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To ask what on Earth wales are doing?

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Whenismumhome · 27/10/2020 19:17

I don’t live in Wales but I’ve heard that they’re having a “firebreak” and shops cannot sell non essential items.

AIBU to think that that is just a step too far and completely over the top? Ok fair enough, tell people to stay at home but surely if someone needs to go shopping for essentials they can buy non essentials whilst they’re in a specific shop.

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TheFairyGarden · 31/10/2020 01:23

Interesting how the tone of the news has changed now that England is talking about a lockdown

I was thinking exactly the same. The “Draconian Dictator”, Mark Drakeford, that everyone has been laughing about got it right then 😊

Boris is about to get his arse handed to him on a plate by the 3 First Ministers 😂

TheFairyGarden · 31/10/2020 01:29

Don’t be daft @Blueskysunsout didn’t you know it’s a breach of their human rights to make them wait a whole 17 days to buy a garden gnome or some other shit 🙄

FlyingFlamingo · 31/10/2020 08:01

@TheFairyGarden apparently the Welsh Conservative MPs are furious, has anyone seen my tiny violin?

pinkearedcow · 31/10/2020 09:18

Wales not such a "laughing stock" now, eh?

Drakeford did the right thing, but some will never admit that.

pinkearedcow · 31/10/2020 09:22

@TheFairyGarden

Don’t be daft *@Blueskysunsout* didn’t you know it’s a breach of their human rights to make them wait a whole 17 days to buy a garden gnome or some other shit 🙄
There were some outlandish tales on another thread. Someone's pan broke and they couldn't cook a meal with their remaining utensils so they had to order takeaway while waiting for the new pan. Someone else had to go to England to buy a loaf tin because (their usual bakery was shut. so they decided to make some bread instead).
JesusInTheCabbageVan · 31/10/2020 09:23

@pinkearedcow

Wales not such a "laughing stock" now, eh?

Drakeford did the right thing, but some will never admit that.

Grin

AIBU to ask what on Earth england are doing?

Juniperandrage · 31/10/2020 09:24

Don’t be daft Blueskysunsout didn’t you know it’s a breach of their human rights to make them wait a whole 17 days to buy a garden gnome or some other shit

oh fuck off, no one was complaining about "a garden gnome or some other shit" they were talking about things they might actually need

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 31/10/2020 09:32

Hey @IndiaMay, remember this little exchange?

*@JesusInTheCabbageVan dont know why your posting things like that when all I've seen is Wales refusing to sell women sanitary products, some bloke shopping in his boxers because clothes are no longer essential and no ability to buy alcohol from even shops after 10. Wales is a fucking shambles but cheers I'll go down the pub for my sunday lunch this weekend and go see my mum on her birthday Thursday

[My reply] *Good for you, enjoy it! while you can

Seems quite prophetic now, doesn't it? Shall I have a crack at next week's lottery numbers for you?

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 31/10/2020 09:32

Argh, bold fail.

Ginnymweasley · 31/10/2020 09:37

Have you not seen that according to some tories england will be following france by going into lockdown... not wales cause they couldn't possibly admit that the welsh govt might actually have got it right.....

pinkearedcow · 31/10/2020 09:40

@Ginnymweasley

Have you not seen that according to some tories england will be following france by going into lockdown... not wales cause they couldn't possibly admit that the welsh govt might actually have got it right.....
Christ, they usually hate the French!
Ginnymweasley · 31/10/2020 09:43

They hate a labour govt more apparently

pinkearedcow · 31/10/2020 09:46

@Juniperandrage

Don’t be daft Blueskysunsout didn’t you know it’s a breach of their human rights to make them wait a whole 17 days to buy a garden gnome or some other shit

oh fuck off, no one was complaining about "a garden gnome or some other shit" they were talking about things they might actually need

Which, as has been made clear, they can get from the supermarket if it is a genuine emergency, otherwise online.
Juniperandrage · 31/10/2020 09:47

Yes they can NOW. but they couldn't to begin with

Hobnobswantshernameback · 31/10/2020 09:55

All the "poor little welsh people in their lockdown " posters
The one who claimed there was no chaos in England Hmm
Well looks like England are going into lockdown and for a lot longer
I'm sure to start a patronising "poor little people in England" thread forthwith

TheFairyGarden · 31/10/2020 10:00

oh fuck off, no one was complaining about "a garden gnome or some other shit" they were talking about things they might actually need

That they could have got in any of the online or click n collect stores.

pinkearedcow · 31/10/2020 10:03

@Juniperandrage

Yes they can NOW. but they couldn't to begin with
Yes, exactly. Drakeford messed up, realised he had messed up and quickly clarified things. No one was hurt, no one died. Drakeford has been called all sorts of things in the past week. He did not deserve that abuse.

Meanwhile, Call-Me-Churchill has been hiding in a fridge somewhere while the worst case scenario that Whitty et al predicted has unfolded in England this week. People will be hurt and will die because of his mistakes.

I have never been more glad to live in Wales.

Nootkah · 31/10/2020 10:18

Theres a real difference between NEED and want. We only NEED things that we cant do without for a fortnight, which isnt really that long. People have been bangung in about clothes and bedding and kitchen utensils. Short of fire /flood/fleeing somestic violence/some other extreme circumstance , no one is going to die from not havung the right pan for two weeks.

Must admit, though, not being able to buy direworks rankles a little... But again, i wont die because of it.

The point ia to limit briwsing, limit shopping. Not to pop out. Just stay home unless you absolutely cannot. Just for a fortnight.

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 31/10/2020 10:21

Yes, exactly. Drakeford messed up, realised he had messed up and quickly clarified things. No one was hurt, no one died. Drakeford has been called all sorts of things in the past week. He did not deserve that abuse.

Meanwhile, Call-Me-Churchill has been hiding in a fridge somewhere while the worst case scenario that Whitty et al predicted has unfolded in England this week. People will be hurt and will die because of his mistakes.

I have never been more glad to live in Wales.

Well said! Yes, all the "LOL, Drakeford sounds a bit like DICKford pmsl" idiots got very wearing quite quickly.

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 31/10/2020 10:33

@Hobnobswantshernameback

All the "poor little welsh people in their lockdown " posters The one who claimed there was no chaos in England Hmm Well looks like England are going into lockdown and for a lot longer I'm sure to start a patronising "poor little people in England" thread forthwith
I'm patiently awaiting my apology from the absolute charmer who decided (with complete lack of sensitivity for all those who have lost or been separated from loved ones) to actually gloat about the fact that she could visit her mum.
CounsellorTroi · 31/10/2020 11:00

*Yes, exactly. Drakeford messed up, realised he had messed up and quickly clarified things. No one was hurt, no one died. Drakeford has been called all sorts of things in the past week. He did not deserve that abuse.

Meanwhile, Call-Me-Churchill has been hiding in a fridge somewhere while the worst case scenario that Whitty et al predicted has unfolded in England this week. People will be hurt and will die because of his mistakes.

I have never been more glad to live in Wales.*

Hear hear. I trust Mark Drakeford. I do not trust Boris further than I could throw him.

tywysoges · 31/10/2020 11:18

@TheFairyGarden

Don’t be daft *@Blueskysunsout* didn’t you know it’s a breach of their human rights to make them wait a whole 17 days to buy a garden gnome or some other shit 🙄
Grin
JesusInTheCabbageVan · 31/10/2020 13:10

@JesusInTheCabbageVan

Hey *@IndiaMay*, remember this little exchange?

@JesusInTheCabbageVan dont know why your posting things like that when all I've seen is Wales refusing to sell women sanitary products, some bloke shopping in his boxers because clothes are no longer essential and no ability to buy alcohol from even shops after 10. Wales is a fucking shambles but cheers I'll go down the pub for my sunday lunch this weekend and go see my mum on her birthday Thursday*

[My reply] *Good for you, enjoy it! while you can

Seems quite prophetic now, doesn't it? Shall I have a crack at next week's lottery numbers for you?

As promised....

If I win, I'll send @IndiaMay a tenner so she can go to the pub again. Oh, wait...😂

To ask what on Earth wales are doing?
TheFairyGarden · 31/10/2020 13:12

If I win, I'll send @IndiaMay a tenner so she can go to the pub again. Oh, wait

😂😂😂

misosoup82 · 31/10/2020 14:30

With regards to the period products issue- the Tesco store had a break-in which is why that particular aisle was cordoned off, nothing to do with Lockdown. It was later confirmed by a Tescos representative and the South Wales Police, and the WG confirmed that period products are of course, essential.

The Welsh Government has Period Poverty schemes in schools and libraries, so they fully understand the importance of period products!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50975035

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