Announcement tonight at 5pm (Thursday 21st jan)

[Workyticket]

news.sky.com/story/uk-covid-news-live-latest-updates-one-in-four-medics-has-sought-mental-health-support-and-mexico-sees-thefts-of-oxygen-12192114

What tougher measures will we face?

[quote DaphneBridgerton]@GetOffYourHighHorse Amen to that. How bad have things got if we are praising Piers Morgan? Patting him on the back for "destroying" cabinet members and government officials as if he is some kind of beacon of truth and not a lying weasel with a disgusting track record of unethical journalism. Can you tell I don't like him very much![/quote]
Good point

He used to be mates with Trump too

I’m more worried what’s going to happen in east Enders tonight?
Is Sharron going to poison Ian?
Will Gray get caught for killing Tina
Or his misses.
Will Ian get the results from the blood tests in time?
Why has no one got COVID?

I have always thought this was a true reflection of life in london but their pub is still open so is the market. I’m beginning to think this is all made up.

@fuzzyduck1

I’m more worried what’s going to happen in east Enders tonight? Is Sharron going to poison Ian? Will Gray get caught for killing Tina Or his misses. Will Ian get the results from the blood tests in time? Why has no one got COVID?

I have always thought this was a true reflection of life in london but their pub is still open so is the market. I’m beginning to think this is all made up.

Gray killed Tina?!!! (I’ve not watched for well over a year!)

Lockdown isn’t just to reduce cases though. There may be a lag on the deaths but the high level of hospital patients and deaths are what threatens the NHS and requires lockdown. Thats why the high death rate is an issue and affects he lifting of lockdown. We can’t just lift lockdown because the infection rate is falling like some suggest on here

Priti Patel is an airhead.

Why does she look so smug?

It's on the BBC news channel

YY @derxa And he blocks anyone on Twitter who points it out to him.

I lasted 3 seconds

I'm not watchin'

@Rosehip10

Priti Patel is an airhead.

Whoa, that's way too complimentary. An airhead has space to be filled with useful things, Priti Patel doesn't.

What happened to the announcement?

It's on sky news, has been for a little while.

@derxa

One of the dreadful things about COVID is thatIfound my self agreeing with him at one point. Piers Morgan the man who went on holiday to Antigua during the Christmas holidays and went to France in the summer.

He goes on and on about borders.

Yet when they shut the travel corridor with furnace he flew home early to avoid quarantine.

If he really believed everything he shouted about he would have isolated anyway because he believes you should shut immediately.

I'd have respect for him if he would practice what he preaches.

Feel like I am just being lectured

I am going to watch The Chase
I think they could combine the chase with the presser to make it more fun. I'm sure Anne Hegerty would see off Priti in no time.

Missed the beginning. What Priti Patel say?

This is painful. She doesn't have a clue.

She is so insincere.

Why does she have permanent resting bitch face? I find her tone condescending aggressive. When she spoke about the number of deaths she didn't seem to care. It was like she just had to say it.

It's absolutely shameful that some stupid people are still continuing to be idiots going to gatherings, not wearing masks and now trying to skip the queue to get vaccines. What will it take it to make people realise that this isn't a joke? Over 90,000 people have lost their lives to this.

Can someone round up what she said... or was it just "behave or we'll arrest and fine you"?

So nothing on schools then? She does looks smug with herself and I’m sick of her repeating ‘world leading’

@CuriousaboutSamphire

Can someone round up what she said... or was it just "behave or we'll arrest and fine you"?

Yes that’s what I have taken.

New fines if your party has 15 or more people. So make sure it only has 14

Teacher concerned about widening of criteria for school places and numbers and the tramissability of this strain.

Her reply was to talk about how schools have covid secure measures. Ignored the question.

Media asked if she was glad PM came round to her way of thinking re boarders.

Her reply was to state what they are doing at boarders.

Asked if we can book holiday for summer.

Talked about boarders and world leading vaccines.

She just patronises and ignores the questions.