Cobra meeting at 17:00

[Opus17]

Here's hoping we'll get some answers tonight.

Will Johnson turn up do we think? Worth prioritising?
Maybe clashes with the no10 Christmas party.

Or is it the no10 Christmas party?

Uh-oh.

@Opus17- thank you is there an article on this? X

www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-59716357

I've seen it under breaking news at 14:23

Yeah I was wondering if Cobra meeting was the new code word for Christmas party at No 10.

"Meeting" or christmas party,?

Nicola Sturgeon bringing her famous Cheesy dip with haggis meatball dippers.

COBRA don't sent necessatprioy mean the sky is falling in. It can simply be a convenient way to get all relevant people round one table.

They may or may not involve the PM or Secretaries of State. They can also be at ministerial level, or between officials (varying seniority)

The press tend to report only on those during crises, which tend to have more senior attendance and greater expectation of imminent action. But that's not actually inherent

Cobra. How appropriate for a load of snakes

That love a cobra meeting
The Cabinet Office Briefing room.
What are the figures like today ? Anyone know ?

Wasn't this already planned a few days ago?

This is with the devolved government's so it's more likely to be about potential support for sectors affected right now. They will be crunching numbers though on cases, hospitalisations, boosters deaths etc to see if we can just grit our teeth this week and hope it burns it's self out. It's too late to stop it (to be fair it was too late by the time it was detected) it's whether it is more serious than a cold that matters ... remember colds can kill immunocompromised people but we didn't lock down.

Personally I'm triple vaxxed and carrying on normally

Neither chancellor nor PM to attend apparently

Wasn't this already pencilled in?

What are the figures like today ? Anyone know ?
Dominic Raab is just making them up.

Steve Barclay leading it. I wonder if Johnson has gone on holiday already.

@Belindabelle

Steve Barclay leading it. I wonder if Johnson has gone on holiday already.

He's due paternity leave.

Anyone know if he's taking the full normal amount?

He's in the cellar dusting off the Chateauneuf du Pape.

Boris Johnson is either in a fridge or on paternity leave now ( he was on tv at a vaccination clinic on Friday , so who knows ?)
It's probably just about money or number crunching.

I'm surprised that M Gove isn't chairing it !
He did last week

BJ can't risk going in case someone turns up with tinsel round their neck.

Yes he knows nothing about it

Seems a good idea

Lucky for us that such great minds are gathering together