Guilt Free Railing 2

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New thread, imaginatively titled.

@littlbrowndog

He was on just after 8 am. But I only had a half listen as the ferals were doing horrid stuff.

And he drones on like he needs a battery charge but if I remember the general tone was it was Covid s fault

It’s probably on catch up if you can bear the droning

I think it was maybe Jacqui Bailey that told him to stop mumbling in the background during yesterdays daily broadcast. :o

But remember that it's teachers responsible for grading now so it'll be ALL THEIR FAULT if the gap doesn't close or closes in the wrong way or get's wider...

And we can't criticise or we're criticising teachers, who are one rung down from NHS staff on the sainthood ladder
Except we're criticising the govt not individuals

I honestly don't know how anyone can work with small children at home. Even TV doesn't work properly on a toddler. And a lot of them don't sleep all night. Just hats off.

@Callisto1 me neither. And yes, respect

I think WFH with young children has taken its toll on so many people. Women mostly, bearing the brunt, but all parents.

My toddler keeps shouting Daddy and pointing at my boss on Teams Meetings as well. It was funny the first time but after a year it's really just very awkward laughing now

If mine was young I would be unable to work and would have no income. So I’m grateful for that.

@StatisticallyChallenged

And we can't criticise or we're criticising teachers, who are one rung down from NHS staff on the sainthood ladder Except we're criticising the govt not individuals

THIS!

@TonightMatthew I find it really hard to be nice to people that I perceive to have better circumstances than my own. I may have been a bit harsh on 83 year old DM when she said she wished she had a wfh job to keep her busy.

I'm delighted for one of my colleagues. He has 3 DC and 2 of them will be going back to school from next week. Both him and his DW and the DCs all appear to operate from the same room every day, so we've not been able to hear a word he says since December school holidays.

www.heraldscotland.com/news/19099491.covid-scotland-scottish-government-urged-define-covid-19-elimination-strategy/

Oh what a surprise, Scotland is going to attempt a zero covid strategy involving lots of "sacrifices" from all of us.

@MaxNormal phew that's what's being recommended, it's not saying that's what they are doing. Such an approach wouldn't work unless all of mainland UK doing it to, or absolute hard borders in place and who would want such a crippling draconian measure indefinitely ? Oh wait .....

@MaxNormal oh ffs. We’ve made enough sacrifices!

Though then it goes on about an “acceptable level of infection in the country” - is this Schroedinger’s zero Covid?

England will surely not strive for this nonsense so it will be moot anyway.

I’m feeling really cross about all this. We have vaccines, which work. It should be all about restoring normal life now, not more restrictions and sacrifices.

It seems also not to reflect the mood of people generally. People I know, even just neighbours, are talking wanting schools back and their lives back.

People are also really struggling mentally. A really img woman I know told me yesterday that she’d never in her life had mental health problems but was now suffering from anxiety because of lockdown.

@MaxNormal

www.heraldscotland.com/news/19099491.covid-scotland-scottish-government-urged-define-covid-19-elimination-strategy/

Oh what a surprise, Scotland is going to attempt a zero covid strategy involving lots of "sacrifices" from all of us.

They don't seem to realise some folk have bugger all left to sacrifice. Their jobs and businesses are gone, or are only technically alive due to grants/furlough but will die when these get withdrawn as they'll practically be start ups again with empty bank accounts. Mental health is in the toilet, many have worse physical health too. Lots have lost family members without being able to be with them properly. Children have lost nearly 2 terms of education, uni students have been screwed with some already being told they'll need to redo a year... I'm getting quite fed up of being told people need to sacrifice more

As a parent of a school age DC, I'd be prepared to make just about any personal sacrifice so he could get back to school (appreciate many people not in this position so it's a different scenario for them).

But as SG has already demonstrated that regardless of circumstances they think blended learning is a jolly good idea because it reduces the attainment gap by bringing high scoring pupils down then there is no reason for me to do this.

People are wise to their tricks now anyway. Once overall numbers are down then it surely will be illegal to keep movement restrictions in place, someone surely could take them to court. Maybe us? We must have some legal people around here - I'm happy to take some time off work and chain myself to some railings or something.

I think it will indeed be moot but I have a sinking feeling that it will involve great tedium en route.
Perhaps its an electioneering strategy. Look! We could be covid free of only we shake off the Westminster shackles!

Thing is the hard on covid stance is a good way to differentiate from wibbly wobbly BG and appeals to core electorate, or generally anxious people.

StatisticallyChallenged absolutely, peolles resources whether financial, psychological etc are absolutely exhausted now. I think most will be prepared for a final push to ensure a successful vaccine roll out but thats it.

I'd be up for a bit of light railing chaining once its warmer.

Thing is the hard on covid stance is a good way to differentiate from wibbly wobbly BG and appeals to core electorate, or generally anxious people.

rookiemere presumably why they're doing it?
I've said before that I find them very in thrall to the social scientists and I find that worrying.

yes it's ideal, it plays to their central 'Scotland is different, Scotland needs more levers, England is full of rule breaking tories' narrative. Wonder how many times we'll hear about how much more generous the support would've been in iscotland.

I find it really hard to be nice to people that I perceive to have better circumstances than my own

@rookiemere yes! Totally. I've turned into someone who is jealous of everyone else regardless of their circumstances because I somehow perceive them to be better than mine older children, younger children, no children, working fewer hours or more hours, working out the house, larger house, smaller house, rural, city. I seem to be able to concoct some way in which they don't have it as bad as meeeeeeee I think it's just a symptom of feeling extremely down in the dumps and that it will lift, as I really can't bear this approach to life. I felt quite similar in the absolute depths of infertility despair too.

As for the zero covid strategy, that is frankly terrifying and I think will be impossible. People are at the end of their tethers. Every day on FB I see another small local business announcing they won't be reopening and every time I almost burst into tears. It's so shit.

As another aside, did you see that parliament also voted to have the EU flag flying along with the Saltire?

I hate the divisive flag waving stuff anyway but this is bonkers.

I don't think it's brought the best out in anyone much apart from Captain Tom - I do think that's a standard human response though. I don't believe it's ever been any different with human nature, the worse off people are, the more they choose others to blame. 1930s Germany being the prime example. Of course with hindsight we hold onto the heroic stories. I suspect there was a lot of internecine neighbour fighting in WW2.

So of course covid is increasing divisions, any stressor will.

ooh great more flag waving and gestures wax yippee.