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Jacko21 · Oct 30, 2020

Mr Pigeon said:
Cheers. What's everyone's take on this? I guess a second lockdown was inevitable. If it happens then Scotland might as well have it too. Hopefully we're not back in five months time preparing for a third lockdown because dipshits have ignored guidelines/arsed up the management of this again

Think the government will have been spooked by the latest data/findings presented to them.

But it has felt like a case of ‘when not if’ a second national lockdown would be imposed. The similar announcements from other European countries all but confirmed it. Oddly, probably makes the decision for this government slightly easier.

There is general support for another lockdown so using Christmas as some kind of carrot on a stick could only serve to give people false hope - there’s no telling where we will be.

RedTiger · Oct 30, 2020

Will the lockdown mean I have to close my takeaway business?

Pogue Mahone · Oct 30, 2020

CassiusClaymore said:
If they're "locking down" but keeping schools open, what's actually the point?

Seems to have done the trick in Ireland.

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saivet · Oct 30, 2020

Jacko21 said:
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Any mention of travel restrictions? I'm meant to be going on holiday next week, negative test permitting.

CassiusClaymore · Oct 30, 2020

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F-Red · Oct 30, 2020

Pogue Mahone said:
Why do they always give so much notice before a lockdown? Just makes people go crazy for the next few days, so lockdown will take even longer to turn things round.

I think it's because it goes before Parliament. Announcement on Monday, debate Tuesday, implemented on Wednesday.

CassiusClaymore · Oct 30, 2020

Pogue Mahone said:
Seems to have done the trick in Ireland.

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Nice to know. I'm in a tier one county at the moment and all I keep seeing in the local press is cases springing up from schools. Won't argue with that data even though I suspect whatever they announce will be as incoherent and as ineffective as before.

Pogue Mahone · Oct 30, 2020

F-Red said:
I think it's because it goes before Parliament. Announcement on Monday, debate Tuesday, implemented on Wednesday.

Ah. Ok. Thinking about it, something similar happened with our second lockdown. The first one came with almost zero warning though. Which was probably for the best.

golden_blunder · Oct 30, 2020

StuCol said:
I have to self isolate. My boss , who I share a reasonably small office with (though we are sat about 3 metres apart) has tested positive so I’ve got 14 days from the 26th to isolate. I’m starting to feel rough. I’m very overweight (though I carry it well it like to think ).
I have to admit, I’m more than a little bit concerned

Good luck pal

Guy Incognito · Oct 30, 2020

So they want a lockdown to save Christmas and probably will introduce another lockdown in the NY. Dearie me.

DavidDeSchmikes · Oct 30, 2020

remember when Keir Starmer was called a “shameless opportunist” for suggesting a national lockdown two weeks ago.

golden_blunder · Oct 30, 2020

saivet said:
Any mention of travel restrictions? I'm meant to be going on holiday next week, negative test permitting.

No offence but I can’t wrap my head around people going on hols at the moment

prateik · Oct 30, 2020

US is going to cross 100k cases/day really really soon.

CassiusClaymore · Oct 30, 2020

DavidDeSchmikes said:
remember when Keir Starmer was called a “shameless opportunist” for suggesting a national lockdown two weeks ago.

He'll be Captain Hindsight again in a few days.

Port Vale Devil · Oct 30, 2020

RedTiger said:
Will the lockdown mean I have to close my takeaway business?

Will be fine. Takeaways were open all over lockdown.

Mr Pigeon · Oct 30, 2020

DavidDeSchmikes said:
remember when Keir Starmer was called a “shameless opportunist” for suggesting a national lockdown two weeks ago.

Yes but Keir will be too polite to bring it up and none of the press will either.

Berbaclass · Oct 30, 2020

Mr Pigeon said:
Yes bu Sir Keir will be too polite to bring it up and none of the press will either.

Fixed.

saivet · Oct 30, 2020

golden_blunder said:
No offence but I can’t wrap my head around people going on hols at the moment

I booked it in January before all of this and the flight is currently going ahead.

Mr Pigeon · Oct 31, 2020

Berbaclass said:
Fixed.

Sir Keir? I can't vote for some hoity toity caviar munching posh tit. Much rather vote for some down to earth chap like Boris or Jacob, to be honest.

golden_blunder · Oct 31, 2020

saivet said:
I booked it in January before all of this and the flight is currently going ahead.

Fair enough. Where you going?

CassiusClaymore · Oct 31, 2020

It doesn't matter what Keir said. It's the fact they keep overruling the scientific advice that needs to be interrogated. What actually are they playing at? Is their a plan? If there isn't then what are they basing any of these decisions on if it isn't the science? I assume the answer will be something about the economy but that's a load of bollocks too. Only businesses making money out of this are ones that donate to their party and it's about time that this was brought to the forefront.

Berbaclass · Oct 31, 2020

Mr Pigeon said:
Sir Keir? I can't vote for some hoity toity caviar munching posh tit. Much rather vote for some down to earth chap like Boris or Jacob, to be honest.

I concur. His middle name is Rodney if that helps...

Berbaclass · Oct 31, 2020

CassiusClaymore said:
It doesn't matter what Keir said. It's the fact they keep overruling the scientific advice that needs to be interrogated. What actually are they playing at? Is their a plan? If there isn't then what are they basing any of these decisions on if it isn't the science? I assume the answer will be something about the economy but that's a load of bollocks too. Only businesses making money out of this are ones that donate to their party and it's about time that this was brought to the forefront.

Fingers crossed for a waterboarding then...

saivet · Oct 31, 2020

golden_blunder said:
Fair enough. Where you going?

To the Caribbean. If test positive it will end up being 2 weeks of playing Fifa :lol:

The whole changing of protocols, having to get a test prior to going has put me off booking any sort of holiday abroad for at least a while.

CassiusClaymore · Oct 31, 2020

Berbaclass said:
Fingers crossed for a waterboarding then...

I've got a list I'd love to waterboard right now. Thankfully that legislation they passed makes it legal as well. Every cloud...

golden_blunder · Oct 31, 2020

saivet said:
To the Caribbean. If test positive it will end up being 2 weeks of playing Fifa The whole changing of protocols, having to get a test prior to going has put me off booking any sort of holiday abroad for at least a while.

I couldn’t imagine the hassle off it & also I was reading about my favourite place in the canaries basically being ghost towns at the moment, everything closed. I mean we could go on holiday and do our own cooking but really who wants that :lol:

FootballHQ · Oct 31, 2020

Would a months worth of snow be good or bad news at this point. Would stop meaningless travel and keep people inside at least as we see when U.K goes into chaos for a day or two every other year when there's a decent sprinkling across the country.

Think the trouble here is last lockdown co-incided with a pretty nice spring and summer so people could tolerate it more when queueing outside Supermarkets and Banks.

Temperatures dropping next week so not sure how long the tolerance will last this time. They surely can't put limits on exercise this time?

Jippy · Oct 31, 2020

saivet said:
To the Caribbean. If test positive it will end up being 2 weeks of playing Fifa The whole changing of protocols, having to get a test prior to going has put me off booking any sort of holiday abroad for at least a while.

Good luck. Me and the missus got negative results today, so cleared ti fly to Cyprus tomorrow. BA has moved the flight from 11:30am to 6:25am though

Volumiza · Oct 31, 2020

saivet said:
Any mention of travel restrictions? I'm meant to be going on holiday next week, negative test permitting.

Good to see we’ve all got our priorities in order.

Volumiza · Oct 31, 2020

Mr Pigeon said:
Sir Keir? I can't vote for some hoity toity caviar munching posh tit. Much rather vote for some down to earth chap like Boris or Jacob, to be honest.

TheGodsInRed · Oct 31, 2020

FootballHQ said:
Would a months worth of snow be good or bad news at this point. Would stop meaningless travel and keep people inside at least as we see when U.K goes into chaos for a day or two every other year when there's a decent sprinkling across the country.

Think the trouble here is last lockdown co-incided with a pretty nice spring and summer so people could tolerate it more when queueing outside Supermarkets and Banks.

Temperatures dropping next week so not sure how long the tolerance will last this time. They surely can't put limits on exercise this time?

Probably not because other types of coronavirus prefer cold weather so this will likely be the same.

Mr Pigeon · Oct 31, 2020

Jippy said:
Good luck. Me and the missus got negative results today, so cleared ti fly to Cyprus tomorrow. BA has moved the flight from 11:30am to 6:25am though

That works in your favour though because the Covids won't be fully awake at that time.

Ignore me, I'm just jealous that some people are able to get away from the mundanity of life.

DavidDeSchmikes · Oct 31, 2020

if Johnson is going to make annoncement next week some time, what's stopping him announcing a lockdown during the US Election result, because all media will be focused in the USA, less focus...

bit of a stretch

littlepeasoup · Oct 31, 2020

I blame the packed flat full of absolute c*nts in the building opposite mine singing at the tops of their voices at 1am. Also, Boris Johnson and the entire Conversative government. Another bunch of absolute c*nts.

DavidDeSchmikes · Oct 31, 2020

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acnumber9 · Oct 31, 2020

Pogue Mahone said:
Seems to have done the trick in Ireland.

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Schools have been closed in that time period though. Two weeks up here but not sure about down south. I know you don’t want it to be true but you’re a smart man, surely you can see the correlation?

Irwin99 · Oct 31, 2020

Kinda depressing to ask but how many 'waves' of this disease do we anticipate? I think I read somewhere that the Spanish Flu had three waves before it burnt out.

Lockdown will obviously reduce the strain on the NHS if the numbers are indeed getting closer and closer to breaking point but it's obviously going to affect people's mental health and the economy which sucks. Not sure what other option there is though.

dumbo · Oct 31, 2020

And we're back. Remind me what time the clapping for this 9th circle of Tory hell feckery starts again?

calodo2003 · Oct 31, 2020

prateik said:
US is going to cross 100k cases/day really really soon.

We’ll probably pass 2K deaths / day in short order as well.

Garethw · Oct 31, 2020

Ffs. So back into a national lockdown we go then.

I wonder whether a pack of 9 toilet rolls will be going for £10k on eBay again?

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