Wow the crowds in London

[Baileysforchristmas]

Was it wise to have a football match in a pandemic?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-57516928

It’s just crazy. Maybe freedom day did happen and we missed it?

Football has been happening throughout this whole thing..there has been crowd outside here and then but don't think been fanzones just pub gatherings. Also outside stadiums..Rangers,City,Chelsea etc.
Seems madness to travel esp from Scotland as can just watch there?

And people wonder why I refuse to take restrictions seriously anymore. Put a stop to things like this and I might change my attitude.

'A football match' - you do realise there is a whole tournament taking place?

This is entirely the fault of the Scottish fans, travelling down in huge numbers when they had no tickets to the match or indeed to any organised screenings. Bloody idiots.

Normally I'm pretty sceptical of camera angles etc - but having just come through central london, it's actually pretty crazy out there. I've been through Kings Cross 4 times today - and it's felt like more and more people arriving each time.

It's going to be mayhem - though the rain might help!!

There's A LOT of money in this tournament, and we all know money talks.

The government can talk about saving lives as much as they want, but they will continue to prioritise money over that.

There has been a very clear exemption for football throughout the pandemic - can't deprive the men of their football!

20,000 Scottish fans have come to London, although only 3,000 tickets were sold to them.

And they are talking about "football VIPs"
Being exempt from restrictions, whilst us plebs have to follow the rules.

@24hoursfromtulsa

'A football match' - you do realise there is a whole tournament taking place?

This is entirely the fault of the Scottish fans, travelling down in huge numbers when they had no tickets to the match or indeed to any organised screenings. Bloody idiots.

This. They were warned not to but deliberately chose to ignore it. I just hope they aren’t responsible for coming back up and causing Scotland to remain in tier 2 for even longer.

Wonder if the VIP's being exempt will go ahead. They didn't for the Champions League that's why it ended up in Portugal. Guess this is different and a bigger event.

You won't be pleased to hear that UEFA want 2,500 VIPs to come from around the world to Wembley for the finals without having to quarantine.

*final

I don’t care about crowds but I could weep at the dc at our school isolating for ten days in contrast due to one case

Also I was thinking about the speed at which government responded to that super football threat v various pandemic situations

A lady at work said she went to her sisters wedding at the weekend, they weren’t allowed to sing in the church, they weren’t allowed to dance at the venue, music had to be kept very low, only 30 people allowed, people to be kept in their bubbles, the venue had shut at 8. The more I hear, the more I think we are being played for fools. Another one rule for one....

Luckily my daughter has not had to isolate and there are no cases at her school, probably because most of us have decided to stop LFT tests twice a week.

@Baileysforchristmas

Luckily my daughter has not had to isolate and there are no cases at her school, probably because most of us have decided to stop LFT tests twice a week.

Students don’t bother afaik but a teacher had contact with half the school

As a Scot, I think it's bloody ridiculous that fans were allowed to travel specifically for this whilst every one else is stuck in a perpetual groundhog Day.

I'm not a Covid police informant in the slightest and don't agree with lockdowns anymore but that takes the piss.

Yes, we are being played for fools. No dancing/singing at weddings but thousands of football fans chanting and shouting in each other’s faces is ok.

Does being 90% alcohol stop you from getting covid?

We are about to find out🤓

@MarshaBradyo your poor daughter what a nightmare, I seriously think we should stop self isolating now if you have a negative PCR test, this is getting ridiculous now.

It's nice to see life resuming and people enjoying themselves. The numbers just show you nobody's listening anymore.

Saying that, it's still sad for the weddings, festivals etc that can't happen when people are gathering anyway.

And children are having to isolate for 10 days when there’s nothing wrong with them. I don’t care about people enjoying themselves, I do care there is different rues for different people. We’re not all in it together.

Thanks Baileys

I’m actually good with life returning, and would be fine with this.

I just can’t bear the discrepancy for dc stuck inside for ten days, with no symptoms and negative test. The impact is huge.

…And yet the women protesting on Clapham Common were handcuffed and dispersed.

The government can talk about saving lives as much as they want, but they will continue to prioritise money over that

Yes, but it’s not only money over lives; it’s money over well-being. Thousands of chanting football fans… but choirs still can’t meet. Park Run still not happening. And two close friends were informed today that their children’s school transition meetings (one into Reception, one Yr 7) have been cancelled. Unless it can be monetised, it’s not a priority for reopening.

As ever, football is afforded special status.