Well that was clear as mud, so is meeting family allowed now or what??

[Crimples]

Not that it matters to me personally, being in Scotland but that was just the biggest load of waffley waffle.
Not even a mention of meeting other households.

Boss: Sorry Tom but your work performance is poor
Employee: Well if you’d employed Bob instead of me he might have been just as bad
Boss: fair point Tom - you’re immune from criticism forever.

When blaming Gordon Brown for everything is becoming a bit of a stretch - best to blame the guy who didn't get the job!😂

I don't really understand why we can't all just stay at home for ever. That nice old man with a beard, who lost the last election - what was his name? He would just have printed lots of money to pay for everything. I liked him. Jam today, jam tomorrow, jam for ever - my kind of leader! The Scots, Welsh and Northern irish seem to think they can stay at home. Why do we English have to start working again?

It's just not fair.

Because you voted the Tories in.

@PeanutButterSarnie You have my sympathy. I'm starting to talk to myself too.

@RedToothBrush - It goes back to Churchill. “It doesn’t matter who you elect, the government always gets in”.

We had a choice a Tory Government, or a Labour Government. People chose Tory. My personal opinion is I think we have been safer with this pandemic under a Tory Government , than a Labour one.

Expecting any government to be actually competent is living in fantasy land in my opinion......!!!

Expecting any government to be actually competent is living in fantasy land in my opinion......!!!

Probably got a point that. Unfortunately that shouldn't be the case, and doesn't appear to be the case throughout the world.

My friend has a large garden. Can we sit outside socially distant and drink wine?? Or do we have to go to the park to do it?

Pretty clear. You’ve either gotta be fairly dumb or not listening to understand what was said !

@Whycantibeapuppy

I don’t see why not, if they have a garden that you can access from the side or back ( so not needing to go into their house) and the garden is say 30x20m then that’s more that brought space to distance and no different to a park if anything it’s actually safer as you will be encountering less people

Again....

This is the clearest thing I’ve seen although I didn’t find yesterday overly confusing and the released document is crystal clear. With regards to businesses and childcare there’s a specific list available that’s been updated. And for schools I wouldn’t panic yet it’s a phased potential return and will need school and union support and likely to be dependant on individual schools ability to manage or not. A lot can change in three weeks!

So have I got this right - my DH can drive me as far as he likes to the seaside or countryside to mix, at a safe distance, with as many strangers as are there, but he cannot drive me 10 mins down the road to sit in our daughter's garden at a safe distance from each other?

I wa in the park the other morning exercising both myself and my dogs. My nephew who Lives in the same village and who runs regularly ran along a path near me. We Saw each other and waved. Then we stopped, keeping the regulation distance from each other, and had a chat. I got my dogs on their leads and we walked out of the park together, said so long, take care, then he went his way home and I went my way home.

If he’d NOT been my nephew but just a pleasant young man who passed the time of day with me, would that have been More or less within the roolz? I give up!

Yes it was confusing but from Wednesday apparently you can meet one person outside of your household but only outside and socially distanced so you could meet one member of your family but not inside a house etc !!! I would imagine that by July and if infection numbers etc are not sky rocketing we should be able to see family again inside houses etc.... but if your family member is in the vulnerable category best not to visit them anyway.

It was a load of old twat waffle. What we needed was a 2 minute blurb telling us absolutely what we can and cannot do.

Instead we got a 10 minute non committal bum shuffle putting the onus on the public to make decisions they are neither qualified nor sensible enough to make.

See pic as I understand it.

BruceAndNosh
Sitting 2m from your parents may improve your and their mental wellbeing but it won’t revive the economy, whereas sitting in an office 2m from your work colleagues will. This is a conservative government after all.

"So have I got this right - my DH can drive me as far as he likes to the seaside or countryside to mix, at a safe distance, with as many strangers as are there, but he cannot drive me 10 mins down the road to sit in our daughter's garden at a safe distance from each other?"
Frustrating, isn't it? I suppose it can't be monitored if it's your own garden?

@Lincolnfield
Yes, it will be fine for you to stop and chat with your nephew, staying two metres apart, as you are outside - from Wednesday.

I would rather not see my family up close or indoors then see them dead. What is wrong with everyone? I think what Boris said was perfectly clear. Things are the same but you can stay out longer. All the other things we're 'IFs' because we have to wait and see what happens. Nobody knows yet FFS! So annoyed with the 'poor me, I miss my friends' - it's not forever, be sensible, grow up and let's get through this in a mature manner and ALIVE!!!!!

Me too! 🙄

He’s saying you can meet friends and family in the park, where u are most vulnerable of catching something from other groups of people around you, but not at their homes. So basically you can have a picnic in the park and on the beach but not stay safe at each other’s homes.

It was very clear, only problem is you need a brain and a will to understand it. Most of the lefties on here will not qualify on either part.

Everything remains the same except you can exercise outside as much as you want, and you can meet a family member outside at social distancing rules.

You are requested to go to work, but the workplace MUST follow social distancing rules and provide the relevant PPE.

It is only unclear if you want it to be.

You are requested to go to work, but the workplace MUST follow social distancing rules
So hospital staff all stay two metres apart from each other and patients, do they? Just one example.

Well I am starting to understand how it is that Sweden is able to follow a more relaxed approach, the average IQ is obviously about 100 points above ours. I am beginning to think that MN should be closed, these threads are like a public advertisment saying that all women are stupid.