Get your glow sticks ready! 5pm start

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I might start making merch..

www.thesun.co.uk/news/politics/13816260/boris-johnson-5pm-press-conference-tonight/

Boris on lead vocals tonight too! 🎸

Wonder if that means there'll be some kind of announcement, in amongst the waffling.

Is it usually televised if they're making an announcement or changing anything? I assume this will just be another reminder to keep following the rules.

Hope it’s Whitty on back up, ready to reprimand the PM again.

There seems to be a lot of talk of closing borders so maybe that ?

It's been a week of record number of daily deaths recorded. Of course the PM needs to be visible.

Nothing new will be announced.

Close the borders
Legal right to furlough for parents
Scrap this term and have an extra one in June/July

That’s what I’d do anyway!

Doesn’t he announce strict changes at 8pm

5pm just for waffling?

It might be a vaccine update, good news maybe to counter the gloomy death figures

I don't think we are in for anything particulary new (famous last words )

I don't think there will be any changes, just a repeat old slogans.

..and if they offer £500 for covid then expect more parties!

@YogaLite

..and if they offer £500 for covid then expect more parties!

But you would have to pay a fine of £800 so you would be at a loss 😁

Hopefully, Van Tam will hold him down and Chris Whitty (whilst wearing a mask and surgical gloves) will keep punching Johnson repeatedly in the face like a demon-possessed until finally sated he rises from the floor and says "next slide please".

Exeunt stage left.

Not if u can get away with it.

It's a bit perverse really, all those who avoid getting it at all costs, shielding, excluded from covid benefits, unpaid carers to vulnerable are rewarded with nothing.

They will never now put a lid on covid until it mutates out unless they lock us up totally and double police force to police us.

Shall we have a list of things which will not be mentioned ?

Boris "I remember you saying we should close the borders in March 2020 , Priti, wish I had listened to you " nominated for double points

@vera99 I’m eagerly tuning in now hoping you’re clairvoyant

A list of things that will not be mentioned:

• The impact of the pandemic on children
• The impact on women’s rights
• That we are losing our jobs and propping up the economy by doing yet more unpaid labour while they consider giving money to rule breakers
• The fact we are not vaccinating those who will spread Covid and chasing deaths instead of infections
• Fishing and the fuck up that Brexit has had on our supply chain
• Import taxes

Oh and Dominic Cummings

We are closing the borders and enforcing hotel quarantine at individual expense...starting in 32 days.

The following arbitrary exceptions will be made, these individuals will not be tested, tracked, traced or quarantined even if they spend the entire 10 hour flight coughing and telling people not to worry, their temperature is only 38.9

8pm is usually the announcement of doom.

This will be the usual drivel.

While y'all are waiting, you can check the cases and case rate for your council on www.covidmessenger.com

I've updated it with today's data release.

Things have improved a lot since lockdown started but cases are still very high (albeit generally going in the right direction).

Higher mortality? Well, the good news keeps coming doesn't it? This was definitely 8pm level news.

@tootyfruitypickle I think we have to content ourselves as least he's not Trump which is thin gruel and belies the fact that even the US under Trump had a much lower death rate.

Whitty gave him a bit of glare but I wasn’t focusing but I think it was about lifting restrictions too early? I’m just drinking gin.