chrisp65 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 30 minutes ago, Xela said: After my Xmas eating, its not an unfair comparison! We go again! I actually feel fat, something I never experienced when I was actually significantly fatter! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 This thread is a fantastic dismantling of the torygraph's professional bullshit merchant Allison Pearson. Well worth a click. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 2, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Genie said: I guess it must have been filmed a while ago, were they wearing bin liners? Well the lack of PPE was one of the themes. Not a typical episode of the normally predictable medical semi-soap. Definitely a piece of (necessary, imo) propaganda, more like a documentary. Edited January 2, 2021 by mjmooney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Given Johnson's remarks earlier today, I wouldn't be surprised if it roughly pans out like this: There will be all sorts of confusion and acrimony over the next two weeks when some schools open and some don't and some children go to school and some don't and then when they're all due to go back on the 18th, there'll be an announcement on the 16th or 17th to say that all schools will be closed for the next two to three weeks as there's a new level of restrictions imposed. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 My friend is a nurse and she said Casualty made her cry as it was spot on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCU Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Interesting to see when crowded events will become the norm again. Selfishly thinking of the amount of gigs/festivals I was due to go to this year after already being rearranged twice or so already. Questioning whether June will be too soon. Whoever makes that decision (Boris) is gonna have to have balls of steel no matter how low the rate of infection gets. Just out of curiosity, what with the vaccines becoming more and more available now, are we predicting a sense of normality to return this Summer? It seems to have been overshadowed by the new strain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Just now, MCU said: Interesting to see when crowded events will become the norm again. Selfishly thinking of the amount of gigs/festivals I was due to go to this year after already being rearranged twice or so already. Questioning whether June will be too soon. Whoever makes that decision (Boris) is gonna have to have balls of steel no matter how low the rate of infection gets. Just out of curiosity, what with the vaccines becoming more and more available now, are we predicting a sense of normality to return this Summer? It seems to have been overshadowed by the new strain. I think it’ll be 2022 before we see any events. I can’t see us being clear of COVID before then, not with this Government managing things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I think music gigs are a long way off, it’ll just be horse racing and grouse shooting for a while yet. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Davkaus Posted January 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, snowychap said: Given Johnson's remarks earlier today, I wouldn't be surprised if it roughly pans out like this: There will be all sorts of confusion and acrimony over the next two weeks when some schools open and some don't and some children go to school and some don't and then when they're all due to go back on the 18th, there'll be an announcement on the 16th or 17th to say that all schools will be closed for the next two to three weeks as there's a new level of restrictions imposed. I expect widespread disobedience from pretty much anyone who can keep their kids home tbh. Some will be forced to send them in if they can't WFH, but the government have completely lost the confidence of the public. He'll tell people it's ok to keep their kids home when he sees teachers aren't going in, and parents are ignoring his instructions. I don't trust their judgement on what is and isn't safe, and I'll be following my own judgement regardless of what their regulations say. Edited January 3, 2021 by Davkaus 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted January 3, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 3, 2021 3 hours ago, avfcDJ said: My friend is a nurse and she said Casualty made her cry as it was spot on. I’m not a nurse. I cried buckets too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 3, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 3, 2021 2 hours ago, avfcDJ said: I think it’ll be 2022 before we see any events. I can’t see us being clear of COVID before then, not with this Government managing things. I don't think so. The restrictions are all down to hospital cases. The vast majority of hospital cases and in turn deaths are elderly and pre existing conditions people. They are talking about getting all those done by end of March. Immunity takes 21 days to kick in, putting the majority of the danger away by mid to late March. When is the furlough scheme currently slated to end? I think they will think there is enough protection for the world to reopen by end of April. They probably can't afford it to go beyond that regardless. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 18 hours ago, mjmooney said: Tonight's episode of 'Casualty'. Full-on covid. Rather well done, imo. Just watched that one - agreed was very well done and puts many other jobs into perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 3, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 3, 2021 Just seeing all the emails at work from school account customers, cancelling their bookings for Monday and Tuesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 On 31/10/2020 at 18:45, HanoiVillan said: His self-perception as some kind of libertatian radical is one of the weirdest things in politics IMO. He must believe it - otherwise why does he keep saying 'least of all me' all the time - but there's really not very much evidence of it from his actual political career. A deeply weird man. I thought I'd better return to this post to say that in fairness to Johnson, part of the reason he has an incorrect perception of himself as a classical liberal obsessed by civil liberties is probably that stupid people keep insisting it is true, in defiance of any actual evidence. Behold, Britain's Dumbest Man doing it just today: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) Edited January 3, 2021 by snowychap wrong tweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Labour's messaging here is chaos IMO 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I can see his point. Declaring a national lockdown on a Sunday evening, with rules about "only go to work if you can't WFH" would introduce huge amounts of uncertainty for workers, mostly due to middle managers who rule their workers like they're a petty King. I'm in a fairly secure position where I can just unilaterally say "I don't need to physically be there, I'm working from home", but many workers don't have that luxury, and don't feel confident taking a stand. Giving companies a day to get their shit together and agree what the lockdown means for their staff so that childcare arrangements can be made isn't an unreasonable approach, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) Labour/Starmer are basically doing what they rightly accuse the Tories/Johnson of and dithering and failing to show decisive leadership. I don't get it as these are open goals and an opportunity to show you can lead and make firm decisions. It is not as though they would be being controversial either as at a time when the virus is spreading like wild fire it is the logical thing to say schools should not reopen tomorrow. In fairness though a decision to not reopen should have been made a couple of weeks ago. Edited January 3, 2021 by markavfc40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Will be interesting to see how many parents ignore the government advice to send primary school kids in this week.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzavfc Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 1 hour ago, sidcow said: I don't think so. The restrictions are all down to hospital cases. The vast majority of hospital cases and in turn deaths are elderly and pre existing conditions people. They are talking about getting all those done by end of March. Immunity takes 21 days to kick in, putting the majority of the danger away by mid to late March. When is the furlough scheme currently slated to end? I think they will think there is enough protection for the world to reopen by end of April. They probably can't afford it to go beyond that regardless. Furlough scheme ends 30th April 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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