Boris Johnson press conference at 5pm

[Jourdain11]

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

@BlessedBeTheFruitCake all areas of the U.K. are now on the rise for example with the south west at risk of hitting hospital capacity very quickly - even though much of the area is tier 1. So it might not be bad where you are but it is heading that way everywhere.

The north was barely affected in March, but the north got locked down because it was all over the South. The current local rules and discrepancies aren’t working, as it isn’t in other countries.

I am not in favour of a lockdown but some people are missing the point as to why we need to do it. The government have missed the boat with the circuit breaker and now we all pay the price.

I would guess it will start from tomorrow as it ends 1 December and said a months lockdown but will see. Thought we would have a few more days.

Given that they are speaking today, could they be extending half term for a week and starting a lockdown on Monday? It seems the situation is dire and something big needs to happen urgently.

noone knows when it ends silkie we havent been told yet

@Delta1

He'd better be dressed up, that's all I'm saying... 🧙‍♀️

😂😂😂😂

Shouldnt Rishi be attending with the latest support scheme? you cant just lockdown, what are employees going to do monday morning?

@Delta1

He'd better be dressed up, that's all I'm saying... 🧙‍♀️

I'm expecting the witches from hocus pocus

Anything less will be disappointing

All these leaks are the sign of a totally dysfunctional government which has lost confidence in its leaders. It happened under May, under Brown, under Major. I think Johnson is suffering what in France we called the Chirac effect. On paper he has a huge mandate and acts as if he does, but in practice that mandate was achieved only because the voters did not see the alternative as viable.

Chirac thought he could act as he wished because 82% people had voted for him. But in reality, a sizeable chunk of those 82% voted against Le Pen and were not in support of his policy agenda at all.

@Brazillio

Given that they are speaking today, could they be extending half term for a week and starting a lockdown on Monday? It seems the situation is dire and something big needs to happen urgently.

It would be nice to let schools know if this was the case, but hey we usually find out last minute anyway. 😂😂

I suspect that they won’t tell us anything, they will just wheel out the professors of doom then leave us all hanging and feeling more shit than before

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

I really hope it isn't as dramatic a lockdown as the first time. I live in an area with very few cases and surely it makes more sense to do local lockdowns where the numbers are high and offer those areas more economic support. Locking the whole country down seems to be a bit 'misery loves company' tbh.

@Delta1

He'd better be dressed up, that's all I'm saying... 🧙‍♀️

First time I've smiled all day, thanks Delta

@frustrationcentral I was thinking more Grotbags .... !

I doubt it will be a lockdown.

Lots of the new area restrictions came into force at midnight last night (or in other words, 12.01am Saturday morning) so I’m guessing it’s about that and full lockdown on Monday.
Will the schools be empty??

I reckon the leak was intentional and with permission. Daily Mail and The Times were declaring a lockdown, whilst the Telegraph was suggesting Tier 4. A clear attempt to gauge public opinion. The "inquiry" is because so many people have kicked off about it coming via the press.

I also think today's press conference will be a holding message. It'll be them saying how angry they are at the leak, inquiry underway, no final decisions made yet blah, blah, blah.

[quote Delta1]@frustrationcentral I was thinking more Grotbags .... ![/quote]
Delta today, you win the interest not envy

I know the schools won’t close but will parents send their DC in?

DC could dress up as Voldemort. I think he'd rock that look very well.
Boris, on the other hand, should be a pumpkin.

I wonder if Boris can keep his dick out of other women during this lock down 🤷🏼‍♀️. Just saying.

Ok that might be an angry comment but still true.

Another lockdown is going to be so monumentally bad for my mental health. I’m so fed up of my DS suffering all these restrictions and the chaos and angst it’s causing for all the adults around him. Life feels really bleak right now. But I also don’t know what else they can do.

This is all so shit I just want it to end.

Internet 🤦‍♀️

@CoronaIsWatching

If you look on the Daily Mail online comments, they're calling on people to take to the streets and not comply, and the comments have massive upvotes.

The quality of most daily mail commenters leaves a lot to be desired, tbh.

My prediction is that he's going to give us a Sweden challenge.

Sweden didn't lock down because everyone stayed home without need for declaring one.

So we'll be told to stay home as much as we possibly can other than for education, work that absolutely cannot be WFH and for medical and care reasons. But businesses can stay open if they wish, though they will need to be 'realistic' about footfall.

And that is over and above the formal tier restrictions.

The shielded will be recalled to isolation (but will be allowed daily outdoors exercise, and singletons can keep their bubble buddy)

it will be over to us, because with a heavy heart the government will not shy away from lockdown if these measures do not work.

Then over next fortnight there will be lots of incomprehensible graphs with inadequately labelled axes on things like public transport use, high street footfall, numbers WFH etc plus contagion stats.

And all will cumulate in proper lockdown anyway in about the 3rd week Nov, still with a Christmas carrot, but also with heavy overtones of 'it has to be rules because we just don't do self-restraint'

Schools may close with the announcement being today.
We can live in hope I suppose. because they probably won't.