Pritti Patel now saying we can't walk with another person

[whenwillthemadnessend]

Anyone see this morning today. In her interview she claimed that we should walk cycle and run alone

I understood the rules to allow a walk with one other person.

I walk my dog twice a week with a friend. Rest of the time I'm alone with dog on walks and it's the only thing that keeps me sane at the moment. Take that away and I dont think I can cope for much longer.

Make the rules clearer ffs!!!

@TonkinLenkicks

Pritti Patel can suck my big one

Choked laughing at this!

maybe we need a new thread on "operation blame the public" but I gotta hang out the washing

I think it was clear the 2 women who got Starbucks and went outside their county were doing it as a social thing rather than exercise.

Going for a walk is exercise. Going for a walk with a friend is exercise and a social thing. Why else would you go with a friend? And does the intention (fitness vs social interaction) make any difference to whether your walk spreads Covid or not? Nope. The county thing is a red herring. I can walk into a different county in 10 minutes.

The ‘problem’ is that some (not all) use it for socialising outside their ‘allowed bubbles’.

You are allowed to meet outside for a exercise with someone outside of your bubble though.
This is the problem with the “guidelines” people think it is the “law” or just don’t understand what the hell is guidance and what isn’t. Much false information on here.

I can barely listen to the woman, she sounds like a belligerent 14 y/o girl

Do you think the virus knows if you're walking with one person for exercise or to be social? Personally, I don't think it knows the difference and the law is saying you can meet one person outside. I don't think it matters to COVID if you have a drink in your hand or not, getting a Starbucks is also allowed. The risks are the same if you are outdoors for a run with someone you hate or love!

Exactly.

Show me the evidence on outdoor transmission between 2 people keeping their distance and not talking "at" each other.

Oblomov20 on what basis are the current restrictions not working? I’m not being combative, just wondering what results people are looking for after x number of days of restrictions (I haven’t looked at data)

Just ridiculous.

meeting a friend having a socially distanced walk is sensible. Some of us need it for our mental health.

Maybe they would find more non-essential / unsafe businesses/shops/workplaces if the police left the country parks and roadblocks and looked at where the virus is really being spread and contracted

Yes this. I believe (from the friend I was walking with today) that in Scotland, if you allowed people to WFH in the first lockdown you must do the same in this lockdown. Time for the same to be imposed in England. Far too many micromanaging bosses saying people must be in the office when they quite obviously do not because they managed without for 3 months last year.

It’s always going to be a social thing. Because otherwise people would only be able to meet people they hate for exercise.

This isn't true at all! Quite often meeting someone else to exercise with is for safety reasons!

I do open water swimming, it's never really advised to do this alone for safety reasons but at this time of year it would just be plain stupid. I meet one other person to swim with. It's not a social thing, it's a safety thing.

Ditto running - a friend of mine meets up with someone from running club not to be social but because her work pattern means it's always dark when she goes running, so she runs with another member of the club for safety.

If the government removes the ability to meet another person for exercise because of people taking the piss and using at as an excuse to socialise then I'll be royally pissed off.

@maddiemookins16mum

The ‘problem’ is that some (not all) use it for socialising outside their ‘allowed bubbles’.

I think a bigger problem might be that people might quite legitimately be seeing different people on different days.

It’s a daft rule that I suspect is stupidly hard to police and open to abuse. I doubt any of the people I’ve seen are 2m apart anyway.

Priti Patel doesn't understand that exercising with another person automatically has a social element as otherwise people would only ever exercise alone. Priti Patel doesn't understand this because no one would want to socialise, or socially exercise WITH her.

It's exactly in the same vein as Michael Gove and his opinion on exercise needing to take no more than a few minutes because after walking to a car he's done for the day.

@whenwillthemadnessend you are allowed a bubble if you live alone so it’s irrelevant if the walking with a friend rules are changed or not. If you don’t live alone then you have that person for support.

that's it. Mr and (more often) Mrs Dumbfuck have no idea of distance, and certainly not in the queue for their coffee in a disposable cup.

looks like we've forgotten about the planet again. If you really can't walk without a hot drink, bring one from home.

I just got back from walking my dog. Went through the local park and in a well lit area, there was two women, one stood and the other sat, nattering away so obviously socialising. They also had an assortment of weights that both were using so obviously exercising too. Made me smile. Fair play to them.

All I can think when I see Pritti Patel is how in the holy fuck does she still have her job?

Yes but the point is that whether you're doing for social reasons or safety reasons makes zero difference to your transmission of the virus as long as you keep your distance. The virus doesn't care about the purpose of your outing.

Given that only some people will be walking or running with a friend for safety purposes, what on earth other reason is there for doing it, other than to socialise? So, given that the government guidance doesn't specify that you may walk with another person only for safety reasons, they must therefore be saying you can exercise with another person for socialising reasons. So Priti Patel is talking bollocks .

is she shagging borris?

Patel is a ridiculous woman. Suicide rate would go up if she had her way.

Michael Gove and his opinion on exercise needing to take no more than a few minutes because after walking to a car he's done for the day
ah, that's why he's got such a big fat ladies bottom!

@Rosehip10

Pritti Patel is an airhead

You aren't wrong.

If you don’t live alone then you have that person for support.

Living with other people doesn't always mean support. DNiece is living in university halls with flatmates who are frankly quite horrible to her. The uni said she couldn't move flats, and she's been on their counselling waiting list since September. She goes for a socially distanced walk/run with one friend (the same friend) a few times a week and I don't know how she would cope at all without that.

It's legitimate to walk safely with another person as a social thing if it is important for your mental wellbeing.

@Yohoheaveho

is she shagging borris?

If she isn't, I reckon she has.