Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion

[Petcha]

If it was Pizza Express, it might be a scheme to tempt prince andrew out of hiding.

He was already tempted..

Prince Andrew to officiate at grand reopening of Woking Pizza Express

THE Duke of York will officially reopen the Woking branch of Pizza Express when it begins serving again on July 4th.

www.thedailymash.co.uk

 

[maomao]

Swimming pools to reopen later this months but sd measures will include 'no overtaking'. Fuck that. Lane hogs are bad enough already at my local pool.

 

[two sheds]

just push them under and go over the top, safest option so they don't breathe on you

 

[IC3D]

Swimming pools to reopen later this months but sd measures will include 'no overtaking'. Fuck that. Lane hogs are bad enough already at my local pool.

Nope.
How much extra chlorine do you think they'll put in it!

 

[platinumsage]

Swimming pools to reopen later this months but sd measures will include 'no overtaking'. Fuck that. Lane hogs are bad enough already at my local pool.

Tell slow people they need to Get Out to Help Out.

 

[two sheds]

as they say glug glug gurgle gurgle

 

[teqniq]

In light of Tim Martin's appaling behaviour regarding his employees and the Covid pandemic, I thought this could do with a little publicity:

Cross posted with a very old Wetherspoons thread in General

‘Neverspoons’ app points out independent pubs near Wetherspoons

The London Economic - The app shows green pins to denote recommended boozers, whereas red pins highlight Wetherspoons branches - News

www.thelondoneconomic.com

 

[cupid_stunt]

So, the move back to normal continues...

Pools, gyms and sports facilities will be able to reopen and team sports and outdoor gigs resume in England, the government has announced.

Outdoor pools and performances can resume from Saturday with social distancing in place, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said.

Beauticians, nail salons and tattooists can also reopen from Monday, he said. Indoor gyms, sports facilities and pools will be able to reopen from 25 July.

Coronavirus: Pools, gyms, team sport and outdoor gigs to return

Restrictions in England are further eased - with beauty businesses also able to reopen on Monday.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[klang]

Swimming pools to reopen later this months but sd measures will include 'no overtaking'. Fuck that. Lane hogs are bad enough already at my local pool.

make sure you get in the pool first.

 

[Petcha]

In light of Tim Martin's appaling behaviour regarding his employees and the Covid pandemic, I thought this could do with a little publicity:

Cross posted with a very old Wetherspoons thread in General

‘Neverspoons’ app points out independent pubs near Wetherspoons

The London Economic - The app shows green pins to denote recommended boozers, whereas red pins highlight Wetherspoons branches - News

www.thelondoneconomic.com

I went into my local Spoons for the first time today. They had a very much optional little form you could fill in at the front and put into a box. Which nobody was. Otherwise completely normal.

 

[Supine]

I went into my local Spoons for the first time today. They had a very much optional little form you could fill in at the front and put into a box. Which nobody was. Otherwise completely normal.

who’d have thought tim wankerface would do a half arsed job on that

 

[William of Walworth]

In light of Tim Martin's appaling behaviour regarding his employees and the Covid pandemic, I thought this could do with a little publicity:
Cross posted with a very old Wetherspoons thread in General

‘Neverspoons’ app points out independent pubs near Wetherspoons

The London Economic - The app shows green pins to denote recommended boozers, whereas red pins highlight Wetherspoons branches - News

www.thelondoneconomic.com

Another excellent site for that purpose is easy to use in terms of finding the nearest good pub to a poorer one.
We've used What Pub? for general pub-finding purposes for ages -- I thoroughly recommend it.

Well I would, because it's a CAMRA site , but for both location and beer information, and for an impression of what a new pub's atmosphere will be like, it's a great site IMO

 

[William of Walworth]

We'll be boycotting Wetherspoons anyway, but in Wales, none of them will be opening next Monday (13th) -- the opening day for outsides (only) of some pubs here

ETA : Apologies, my posts should reallly be for the pub thread, but above posts ae transgressing too .....

 

[Ax^]

wtf is these reports of track and trace costing 10 billion?


if so why is Hancock's head not on a pike

 

[Teaboy]

Can someone explain how the failed trace and track system caused 10 billion

or was most of that just paying Tory cronies?

The trace and track system hasn't failed yet its still going and will be there for a while to say the least. Its questionable how successful it has been so far and how successful it will be in the future but its yet to totally fail. There is a lot of people involved in t&t so that 10 billion (I'm quoting your figure) is probably the long term cost of it. Of course it'll also be a massive bung for their mates.

I suspect you are thinking of the app which was just one element of t&t.

 

[Ax^]

The trace and track system hasn't failed yet its still going and will be there for a while to say the least. Its questionable how successful it has been so far and how successful it will be in the future but its yet to totally fail. There is a lot of people involved in t&t so that 10 billion (I'm quoting your figure) is probably the long term cost of it. Of course it'll also be a massive bung for their mates.

I suspect you are thinking of the app which was just one element of t&t.

aye i suspected that did sound a bit like pre spin based on the amount of time the whole system has been running

still madness

and can we still have Hancock head on a pike

 

[phillm]

If it was Pizza Express, it might be a scheme to tempt prince andrew out of hiding.

I'll never forget the day I read your post in 2040 something....under a blood red sky

 

[Mation]

Nope.
How much extra chlorine do you think they'll put in it!

Don't think there'll be any need for that kind of thing.

We'll be protected because butterfly stroke has been banned.

17:26
Dowden: I feel let down by BBC

Rules and regulations in gyms and swimming pools - including a ban on the butterfly stroke - will allow people to "gain confidence" about activities over time, Oliver Dowden says.

 

[scifisam]

Don't think there'll be any need for that kind of thing.

We'll be protected because butterfly stroke has been banned.

Isn't that the ginger bloke from Game On??

 

[DaveCinzano]

Isn't that the ginger bloke from Game On??

They'll be getting Colin from The Brittas Empire on as the acting CMO next

 

[David Clapson]

Apparently there are already 250,000 people with 'longcovid' in the UK. Which is about the same number of people diagnosed with ME/CFS. I reckon this is the biggest reason why the under-70s need to avoid catching COVID. It may wreck a lot of lives, with comparatively young people being permanently off work. We just don't know.

 

[Mation]

Isn't that the ginger bloke from Game On??

Havent seen it, so looked it up.

Yes. Yes, apparently it is!

 

[editor]

Us plucky, go-it-alone Brits don't need no foreign vaccine. Just look at the world beating success of our contact tracing app!

UK has opted out of EU coronavirus vaccine programme, sources say

EU to invest €2bn on vaccines now being tested but UK officials say scheme benefits are ‘limited’

www.theguardian.com

 

[editor]

This utterly pointless slab of empty gesture politics has now been cancelled.

Coronavirus: Quarantine rules end for dozens of destinations

Travellers to the UK from more than 70 places no longer have to self-isolate from Friday.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Brainaddict]

Apparently there are already 250,000 people with 'longcovid' in the UK. Which is about the same number of people diagnosed with ME/CFS. I reckon this is the biggest reason why the under-70s need to avoid catching COVID. It may wreck a lot of lives, with comparatively young people being permanently off work. We just don't know.

Yep, can't see that tweet for some reason, but as I've said on here before, it's frustrating the public messaging hasn't changed on this yet. Just because you're young and fit and 'recover', doesn't mean you're going to get your full health back in the short or even medium term. It's a lottery, and not a very nice one.

 

[Roadkill]

Oh look, more corruption - another Gove/Cummings-linked firm given a fat contract with no open tendering process.

 

[two sheds]

Oh look, more corruption - another Gove/Cummings-linked firm given a fat contract with no open tendering process.

We'll fucking tell them for free : mad:

 

[Chilli.s]

Oh look, more corruption - another Gove/Cummings-linked firm given a fat contract with no open tendering process.

Blatant corruption. No tender process? wtaf? bordering on criminally irresponsible.

 

[Supine]

bordering on criminally irresponsible.

We'll find out. The good law project are taking them to court

 

[phillm]

We'll fucking tell them for free : mad:

A really diverse bunch of cunts as well.

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