StefanAVFC Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Must be the fastest u-turn yet surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: Must be the fastest u-turn yet surely? It’s always due to “pressure from...” isn’t it. They never just do it because it’s the correct thing to do straight away. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 They should be removing the curfew across the nation, not implementing it in Parliament. It's clear as day that it's doing more harm than good having everyone forced out of the pub at exactly the same time, Friday and Saturday night were absolute carnage at 10pm, much worse than anything going on the weeks previously. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted September 28, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 28, 2020 19 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: There really is no plausible justification for bars and restaurants on the Parliamentary estate to have different rules. While it probably doesn't *matter* in some sense, it's just obvious that 'leading from the front' or 'leading by example' are the ways you need to act when you want people to actually take you seriously. I would imagine that 90% of them could not function unless half cut and the extension was approved on medical grounds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Just now, Follyfoot said: I would imagine that 90% of them could not function unless half cut and the extension was approved on medical grounds Can legit think of half a dozen that might actually be true for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted September 28, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 28, 2020 Just now, HanoiVillan said: Can legit think of half a dozen that might actually be true for. think for more than a minute and you run out of fingers and toes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 According to this the bars in parliament have been closed the whole time anyway? https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/foi/foi-and-eir/commons-foi-disclosures/catering-services-retail/closure-of-facilities-2020/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted September 28, 2020 Moderator Share Posted September 28, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Just out of interest, what's everyones thoughts on the NHS tracing app? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 28, 2020 Moderator Share Posted September 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Davkaus said: Chauffer driven cars are exempt from masks as well, for some reason. So are taxi drivers and bus drivers, try wearing a mask whilst driving for 8 to 12 hours a day, especially if you wear glasses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 32 minutes ago, bickster said: So are taxi drivers and bus drivers, try wearing a mask whilst driving for 8 to 12 hours a day, especially if you wear glasses Have you put plexi-glass shields between the driver and the back seats? Here in Bulgaria they've got them and we're not allowed to sit up front with the taxi driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 28, 2020 Moderator Share Posted September 28, 2020 11 minutes ago, AVFC_Hitz said: Have you put plexi-glass shields between the driver and the back seats? Here in Bulgaria they've got them and we're not allowed to sit up front with the taxi driver. The councils won't approve them because they alter the characteristics of the vehicle and prevent the airbags working properly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 51 minutes ago, bickster said: So are taxi drivers and bus drivers, try wearing a mask whilst driving for 8 to 12 hours a day, especially if you wear glasses I wasn't aware that taxis were exempt, as every one I've seen is wearing a mask. Weird exception, IMO. Try wearing a mask while working in a shop for 8-12 hours. Try wearing a mask while attending patients in a ward for 8-12 hours. Try wearing a mask while working in a warehouse all day. Why are some guys sitting in a comfy chair in an air conditioned vehicle exempted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 16 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I wasn't aware that taxis were exempt, as every one I've seen is wearing a mask. Weird exception, IMO. Try wearing a mask while working in a shop for 8-12 hours. Try wearing a mask while attending patients in a ward for 8-12 hours. Try wearing a mask while working in a warehouse all day. Why are some guys sitting in a comfy chair in an air conditioned vehicle exempted? I guess working in a shop it kind of doesn't matter if your glasses fog up once in a while, whereas in a car it could be fatal. Presumably people working on wards have significantly better masks that don't cause that problem. But really, aren't they just starting from the politics and then back-filling the 'scientific justifications' from there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted September 28, 2020 Moderator Share Posted September 28, 2020 2 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Presumably people working on wards have significantly better masks that don't cause that problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 4 hours ago, desensitized43 said: Just out of interest, what's everyones thoughts on the NHS tracing app? Doesn't work on my phone. Too old. Also my phone is too old to use the QR code reader bars/restaurants ask you to scan as you go in. Some places I believe will refuse to let you in if that is the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 28, 2020 Moderator Share Posted September 28, 2020 55 minutes ago, Xela said: Some places I believe will refuse to let you in if that is the case. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted September 28, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 28, 2020 1 hour ago, NurembergVillan said: In the film Hot Fuzz a character enquires whether there's a point in the human head where it will explode if shot. Just came to mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) Care to guess what the Secretary of State for Education thinks is the key issue for him to be talking about? Go on, take a guess and check below the fold: Spoiler Edited September 28, 2020 by HanoiVillan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sharkyvilla Posted September 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2020 So I just went out for dinner and it was really nice but then of course right at the end the topic turns to the virus and I had that realisation that one of my best mates is one of the anti-mask conspiracy theorists, he then went on to say that there is a cure for cancer but there's too much money in not making it available at which point I basically paid and walked out. He knew my Mum passed away from cancer, I genuinely don't think there is anything I find more offensive than that. I just increasingly find myself surrounded by a smaller and smaller circle of people who aren't complete morons. I find this is one of the few places left that I can vent. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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