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

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

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

The EU's cack-handed response to coronavirus is proof we were right to get out https://t.co/03Q3PHWeTv

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 15, 2020

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

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

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

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

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 😛😛

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

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.  

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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