60,000 to attend at Wembley stadium

[Arcadia]

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.com/sport/football/57546042.amp

So angry. How far can they push this 'test/research events' bullshit? Why is everything in my child's life being cancelled and yet this gets to go ahead?

My son was 2 when this started. He is now 4, and weirdly it feels like time has skipped, like the last year has just contracted into nothing. I can't explain it but it just seems to have sort of disappeared, like I went to sleep before his 3rd birthday and have woken up 15 months later. It is worse for my parents, of course, they have missed most of his changing from a toddler into a little boy.

And for grandparents all round the country, many have missed their grandchildren's whole babyhoods in that time. It is all so sad. But still the powerful laugh at us.

@Thegentleman absolutely spot on. Hindsight is a great thing. Can't believe everything that's happened the last 18 months!

I wonder what will happen if Germany impose a 10 day quarantine on footballers returning after Tuesday’s came which they should do if everyone is being treated equally.

www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/23/all-uk-arrivals-in-eu-should-be-quarantined-says-angela-merkel

Is the penny not dropping yet still?
If mnet is anything to go by, then no, I don't think it is. The divide is strong, and only getting worse.

@Neron I don’t think Mumsnetters are the norm thank goodness, most people I know are carrying on with their lives and hardly mention Covid. I think you have hard core people on here who want everyone following the rules to the letter, they are either very scared or there’s an agenda going on.

@Thegentleman

I asked on this forum if the penny had dropped yet a while ago and I was laughed at and ridiculed. G7 beach BBQ with people flown in from red and amber countries with no quarantine, distancing or masks when cameras off, tens of thousands of fans at Wembley, Scottish football player positive for covid and rest of team(bubble) still allowed to play. Meanwhile, your kids sports day/parents evenings/graduations all cancelled etc and multiple periods of your children locked up at home with no formal education by qualified teachers. So football and beach bbq's come before your children's future basically, while the leaders of the country are doing contract after contract making themselves, friends and family extremely wealthy. Then they try to get your kids to sing a song saying how we are all in together and are all united. While a lot on here moan about a selfish person not wearing a mask other side of Tesco, your being angry at the wrong people. Is the penny not dropping yet still?

What the saying…

How did they make us fear the witches and not the people who burned them?

I think that’s quite apt here.

@SallyCinnabon wow yes so apt so agree

Quite.

And that’s why people need to start using their witch tests with consideration.

A narrow science-first approach says what’s wrong with knowing a test result, because it allows you to act accordingly, right?

But widening the view to include the consequential results, all that ability to self-assess is taken away. Kids forced to isolate, whole bubbles, even schools. (+Parents and colleagues if track and trace ever get their sodden act together…)

Until the rules are changed so that witch test results are just informative, then I encourage that we should all use them very sparingly!

@Baileysforchristmas agreed, I often wonder what I'm reading on here because it is so different to what I am seeing in RL

I've had a reply from my MP's senior caseworker saying that my MP has written to Oliver Dowden and asked him to respond to the points raised in my email, and they will contact me when a reply is received!

Sky News Breaking
@SkyNewsBreak
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The Government has announced that senior executives can temporarily leave quarantine in England if they are undertaking business activities which will bring 'significant economic benefit' to the economy.

Ah there’s a surprise.

Wonder if the thousands of kids isolating can ‘break quarantine’ if we send them out to work or something.

TBH, not having to stay home to look after kids is a significant economic benefit for many families… Send all the little executives back to school. :-)

i think it's a good idea.
would attract lots more customers.
those with genuine medical exemption could have a pass.

And the one rule for one and one for another yet again continues.

So out of interest everyone who attended had to be double vaccinated or have evidence of negative test 48 hours before . So I just wondered how this was checked? Was it done on the gate ? They are doing the same at Grand Prix .

Could you rely on the public to do this at parties or weddings ? It does seem sensible . Or schools on sports day or proms ?

@Unsure33 parents have been asked to do lateral flows before the year 6 end of year show at my DC’s school. Seems sensible but no one is actually checking it at the school so they are trying on trust.

Absolutely fantastic.
Come on England.

Absolutely fantastic.
Come on England

Not really what this thread is about.

@paddyk It was great to watch 😊, so pleased they won, there will be one big party in London tonight, I don’t begrudge people out and about, It’s time to stop isolating children though.

In my DS school, he still isn't able to play on the large field at play time. It's zoned off for other year groups and classes. For the whole school year, he's had to play on half a play ground so that his class doesn't mix with the other year 1 class. Makes me so angry. Comes out of school upset as the ball is constantly taken off them as it's too dangerous (not enough room more like)!!!

@Whatafool123

My son was 2 when this started. He is now 4, and weirdly it feels like time has skipped, like the last year has just contracted into nothing. I can't explain it but it just seems to have sort of disappeared, like I went to sleep before his 3rd birthday and have woken up 15 months later. It is worse for my parents, of course, they have missed most of his changing from a toddler into a little boy.

And for grandparents all round the country, many have missed their grandchildren's whole babyhoods in that time. It is all so sad. But still the powerful laugh at us.

Absolutely agree, feel like my DS will be going from nursery straight into year 2 because reception and year 1 were so heavily disrupted.

My son was 2 when this started. He is now 4, and weirdly it feels like time has skipped, like the last year has just contracted into nothing. I can't explain it but it just seems to have sort of disappeared, like I went to sleep before his 3rd birthday and have woken up 15 months later. It is worse for my parents, of course, they have missed most of his changing from a toddler into a little boy.

I think lots of us with small children feel like this. I feel like I started lockdown with a toddler who felt very much still little - napping, less vocabulary/conversation etc and now I have a proper little girl. And so much of what I wanted to do with her before she starts school (she is and will be an only child, this is my only go at this) just hasn’t been possible. I don’t stop to think about it too much because it makes me incredibly sad.

For those at the beginning or end of their lives time takes on more significance. It’s all very well for those of us bumbling along in the middle to say “just another few weeks”, “just another few months”, “just one more lockdown”, “just wait until next year”.

Today I wanted to book to take my DD swimming...all the pools round here only permit 20 people per session for "family swimming" and are booked up for weeks. Yet we are going to the Grand Prix in July where mask wearing and social distancing will not be in place whilst inside Silverstone. 150,000+ people will be there.

What. The. Fuck.

[quote Baileysforchristmas]@paddyk It was great to watch 😊, so pleased they won, there will be one big party in London tonight, I don’t begrudge people out and about, It’s time to stop isolating children though.[/quote]
Yes indeed but there is plan to do so until the Autumn term, says Williamson - the data is not yet there!!!

Meanwhile 1500 + positive CV tests from Scottish fans who attended the England v Scotland game.

But we all accept this & will not change our voting pattern, so they don't care.

Meanwhile 1500 + positive CV tests from Scottish fans who attended the England v Scotland game.

I heard this. Double standards completely at play here.

I was happy for England to win last night, but people are now genuinely confused and believe the rules must have finished because of the scenes they are seeing of football fans celebrating.

Wembley stadium looked packed last night. I hope that people had to wear masks arriving and leaving at least.