Covid-19: Johnson still working on 'roadmap' to ease lockdown
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Ministers will "crunch the numbers" over the weekend, amid pressure to reduce Covid restrictions.
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Borris is working? Whatever next?
The problem is, he doesn't have a clue. Does not even know the difference between a plan and a schedule - totally hopeless like the rest of his cabinet.
More than you benefit scroungers
End Lockdown now!
Have a drink at home instead
Why the rush to go back to a pub? - I used to frequent pubs a few times a week and can only say I have not missed them at all and have no intention on rushing back...
Get over it. Plenty of labour have broken lockdown as well.
Will his mate be able to read the map with his failing eyesight?
Ooh. Don't mention Cummings. You will make the Tory bots weally weally cwoss.
They can't keep us locked up forever. We need this roadmap.
We have all done our bit for the national effort.
We have all done our bit for the national effort.
No one is suggesting being locked up forever, on the contrary!
A week too early is just that, too early. Let's wait for the right time eh?
A week too early is just that, too early. Let's wait for the right time eh?
Any roadmap must be subject to the data and public safety above all else. We must not blow the national sacrifice and cause another lockdown.
Do you mean witnessing a white middle class parent let her child defecate in a bush in a public park isn't normal..?
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Wrong. Some people have sat at home with their laptops on full salary, played with the kids, play with the dog, and gone to the beach. We have not all done our best at all. Many people have suffered with their businesses and income 1000 fold more than others
Yeah they can. This is what happens when you give away your freedoms, you can’t get them back without a fight. Damage done.
Don’t you believe it...
Incredible to think there are still people BEGGING to keep us all locked up.
“Send in the Army!” they cry. Insane.
Time to stop listening to the socially-awkward, recluses and hermits, and time to give us our lives back.
Incredible to think there are still people BEGGING to keep us all locked up.
“Send in the Army!” they cry. Insane.
Time to stop listening to the socially-awkward, recluses and hermits, and time to give us our lives back.
Most of us have, but quite a few haven't.
Unless you have missed the point the last 11 months, it doesn't take many to start the whole process going again and a plan is is only as good as the lowest denominator.
That includes the chancers in the CRG
Despite my past criticisms of Bojo, this time I think the tactics are right.
Unless you have missed the point the last 11 months, it doesn't take many to start the whole process going again and a plan is is only as good as the lowest denominator.
That includes the chancers in the CRG
Despite my past criticisms of Bojo, this time I think the tactics are right.
Sadly not all have done their bit and they are a part of the problem.
If WE & I mean Joe Public mess up the easing of restrictions again, we will be knackered. Last year we had dates but rather than seeing it as advisory too many used it as to do from list. I feel if people had been more cautious last year, we wouldn't have had the last few months we have had.
I'm sure that some people said this after the Blitz (September 1940 to May 1941). However Blackout restrictions were not lifted until April 1945. We haven't yet finished out effort for the Nation. Palatable, what are you so desperate to do?
Run out and then please don't ask the NHS to look after you if you fall ill with COVID!
The only entity that can answer this is the virus - and it hasn't shown itself to be too hot on communication so far.
They could, We do.
Some have. Yet the infection numbers speak very loudly of a cohort of many not "'doing one's bit" and in so doing, spreading the virus and extending the lockdown for everyone. Maybe the same cohort as are shouting loudest for lockdown to end now.
Some have. Yet the infection numbers speak very loudly of a cohort of many not "'doing one's bit" and in so doing, spreading the virus and extending the lockdown for everyone. Maybe the same cohort as are shouting loudest for lockdown to end now.
Chunks of the population have done nothing but disobey rules and flaunt their ignorance. We have not all done our bit.
Winging it. He’s releasing loads of leaks for two weeks and will go with whatever is more popular. If it goes wrong he will blame the science or public.
Ignore
Panic
Blame
Repeat
Full panic mode stage now
Ignore
Panic
Blame
Repeat
Full panic mode stage now
Let's face it, neither he nor his Cabinet cronies have a clue what to do. Open up too quickly & risk the Infection rate/Deaths rising again; open too slowly & risk permanently damaging the economy.
He was voted in to get Brexit done; well he has done this, inflicting a terrible Trade Deal. Its now time for him & his Etonian mates to Foxtrot Oscar & let somebody take over who does have a clue.
He was voted in to get Brexit done; well he has done this, inflicting a terrible Trade Deal. Its now time for him & his Etonian mates to Foxtrot Oscar & let somebody take over who does have a clue.
Sound very bitter and an inverted snob. Maybe you could propose the correct strategy?
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That would be Barrister Sir Captain Hindsight perhaps, champion of the working person?
Like who? - there has to be a general election for another party to take over- or don't you understand the basics? - the only option would be for someone like Rees-Mogg to take over and that's even worse! - so you're stuck with what was voted for - like it or lump it.
If infections are going to be among the data metrics used in the roadmap out, they should use percentage of daily tests that are positive, not number of positive cases a day, given the significance false positives will have in our mass testing system.
The primary focus though should be on vaccinations completed, deaths and hospitalisations.
The primary focus though should be on vaccinations completed, deaths and hospitalisations.
Also, as more people are vaccinated, infection numbers are going to become less relevant if they don't translate to hospitalisations/deaths.
No they should use the cycles of the moon, people at the bottom assume people at the top know what they are doing...
It's a new virus...
It's a new virus...
Percentage of tests daily will be an improvement by removing the problem of positive results varying merely as a result of changing numbers of tests, but won't resolve the false positive problem. Better to re-test a positive result to make sure it is true or better still only test people with symptoms. I agree with your list of factors that should be the primary focus.
Issue is that there are dangers in both directions, so there is no such thing as a cautious approach
I don’t think there’s any danger of rushing things.
It’s pretty clear the relaxation is going to be a lot slower than the data suggests it really needs to be.
With 1/3 of adults already vaccinated and on course to be half of adults by mid March including almost all the vulnerable groups we should be looking to relax the measures which have least impact such as outdoor mixing now.
It’s pretty clear the relaxation is going to be a lot slower than the data suggests it really needs to be.
With 1/3 of adults already vaccinated and on course to be half of adults by mid March including almost all the vulnerable groups we should be looking to relax the measures which have least impact such as outdoor mixing now.
No. You mean when you think you're safe don't you.
Rush things!!! My area been in restrictions for around 10 months in the last year
Good, not a fan of Boris at all, butt instead of playing Santa an making people happy he seems to realise he is a PM during a pandemic (got there in the end) and seems to make decisions for the long term.
Hasn't this been called hindsight when it has been suggested elsewhere.
Do you mean making silly comments about squashing sombreros and failing to pronounce Tocilizumab...?
Still I applaud you for getting the word butt in...
Still I applaud you for getting the word butt in...
Johnson has zero self awareness.
He just wants to be popular.
He just wants to be popular.
Can someone explain to me why I should take a vaccine to help the oldies who never gave two thoughts about my generation? Apart from just being called selfish
Because it costs you nothing and might save your life?
How many voted leave...
I think you might just be this topics wind-up person Jim. But well done for trying.
Its not just the old, its the vulnerable and you never know it might even help you
As you just want a reaction because you hide behind a keyboard.......The oldies my 80 years plus parents have paid and are still paying taxes, they have sustained your way and that of the UK of life for decades, they pay for and paid for the NHS and they are not the ones who continually broke the isolation rules unlike the many many dim witted university students. Reaction achieved pal.
Just because you're younger doesn't mean you won't catch Covid and be seriously ill or worse.
Because it should be compulsory for every human on the planet to be vaccinated. That's the only hope to eradicate it and stop it coming back stronger year after year.
It only needs to be a pretty simple map:
Vaccinate the vulnerable - DONE
Protect the NHS - DONE
Give everyone their lives back - TBC
Enough is enough now. The damaging long-term effects of lockdown now far outweigh any short-term benefit.
Vaccinate the vulnerable - DONE
Protect the NHS - DONE
Give everyone their lives back - TBC
Enough is enough now. The damaging long-term effects of lockdown now far outweigh any short-term benefit.
Agreed. You can't go on with mights, maybes, ifs, coulds. Time to open up.
How on Earth do you think "giving everyone their lives back" won't negate the first two. Vaccinated people will still get ill, just not as badly, so we are going to need lockdowns every winter for the years to come. Until we have a cure, holidays abroad have to be banned as the virus will try to find a way past the vaccines, and if it does then we are back to the current situation.
End Lockdown now!
Get on with your homework LOL.
I am glad that this process and decision making is getting due time and consideration, to make sure we move out of lockdown measures properly and effectively
Irrespective of political bias, I'm happy that we appear to have turned the corner on this dreadful disease. I for one hope that things are getting better by the day. Thanks to all concerned.
I despair, how can anyone down tick my comment?
Wait until you see what you traded to feel ‘safe’. You haven’t had the bull yet so enjoy your lunch before it arrives.
I think its because although most people (I hope) agree totally with the sentiment, I think the objection is based on 'virtue signalling'.
So here it is:
School back early March
Non-essential shops - late March
Hospitality - mid April.
The last one will almost certainly be after Easter.
It will be led by the data, but I'll eat my hat if it's not pretty close to the above.
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School back early March
Non-essential shops - late March
Hospitality - mid April.
The last one will almost certainly be after Easter.
It will be led by the data, but I'll eat my hat if it's not pretty close to the above.
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As we all went in this together we should all come out together and not let certain groups go on holiday or to the pub and say others still have to remain at home! Let's have one rule for everyone this time
Yes indeed let's. Sadly there is a substantial minority of the over-privileged "entitled" who think they are above all this. Believe me, I've seen them driving about where they shouldn't have been going.
We're not all in it together and never have been. My brother can see both his children and his grandchild. My sister can see both her children and her 3 grandchildren (albeit only 1 at a time). I can't see any of my family or close friends, because none of them live within walking distance of me.
Personally I feel this is unfair and it is the 'stay local' rule that I want to see abolished first.
Personally I feel this is unfair and it is the 'stay local' rule that I want to see abolished first.
Yes, we shouldn't let certain groups refuse to be vaccinated and perpetuate the virus and hospital usage because of that.
Good luck with that!
What's the point of wealth and privilege?
What's the point of wealth and privilege?
I think PM & the govt is in a position where whatever they try there will be dissenters out there... moving too early, too late, too quickly, wrong sectors released first, etc.
Hopefully though a roadmap of sorts will arrive based on science from SAGE, common sense from the public & economics from Sunak.... although whatever is decided on will always be subject to change in these uncertain times.
Hopefully though a roadmap of sorts will arrive based on science from SAGE, common sense from the public & economics from Sunak.... although whatever is decided on will always be subject to change in these uncertain times.
120,000 British deaths and still rising and some amazingly still make excuses
One thing's for sure - it doesn't make sense to prematurely commit (again) to some unrealistic one-way system that results in more u-turns down the road. The virus is still around and requires dynamic policies to control, whatever the road map is it needs to be flexible. If the South African variant flares up, are we really all saying we'd rather just let it rip through than control it?
No evidence that the SA variant evades protection from severe disease, at least at the moment. Severe disease is ultimately the problem
Let's face it, neither he nor his Cabinet cronies have a clue what to do. Open up too quickly & risk the Infection rate/Deaths rising again; open too slowly & risk permanently damaging the economy.
He was voted in to get Brexit done; well he has done this, inflicting a terrible Trade Deal. Its now time for him & his Etonian mates to Foxtrot Oscar & let somebody take over who does have a clue.
He was voted in to get Brexit done; well he has done this, inflicting a terrible Trade Deal. Its now time for him & his Etonian mates to Foxtrot Oscar & let somebody take over who does have a clue.
Have the BBC suddenly become N 10 PR department?
Boris looking thoughtful doesn’t fool anybody.
Boris looking thoughtful doesn’t fool anybody.
So, on one hand we have the right wing' defunders' saying its always criticising the Govt and from the left wing, BBC is supporting it & too far right.
Obviously have the balance right upsetting both sides then
Obviously have the balance right upsetting both sides then
You're right but why say "suddenly"?
Laura Kuennsberg has been head of that department for years!
And Nick Robinson (former Chair of Oxford Univ Conservatives) - he's on the books as well.
Oh and what about the Press Secretary, Allegra Stratton? Wasn't she an "independent" commentator on ITV's Peston show?
Such is our "leftist" UK broadcast media.
Where is the real evidence to the contrary?
Laura Kuennsberg has been head of that department for years!
And Nick Robinson (former Chair of Oxford Univ Conservatives) - he's on the books as well.
Oh and what about the Press Secretary, Allegra Stratton? Wasn't she an "independent" commentator on ITV's Peston show?
Such is our "leftist" UK broadcast media.
Where is the real evidence to the contrary?
It takes a special kind of wilful stupidity to keep demanding a set-in-stone time frame for exiting a very fluid and unpredictable situation.
Step forwards the CRG and the British tabloids.....
Step forwards the CRG and the British tabloids.....
And Labour!
Is it wrong to want an actual figure for cases and vaccinations to hit though?
All vulnerable vaccinated then there is no justification to continue with restrictions.
Its understandable given how long this has gone on , and lets not forget there will be many casualties from the measures imposed that will also affect peoples health for years to come . Life is by its very nature fluid and unpredictable and the implications of our actions are far wider reaching than scientists and politicians can ever hope to control .
Fluid and predictable or not, this has to be the last time we are held against our will. The Perpetually Petrified can stay in, I'm going out!
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It's as if the media along with a large chunk of the British public expect our government to have a window to the future (along with a magic wand) that will allow them to reduce the number of Covid hospital admissions and deaths and tell us exactly when this will be delivered.
CRG Harper was perfectly sensible on Question Time last night I thought .
We are at the point business is more important than covid right here, right now. Business is on its knees and needs to know when it can reopen. Pubs, restaurants, shops etc must be allowed to open by mid march absolute latest. Enough is enough.
and even more stupidity to tell businesses that employ millions that you have no idea when they can reopen , as the PM will do next week -he has not a clue
I accept that giving date is not the right thing to do, however there should be a clearly defined criteria to go for. If you don’t know where you are going then you will never get there.
I very much agree. Push push push, give us answers now!!! I despise Bojo the Clown but the media constantly asking when are we coming out of lockdown is getting on my nerves. We should be focusing on eliminating this deadly disease, not thinking about when we can next go get bladdered.
Goodness sake.
Goodness sake.
Once the Script has been agreed Boris will read it.
It only needs to be a pretty simple map:
Vaccinate the vulnerable - DONE
Protect the NHS - DONE
Give everyone their lives back - TBC
Enough is enough now. The damaging long-term effects of lockdown now far outweigh any short-term benefit.
Vaccinate the vulnerable - DONE
Protect the NHS - DONE
Give everyone their lives back - TBC
Enough is enough now. The damaging long-term effects of lockdown now far outweigh any short-term benefit.
Slowly Slowly unlock, we don't needs the hysterical media and Co whinging about unlocking early so they can blame the government when it's a disaster
The whole thing is already a disaster. The deaths per capita shows it
Chris, it is not the media who are behind the drive to unlock early and they have every right to hold this gov to account for their desperate actions
End Lockdown now!
This idea that relaxing lockdowns too early leads to another lockdown is spurious. Many predicted when the first lockdown was relaxed in May and June cases would rise immediately - including Jeremy Farrar who thought it was very likely.
They did not and didn’t start rising until Autumn, so it certainly wasn’t caused by relaxing too early.
With cases rising across Europe a rise then was inevitable.
They did not and didn’t start rising until Autumn, so it certainly wasn’t caused by relaxing too early.
With cases rising across Europe a rise then was inevitable.
No. No more Covid lockdowns. If you want to carry on worrying about what might happen to you, stay in, leave your job etc
It is time to put an end to this farcical anti-scientific nonsense once and for all, vaccine or no vaccine, virus or no virus. We can not possibly go on like this any longer.
The most important thing is get it right this time. The vaccination effort has put us in a better place but they must learn from past mistakes to make this reopening sustainable.
The spike before / after Christmas are the result of Boris Johnsons policies that lead to him being branded as the "saviour" of Christmas
It was his decision to ignore SAGE in October
It was his decision to lockdown too late & reopen too early
It was his decision to put wealth before health by putting London into tier 2 even though he knew about the new strain months beforehand
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It was his decision to ignore SAGE in October
It was his decision to lockdown too late & reopen too early
It was his decision to put wealth before health by putting London into tier 2 even though he knew about the new strain months beforehand
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I've had enough of this "locked down to late" argument. haven't you noticed that during the recent lock down the cases are still high? It's not the Governments fault it's people thinking they know better than the scientists. Still having illegal parties, not sticking to the rules. Did you lock yourself away before March?
Making things up again, are we?
I hope he takes into account all the lockdown breaches the elderly have been committing since they've been vaccinated! How dare they?!
No lover of the Tories but on this one, he’s damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t, based on some of the weird posts this subject brings up.
It is to be hoped that he comes up with a “socialist” solution.
Now sits back to see how many froth at the word socialist, because of ignorance, lack of comprehension or misreading.
It is to be hoped that he comes up with a “socialist” solution.
Now sits back to see how many froth at the word socialist, because of ignorance, lack of comprehension or misreading.
"But we cannot give guarantees, because that is not how viruses work," he added.
That's different to the guaranteed end of the November lockdown, isn't it?
Slow on the uptake, aren't they?
That's different to the guaranteed end of the November lockdown, isn't it?
Slow on the uptake, aren't they?
Don't give in to the media pressure - they are vipers! - "we want a lockdown" - got a lockdown - "when are we getting out of lockdown?" - the data MUST show that it is safe to come out of lockdown and ONLY the DATA matters.
Tell that to Johnson's most loyal supporters amongst his own back bench MPs in the Covid Recovery Group.
They wield the real power over him, not the Daily Mail or the Torygraph.
Without the support of the CRG (formerly ERG), there is no way an incompetent clown like Bozo can hang on to the Tory leadership.
They are just like Trump Republicans but with less scruples.
They wield the real power over him, not the Daily Mail or the Torygraph.
Without the support of the CRG (formerly ERG), there is no way an incompetent clown like Bozo can hang on to the Tory leadership.
They are just like Trump Republicans but with less scruples.
You are oversimplifying things. Data is an individual unit that contains raw material (usually numerical but also categorical eg male/female) which does not carry any specific meaning. Data gains purpose and direction after it is grouped, processed, analyzed, and structured in a meaningful way to carry a logical meaning - that’s information. Add experience to information and you have knowledge.
The data alone can never show that it is "safe", because a political decision needs to made about what is safe
The data is showing that it’s safe to come out of lockdown already.
NO!! There are 2 sides of this story. For every 85 year who have passed there many younger people who have lost or will lost their jobs. Many will lose their homes as a result There are people dying of cancer untreated and unknown abuse of children, This virus is now endemic and WILL not go away, It is time to ease the lockdown. The DATA you seek MUST include the economy!
Some common sense, please...ignoring the testing with tests that are only 50% reliable, we can't just bundle all school kids back into crowded buildings at the same time on 8th March. Boris himself knows that schools are "vectors of transmission."
Phase the school return, monitor data and slowly ease from there.
Phase the school return, monitor data and slowly ease from there.
Problem is that Johnson is owned by the 70+ members of the Covid Recovery (formerly European Research) Group.
They have spat out their dummies and are stamping their feet.
They want all restrictions removed now and to hell with the consequences.
Don't expect a "cautious reopening" of schools or anything else.
Lockdown 3 (or is it 4?), here we come!
They have spat out their dummies and are stamping their feet.
They want all restrictions removed now and to hell with the consequences.
Don't expect a "cautious reopening" of schools or anything else.
Lockdown 3 (or is it 4?), here we come!
I'll bet you're a hoot at a party!!
The deaths per capita this is a red herring. You'll find very few 80+ year old with underlying health conditions in Africa because they all died well before they made it to that age.
The fact that we have had a high level of deaths in the UK is credit to the work of the NHS in treating people and raising the life expectancy. The countries with the best public health have the most deaths per cap.
The fact that we have had a high level of deaths in the UK is credit to the work of the NHS in treating people and raising the life expectancy. The countries with the best public health have the most deaths per cap.
I think PM & the govt is in a position where whatever they try there will be dissenters out there... moving too early, too late, too quickly, wrong sectors released first, etc.
Hopefully though a roadmap of sorts will arrive based on science from SAGE, common sense from the public & economics from Sunak.... although whatever is decided on will always be subject to change in these uncertain times.
Hopefully though a roadmap of sorts will arrive based on science from SAGE, common sense from the public & economics from Sunak.... although whatever is decided on will always be subject to change in these uncertain times.
... "120k British deaths and still rising & some amazingly still make excuses"...
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Govt can't control the nations health (which had added to deaths)
Govt couldn't stop care homes 'fighting' for hospital patients to be admitted without tests, despite recommendation to do so.
Govt can't control how the NHS records 'covid' deaths which have been recorded differently to other nations.
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Govt can't control the nations health (which had added to deaths)
Govt couldn't stop care homes 'fighting' for hospital patients to be admitted without tests, despite recommendation to do so.
Govt can't control how the NHS records 'covid' deaths which have been recorded differently to other nations.
He will have to be quick about it.
We are morphing into an isolationist, stay-at-home nation of zombies.
Life wasn't meant to be lived like this.
We are morphing into an isolationist, stay-at-home nation of zombies.
Life wasn't meant to be lived like this.
You only have to look at the comparison between California(Hard LD ) and Florida(Open)..no difference! And Sweden and the UK to see the only logical conclusion is the virus is going to do what the virus is going to do.
Good advice for the vulnerable, SD, WFH & hygiene produce the same results.
Lockdown will prove to have been nothing more than a catastrophic exercise in the folly of Man’s hubris
Good advice for the vulnerable, SD, WFH & hygiene produce the same results.
Lockdown will prove to have been nothing more than a catastrophic exercise in the folly of Man’s hubris
ARRRRRGHHHH ZOMBIES!!!!
Let’s keep politics and class jealousy out of this HYS for once?
A cautious reopening and continuation of the excellent vaccination programme, combined with compelling ways to convert antivaxxers, is maybe what we need? Get the economy moving but safely.
A cautious reopening and continuation of the excellent vaccination programme, combined with compelling ways to convert antivaxxers, is maybe what we need? Get the economy moving but safely.
"Let’s keep politics and class jealousy out of this HYS for once?"
Good luck with that.
Good luck with that.
Sort have thing a conservative labourite would say from the middle working upper classes.
Thanks Mr Cameron...
There is no such thing as a cautious reopening, because there are dangers on both sides.
A policy that gives safety to one group of people creates danger to others.
A policy that gives safety to one group of people creates danger to others.
Agree. The data is all going down and cannot be ignored. Especially as over 80 deaths are dropping fast and good news about both vaccine's efficiency in preventing catching and transmitting the virus.
The very fact that you used the term "class jealousy" suggests that you aren't keeping your politics out of this HYS!
The nation is divided so little chance of that. We may well have had united but for the hatred printed by the press. Throw this pandemic in with all the accusations going around.
I mean, you're on the politics page, so I'm not sure what else you could expect. As for class jealousy, are tabloid indoctrinated Tory voters attacking poor people for owning mobile phones and TVs again?
"Matt Hancock acted unlawfully over pandemic contracts."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56125462
I see the BBC have been very reluctant to report this news; they were late in reporting the judgement, didn't open it up for comment and have quickly taken it off the front page, and given it a minor space on the business page.
It's as if the BBC is an arm of the Tory Party!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56125462
I see the BBC have been very reluctant to report this news; they were late in reporting the judgement, didn't open it up for comment and have quickly taken it off the front page, and given it a minor space on the business page.
It's as if the BBC is an arm of the Tory Party!!
Daveyboy I bet you don't see the irony of your opening statement? You immediately made a political comment by saying keep class jealousy out of it. Why you felt the need to say that heaven only knows, but it showed your Tory bias from the off.
Reason the first jab process has gone well is instead of hiving the process off to their mates the Tories let the NHS get on with it. Well done the NHS!
Reason the first jab process has gone well is instead of hiving the process off to their mates the Tories let the NHS get on with it. Well done the NHS!
Well if things not open up soon there will be mass protests or worse. Lockdown is far worse than the obsession with this virus. We need to get on with life and manage the risk.
Thank you 83pots. We can if we accept that the New Normal is now how we live. The past year has raised so many questions about how necessary are things such as flights to holidays abroad to stay in English colonial ghettos, non-essential shops (if not essential whay are they there?), dining out in rip-off chain restaurants when you can cook better at home. The future is here.
Irrespective of political bias, I'm happy that we appear to have turned the corner on this dreadful disease. I for one hope that things are getting better by the day. Thanks to all concerned.
Bitter remainers and foreign BBC account users!
"I despair, how can anyone down tick my comment?"
Many people are learning, for the first time, some despairing news about what makes a sizeable proportion of the British people tick. The "Blitz Spirit" has long since gone to be replaced by... what? We don't have a name for it yet but it won't be long and it won't be flattering.
Many people are learning, for the first time, some despairing news about what makes a sizeable proportion of the British people tick. The "Blitz Spirit" has long since gone to be replaced by... what? We don't have a name for it yet but it won't be long and it won't be flattering.
People can disagree that we've turned the corner with 400+ deaths a day still. Their corner might appear later.
They don't like us in Moscow
Peoples opinions and views don't always tally with your own. Based on other peoples ignorance and prejudice mostly. Clearly you're spending too much time in your Gym
Beggars belief doesn't it? I too wish to thank all concerned, and think the number of vaccinations done already is absolutely brilliant.
Relax. They are just stupid and you used too many long words for them.
I think it's because, given the scale of avoidable deaths and associated bereavement due to government negligence, your comment appears a bit insensitively trite.
Because of your sycophantic take on the situation, probably.
Sad acts who have nothing good to offer in life. Your post was a good one, some people just don't like others being happy.
Within the UK we should have a way out of this by now, not driven by date but by milestone (open x when deaths are 1000) gatherings for the last things to open up.
It is hard to learn from mistakes when you have made very few.
That should read.
Within the UK we should have a way out of this by now, not driven by date but by milestone (open x when deaths are under 100 per week say).
International pleasure trips should be just behind large gatherings (greater than 1000) for the last things to open up.
Within the UK we should have a way out of this by now, not driven by date but by milestone (open x when deaths are under 100 per week say).
International pleasure trips should be just behind large gatherings (greater than 1000) for the last things to open up.
Whatever. It will be too little or too fast; too late or too soon.
Whatever scores points for Starmer, Kuenssberg and the other lot... oh, yeah Lib Dems.
Whatever scores points for Starmer, Kuenssberg and the other lot... oh, yeah Lib Dems.
Charletans never make decisions against their own self interest. That is why so many have died and are ill. I ask the obvious question to Mr Johnson- Where is the evidence that you have learnt from any of your past mistakes before you make the next one?
Some common sense, please...ignoring the testing with tests that are only 50% reliable, we can't just bundle all school kids back into crowded buildings at the same time on 8th March. Boris himself knows that schools are "vectors of transmission."
Phase the school return, monitor data and slowly ease from there.
Phase the school return, monitor data and slowly ease from there.
Scientists are not the best people to be running a country.
Let's face it, neither he nor his Cabinet cronies have a clue what to do. Open up too quickly & risk the Infection rate/Deaths rising again; open too slowly & risk permanently damaging the economy.
He was voted in to get Brexit done; well he has done this, inflicting a terrible Trade Deal. Its now time for him & his Etonian mates to Foxtrot Oscar & let somebody take over who does have a clue.
He was voted in to get Brexit done; well he has done this, inflicting a terrible Trade Deal. Its now time for him & his Etonian mates to Foxtrot Oscar & let somebody take over who does have a clue.
Easy.
Q: Is everyone over 60 / the vulnerable vaccinated.
IF Yes, Remove the lockdown.
Simple :)
Q: Is everyone over 60 / the vulnerable vaccinated.
IF Yes, Remove the lockdown.
Simple :)
It only needs to be a pretty simple map:
Vaccinate the vulnerable - DONE
Protect the NHS - DONE
Give everyone their lives back - TBC
Enough is enough now. The damaging long-term effects of lockdown now far outweigh any short-term benefit.
Vaccinate the vulnerable - DONE
Protect the NHS - DONE
Give everyone their lives back - TBC
Enough is enough now. The damaging long-term effects of lockdown now far outweigh any short-term benefit.
How on Earth do you think "giving everyone their lives back" won't negate the first two. Vaccinated people will still get ill, just not as badly, so we are going to need lockdowns every winter for the years to come. Until we have a cure, holidays abroad have to be banned as the virus will try to find a way past the vaccines, and if it does then we are back to the current situation.
Dougal 15:19
.You can't go on with mights, maybes, ifs, coulds
… you can … Keir Starmer has made a career out of it ...
.You can't go on with mights, maybes, ifs, coulds
… you can … Keir Starmer has made a career out of it ...
So have 99.99% of 'experts' and BBC journalists!
Whereas Johnson just lies.
But what is the right time? This judgement should come from elected politicians not unelected experts and others pressure groups.
Some scientists are suggesting permanent restrictions, although fortunately they don't seem to be the ones most closely advising the UK government.
The problem with waiting for the right time is that everyone has a different idea of what that is.
Indefinitely waiting for "the right time" is very similar in practice to locking the country down forever
The problem with waiting for the right time is that everyone has a different idea of what that is.
Indefinitely waiting for "the right time" is very similar in practice to locking the country down forever
"No one is suggesting being locked up forever, on the contrary!"
That's EXACTLY what you are suggesting.
You've vaccinated the vulnerable. You're done. You have shot your load. You are out of ammo, out of ideas and out of chances.
If we lockdown further, what is the "until" component?! Until what? As I say, you've blown your load and played your only card.
If we can't release now, its forever.
That's EXACTLY what you are suggesting.
You've vaccinated the vulnerable. You're done. You have shot your load. You are out of ammo, out of ideas and out of chances.
If we lockdown further, what is the "until" component?! Until what? As I say, you've blown your load and played your only card.
If we can't release now, its forever.
The problem is that I am not sure how we judge the right time. Regrettably the virus is not going to say 'right that's it I'm finished now'. I agree timing is crucial. I'm just glad I don't have to make the decision as inevitably you will be accused of either killing more people, or doing untold damage to the economy.
There is no need for a roadmap. As soon as people have been vaccinated they should be free to do what they want. That is what I’m going to do. I don’t need a map.
People have always died. Get over it, you silly mortal
As you just want a reaction because you hide behind a keyboard.......The oldies my 80 years plus parents have paid and are still paying taxes, they have sustained your way and that of the UK of life for decades, they pay for and paid for the NHS and they are not the ones who continually broke the isolation rules unlike the many many dim witted university students. Reaction achieved pal.
It takes a special kind of wilful stupidity to keep demanding a set-in-stone time frame for exiting a very fluid and unpredictable situation.
Step forwards the CRG and the British tabloids.....
Step forwards the CRG and the British tabloids.....
Not this time. Labour broadly supporting the Government and the scientific advice.
Unless you think the CRG are right
Unless you think the CRG are right
The worst and most criminal misrepresentation of the Tories is to claim the all parties are the same. Remember: the NHS was formed by LABOUR and the Tories have repeatedly tried to close it down from Churchill to the present day.
On this issue that comment can only originate from bias. Labour has a duty to hold the government to account but have by and large gone with the scientific advise on this issue.
don't you mean the sixty three Tory loons on Bozo's own back bench
Did you mean But Corbyn?
Labour have asked that certain criteria are met before lockdown is lifted
That is both sensible and reasonable
That is both sensible and reasonable
The CRG are about 80 Conservative back bench MPs who disagree with the way the Prime Minister is handling the pandemic. In so many words this is the Conservative party falling apart under Johnson's leadership. Is this the start of the CRG doing what the ERG did to Mrs May and kick him out Same people in the two groups
No lover of the Tories but on this one, he’s damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t, based on some of the weird posts this subject brings up.
It is to be hoped that he comes up with a “socialist” solution.
Now sits back to see how many froth at the word socialist, because of ignorance, lack of comprehension or misreading.
It is to be hoped that he comes up with a “socialist” solution.
Now sits back to see how many froth at the word socialist, because of ignorance, lack of comprehension or misreading.
"Covid-19: Johnson still working on 'roadmap' to ease lockdown"
I don't know anybody who is currently staying in under the rules. Everyone I know has lost complete interest in this a long time ago. Any announcement of the end of being told to stay in the house, is utterly useless. People have been going out as much as they want for a long long time.
I don't know anybody who is currently staying in under the rules. Everyone I know has lost complete interest in this a long time ago. Any announcement of the end of being told to stay in the house, is utterly useless. People have been going out as much as they want for a long long time.
You haven't been yo my area where the majority of people of all ages are sticking by the rules
People like you spreading covid around are the reason we still have a lockdown.
No lover of the Tories but on this one, he’s damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t, based on some of the weird posts this subject brings up.
It is to be hoped that he comes up with a “socialist” solution.
Now sits back to see how many froth at the word socialist, because of ignorance, lack of comprehension or misreading.
It is to be hoped that he comes up with a “socialist” solution.
Now sits back to see how many froth at the word socialist, because of ignorance, lack of comprehension or misreading.
How many voted leave...
Cue 72 hours of uninformed media speculation and interviews consisting of ham-fisted attempts to get somebody to say something about the content of the roadmap followed by the interviewer shouting "ah-ha!"
I don’t think there’s any danger of rushing things.
It’s pretty clear the relaxation is going to be a lot slower than the data suggests it really needs to be.
With 1/3 of adults already vaccinated and on course to be half of adults by mid March including almost all the vulnerable groups we should be looking to relax the measures which have least impact such as outdoor mixing now.
It’s pretty clear the relaxation is going to be a lot slower than the data suggests it really needs to be.
With 1/3 of adults already vaccinated and on course to be half of adults by mid March including almost all the vulnerable groups we should be looking to relax the measures which have least impact such as outdoor mixing now.
Bojo has a history of making poor decisions
No doubt he will read out what's written for him
No doubt he will read out what's written for him
There's an idea for a new all British business model, "Toddler Poo Bags" I wonder if the marketing name 'Angel Delight' might clash though...
One thing's for sure - it doesn't make sense to prematurely commit (again) to some unrealistic one-way system that results in more u-turns down the road. The virus is still around and requires dynamic policies to control, whatever the road map is it needs to be flexible. If the South African variant flares up, are we really all saying we'd rather just let it rip through than control it?
Dougal 15:19
.You can't go on with mights, maybes, ifs, coulds
… you can … Keir Starmer has made a career out of it ...
.You can't go on with mights, maybes, ifs, coulds
… you can … Keir Starmer has made a career out of it ...
The spike before / after Christmas are the result of Boris Johnsons policies that lead to him being branded as the "saviour" of Christmas
It was his decision to ignore SAGE in October
It was his decision to lockdown too late & reopen too early
It was his decision to put wealth before health by putting London into tier 2 even though he knew about the new strain months beforehand
Remember this
It was his decision to ignore SAGE in October
It was his decision to lockdown too late & reopen too early
It was his decision to put wealth before health by putting London into tier 2 even though he knew about the new strain months beforehand
Remember this
I've had enough of this "locked down to late" argument. haven't you noticed that during the recent lock down the cases are still high? It's not the Governments fault it's people thinking they know better than the scientists. Still having illegal parties, not sticking to the rules. Did you lock yourself away before March?
Can we stop talking about the science like their modelling absolutely everything? I didn’t realise they were able to factor in the impacts to the economy, mental health and the future of children.
I thought politicians were supposed to weigh everything and make the decision
I thought politicians were supposed to weigh everything and make the decision
Yes, they were working.
Do you not understand what middle class professionals do ?
Do you not understand what laptops are for ?
Do you not understand what middle class professionals do ?
Do you not understand what laptops are for ?
It's a very low percentage of the population who have flouted the rules, and made things worse for all of us. But that is still a large number of people. As the vast majority of us have made sacrifices to protect people and the economy, Palatable makes a good point. I just hope that the roadmap is based on figures at the time, and not specific dates. So we don't end up at square 1 again.
"Some people have sat at home with their laptops on full salary"
I presume you mean those who've been furloughed? You would prefer it if they just got sacked and thrown onto the tender mercies of Universal Credit?
I presume you mean those who've been furloughed? You would prefer it if they just got sacked and thrown onto the tender mercies of Universal Credit?
What is your business and how has it suffered?