes, Jacob Rees Mogg. The bloke embodies everything I detest about this country.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55354958

Accusing charities of playing politics and threatening schools with legal action if they close early for Christmas. What a lovely way to go out on 2020 with.

A new tier for London. Again, way too late.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55376727

Quoted from ginnywings

A new tier for London. Again, way too late.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55376727

What did the bluffer state earlier in the week when questioned?

The prime minister accused the Labour leader of wanting to “cancel Christmas”.

“I wish he had the guts just to say what he really wants to do, which is to cancel the plans people have made and cancel Christmas," Mr Johnson told MPs. "I think that's what he's driving at.”

“I can tell him that as of today, just this morning, there is actually unanimous agreement across the UK government and all the devolved administrations - including members of all parties including his own - that we should proceed in principle with the existing regulations.

"That is how by being sensible and cautious, not by imposing endless lockdowns or cancelling Christmas,  that is the way we will continue to work together to keep this virus under control to defeat it, and take the country forward.”


Once again the usual last minute decisions & leaked to the press earlier.

5 day Christmas, now a 1 day Christmas.

Should have had another lock down, instead of all this tier bollox. Mixed messaging is confusing. Can't go to footy or the pub, but you can all cram into the precinct or Tesco.

The tier system was flawed from the start with tier one being medium, two high and three very high. We now have very, very high but no low or very low. I can’t help but think they might be making it up as they go on.

It'd have been worse under Corbyn though, so there's that.

Tier 4 seems very lockdowny to me. He just can't bring himself to say the word can he?

Quoted from ginnywings

It'd have been worse under Corbyn though, so there's that.

Its pantomime season,enter from the right LCL.

I don't want to appear cynical (though I very much am), but ever since they started floating the news of a new, worrying strain of the virus a week or so ago, I couldn't help but think that would be a get out of jail card for them. It allows a 180 degree turnaround in policy and the scientists would be happy to go along with it if it corrected the mistakes of allowing widespread mixing over Christmas. The data is under review so I wouldn't be enormously surprised if it turned out that the new strain wasn't necessarily more transmissible than the others which are circulating.

Of course, my cynicism may just be taking over my better judgement and it may be a serious problem with higher transmissability. If so, all bets are off. It's already very easy to catch the virus so if it gets 70% more transmissible, we're all pretty much certain to get it in 2021 unless the vaccines can help.