Westministenders: Reployed back to No Deal Planning

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Now Covid-19 is over (yeah I know right) lots of civil servants who were switched from brexit no deal planning to covid-19 planning have been switched back to their original remit.

For some reason this doesn't exactly fill me with confidence.

We've also seen yet another doubling down on the EU not being flexible and how they need to make a deal. And lots of rhetoric about being serious about no transiton planning.

Remember we have something of a deadline looming at the end of next month.

So before we are even out of this crisis, the government have lost interest. Today's press conference was an eye opener - Van Tam openly said that the time taken to get test results was too long and wasn't good enough yet and meant track and trace wasnt still operational despite it being such a crucial factor in being able to go into the next phase as planned on 1st June.

Another deadline we won't make - the Manchester Nightgale still has patients and the local authorities in the NW are going mental. So the government is playing more silly buggers over blame and villianising the evil workshy teachers. Noting the government guidance for teachers on how to teacher children at home says fuck all and the guidance on reopening schools makes a Theresa May dog ate my homework style document look positively well thought out, in terms of practicality. (Not even going to touch on the question of whether its safe - the whether its workable one is more important).

I guess that means things are getting back to normal at least.

A recession looms, but workers rights are now fair game and fully in the government cross hairs - as we see from a lack of PPE for the 'heroes' and the attacks on the teachers. As well as the carers who were sold down river. That'll be the ununionised carers...

Taking back control.

I saw on another thread that Boris had doubled down. It’s almost like he wants to nuke any remaining political capital (ha!) he had and trigger the 1922 committee’s sacking process. Seems being PM isn’t half as much fun as he thought, plus more work.

Stop looking at Cummings people. Look at this 🐿 instead - go back to being angry about schools, we're gonna conform reopen them before we've had the proper meeting with the scientists now

Piggy I though it was around 147 or 149 (with either 47 or 49 deaths in hospital in the Midlands)??

for Yoikes and Boatyard

Will be interesting to see what crap BJ et al. come up with next, if anything.

My mum has fallen and broken her hip. Perfect timing in lockdown Scotland...

As predicted upthread, schools are the distraction.

Many sec heads will be surprised to hear that 15 June date.

Not many. All.

Labour will be happy that this will be kept chuntering on until BJ has to speak to the Select Committees this week and even better, until he can be excoriated by Starmer at the next PMQs.

Smug's attempt to give him the support of the wall of "Yah Boos" will fail. Starmer will not be deflected from his task.

A lot of parents won't be sending children back to schools though.
A lot will be going to the beach tomorrow if the weather is good to access childcare.

I read 147 for England alone, yes.

This has happened before.

BJ just had the temerity to remind the public to "isolate if you have symptoms"

Auld crikey do hope all will be ok & recovers quickly🤞🏻💐

So, will I be a good concerned parent if I refuse to send my child to school because I consider it dangerous and worry about infection control or will I be a dangerous swivel eyed lefty using my child to further my own agenda and inclinations? I'd just like to know in advance.

I can only conclude Boris is not well enough to make sensible decisions.

Maybe he’s trying to go down with Cummings.

I take it we can choose to drive 250 miles to isolate then?

Longwayoff - you are not one of the Overlords for whom the rules for the plebs don't apply so you know the answer to that

Auld wishing your Mum a speedy recovery.

"We want to make this a global response because we're playing catch up and we're going to be leading the world in this"

How predictable. Must seek out my MP and see if he's commented. There's been a fair few deaths in our constituency, including that of his father...

Fgs, the nations of the earth coming together... like Brexit? Like leaving without a detail and opting out of institutions that cross multiple countries? Beyond belief this crap.

Choice under pressure is the true measure of character.

We have the measure of BJ.

He couldn't even work out he has to read the question out! 🤬🤦🏻‍♀️

prettybird He'll be suggesting gargling with dettol and shoving a light bulb up your arse next...

Unsurprisingly he hasn't said anything at all since shortly before his bereavement. I wonder what he's thinking. He's an ERG big hitter

Sorry to hear about your mum Auld

I think she's on the wrong side of the country but if there is anything I can do to help as we still follow the rules on not travelling distances , I'm happy to do so.

Could Robert Peston be any slower?

Good question though.

If she could, my sister would travel up to Edinburgh from the south of England to keep an eye on my dad, who is 77, not in the best of health and has limited mobility, while DM recovers in hospital.
But she won't.
Because she's a bad daughter?
Nope. Because she's following the rules and not endangering him by entering his household after a long journey.
I can't go, obviously, from France.
So we're reduced to worrying about them both from a distance.
One of dad's friends from primary school has Parkinson's, was in a care home, caught COVID and is in ICU in the same hospital my mum is in. His wife has cancer and is alone in the same care home, no one can visit either of them.

Cummings and BJ and their "doing the right thing", dancing to ABBA, bluebell admiring, castle visiting twattery can take a flying leap, frankly.