Breaking PM Covid statement 8pm

[MissMarpletheMurderer]

Will he be on time? What will he say?

No exams.

Well - you could see that coming from space.

Something has definitely happened to his hair.

Schools are safe.

They are just vectors of transmission 🤦‍♀️

Well if during a pandemic that doesn't mean unsafe .....

Not surprising. Why didn’t they take the decision sooner? Each day in education is important in children’s lifetimes apparently.

All today did imo is spread it around rather than educate the kids.

21 days before hospitals are overwhelmed, that is scary

NHS overwhelmed in 21 days ...

So why did they send children in today?

And let the NEU take a beating for doing the absolutely obviously necessary thing?

Have to say - for once he's being serious and calmly informative.

Could the fucking dimwit change it up a little? How about 'alack'?

@thecatfromjapan

So why did they send children in today?

And let the NEU take a beating for doing the absolutely obviously necessary thing?

This!!!!!

*@2010Aussie

Something has definitely happened to his hair.

That's what I've just said to DH.

Schools closed until half term! 😖

@itsgettingweird

Schools are safe.

They are just vectors of transmission 🤦‍♀️

Well if during a pandemic that doesn't mean unsafe .....

This made me LOL

He is desperately trying not to do his pointy thing

@itsgettingweird yes seemed more serious and I get what he means re : schoolchildren

@boatyardblues

I think Boris should let the stylists who did the Panem scenes in Hunger Games style his hair. He’s half way there with the mad blonde fluff.

Great idea...

This is comedy gold
"devolved nations share my convictions and are taking similar steps."

No, you buffoon.... They have takeN steps before you. as usual.

Should have done this before Christmas.

@sadpapercourtesan

We'll be using this to take the edge off the howling despair...

Love the 'Obscure Greek War' reference.

When Boris first became PM, I put a bet on what cliche he would come up with in his acceptance speech. I can't remember what it was (he speaks in cliches perpetually) but I won £20.

"Johnson says the problem is not that schools are unsafe, adding that children are still unlikely to be affected by new variant, but they can “act as vectors for transmission”"

I still think he doesn't get the whole virus thing.....

@Rosie2000

There is an expectation he will cancel all exams too.

Has he done this? I thought he said they were but DS thinks not.

[quote ParkheadParadise]*@2010Aussie

Something has definitely happened to his hair.

That's what I've just said to DH.[/quote]
Do you think that he's had the vaccine and 'messing with your hair' is a previously undocumented side effect?

He should be embarrassed- suing schools for daring to shut just before Christmas, going on Andrew Marr and swearing schools are safe and letting primary kids mingle for a day (accompanied by the usual threatening letters for those who didn't want to go in) -and now it's all at home til Feb half term! Why not give parents the whole of Christmas and New Year to try to work out how the heck to manage this, and schools the same! He literally said the opposite of all of this on every opportunity, so did Gav who declared exams would definitely be going ahead!

I agree with these decisions, but Gav should have cancelled exams 6 weeks ago with Wales/Scotland, and Boris should have put us in lockdown the day after Christmas, with no school return at all. And given this as a consistent message.

Kier looking oddly rosy. Feverish?

He said 'it is not fair for all exams to go ahead this summer*

So which ones will and which ones won't? More ducking uncertainty.