Dominic Raab confirms you can meet your family

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52612449

So you could meet up with your mum, dad and siblings in one day as long as you meet them outdoors, maintain a 2m distance and meet them separately.

Yep, just heard him confirm that on an interview on Radio 4.

He actually just said on R4 that you could meet up with both of your parents as long as you stayed 2m apart..........but he also said that you could meet up to do 2m apart exercise only with someone from your own household

He seemed to be using "household" and "family" interchangeably with no appreciation that there is a distinction.

No wonder people are confused.

No wonder people are confused.

Sorry, that wasn't addressed to either of the previous posters! Just a general comment.

In 2 sentences there is a different message?? Am I going mad?

"People in England can meet up with others outside their household in the outdoors as long as they stay 2m apart, the government has confirmed.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab urged people to "use some common sense" and added: "We can't mix within homes".

I just listened to that interview, I felt he struggled to explain their new rules. He was using family and household interchangeably and he did confirm you could meet up with two members of your family who you do not live with. I don’t know if he was meant to say this but it’s out there now, the interviewer registered what he had said and quickly moved on.

I think mumsnet has proved over the past few weeks in various threads that common sense is sadly lacking in the population.

The R is going to shoot up abs we will have a second peak in three weeks at this rate. I've just read public transport in London was rammed this morning but I thought bozo said transport companies had to be Covid safe? It's a joke

Hopefully this will help a lot of people. The temptation to give a quick hug and stand closer than 2m apart will be overwhelming for most though, I imagine. It’s natural to want to be close to those you love so social distancing just won’t happen. Infection rate will be through the roof within a few weeks.

That R4 interview was a mess but mostly because the interviewer was so keen to catch him out. Very irritating.

Yes it was a little unclear. I got that you could meet up and stay apart 2m outside.

This is precisely the time to batten the hatches as far as I’m concerned, as everyone rushes out to meet friends and family. Let’s see where we are in a month’s time.

It would be really good to get it clarified whether you can meet 2 people simultaneously as per the R4 interview, or whether it has to be individually as per the press briefings.

I think mumsnet has proved over the past few weeks in various threads that common sense is sadly lacking in the population

As have many other forums I visit.

This won’t have given people an inch, it’s given them a mile.

Party at my SIL this weekend for their 95 year old Nan’s birthday! But it’s fiiiiiiiiiiiiine as we can all stay 2m apart. 8 adults and 6 children in a small back garden. I’ll be giving that one a miss, funnily enough.

On the guardian live blog now:

Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Raab appeared to say that people could meet up with their two parents in a park, as long as you stay two meters away from them. This not only contradicts what the prime minister said last night (that just two people from different households could meet up outside), but it also contradicts what he told BBC breakfast earlier

Well its now on the BBC that Raab confirmed you can meet more than one person simultaneously, but according to twitter government has rowed back on it?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52612449

twitter.com/robpowellnews/status/1259751655584796673

If it’s only 2 people who can meet at a time how does it work for single parents. I’m
Never without my kids

Hopefully this will help a lot of people. The temptation to give a quick hug and stand closer than 2m apart will be overwhelming for most though, I imagine. It’s natural to want to be close to those you love so social distancing just won’t happen.

This. I wonder if this is why people have been told till now to not meet up with family or friends even outdoors. Can you imagine arranging to see your Mum or adult child in the park or wherever and not automatically hugging them?

Can you imagine arranging to see your Mum or adult child in the park or wherever and not automatically hugging them?

Er, yes! It’s not rocket science.

Yes Iwondered that naps. You can see why the police are saying these changes cannot be policed.

I don’t think the interviewer was keen to catch him out. I think she was keen to clarify what the guidance actually means, and he was hopeless at providing clear answers. I am a journalist at a much lower level, but still trying to provide information for people, and it is possible to do an entire interview, try to write the article, and realise you still have no idea what people actually need to do, in whatever the context is. I feel ministers ( and others) are often deliberately vague so they can’t be held to account, but now is not the time for that nonsense.

Meh, people have been doing this already.

Cake not so much on this specific question but for the rest of the interview. Who could go back to work. R4 irritated me this morning. Just let people explain. I found it frustrating.

I think that has been said to be wrong and it is only one person.

Er, yes! It’s not rocket science.

No it’s not. But you’re taking all emotion out of it. Families will be highly emotional seeing each other after so long, I think it will be very difficult for most people to fight the overwhelming ‘need’ to touch or hug. People are not robots. I have followed all the rules and won’t be breaking any now either but let’s not pretend it’s going to be easy for people to see loved ones and not touch or hug, it’s a natural response.

Dominic Raab confirms you people in England can meet your their family

It's times like these when I'm glad that me and my family aren't big huggers! 😂

So you can "meet" hundreds of complete strangers all out for exercise - which we may now freely take - in parks, on beaches etc, as long as we adhere to the 2m rule, but are supposed to follow some arbitrary rule of numbers when meeting up with actual friends and family, also adhering to the 2m rule.

And by the way, cyclists, when you pass pedestrians it's you who needs to move 2 metres out into the road, taking your five metre slipstream of gasped out air with you.