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Breaking News - Press conference

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Redbrickwall · 19/12/2020 13:09

I almost can’t stand it. What the hell will they be announcing now?

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HeyBaby2020 · 19/12/2020 14:58

@Rhine say what you want to me, I will be seeing friends and family! Couldn’t give a shit if you do or not! I have a covid test to take on the 30th December and will isolate if it comes back positive! Not missing out on anything else

Sobeyondthehills · 19/12/2020 14:58

@hepatocyte

Apparently it is her account, (although taking it with a pinch of salt)

The government have leaked news to someone who lost their twitter password

midscram · 19/12/2020 14:58

@snowballer I'm not a particular fan of the government & they have made mistakes however the point remains that they have to govern over a wide population who have different views.

donquixotedelamancha · 19/12/2020 14:59

Get off your political soapbox and jog on . this is about a pandemic not Your views Start your own hate thread elsewhere.

Aww didums. Was someone mean about your favourite toff.

If you feel so strongly please report my post. You could also ask MN to get you a special hat and badge so you can tell everyone what they are and are not allowed to talk about.

feellikeanalien · 19/12/2020 14:59

sergeilavrov I presume your post was aimed at me. What about those who have several empty chairs this Christmas not caused by Covid. Don't their feelings count?

It's not a race to the bottom. There's no need to be personally insulting about people who hold a different viewpoint to you. The modelling used to predict hospitalisations and deaths is not universally agreed. People are allowed to express their opinions without the need for name calling.

MarshaBradyo · 19/12/2020 14:59

[quote Sobeyondthehills]@hepatocyte

Apparently it is her account, (although taking it with a pinch of salt)

The government have leaked news to someone who lost their twitter password[/quote]
Exactly

So crap. One lone tweet.

RosePetalss · 19/12/2020 14:59

What ever he says today will make no difference for a vast amount of people. People are going to go ahead with what ever plans they have already made. We most definitely will be going ahead with our plans.

The more spontaneous press conferences there are the more people are going to get fed up and do what they want anyway.

SofiaMichelle · 19/12/2020 14:59

@VaTeLaverLesMains

I'm in the middle of a chemo course and getting nervous about the state of the NHS post Xmas.

And no, I can't have the vaccine. And I can't really shield with DD doing GCSEs either.

I know it's tough shit and all that but...

For those saying 'fuck the rules' , do they not want their loved ones looked after if they get ill, with covid or non Covid illness eg appendicitis, heart attack, meningitis, asthma etc?

I genuinely don't get it .

Bless you, @VaTeLaverLesMains Flowers

I cannot imagine how tough things are, and the worry and concern.

Unfortunately a lot of people are extremely selfish - just look at some of the posts in this thread - and their wish to do whatever they want, regardless of the consequences for others, is all they care about.

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nosswith · 19/12/2020 14:59

@Backbee I look at what would have happened with a vaguely competent Conservative who grasps detail.

Jeremy Corbyn was never going to be Prime Minister. Though if he was, there would have been fewer deaths because the trade unions who he bows down to would have insisted on restrictions sooner in March.

ancientgran · 19/12/2020 15:00

Discreetly putting this here....IMAGINE THE CLUSTERFUCK IF CORBYN HAD GOT IN We don't need to imagine anything because we can see what Johnson has done. You can fantasise all you like, that is all it is, a fantasy.

HeyBaby2020 · 19/12/2020 15:00

@Rhine plus I have been one of boris’ biggest supporters throughout this but I’m starting to see now what a waste of space the man is

Ridcully82 · 19/12/2020 15:00

@donquixotedelamancha

The problem with Boris is that he wants too much to be liked.

.....and that he lies by default, thinking he can get away with utterly silly statements because even when he's been caught in the past the consequences have been minimal.

...and that his Dad and his contacts have got him out of every bit of trouble he's ever been in and landed him senior jobs so he has no clue about the lives of most people or ability to learn from failure.

...and that he's utterly self serving: willing to arrange to have people assaulted (literally), stabbing even close allies in the back (metaphorically), cheating in every relationship he's had, being an absent father or even just denying children are his.

...and that he is lazy, famously refusing to do detailed preparation for anything, making mistakes which kept a British woman unjustly imprisoned and never attending Covid meetings in the early days of the pandemic.

....and that he constantly changes his mind, susceptible to the last argument he hears or the most forceful person in the room, lacking any firm principles.

...and that he's racist, using pejoratives about anyone he sees as different (watermelon smiles, walking pillar boxes) which would make Nigel Farage blush, repeatedly offending foreign countries while employed as out chief diplomat, having to be told to stop reciting racist poetry about his hosts while on camera.

...and that he's a poor communicator, waffling on when factual information is needed, bluffing to cover what hasn't being thought through and having no grasp of the details of whatever he tries to explain.

Yes,but apart from that, he's just the man for the job 🤣😉🤨👍
snowballer · 19/12/2020 15:01

[quote Wrecktal]@snowballer there is no clear direction because the virus is unpredictable, and mutating.[/quote]
Well the strange thing is that Labour, commentators, scientists and all manner of other people have repeatedly suggested courses of action which Boris has rejected, only to then u-turn to a matter of days or weeks later. On every issue! So I'd say there is a clear direction to take, but the government ignore it to be liked, only to then reverse their position.

midscram · 19/12/2020 15:01

@nosswith

I would have non-essential shops closed after December 24th, hotels shut other than for key workers and quarantine, work from home being obligatory unless it can be proven you cannot (not because your boss in an office does not like you wfh), universities all online next term except for teaching and medical students, and quarantine been in a hotel not at home where it largely does not happen. I'd also have a curfew where travel can only be for key workers, so all shops would have to shut early.

And how would you police & enforce all of this?

vjg13 · 19/12/2020 15:01

Living in GM and having restrictions since July, it wouldn't surprise me if Tier 4 is the same as Tier 3 but with enhanced financial protection for the new Tier 4 areas ie London!

SantasBritchesSpelleas · 19/12/2020 15:01

Bunglecunt, bunglecunt, bungle all the way ...

Rhine · 19/12/2020 15:02

I just can’t believe some people still think that their ‘plans’ trump everything else. Why do you think you and your needs are so important? Why are you so special?

hepatocyte · 19/12/2020 15:02

@RedToothBrush

OFGS.

THE BBC HAVE SAID IT. IT WAS ON BBC NEWS.

ONE OF CAROLINE WHEELERS COLLEAGUES HAS SAID ITS LEGIT AND SHE HAS LOCKED HERSELF OUT OF HER TWITTER ACCOUNT

All of you saying 'fake news' are about 30 mins behind the rest of the world.

This is what the bbc are currently saying:

*A fourth tier of coronavirus restrictions is expected to be introduced in London and south-east England, sources have told the BBC.

There is also expected to be a tightening of the plans to relax the rules around households gathering during the Christmas period.

The PM is to hold a press conference at 16:00 GMT as concerns grow about the spread of a new variant of the virus.*

Not the same info as in the inflammatory tweet from a fake account. Yes a colleague has retweeted it saying it's genuine and she's "lost her password", but that doesn't explain why a respected journalist would make a new account with 220 followers and 48559393894 listed after the handle... No other tweets from the account, and no follow ups considering all the retweets/attention she's got from it.

nolovelost · 19/12/2020 15:02

@VaTeLaverLesMains Flowers to you. it's very worrying, the anticipation of the Xmas after effects.

snowballer · 19/12/2020 15:02

[quote midscram]@snowballer I'm not a particular fan of the government & they have made mistakes however the point remains that they have to govern over a wide population who have different views. [/quote]
As does every single other government

Ridcully82 · 19/12/2020 15:02

No Mud? Lonely this Christmas, gotta be even money😉

VaTeLaverLesMains · 19/12/2020 15:02

Sofia thanks. I'm not really looking for sympathy, rather trying to make people see that even if they aren't bothered about strangers, have they really thought through the prospect of not being able to get life saving treatment for their own families in January and February??

Wrecktal · 19/12/2020 15:03

Can I use make my deepest heartfelt plea for us all to focus on looking after each other, instead of warring against the government? Please don’t ‘fuck the rules’? I want my mum to recover from her cancer, I want us to win against the virus. My mental health is not great, but the mental and physical health of the whole nation is far, far more important. I don’t want people to lose loved ones. I want the NHS to be functioning for the people who need it. I want us to look out for each other.

midscram · 19/12/2020 15:04

I honestly think the majority wanted a semblance of normality for Christmas hence why people have been out shopping etc. I think a lot of people who have normally complied would have just broke any rules so the gov thought it was the wrong thing to push back against.

ancientgran · 19/12/2020 15:04

@VaTeLaverLesMains I'm in the middle of a chemo course and getting nervous about the state of the NHS post Xmas. It must be awful for you. Last January elderly relative of mine had a fall, broke a hip, they have advanced dementia. They spent five hours in an ambulance, then even longer on a trolley in a corridor. They had nothing to eat or drink. All credit to the hospital they fixed her hip and against all odds she is mobile but if they were under that much pressure last January what the hell is January 2021 going to be like.

I hope you and yours can keep safe.