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Anyone else in NI think tonight's 'announcements' were bullshit?

37 replies

WishingHopingThinkingPraying · 02/03/2021 18:43

I've been pretty easygoing this last 6 months but was actually looking forward to some info and decisions being roadmapped. But there was literally nothing of practical use in this big bloody announcement. What a waste of energy.

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Boscoforever · 02/03/2021 18:45

Mmmm.
It's almost as though they haven't an effing clue what to do!Grin
I looked it up online and was like, where is the actual info?
The problem now is people will just go, sod it and do what they like. And I'm starting to not blame them.

Cocolapew · 02/03/2021 18:45

There's no point if they aren't going to give at least an estimate of dates. I understand they don't want to come out with dates and then have to change them but this is just ridiculous.

Cocolapew · 02/03/2021 18:46

This made me laugh

Anyone else in NI think tonight's 'announcements' were bullshit?
Yewtown · 02/03/2021 18:47

Love that

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WishingHopingThinkingPraying · 02/03/2021 19:02

Thank God. I thought I was going mad feeling like it was all a bit nuts. And after they took an extra day to figure it out!!!!!

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WishingHopingThinkingPraying · 02/03/2021 19:05

What were they doing this extra day! What were they DOING!!!!!!

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mrsfeatherbottom · 02/03/2021 19:07

Yes, very strange. I mean, it was fairly obvious that the stages would be those. And the 'data not dates' is really annoying me!

ClaireUnderwoodforPresident · 02/03/2021 19:07

Trying to justify why we pay them a shitload to do Eff all that's useful? Angry

BeetyAxe · 02/03/2021 19:08

I actually cried with rage over it earlier. Nonsense, absolute joke. Guided by the data my ass, if that’s the case what is the data? Does phase one start when cases are 50 in every hundred thousand? When ICU’s are at 20% capacity? Who knows because they haven’t said. It’s a joke and it has taken any good will I had left with regards to adhering to the rules and stamped all over it. I am furious.

SuddenArborealStop · 02/03/2021 19:09

Sounds similar to the ROI announcement, at least its an all island non commitment Hmm
People have started to ignore the rules here now, no hope given so from what I can see people are taking it for themselves

DioneTheDiabolist · 02/03/2021 19:11

Utter shite from our MLAs.Angry

Significantown · 02/03/2021 19:12

England was all “data not dates” could suddenly see a lot of rebellion building up. Dates suddenly appeared.

Camelliawatch · 02/03/2021 19:12

Oh my God it’s just beyond useless, what are they thinking? What are they DOING?

meanwhile my previously delightful, well mannered wildly sociable little boy is an unhappy directionless yoof alternately hitting us, slamming his door so hard we genuinely are going to have to replace it as hinges cracked, and sobbing every night about how unhappy he is. (Very happy home, lots of outside play, teachers and school being unbelievably supportive, he just is not meant for this life).

It’s just so shit, and the politicians I am now convinced quite like us living like this.

Currently hiding in a darkened room.

Camelliawatch · 02/03/2021 19:13

@BeetyAxe

I actually cried with rage over it earlier. Nonsense, absolute joke. Guided by the data my ass, if that’s the case what is the data? Does phase one start when cases are 50 in every hundred thousand? When ICU’s are at 20% capacity? Who knows because they haven’t said. It’s a joke and it has taken any good will I had left with regards to adhering to the rules and stamped all over it. I am furious.
Absolutely this. I’m so sorry and I have exactly the same tearful rage.
letsgo2021 · 02/03/2021 19:14

They just haven't a clue. They're not capable of running NI and we're all paying the price for it. Honestly, what were they doing that extra day? Playing about with the fonts? Because no time or effort went into this "roadmap", that's for sure.

It's lazy, unhelpful and beyond frustrating.

Typical NI, trailing behind because of the incompetency of those in stormont. How f*cking depressing.

Camelliawatch · 02/03/2021 19:14

@SuddenArborealStop

Sounds similar to the ROI announcement, at least its an all island non commitment Hmm People have started to ignore the rules here now, no hope given so from what I can see people are taking it for themselves
Also 100% this round here that I can see.
Camelliawatch · 02/03/2021 19:20

There’s quite a hilarious Northern Ireland Reddit group I lurk on and their assessment was that it was lkke the gcse homework uou handed in with large font, extra line spacing and lots of clip art, when you hadn’t done any of the work. Reasonable assessment!

Nyancat · 02/03/2021 19:28

It is absolute bullshit and I could cry with rage. One of my kids will be back at school next week only to be taken out again, the other - well who knows. I saw the BBC reporting earlier that the May/June easements only happened when there were 0/1 deaths per day for a period of weeks and daily cases down to single figures. Honestly, fuck that, I feel like I'll just do my own risk assessment from here on out because who knows what the plan actually is

DioneTheDiabolist · 02/03/2021 19:59

What were they doing this extra day! What were they DOING!!!!!!

They needed the extra day extension to draw up the plan. They hadn't done any work on it at all. I've had a look, I'd be ok with it if it was DS1's homework, but it's a shit piece from a government.

BeetyAxe · 02/03/2021 20:02

What I don’t understand is why when the BBC were up on the hill interviewing Michelle and Arlene this evening that they didn’t ask these questions? What does the data need to look like, what is the aim? We will never be covid free so there has to be some acceptable level of living with this and the MLA’s should bloody well make it clear what this is. I am genuinely thinking of going into politics after this shit show just to give people and alternative. Absolute joke!!

Camelliawatch · 02/03/2021 20:12

Jeez the other day the BBC published a post that was just like, are you actually just stormont’s PR arm? Incisive and hard hitting it was not.

Tootsey11 · 02/03/2021 20:27

I was thinking of going into politics too, I think a lot of us could do a better job. Why does no one ask the right questions when they do get to interview our supposedly government. A while of an hour would have created what they done, they are a serious waste of money.

letsgo2021 · 02/03/2021 20:42

Isn't it depressing. They're an absolute joke. Zero respect for any of us. Haven't heard of a single person who is happy with what they produced today, and all that crap being spouted about today being a day of hope and looking to a brighter future. Absolute bullshit. I felt a lot of things today reading that report and hope certainly wasn't one of them!!

HulaHoop2012 · 02/03/2021 21:22

I read the first couple of lines and couldn’t go on.

I’m dealing with one child delighted to be going back to school and the other feels completely forgotten. The third is being potty trained 🤦‍♀️
I’m filled with rage with the two up on that hill. A day of hope apparently, I’ve lost all hope.
It’s so bloody depressing.

Rutennotou · 02/03/2021 22:30

There's to be a review every four weeks, first on March 16th I believe. Current lockdown continues until April 1st so ideally we will move onto the second step then. Then the mid April review onto the next. Completely dependant on numbers though. I've been very patient the past year but failing to give a fuck now.