Open the garden centres and stay alert

[WhiteWitch007]

Excellent. I can go to a garden centre and stay alert, in case a massive man-eating plant gobbles me up mid-purchase.

Seriously. In advance of the revised message this evening, WTF does this actually translate as to most people?

I've been an avid Boris supporter for many years now!
@LucyBurton what is it about the lying (sacked twice for it) cheating (on his wife, clearly, given his baby’s birth date) violence enabling (giving his mate the address of a journalist to beat up) Boris that makes you admire him so enthusiastically?

I despair of the public today if they honestly don’t know what this means.

It’s time we all started using our common sense! We know social distancing helps, we know washing our hands helps, we know staying home helps. We know to stay in with symptoms. We have to start taking personal responsibility and making judgments.

It is quite scary how people are not getting that we are going to get told more at 7pm. How difficult is that to understand?

This is Mumsnet. Sadly not the brightest bunch of people only kidding (sort of) most on here are in full panic mode so can't think logically

@cardibach I'm not a Boris supporter but can you honestly not comprehend people can and will have different political opinions? Or do you expect everyone to agree with you?

@GreytExpectations obviously. But being ‘an avid Boris supporter’ is noT quite the same as having different political opinions. I get that people are Tories, I really do. I can sometimes even see why, although I’m never going to agree with them. I just can’t see how anyone can be, specifically, a supporter of Johnson, who is, as I said, lying, cheating and (at least by proxy) violent. He’s also a bit shot as a politician when given power - illegal water cannons, for example, or garden bridge.

@cardibach that very much can be the same as having different political opinions. It means they support that person as PM, meaning politically they agree. Not sure why you can't see that, it's a very common way of saying you support the way they run the country. Weird that you can see how anyone, at all, ever would be supportive of our Prime Minister

Meant can't see* not can

Nicola Sturgeon has just said exactly this, it’s not clear. I used to have an unhealthy dislike for her but I think she has done well lately and been very clear in her directives.

@GreytExpectations obviously I’m aware people do support him. But I’m asking why. There are plenty of Tory politicians that would be more morally suited or practically accomplished (though he did expel most of them for not agreeing with hi over the Brexit issue). I genuinely don’t understand why anyone could think positively of him with everything we know about him. I don’t see how anyone can think he’s suitable to be PM. Or to do a paper round, to be honest. He’s incompetent and a liar. I’m embarrassed that he represents us abroad.

I think some of you are being completely pathetic and acting stupid with these posts today to be honest.

You will be told ALL the info at 7pm this evening, if you can’t tell the time ask an adult what time it is.

obviously I’m aware people do support him. But I’m asking why. There are plenty of Tory politicians that would be more morally suited or practically accomplished (though he did expel most of them for not agreeing with hi over the Brexit issue). I genuinely don’t understand why anyone could think positively of him with everything we know about him.

Maybe you should start a seperate thread asking these questions instead of hijacking this one?

It is quite scary how people are not getting that we are going to get told more at 7pm. How difficult is that to understand?

It's a prerecorded message, with a ten minute TV slot. It's not going say a great deal. Scotland have published 2 huge documents with full explanations and examples. I hope there is a follow up in clear prose, instead of just soundbites and slogans.

Bloody hell it's only 4pm, wait till he comes out with the new regs at 7pm. MN will be buzzing with everyone slagging each other off for not interpreting them correctly.

It's not going say a great deal.

Unless you are on the team behind the announcement or have seen the recording already, you really can't know this. Just wait and stop speculating

Fuck me!! Do people really need to be quite so unpleasant

@TitsalinaBumSquash Exactly. It’s invisible, if there was a gunman walking up and down my street I would be alert because I can clearly identify the danger. Also “stay at home as much as possible” - yeah that’s gonna work well given that all the schools are shut and millions of kids and parents have been suffering under the strain of home learning and WFH. Honestly don’t know what the answer is but I’m more worried now than ever.

@GreytExpectations

I'm not speculating. I haven't suggested anything it might say. I just don't think in under ten minutes he can or will give all the answers promised. Normal daily briefings go on for nearly an hour.

On 23rd March, when we went into lockdown, instead of a full briefing, we got a prerecorded message later in the evening. It didn't last long or go into detail. He said, "you must stay at home". It's entirely plausible he will say "you must stay alert blah blah blah" and the real details will be to follow.

I assume he is going to say more than stay alert and garden centres can now open though!

I suppose it means the same as it does in the other 14 threads asking what it means.

Agreed.

@Mcvitoes he is going to say more than just "stay alert". Just wait until 7pm and stop encouraging people speculating. It's getting tedious.

Given that most people on MN willfully find'stay at home' unclear and hard to understand 'be alert' even with all the ways on the blue notice spelt out does not stand a chance.
Not quite sure why garden centers are a problem as they can have some way system,are outside and no one's going to be going twice a week.

It’s so vague ,it’s utterly pointless .
It’s just going from bad to worse .
No wonder Britain is a bloody laughing stock

Fuck me!! Do people really need to be quite so unpleasant
Yes, it’s a mumsnet stipulation