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Lynne from Skipton

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StealthPolarBear · 27/04/2020 17:24

Brought tears to my eyes...

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WoollyMollyMonkey · 27/04/2020 18:02

I like MH, i think he is a genuine guy, family man who has an extremely hard job right now. The pressure must be intense and no-one has all the answers do they as thing is new. He is working hard and came straight back to work after having the virus, can’t have been easy.

Yeah, sometimes I think he’s a decent guy, but then I remember he’s a Tory so under that smart suit he must have a greasy scaly skin.

nex18 · 27/04/2020 18:05

It was a very valid question, probably what most of the population cares about most. It was a policy question though, we gained nothing from Chris Whitty’s answer, it needed to be answered by a politician.

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StealthPolarBear · 27/04/2020 18:07

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Today 17:36AnyFucker

I missed the public question but I did very much enjoy Matt Hancock shutting that fucking verbally incontinent bore Robert Peston right down smile"

Was that the question about whethwr the payouts would come with a no-suing clause? My heart was in my mouth until he said 'no'
I've never been closer to being a tory voter than right then

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ViciousJackdaw · 27/04/2020 18:15

Can't say LFS (if she actually exists) stirred any emotion in me at all. Her urge to see her GC is no more, no less important than my urge to see my DM or Sarah over the road who hasn't seen her brother for six weeks. LFS needs to put up with it, just like everyone else does.

GoldenOmber · 27/04/2020 18:26

Her urge to see her GC is no more, no less important than my urge to see my DM or Sarah over the road who hasn't seen her brother for six weeks.

well yes, that is somewhat the point though! People miss their loved ones. It wasn't "will you be making an exception for me personally?"

applebottomjean · 27/04/2020 18:27

Would have been good if he'd actually answered the bloody question. Waffle waffle waffle.

AnyFucker · 27/04/2020 18:27

Yes, spb

Daffodil101 · 27/04/2020 18:37

Whitty makes me feel despondent

FabulouslyFab · 27/04/2020 18:54

The answer to ‘When can we hug our grand children again?’ is surely ‘When our children consider it safe to do so’
Especially in light of the later discussion where some children are becoming seriously ill and it isn’t clear if this is connected to COVID19 or not.

MH1111 · 27/04/2020 19:01

Was a terrible question.

A much better one would be I’m a stage 4 cancer patient, when will my life extending radiotherapy and chemotherapy start again? I’m afraid it may soon be too late.

ViciousJackdaw · 27/04/2020 19:03

The answer to ‘When can we hug our grand children again?’ is surely ‘When our children consider it safe to do so’

I would have thought the answer would be 'When it has been decided that two households can safely mix' (unless it is Stanley Johnson asking the question). If this supposed syndrome in children is actually a real risk then following Govt. guidelines becomes even more important.

Jedstre · 27/04/2020 19:32

Absolutely this
I missed the public question but I did very much enjoy Matt Hancock shutting that fucking verbally incontinent bore Robert Peston right down

FabulouslyFab · 27/04/2020 21:13

@ViciousJackdaw When the government tell us that it is safe to mix households I will still have to wait for my daughter to decide it’s okay! 😁

Darcydashwood · 27/04/2020 21:24

The Peston answer was brilliant!

I don’t think the Government picks the public question, I’m sure I’ve rea

ShiftyOwl · 27/04/2020 21:24

I want to write in and ask the press why they ask the same old same old questions all the time and expect different answers!

Darcydashwood · 27/04/2020 21:25

The Peston answer was brilliant!

I don’t think the Gov chooses the public question - I’m sure I read it’s picked by an independent body. It wasn’t a very reassuring answer though was it! (Totally get they could t give a clear cut answer to be fair)

Nighting · 27/04/2020 21:33

I thought LFS's question was an utter waste of time. Perhaps they'll pick a rather more penetrating question next time, and not some simple-minded tosh about 'my grandbubbahs' who are probably glad they don't have to see nana Lynne for a few months

RandomlyChosenName · 27/04/2020 21:35

Lynne- if your grand children hug you thinking they are well and you catch Coronavirus from them and die, how do you think they will feel?

I like Matt Hancock, he actually seems genuine (a little too much sometimes, I’ve never watched a politician and thought please don’t cry before). He doesn’t do the weird rein holding thing with his hands either, but has open hands. He came across as actually worried about the children development today. I am glad he seemed more confident today. I loved the “erm. NO” answer too.

He seemed very stressed the other week. On the Today program he nearly lost it and said “Will. You. Please. Just. Let. Me. Finish”

GoldenOmber · 27/04/2020 21:37

Lynne- if your grand children hug you thinking they are well and you catch Coronavirus from them and die, how do you think they will feel?

Yes Lynne. You will never, ever get to hug your grandchildren again, even after lockdown, because if you do then you will die and your grandchildren will blame themselves for ever!

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loobyloo1234 · 27/04/2020 21:47

who are probably glad they don't have to see nana Lynne for a few months

Because she’s sad that she doesn’t get to see them? Ffs

missmouse101 · 27/04/2020 21:47

I'm afraid I too rolled my eyes at her tedious question. Obviously we/they do not know. I find this sort of wittering quite depressing when there are parents who haven't seen their own children in weeks and people who have family members who have died. Hugging can wait.

Flaxmeadow · 27/04/2020 21:58

Lynne-if your grand children hug you thinking they are well and you catch Coronavirus from them and die, how do you think they will feel?

Grandparents are not stupid

They would make up some story, and stick to it, about some random stranger coughing all over them in Tesco. That's where they caught it you see.

Flaxmeadow · 27/04/2020 22:10

I find this sort of wittering quite depressing when there are parents who haven't seen their own children in weeks... Hugging can wait.

Which is ironic when you see the amount of working parents who seem to think Grandparents are little more than a free child minder service.

Grandparents often are the primary carer of many young children. So lock down is a huge wrench not just for the Grandparent but for the Grandchild as well.

I thought the question was a fair one

FallonSwift · 27/04/2020 22:10

Yes Lynne. You will never, ever get to hug your grandchildren again, even after lockdown, because if you do then you will die and your grandchildren will blame themselves for ever!

Let's be right, if Lynne genuinely gave a shit about the current crisis then she'd be out there too busy picking fruit to worry about her grandchildren.

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Inkpaperstars · 28/04/2020 01:09

I thought it was an uninspiring and unhelpful choice of question from whoever this independent polling group is.

I guess she was really asking whether the first lot of changes after the five conditions are met will include families meeting across households and generations. We already know they will not answer questions about what measures are going to be lifted when, partly because they don't yet know. It depends on how low case numbers, R etc are, what data they have from advisors at the time. Plus they don't want to give people ideas. So that was going nowhere. Then she was possibly also asking, when I am allowed...will it be safe? Well, no one can guarantee that, it probably would, or it might make one of them ill, or kill them. That's the virus.

Maybe it would have been better to ask what priority they will be placing on relieving isolation for the elderly and high risk as they pick the next 'package' of measures, but I don't think that would have elicited anything more helpful.

Maybe there are members of the public who need to hear the panel say 'yes, we understand, we are human...but we don't know'. I don't, but hopefully it helped someone.