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No local lockdowns in England

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Pickagoddamnname · 27/09/2020 22:59

Every thread I click on there is false information about ‘local lockdowns’. Please can I just clarify there are none AT ALL in England. Unless you class a local lockdown as being able to shop for leisure, being able to travel out of area and visit pubs or restaurants there etc etc. There are extra restrictions but no local lockdowns. The media are just spreading this shite.

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MinesAPintOfTea · 27/09/2020 23:00

I can't have a cup of tea in my mum or best friend's garden. What would you clarify that as?

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Pickagoddamnname · 27/09/2020 23:02

Neither can I but it’s not a lockdown. It’s extra restrictions

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Thanksitsgotpockets · 27/09/2020 23:04

Oh right. As long as we can spend money, it's not a lockdown. I see.

ceeveebee · 27/09/2020 23:06

Agreed, and I’m bored of reading misinformation on here about what we are and not allowed to do, from people who blatantly haven’t read any of the guidance!

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Pickagoddamnname · 27/09/2020 23:08

If you can escape it and spread the risk to other towns it’s not a lockdown. There are no restrictions on travelling outside the area. I’m in Bolton, signs everywhere saying avoid a local lockdown and we’re on the strictest extra restrictions. 2 months we’ve had them and I’m being vilified by people irl out of the area who think I’m unreasonable if I leave the town because it’s being sold as a local lockdown.

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Pickagoddamnname · 27/09/2020 23:09

It’s not me making the rules. It isn’t a local lockdown and that’s a fact. The government don’t class it as a local lockdown but it’s all I read on here and in the media and it’s false.

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titchy · 27/09/2020 23:14

I think most people understand that 'local lockdown' doesn't mean the same as 'lockdown' meant back in March don't they?

All of Scotland, NI and most of Wales now have 'local lockdown', ie no travelling unless essential, no mixing of households btw so it's not just some parts of England.

FatGirlShrinking · 27/09/2020 23:17

Funny, the goverment website says local lockdown.

They have amended their wording in the last few weeks in the main to say 'local restrictions' but they definitely do also use the term local lockdown.

No local lockdowns in England
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Pickagoddamnname · 27/09/2020 23:20

Leicester had a local lockdown and is the only place in England to have had one so far. From my understanding (from the difference in local lockdown and extra restrictions) the local lockdown is basically not being allowed to leave the area without good reason. That way the outbreak can be contained and reduced with the extra restrictions in place. That really isn’t what is happening though as everyone is free to travel to escape to an area without the same restrictions

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ceeveebee · 27/09/2020 23:21

Think that’s only in the Leicester guidance which was a lockdown - non essential shops were closed and there was a travel ban on leaving the area

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Pickagoddamnname · 27/09/2020 23:21

Wales seem to be doing the local lockdowns and from what I’ve heard have county lines patrolled.

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Judystilldreamsofhorses · 27/09/2020 23:49

I’m in Aberdeen and we had three weeks of local lockdown due to a cluster of infection linked to bars. Five mile travel restriction, all hospitality closed, and no mixing households indoors. It was definitely referred to as a local lockdown by Nicola Sturgeon.

We (all of Scotland) now have no mixing households indoors, plus the hospitality curfew the rest of the U.K. has.

PickAChew · 27/09/2020 23:51

I am not allowed to visit my own parents. Is tat not lockdown enough for you?

Chloemol · 27/09/2020 23:51

Who cares, I know what it means,

ceeveebee · 27/09/2020 23:58

It irritates me when those who are not in these areas make assumptions about what we are allowed to do - telling us that we aren’t allowed to drive out of the area or go on holiday etc when the guidelines clearly say we can

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Pickagoddamnname · 28/09/2020 00:00

@Chloemol So people don’t know what it means though. That’s why I’ve posted.

@PickAChew Neither can I. Which is why I’m annoyed that people are saying things like ‘it’s people like you spreading the virus’ if I dare cross my towns border to go for a walk or to a shop there.

I’m not saying the restrictions aren’t enough and us folk in areas with local restrictions aren’t suffering because of it because I know I really am. I’m saying people need to understand the facts of what is in place before they harp on about what people in these areas should be doing.

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Pickagoddamnname · 28/09/2020 00:03

@ceeveebee that’s it exactly! I dared to leave my are today to go to a specialist shop and have a walk and got a royal rollicking off a friend who was so angry I could risk others by breaking my local lockdown. We’ve had extra restrictions for 2 months here. We have no family in our town and we’re struggling enough without the guilt tripping from people who can’t get their facts straight.

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amusedtodeath1 · 28/09/2020 00:07

We know it's not a lockdown, but it's just a way of saying "more restrictions than the standard ones".

If you really want to be pedantic, we haven't had a lockdown at all as we've all been able to leave our homes, for some work, shopping, exercise, etc., regardless of the level of restrictions.

DdraigGoch · 28/09/2020 00:08

A little smaller scale than you're thinking of but aren't there some halls of residence in Manchester which are de facto under a strict lockdown? Pretty sure that the rules being enforced there are far stricter than even countries such as France, Italy or Spain at the height of the pandemic. Pretty much a house arrest situation.

DdraigGoch · 28/09/2020 00:10

@Pickagoddamnname

Wales seem to be doing the local lockdowns and from what I’ve heard have county lines patrolled.
"County lines" are an entirely different thing to what you're thinking of.
cabbageking · 28/09/2020 00:19

Wolverhampton local lock down included not meeting others not in your bubble in or out of the area.

BatShite · 28/09/2020 01:16

Local lockdown unless what you want to do costs or makes money. Would possibly be the best way to put it Grin

eausolovely · 28/09/2020 02:46

I don’t think it really makes any difference what wording is used. It’s easier to say local lockdown than local more restrictions on socialising than other places. As someone in local lockdown it doesn’t make it any less shit. I can’t tell you how little I care about going to the pub or for a meal, what most people want is to be able to see their family.

KitKatastrophe · 28/09/2020 04:11

Its just semantics. Why does it matter to you if someone says "local lockdown" rather than "local additional restrictions"? We all know what they mean.

Do you think people shouldnt be upset about not being able to visit friends and family or having other additional restrictions, because it's not a lockdown?

Itsabeautifuldayheyhey · 28/09/2020 04:23

I agree with you OP. I live in an area with additional restricted measures (or measure as the only difference from the rest of England who don't have additional restrictions is not being able to mix with other households in private homes or gardens).

My local authority website has FAQs that include:
"Is this a local lockdown?"

"No, these restrictions only apply to the mixing of households in private households and gardens."

The media, however, with their usual tendency to hyperbole and making a story out of nothing, refer to it as a local lockdown which pees me off immensely. One simple additional temporary restriction and you'd think we'd all been imprisoned.