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Heavy Weather 2013
16 March 2020 18:44:47


 


Why was he allowed a test? Are celebrities special?


Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 


Yes MPs and Celebs seem to be getting tested quite easily it’s a joke.


Mark
Beckton, E London
Less than 500m from the end of London City Airport runway.
beanoir
16 March 2020 18:44:50


 


I like going to the pub for the social contact rather than the alcohol


Its my only social contact apart from the internet


I don't have any family that I am close to


Please Boris, don't close them!


 


Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 


You'll survive, it's not forever.  If you care about humanity then you should be doing exactly what has been advised.  


I'm going to find just as hard as you are, but it's the right thing to do


Langford, Bedfordshire
John p
16 March 2020 18:45:32


 


I would imagine the safest place for you and everybody else would be in the middle of the New Forest, alone. Surely outdoors and on your own is about as safe as it gets?


Originally Posted by: fairweather 


I’m more worried about the hotel and eating in cafes / restaurants.


Camberley, Surrey
The Beast from the East
16 March 2020 18:45:55


 




"We have some alternative facts for you"
Kelly-Ann Conway - special adviser to the President
Heavy Weather 2013
16 March 2020 18:46:19


Those with significant health conditions will be contacted by the NHS 


 


 




Originally Posted by: Gavin D 


Already the narrative is unraveling.



  • You have small business owners who boris has thrown under the bus. He should have enforced closure so they could claim on insurance

  • Hancock now confusing an already difficult message for the elderly to understand


Mark
Beckton, E London
Less than 500m from the end of London City Airport runway.
The Beast from the East
16 March 2020 18:48:14


 


You'll survive, it's not forever.  If you care about humanity then you should be doing exactly what has been advised.  


I'm going to find just as hard as you are, but it's the right thing to do


Originally Posted by: beanoir 


Are the Govt going to compensate these businesses? If not, why should they close and go to the wall?


 


"We have some alternative facts for you"
Kelly-Ann Conway - special adviser to the President
Gavin D
16 March 2020 18:48:36


Why was he allowed a test? Are celebrities special?


Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 


 


He had exposure to a confirmed case had the test on Friday and got the result today which means we still have a lag time of around 3 days

JHutch
16 March 2020 18:49:54

Hancock got asked by Ian Murray about the pubs, restaurants guidance - Hancock just said they would look into it and sat down.

warrenb
16 March 2020 18:55:09
You would bankrupt the insurance industry at a stroke. I suspect parachute payments will be provided, as we would be in the realms of total economic collapse otherwise
Heavy Weather 2013
16 March 2020 18:55:26
Tory MPs this evening are going to be hammered by small business’s/night clubs/bars/pubs etc
Mark
Beckton, E London
Less than 500m from the end of London City Airport runway.
Chichesterweatherfan2
16 March 2020 18:56:37



 




Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 


quite incredible...this has made my day😛😛 I knew the Telegraph has plumbed the depths in terms in terms of Boris propaganda but this really takes the biscuit! 


By the way, maybe it is just me, but I’m taking of modicum of pleasure from thinking that Tim Westherspoon Martin’s profits  will be  going down the plug hole! Sorry to hear though that you won’t be able to share a drink with your mates....maybe Brian could set something up so we could all have a giant zoom conversation Up in Arms..whilst we drink a beer! Just trying to lighten the mood 😛😛


 


 

xioni2
16 March 2020 18:58:36

Switzerland declares a state of emergency:



  • All shops, restaurants, bars, sports, ski resorts etc. closed

  • 8,000 strong armed forces mobilised and deployed

  • All gatherings of more than 5 people banned

  • Measures apply from midnight tonight

beanoir
16 March 2020 18:58:41


 


Are the Govt going to compensate these businesses? If not, why should they close and go to the wall?


 


Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 


 


Thats a separate argument and one for the business owners, are you more worried about a pub landlord who will always find work in months to come, or preventing an increase in the deaths of more people.


I'm a business owner, I'm struggling and I need to find some more work ASAP.  I still agree with the strategy, as hard as it will be.  


Langford, Bedfordshire
Gandalf The White
16 March 2020 19:07:58


 


 


Thats a separate argument and one for the business owners, are you more worried about a pub landlord who will always find work in months to come, or preventing an increase in the deaths of more people.


I'm a business owner, I'm struggling and I need to find some more work ASAP.  I still agree with the strategy, as hard as it will be.  


Originally Posted by: beanoir 


Except that with little trade for potentially several months a lot of small businesses will get into severe difficulties and some/many will go bust. The ripples outward from that are serious.  The government needs to cone up with something equivalent to business interruption insurance and start paying out month by month; the banks would support businesses if they knew they would have income coming in - and reduced overheads.


Our village pub has just closed for refurbishment; extraordinarily fortuitous timing. 


Location: South Cambridgeshire
130 metres ASL
52.0N 0.1E


bledur
16 March 2020 19:09:33

My mother in law who is 87 and pretty fit says she is still going for her regular walk up a quiet road because if she does not keep going her legs will give up through in activity. 


 I saw a Doctor on tv saying you could not even go for a country walk in case some one jumped out from behind a tree. What load of bollocks . Hardly going to get within 2 metres of some one on a quiet footpath.

Essan
16 March 2020 19:10:05


 


Yes MPs and Celebs seem to be getting tested quite easily it’s a joke.


Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013 



Maybe.  But they do perhaps have more risk of exposure.   And to be fair, if Fred Jones, a road sweeper from Twickenham, tweeted that he tested positive, how many newspapers would make it headline news?


Andy
Evesham, Worcs, Albion - 35m asl
Weather & Earth Science News 

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job - DNA
fairweather
16 March 2020 19:10:19

This will be in the category ".. things you are unlikely to hear..". That is to hear me saying that I think this is bringing out the best in Boris Johnson! He is speaking coherently and seriously (unlike his US counterpart) and gone is the jokey smirk that has been present with other serious issues. e.g Brexit. I feel the two Science experts accompanying him also exude calmness and clarity. I think between them they have made the reasons for the current strategy very clear. Whether it is the right strategy of course is how they will be ultimately judged and the truth of the matter is that this strategy is to minimise other deaths in hospitals which couldn't cope even before this. For that I hold him and the Tories wholely responsible for not investing in the NHS and not planning for this well documented and forecast event. Billions were available to waste on Brexit issues and unlimited funds seem available now. Our short termism has cost us dearly.


S.Essex, 42m ASL
Maunder Minimum
16 March 2020 19:11:48


Hancock got asked by Ian Murray about the pubs, restaurants guidance - Hancock just said they would look into it and sat down.


Originally Posted by: JHutch 


I am still going to visit the local down the road. But we live out in the sticks and there are no known cases round here.


The trouble with a government imposing blanket restrictions, is that those businesses which have no good reason to shut down would be affected as well as those in corona hotspots.


New world order coming.
Gavin D
16 March 2020 19:12:26

Darlington council closing a number of venues from tomorrow until further notice



  • Crown Street library and Cockerton library

  • The Dolphin Centre

  • Eastbourne Sports Complex

  • Head of Steam - Darlington Railway Museum

  • Darlington Hippodrome


 

NickR
16 March 2020 19:12:40
Jesus H Christ.

What have loads of us been saying?

https://twitter.com/alexwickham/status/1239627406215872522?s=19 
Nick
Durham
[email protected]
Essan
16 March 2020 19:12:59


Already the narrative is unraveling.



  • You have small business owners who boris has thrown under the bus. He should have enforced closure so they could claim on insurance

  • Hancock now confusing an already difficult message for the elderly to understand


Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013 



Most small business owners will not have insurance to cover this


Andy
Evesham, Worcs, Albion - 35m asl
Weather & Earth Science News 

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job - DNA
xioni2
16 March 2020 19:16:23


 


If true, this is absolutely appalling. We could be heading for a major catastrophe and many people still don't seem to realise it.


 


 

David M Porter
16 March 2020 19:17:24


 


Except that with little trade for potentially several months a lot of small businesses will get into severe difficulties and some/many will go bust. The ripples outward from that are serious.  The government needs to cone up with something equivalent to business interruption insurance and start paying out month by month; the banks would support businesses if they knew they would have income coming in - and reduced overheads.


Our village pub has just closed for refurbishment; extraordinarily fortuitous timing. 


Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White 


Are there any confirmed cases of coronavirus in your area, Peter? I have just heard on a local radio station that there are now 44 confirmed cases in my local NHS area (Greater Glasgow & Clyde). Hope you and those closest to you are well.



Lenzie, Glasgow

"Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom, and we must always be ready to listen and respect other points of view."- Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022
Gavin D
16 March 2020 19:17:44

France going on full lockdown



  • Family events & social events banned from midday tomorrow for 15 days

  • People to stay at home. Only allowed out for food, healthcare and work if you can’t work from home

  • Second round of municipal elections off

Essan
16 March 2020 19:23:30


 


I am still going to visit the local down the road. But we live out in the sticks and there are no known cases round here.


The trouble with a government imposing blanket restrictions, is that those businesses which have no good reason to shut down would be affected as well as those in corona hotspots.


Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum 



Exactly.  No cases round here.   But I am not expecting many more customers and anticipating having to close completely before long.   Fortunately, I have a decent landlord and I should be able to weather this depending on how long it lasts (there is no point in him evicting me if I can't pay the rent as obviously no-one else would be able to pay rent either!).  But household bills are a different matter with zero income .... .  So worrying times.


 


Andy
Evesham, Worcs, Albion - 35m asl
Weather & Earth Science News 

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job - DNA

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