Cobra meeting at 17:00

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

@OrangeCrunch

Wasn't this already pencilled in?

Its been planned for several weeks.

But hey DRAMA!

Well fuck.

@Hamjamwich

Cobra. How appropriate for a load of snakes

Yes, very true!!

@the80sweregreat

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

Check here just after 4pm.

@RedToothBrush how can they plan a COBRA mtg that far in advance?

Steve Barclay is chair so won’t make decisions about lockdown.

[quote PussyCatEatingPigsInBlankets]@RedToothBrush how can they plan a COBRA mtg that far in advance?[/quote]
Cobra isn't just crisis management (easy to think that as it's about the only time anyone talks about them). They can just as easily be planned co-ord meetings.

@meditrina ah, I thought they were only held when the 💩 was hitting the fan. Thanks.

Don't get too excited. Knowing that lot, it'll be this kind of Cobra meeting.

@PussyCatEatingPigsInBlankets thanks for posting that link, it's really interesting.

Of course "Cobra Meeting" is an anagram of agent microbe

2-1 lockdown imminent Boxing Day
10-1 lockdown now, do not leave the house, do not pass go, do not collect £100,
50-1 Boris resigning and the country spends the next 2 months being PM'd by a deputy (That's not Gove is it?)

I'm planning a Cobra meeting down the pub on Boxing day if there is a lockdown. We will need to be fully prepared and get everyone round the table and on the same page for the next few weeks.

They are meeting to drink Indian lager

Deputy is Raab isn't it.

Why plan a meeting for a Sunday night for a variant that wasn't on the radar a few weeks ago?

This meeting was probably the pre Christmas one, probably planned about 3 weeks ago for the preplanned update this week

[quote PussyCatEatingPigsInBlankets]@RedToothBrush how can they plan a COBRA mtg that far in advance?[/quote]
They were going to have a review into the situation which was already concerning them... y'know the '3 week review' and all that.

@roses2

Why plan a meeting for a Sunday night for a variant that wasn't on the radar a few weeks ago?

Because the original concerns about omicron were set to be reviewed 'in three weeks time'.

Go google 'three week review omicron'. You will find a few newspaper articles stating that they would review the situation in three weeks, dated ermmm 3 weeks ago!

But yes, they couldn't possibly schedule a meeting 3 weeks in advance.

Just clicked on my area (first time i've had a look for months), and hospital admissions due to covid are DOWN 27% in the last week. No deaths, no change.

coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

scroll down to put in your own post code

Red It's still a bit odd to do it on a Sunday evening. Why not Friday afternoon or Monday morning?
They seem to operate on a different planet from most of us. 🤷‍♀️ resigned sigh

I can imagine that the devolved parliaments are putting pressure on Westminster? It's bound to be about money..
I bet a few of them are fed up working on a Sunday though. I agree , they do run a weird schedule. If it wasn't for covid , they would all be off now I suppose?

He's due paternity leave. Anyone know if he's taking the full normal amount?

He’s not taking any.

@Laiste

Just clicked on my area (first time i've had a look for months), and hospital admissions due to covid are DOWN 27% in the last week. No deaths, no change.

Inner london here, cases up 263%, deaths up 100% (from 2 to 4 though) and admissions up 68%