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Law against having anyone in your house

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ky07 · 01/06/2020 16:28

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-sex-lockdown-law-couples-indoors-england-a9542171.html

Sorry, but as restrictions are easing, how is it possible that they want to criminalise people in their own homes. So if you have a partner or family member who is wfh but lives separately you cannot invite them even if you have both been isolating and the risk is zero. Fuck this useless government.

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pinkpinecone · 01/06/2020 20:31

A mountain out of a molehill created by the media to get people clicking on, sharing and commenting on their content.

Logically it is totally unenforceable nonsense. No one is going to get arrested for staying at someone's house overnight.

Redolent · 01/06/2020 20:31

@Wannabangbang

So this law was in place all along which i understand but why exactly is it being pedalled by the media now nearly all restrictions have eased, so a couple cannot meet and cuddle yet 6 loons can get pissed up in the park. I don't get it!
This law was not in place all along. It is now illegal for both the person hosting AND for the visitor to be in that home. The police can ask you to leave (though they can’t enforce it apparently) and they can issue fines for both of you…
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ky07 · 01/06/2020 20:35

@pinkpinecone I think we should always think twice about things that infringe on our civil liberties, no matter how unenforceable or silly they might be. It's worth the media pointing them out and it's worth being aware of them even if the likelihood of them being misused is low.

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SpringBlossomIsBeautiful · 01/06/2020 20:38

How long will these new laws stand ? What number on the Nando scale do we have to be at before they are repealed ?

Thighdentitycrisis · 01/06/2020 20:39

What about LDR?
My DP is in Europe, if he travelled here and quarantined in my house for 2 weeks would it be allowed?

Wannabangbang · 01/06/2020 20:45

In that case Cummings should be fined because what he did was illegal and he admitted it

Wrybread · 01/06/2020 21:01

So, it's unclear whether you can use a tent in a garden?

PissOffStayAtHomeDogMum · 01/06/2020 21:03

Sod that one.

AdalindMeisner · 01/06/2020 21:06

@VenusTiger

I think it's common sense - people touching everything in your house - if you're on a train or in a shop, you'll use your common sense, but at home your guard is down. Lives vs. livelihoods hence shops carefully opening.
I agree it is likely this. And I agree with the rule - I want my life back eventually and if this is what it takes then so be it. 🤷🏼‍♀️
Mustbetimeforachange · 01/06/2020 21:11

So DS's girlfriend, who came home from abroad three weeks ago & has been isolating since then can't come & move in with us tomorrow? Well, she is!

livefornaps · 01/06/2020 21:12

This is going to be a massive turn-on for a lot of people and they are going to shag themselves silly. Little do they know there'll be some nosy parker neighbours with a wine glass pressed to the wall while they're getting their rocks off and the fuzz is getting called. What will the officers say when they bust into the shag fest? Put your hands where i can see them??? Ouuhhh missus

CrowCat · 01/06/2020 21:15

But kids from separated parents can travel between the two parents households. And depending if the new partners have kids and they go to the other parents household, that's potentially 4 different households mixing. But that's ok. What a pile of twaddle these 'rules' are.

pinkpinecone · 01/06/2020 21:26

@ky07 yep I agree with you, I just don't think this is one to worry about because it isn't enforceable.

I feel like we just need to take a common sense approach to this now and continue be cautious when out shopping etc. Some of us have to be more cautious if we have vulnerable people at home etc, so we need to respect that people have different boundaries. I stopped paying attention to the government guidance or rules or whatever they are ages ago because a lot didn't make sense so instead I just used my common sense, but must add I have been really careful. Most people I know have taken the same approach.

cyclingmad · 01/06/2020 21:34

There will always be a neighbour somewhere who will probably report it

Stilllookingfor · 01/06/2020 21:46

@wrybread good question. But if Cummings could stay in the family's nice pad in the garden, I don't see why other less lucky with no proper pad can't use a tent in the garden.

Not that Cummings care what we say, as we well know. Out with him for thinking he is different and entitled to more freedoms. Our government needs less people at the top with psychopathic traits who cannot think straight and choose to do the right thing in a moment of crisis.

NaturalBornWoman · 01/06/2020 21:57

Personally I think we've wasted enough time and effort trying to save the lives of the dim and ungrateful. Go for it. Don't let them take away your human right to be stupid

Couldn’t argue with this, except that one person’s stupidity can have life or death consequences for someone else. Pricks.

okiedokieme · 01/06/2020 22:05

I have two choices - break the rules or not see dp. I'm not giving up my life because smug married people forgot how many people live. I'm living with dp but travel back to my house once a month to mow grass, fill the cupboards for my young adult DD's and pay all the employees at work. I've already had covid19 as has dp, we caught it before lockdown!

frillyflamingo · 01/06/2020 22:41

Literally never been happier not to have neighbours if half the arseholes on this thread are anything to go by. I'm breaking the law, but if the purpose of the law is solely to prevent the spread of the virus then my conscience is clear.

pfrench · 01/06/2020 22:53

The law is full of loop holes. Do what you like.

OldQueen1969 · 01/06/2020 22:55

Slightly mellow due to alcohol....... so, dogging? Discuss......

Catsmother1 · 01/06/2020 23:02

The new rules are rubbish. People need partners. It makes no sense that a partner is not allowed in someones house, but if you were to pay them to ‘clean’ the house then it is allowed. It is not fair to penalise those that aren’t married or currently living together.

pfrench · 01/06/2020 23:03

Here's good one. You can go to a relative's house, get drunk and not be able to drive home. So you can stay.

Regulation 6, section g) 'may not lawfully travel there'

If you're over the drink drive limit, you can't lawfully travel home. Ta daaa..

CoachBombay · 01/06/2020 23:07

Also apparently purchasing sex isn't illegal and can be classed as service, so if you just pay your partner's like 10p for the shag you are also fine 😉

HeIenaDove · 01/06/2020 23:09

It makes no sense that a partner is not allowed in someones house, but if you were to pay them to ‘clean’ the house then it is allowed. It is not fair to penalise those that aren’t married or currently living together

Its the most intelligent virus ive ever known.

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ky07 · 01/06/2020 23:30

If were being less generous I might go as far as to say the current 'rules' cater to the married 2.4 children middle class families with lovely gardens who can work from home. They can get their cleaner back in to assist them and have a nice trip out to the shops to help the economy as they have a lower chance of being furloughed and follow it up with a garden party. The rest of us can just be grateful we still exist.

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