Boris Johnson press conference at 5pm

[Jourdain11]

Sooner than expected! Wondering what he will say...

Larry the cat!

"we think it might happen in the next 15 minutes' BBC news

Even Larrys looking fucked off now.

15 minutes or so my arse. I need to start bedtime my kids are running riot!

"Will you do the briefing, Downing Street Cat? The great one is indisposed."

DSC: "Me....'ow?"

skyr2 agree.
And with DC in year 13 and 11 I'm desperate for them to stay in. Remote learning is not good enough.These year groups must be an absolute priority. Masks probably and given the whole run of the buildings if need be.

Are they in COBRA watching the rugger do you think?

surely the one thing our sad little island had going for it, is just that.....it is an island.

I am starting to get a bit anxious at the lack of mention of support bubbles on the BBC. They have just said people will be allowed to meet one person outside from a different household, and something like that will be good for people who live alone. But people who live alone can have a support bubble, so why would it be good for us to be able to see someone outside? Yes it would be nice to be able to see someone other than my support bubble DP, but the bubble is a lot better than meeting someone outside at a distance.

He’s always late for work!! Can we pull him up on a disciplinary for poor timekeeping?!

I'm worried about my parents. DF is my DM's carer and I usually visit every day to keep them going and drop in bits and bobs.

6.30 and they have not got round to finishing the sound checks .

And with DC in year 13 and 11 I'm desperate for them to stay in.

Year 11 and 13 should be prioritised, along with the November resit exams.

Other children not in full time at least to allow for those year groups to be in smaller bubbles . Those exam years should be getting the input part of their lessons f2f, as well as time for feedback and monitoring.

Do they have any idea how bad this looks? Joking aside it obviously means there is disagreement over something. Didn't think it was possible for them to look even more incompetent than they have done already.

What channel are people trying to watch it on? I'm in the car and bbc live have a lady talking. No signs of Larry.

@RichardMarxisinnocent

I am starting to get a bit anxious at the lack of mention of support bubbles on the BBC. They have just said people will be allowed to meet one person outside from a different household, and something like that will be good for people who live alone. But people who live alone can have a support bubble, so why would it be good for us to be able to see someone outside? Yes it would be nice to be able to see someone other than my support bubble DP, but the bubble is a lot better than meeting someone outside at a distance.

I heard them say no meeting indoors except for childcare. So I (as a single parent of teens) lose my support bubble. My married brother who pretends they need childcare will still get to see parents. Fuck it. What's the fucking point.

@Lougle I would hope things like that will be considered essential. We have the same issue with mil there’s no way my dp is going to stop going to see her to do jobs she is incapable of doing.

Does it really matter ? If Dd/DS take their GCSEs a year late as long as their GPS are still alive ?

This is where we are at..

Is that the wonderfully intelligent scientific expert, Professor Devi Sridhar, on the BBC?

I vote for a jobshare for PM. Prof Sridhar and Larry the Cat.

OYBBK I always watch it on Sky News because whenever I’ve watched it on BBC, they never show the slides that the scientists talk about.

Game over so any time now...

@Medievalist

Do they have any idea how bad this looks? Joking aside it obviously means there is disagreement over something. Didn't think it was possible for them to look even more incompetent than they have done already.

They don't care.

In their arrogance they think they are the best and brightest and most important - and so the opinion of plebs means nothing. They could not care less what you and I think - so long as they can keep skimming off the £.

Even less now that elections can be so easily bought.

@SheepandCow

Is that the wonderfully intelligent scientific expert, Professor Devi Sridhar, on the BBC?

I vote for a jobshare for PM. Prof Sridhar and Larry the Cat.

First time I've heard her speak but she made a huge amount of sense, to me. Really impressive.

Philip Schofield came out quicker than this.

I heard them say no meeting indoors except for childcare. So I (as a single parent of teens) lose my support bubble. My married brother who pretends they need childcare will still get to see parents. Fuck it. What's the fucking point.

I can't lose my support bubble. The last lockdown nearly broke me. I need to be able to see another human being.

Told you he was dressing up... why else would we STILL be waiting?!