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Gavin D
09 April 2020 08:11:35

Sevendust
09 April 2020 08:12:46

 

Agree, traffic levels round here back to normal now and people out and about much more.

Tesco was packed yesterday, I had to queue even when I went back for my third visit at 9pm

Anecdotally, there is a lot of household mixing going on. People have had enough of lockdown

Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 

I had to go to Sainsbury's after work at 6.15pm yesterday. I gave up as the queue was massive

RobN
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09 April 2020 08:13:41

But seriously, if domestic cats are spreading it, we need to know and the govt needs to start testing them

Otherwise current lockdown measures are meaningless

 

Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 

Cats can catch coronavirus, study finds, prompting WHO probe

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/cats-catch-coronavirus-study-finds-prompting-probe-200409041642628.html

"Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in cats should be considered as an adjunct to elimination of COVID-19 in humans," the authors wrote.

 

 

Rob

In the flatlands of South Cambridgeshire 15m ASL.

The Beast from the East
09 April 2020 08:22:29

Richie Rich is Chairing today's meeting, not Rabbers

Has Rabbers decided he's not up to the job?

 

Purley, Surrey, 70m ASL

"We have some alternative facts for you"

Kelly-Ann Conway - former special adviser to the President

Gandalf The White
09 April 2020 08:25:37

 

Agree, traffic levels round here back to normal now and people out and about much more.

Tesco was packed yesterday, I had to queue even when I went back for my third visit at 9pm

Anecdotally, there is a lot of household mixing going on. People have had enough of lockdown

Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 

Clearly you’ve decided the rules don’t apply to you so you’re in no position to complain about other people.

I assume that you realise that your behaviour is contributing to the longer queues?

Location: South Cambridgeshire

130 metres ASL

52.0N 0.1E



RobN
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09 April 2020 08:27:54

Does this mean as a nation are we will be "picking our own" in future. Part of MM's "New World Order"?

Coronavirus: Thousands apply for fruit and veg grower jobs

Record numbers of people in the UK are looking for farming jobs, according to figures released by job search engines.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52215606

 

 

Rob

In the flatlands of South Cambridgeshire 15m ASL.

The Beast from the East
09 April 2020 08:27:55

Purley, Surrey, 70m ASL

"We have some alternative facts for you"

Kelly-Ann Conway - former special adviser to the President

westv
09 April 2020 08:29:47

Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 

I think the results of the 2016 exercise were mentioned here several threads ago so John Pilger should perhaps read TWO forums.

At least it will be mild!
The Beast from the East
09 April 2020 08:31:27

 

Clearly you’ve decided the rules don’t apply to you so you’re in no position to complain about other people.

I assume that you realise that your behaviour is contributing to the longer queues?

Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White 

I'm not complaining  about the others in the queue, I'm just observing

As you know I think the lockdown should end now

Purley, Surrey, 70m ASL

"We have some alternative facts for you"

Kelly-Ann Conway - former special adviser to the President

John p
09 April 2020 08:32:15

 

I think the results of the 2016 exercise were mentioned here several threads ago so John Pilger should perhaps read TWO forums.

Originally Posted by: westv 

What do you think my surname is? 😎

 

 

 

Camberley, Surrey
RobN
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09 April 2020 08:33:40

 

I think the results of the 2016 exercise were mentioned here several threads ago so John Pilger should perhaps read TWO forums.

Originally Posted by: westv 

Yes this is old news - well a week in times like this makes it "old".

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/labour-urges-government-publish-findings-2016-pandemic-drill

Rob

In the flatlands of South Cambridgeshire 15m ASL.

westv
09 April 2020 08:37:58

 

What do you think my surname is? 😎

 

 

 

Originally Posted by: John p 

Parsnip?

Porridge?

Pontinhefenblum?

 

At least it will be mild!
Gavin D
09 April 2020 08:39:36
Passport Office staff are going back to work next week after they were told 80% of people would get Covid-19 in the end and "we can't hide away from it forever"

Up to 2,000 staff would be asked to go back in, with 500 in offices at any one time.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52219930 

Brian Gaze
09 April 2020 08:42:03

Richie Rich is Chairing today's meeting, not Rabbers

Has Rabbers decided he's not up to the job?

 

Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 

Just read The Times editorial. It appears Sunak may have upset Murdoch. 

Brian Gaze

Berkhamsted

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howham
09 April 2020 08:44:07

Passport Office staff are going back to work next week after they were told 80% of people would get Covid-19 in the end and "we can't hide away from it forever"

Up to 2,000 staff would be asked to go back in, with 500 in offices at any one time.

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 

">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52219930

Is there much demand for passports at the moment?  Mine is due for renewal later this year but I doubt I'll need it for a while.

Saint Snow
09 April 2020 08:44:45

Another gem of a typo late in yesterday's thread:

On the subject of the EU, I'm not averse to an extension to trade negotiations but the fact is we have left and will carry on foraging forward regardless.

CreweCold wrote:

 

Given the doom-laden economic expectancy of Brexit, and the almost certain reductions in regulatory protections, I think 'foraging forward' is a very apt description of how the UK will be rummaging through undergrowth trying to eek out a subsistence existence.

 

Martin

Home: St Helens (26m asl) Work: Manchester (75m asl)

A TWO addict since 14/12/01

"How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics."

Aneurin Bevan

Brian Gaze
09 April 2020 08:47:26

Cat we move on from cats please. I'll remove posts from now on and users if necessary. 

Brian Gaze

Berkhamsted

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Brian Gaze
09 April 2020 08:50:50

Passport Office staff are going back to work next week after they were told 80% of people would get Covid-19 in the end and "we can't hide away from it forever"

Up to 2,000 staff would be asked to go back in, with 500 in offices at any one time.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52219930

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 

Have the rules issued by the government changed in the last few days? If not why are they being asked to return to work? To me it sounds spiteful and petty. 

Brian Gaze

Berkhamsted

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Phil G
09 April 2020 08:52:02

Another day, another thread = stay safe!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52221402 Money for charities will be welcome but I fear that given the amount of work that charities do in the care and medical field (think of the hospice movement) the £750m is going to leave many important causes still in major difficulties. That's not so much a criticism, more a worry that the Chancellor is running out of barrels to scrape.

Originally Posted by: DEW 

On a charities note, I see the London Marathon has been rescheduled for 4th Oct. Even if it does not take place then and is cancelled completely, you would hope hope that the money pledged by people will still be honoured for the good causes.

Saint Snow
09 April 2020 08:53:01

Cat we move on from cats please. 

Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 

 

Deliberate?

Martin

Home: St Helens (26m asl) Work: Manchester (75m asl)

A TWO addict since 14/12/01

"How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics."

Aneurin Bevan

Phil G
09 April 2020 08:54:15

 

Have the rules issued by the government changed in the last few days? If not why are they being asked to return to work? To me it sounds spiteful and petty. 

Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 

Not a good message to send out what with the current high rates and advert to Stay at Home etc.

Saint Snow
09 April 2020 08:54:19

Briefly on the subject of cats, one the films we've family-watched during this plague has been  Cats.

What a bizarre film.

Martin

Home: St Helens (26m asl) Work: Manchester (75m asl)

A TWO addict since 14/12/01

"How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics."

Aneurin Bevan

Justin W
09 April 2020 09:01:18

Boris Johnson update: Still in ICU. Doing 'reasonably well'

 

Yo yo yo. 148-3 to the 3 to the 6 to the 9, representing the ABQ, what up, biatch?
Brian Gaze
09 April 2020 09:02:20

Boris Johnson update: Still in ICU. Doing 'reasonably well'

 

Originally Posted by: Justin W 

That sounds ominous IMO. 

Brian Gaze

Berkhamsted

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Brian Gaze
09 April 2020 09:07:17

This guy has it spot on IMO. He's specifically talking about theatres but it applies more widely. For example, I really can't see many people wanting to get on a jet airliner in the near future unless their travel is essential. So even after the lockdowns are eased there will continue to be huge problems.

London's theatres 'likely closed for months'
British theatres could need up to three months notice before they are able to reopen, the chair of the Arts Council has warned.

Speaking on the BBC's Today programme, Sir Nicholas Serota said some theatres could bounce back within a couple of weeks but others could take six times as long.

And even then, he warned: "It will take time to build back the audiences. I think people will not want to assemble in large numbers within a confined space”.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-52225173

 

Brian Gaze

Berkhamsted

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