Getting fed up with the Government daily briefing

[jenganinja]

It feels like they are fobbing us off a bit now? I'm glad they do the briefing but who are these people today? and they just repeat the same waffle about tests and ramping things up but they are still not testing frontline NHS staff, just talking about doing it.

I also vote for the cat

Larry doesn't live there any more does he?? I thought he'd been usurped by Dylan the Dog.

He tweets from Downing St though! Are you suggesting that he's lying?

@BasinHaircut they could be honest though and say why there are delays. And also why PPE is still available to buy (albeit in small quantities) and whilst something more sustainable is put into place and the supply chain is up and running, they aren't buying some off the shelf to fill some gaps. It's more annoying to be told soon, soon, soon rather than an actual estimate and explanation.

They do seem to be dodging the main issues. Also, they are using increasingly obscure ministers. A lot of people would not even have heard of Alok Sharma.

I always thought Larry looked a bit shifty tbh

Basin-they said they had 10, 000 tests a day in the first week of March. No I do t expect it to happen overnight...but 4 weeks later I do

I'm fed up of these journalists asking stupid questions over and over again when the govt/medical people have just spoken at length about what they are asking.
It is the easiest thing in the world to criticise.

What questions would you like the speakers to be asked, Alpacasmum?

Fucking hell - why are you watching it everyday then? What new info do you have spect them have on a daily basis? We should stay in, they are doing their thing behind the scenes - big changes won’t happen quickly unfortunately!

What do you want?

You’d probably be a lot happier if you just calmed down, took a break from the news and just at relaxed at home

Yanbu I feel like they are just repeating what they've said previously. Especially when it's not BoJo and/or the CMA and the CSA

It is absolute bullshit. The earlier ones seemed to be more informative. It has now become totally obvious propaganda. Those slides and the statements around them looked like utter crap. Some of these senior govmt ministers etc need to be properly interviewed.

It's not compulsory to watch them though. Those who find them tedious can just not watch them. If they dropped them to once every few days or once a week you'd have people complaining they were covering up.

And based on threads I'm reading in here and shit in seeing on social media a lot of stuff still needs repeating because there's an alarming amount of people STILL not listening and bending rules so that their own personal lives aren't inconvenienced too much.

The journalists need to pincer movement. Peston rambled on yesterday. Hugh Pym nailed it but the next journalist needs to say "answer the previous question."

I want Paxman on there.

I didn't watch it tonight as I am ill and couldn't bear the bullshit again.

They're relying on the old adage of 'bullshit baffles brains'

My mother (74) believes everything anybody in authority tells her.

@STAYTHEFUCKATHOME... we watch them because we expect information. Not just charts and avoiding the questions.

Yes @middleager! PAXMAN.

agree that t is not about finding them tedious. It's about getting accurate and reliable info. It is looking less and less like an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers and more and more like a propaganda exercise. This actually erodes trust and reduces compliance.

@Marieo they have explained though. Re testing, Jenny Harries said quite clearly yesterday that there was a shortage of reagents for the tests.

And you think that using resource to divert PPE available in small amounts from retailers, rather than using that resource to get the supply chains they actually need in place and working is a good idea?

Honestly, leave it to the experts. The available retail stock wouldn’t touch the sides by a county mile.

It is truly hilarious how oblivious some of these comments are.

The UK was one of the first countries to develop a test back in January. But we are only finding out now that we don't have enough reagents? (if indeed it is true). The forward planning seems so shambolic it is difficult to understand.

I've stopped watching the daily briefings. I can't listen to the waffle any more. The journalists questions are embarrassingly bad as well. The journalist from the Mirror used his question to ask whether the government would support their campaign to give a medal to NHS workers. I think that was the one that finished me off.

At this point do we actually a daily briefing unless it's a significant change. This is going to on for weeks possibly months. Personally I would prefer if all concerned were able to concentrate on their jobs rather than spending an hour each day repeatedly battling questions from journalists on the same issues.

Don't like it then don't watch it. It's not like it's the only thing on the tv
I actually find it really useful so I watch it. I find there are programs on TV I don't find useful so guess what? I don't watch them
People just want to find something to moan about. If they stopped them we'd moan about that too

When you have NHS trusts begging the public for spare PPE on their official Facebook pages - I’m afraid I don’t believe the government one bit that there’s plenty to be had and trusts just need to call a special telephone number to order it.

I think we need the main players back. Today was pointless. 🙁

It's all shite. No-one seems to know what is going on which is hardly surprising since the only testing is apparently done on those who have been taken into hospital (or if you're a celebrity or a royal!). Every interview I have seen with a heath professional from other countries is emphasising testing, testing, testing.

Because there is no widespread testing here they really have no idea how many people are being infected so seem to be plucking figures out of the air. Even the experts can't agree with each other.

I have given up watching the news because they seem to come out with something contradictory every day.

All that is certain is that our economy is going to be in serious trouble .