Press Conference at 5pm

[RedGoldAndGreene]

Could BJ announce what's going on with schools ? He'll be with Whitty and Stevens (from NHS England) so might be a vaccine update.

Thanks for the heads up

The schools one isn't meant to be till next Monday I thought? 22nd.

I think it’s more on the vaccination programme - first 4 groups done now onto groups 5-9 and when they expect to get that done by. And then possibly the under 50s.
I think schools will fall into the “road map” which is supposed to be next week but with this Prime Minister you never know. I’ll still be listening.

Week of the 22nd for the roadmap and he needs to announce the return of schools by 22nd to give 2 weeks notice.

I suspect he won't say anything about schools but I think the journalists will ask.

Nah. It’ll be waffle waffle, 15 million vaccines yay, now we start phase 2, stick to the rules, too early to say what will happen with ending lock down, stay home, protect the NHS, save lives. Then it’ll be questions and two token members of the public will ask when they can hug their grandkids/parents/the milkman whatever. Boris will reply that it’s an incredibly important question and ignore it. Then all the journos will ask about schools/holidays/ pubs to which he’ll reply too early to say, and that’ll be that till Hancock’s half hour later in the week, which will be an almost word for word rerun of the above.

@Aposterhasnoname

Nah. It’ll be waffle waffle, 15 million vaccines yay, now we start phase 2, stick to the rules, too early to say what will happen with ending lock down, stay home, protect the NHS, save lives. Then it’ll be questions and two token members of the public will ask when they can hug their grandkids/parents/the milkman whatever. Boris will reply that it’s an incredibly important question and ignore it. Then all the journos will ask about schools/holidays/ pubs to which he’ll reply too early to say, and that’ll be that till Hancock’s half hour later in the week, which will be an almost word for word rerun of the above.

Thanks for that, you've saved me the trouble of watching it !

Amazing predictive summary @Aposterhasnoname ! Could make some bingo cards

@Aposterhasnoname

Nah. It’ll be waffle waffle, 15 million vaccines yay, now we start phase 2, stick to the rules, too early to say what will happen with ending lock down, stay home, protect the NHS, save lives. Then it’ll be questions and two token members of the public will ask when they can hug their grandkids/parents/the milkman whatever. Boris will reply that it’s an incredibly important question and ignore it. Then all the journos will ask about schools/holidays/ pubs to which he’ll reply too early to say, and that’ll be that till Hancock’s half hour later in the week, which will be an almost word for word rerun of the above.

@Aposterhasnoname

😂😂😂 it’s funny because it’s true, I don’t think he’s ever actually answered a question after starting with “that’s a very important question” can we put that on one of the bingo cards anyone?

I really hope nothing opens yet.
Im hoping Boris has learnt a lesson of opening things up to soon...

I think he needs to wait atleast until the top 6 groups are done IMO

[quote Iamclearlyamug]@Aposterhasnoname

😂😂😂 it’s funny because it’s true, I don’t think he’s ever actually answered a question after starting with “that’s a very important question” can we put that on one of the bingo cards anyone?[/quote]
I’d like him to say ”for fucks sake, Terry. That’s a shit question. I don’t know the answer anyway.”

I’d like him to say ”for fucks sake, Terry. That’s a shit question. I don’t know the answer anyway.”

me too! Although that is definitely what he is thinking!

Spot on @Aposterhasnoname down to the running order!

@Aposterhasnoname you only missed out that sort of phnarrrhrumph sound he makes.

I thought the government said earlier, they'll be reviewing data before making a decision on schools, or indeed which years, go back. It'll be more about vaccinations, being optimistic but encouraging us all to do our bit.

It will be ‘the vaccine success takes us a step closer to easing the restrictions and normal life, but deaths and cases are still extremely high and above the first peak. We will be. Closely analysing the data this week’

And it will be pointing out that 8 March for schools, was the very first possible date and there has been no decision yet if that date can be met or for all students in all years.

It is about them trying to give us a sense of optimism and realism so people aren’t too disappointed when on 22 Feb the roadmap shows slower lifting if restrictions than many hope for.

Clearly the details won’t be there tonight, but the message of cautious optimism and that they want the changes they introduce to be ‘irreversible’ - ie it is definitely safe for them.

I think this is gearing towards phased return for schools along with cautious roadmap of dates.

People will be disappointed on 22 March that little happens immediately if anything (8 March likely to be first date of change with infant schools back...perhaps a bit more than this) and then some pretty limited lifting. But people will have some dates set out as ‘earliest’ points and that gives something g to look forward to and a specific date to look to for change, much as 22 Feb is a date we all wait for as it will bring info, and 8 March is a date we have had in mind, so the school closure isn’t entirely indefinite. People need some kind of dates rather than just the idea of change ‘in the future’ which is too much for many people to cope with. With more info promised in 2/3 weeks and more change every 3/4 weeks, people find it easier to cope.

But more cautious approach than last time coming out of lockdown. Boris really doesn’t want to get it wrong and have to go back in, however much pressure he’s under.

@OliveTree75

I’d like him to say ”for fucks sake, Terry. That’s a shit question. I don’t know the answer anyway.”

me too! Although that is definitely what he is thinking!

Can’t stop sniggering - this has cheered up my boring afternoon 😁😁

I doubt it

There’s pretty much always a press conference on a Monday. I don’t think anything special about this one. We’ve already been told the “route map” isn’t until next week.

I think it'll be about vaccine progress, need to avoid 'armistice wave' and keep SD, but green shoots of hope appearing as they should, things moving in the right direction and the major announcements for next week still on track

It'll be aren't we awesome at the old vaccine business, don't worry about the 100,000+ dead they would have probably died anyway, something about British spirit, something in broken Latin blah blah captain hindsight...... vote Tory!

It’ll be downbeat still as we have another week at least of lockdown

@Aposterhasnoname

Nah. It’ll be waffle waffle, 15 million vaccines yay, now we start phase 2, stick to the rules, too early to say what will happen with ending lock down, stay home, protect the NHS, save lives. Then it’ll be questions and two token members of the public will ask when they can hug their grandkids/parents/the milkman whatever. Boris will reply that it’s an incredibly important question and ignore it. Then all the journos will ask about schools/holidays/ pubs to which he’ll reply too early to say, and that’ll be that till Hancock’s half hour later in the week, which will be an almost word for word rerun of the above.

😂

we need more than another week of lockdown or yet again it will have been for nothing.

give time for vaccines to work FFS !

Do we reckon they'll say anything about us who're shielding or are we gonna be left in the dark again?