To think that people have forgotten about Wales?

[MrsArchchancellorRidcully]

Irrespective of your view, it feels like the welsh have been forgotten about. At least it feels like that to me.

I live 3 miles from the English border and all I see is talk of what we can do now (drive to exercise, meet in parks, schools may go back etc). Plans for the future are being tentatively made.

Whereas we're still under house arrest more or less. I feel suffocated and feel the welsh gift is being a nanny state. I know many will disagree but I never voted for this. I voted for the govt not the welsh first minister. Why does he get to make plans?

It feels all have forgotten us and were left behind. My DD has friends 15mins away who might get to go back to primary school soon. She is in wales and is devastated.

It is due to the devolved administration. Health is devolved so the Senydd makes the decisions. It is frustrating but those are the rules.

Northern Ireland and Scotland are doing the same as Wales though. It’s only England that has changed things.

Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland are all following the same plan. Wales has not been forgotten, England are rushing off on their own and we may well see the consequences of their decision in a week or two. They have no clear plans on how to re open schools, it's a shambles. I'm very glad to be in Wales where a more cautious approach is being taken.

I really want to see my mum. I’m prepared to take a fine to see her.
She’s only got a few more summers left , and I’d rather take a turn around her garden with her, than at her funeral.
Me in England, she’s in Wales.
Both of us are well, and ‘alert’

Whereas we're still under house arrest more or less. I feel suffocated and feel the welsh gift is being a nanny state. I know many will disagree but I never voted for this. I voted for the govt not the welsh first minister. Why does he get to make plans?

Did you vote in the last Assembly election?

But many parts of Wales are behind London in terms of the peak of the virus. This is the correct management of this situation.

But you get free prescriptions.

We're well past the peak. The welsh govt will be forced to follow English rules. My local Sainsbury's is in England. In theory once there I could drive to a local English beach and have a picnic and a run. Then go back to wales. Having 2 sets of rules is ridiculous. I'd send DC back to school happily.

Wonder if you’ll still feel the same if another wave hits England over the coming weeks?
I feel blessed to be Welsh and having seen some pictures of traffic and pictures of the tube today, I feel like we’ve taken the right decision. Westminster are reckless and playing with peoples lives.
When lockdown happened, 53 people had died. 7 weeks later 33000 have died. And to be quite frank, other than go to work and drive somewhere they can’t do much else so not quite sure what you’re jealous of tbh!

Don't be so ungrateful OP. I think it's very kind of Boris to lead the way in this. A canary in a coal mine. What a useful gift!

I think many people forget they have moved to a different country when they come here.

Education is different, health service is different, soon taxes will be different. Its a different country.

You are hardly under house arrest. You can go shopping for food, hardware etc. You can go out for exercise more than once. You can go to work if you cant work from home. And as you say, you can pop to England to go wherever you like. That's hardly house arrest.

And you've had free prescriptions for years.

LockdownLoppy

Totally agree, and we have decided to move to Wales during this Lockdown. We were toying with the idea anyway.

Can I just add for those in Wales, at least it's not a choice you have to make yet. There are many on here scared for their kids to go back, and some can't and won't go back.
I don't have little ones, but it must be awful for these parents now.

Give it a month and see how England fares. Then again when the kids start going back to school. It’s a shitshow here.

Yes I have been wondering about how people who live very close to the borders would be feeling, particularly if they live in Wales but work in England , and vice versa.
I was listening to an article on the radio about this and how confusing/ frustrating it must be for so many people.
You have my sympathy.

@Thescrewinthetuna
I agree it is a shitshow here.
The grass isn’t always greener.

Please watch the Covid/ITU programme that was just on BBC 1 Wales from the Gwent. You might change your mind.

I'd much sooner be in Wales, Scotland or NI at the moment.
I'm scared for when/if people start commuting back into London from the commuter belt. I'm hoping the majority who work in finance etc can continue to WFH.
The meeting in parks etc doesn't concern me as much as people returning to work on commuter trains to be honest.

@Timetospare
Please don't come to Wales. You don't know that you're well. Just because BJ has said you can travel in England, it's been clearly expressed today that Wales is closed

All over Europe countries with land borders have different regulations. It’s not unusual. You did (or should have) voted in Senedd elections, OP. There are anomalies in the welsh regulations as with the English ones, but the Welsh ones are more sensible at the moment. We aren’t ‘well past the peak’ even if you take the Uk as a whole. Wales are behind that, and Rhondda Cynon Taff has very high infection levels still.

"And you've had free prescriptions for years."

The fuck's this got to do with anything?

ballsdeep

"@Timetospare
Please don't come to Wales. You don't know that you're well. Just because BJ has said you can travel in England, it's been clearly expressed today that Wales is closed"

Wales is not closed. What utter bollox. You can travel to Wales for work and essential journeys.

I live in wales and am bloody relieved i do! So are most people I know.

Very grateful to not have “stay alert” being suggested as a sensible response to an invisible virus.

I'm in Canada. The province I'm in has never locked down, others have. Some have loosened social distancing, others haven't.

It's just part and parcel of having regional governments.