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[Badgers]

She was shaking her damn head.

I would like to be stamping on his head

 

[Mation]

So frustrating to hear a good question followed by a second that gives the clown an option to answer that, rather than the challenging one.

 

[redsquirrel]

So he doesn't know when the next review is.

Hancock answered that question a couple of days ago - two weeks is required legislative period but will review more frequently as needed.

 

[Lord Camomile]

So frustrating to hear a good question followed by a second that gives the clown an option to answer that, rather than the challenging one.

God, yes. They keep giving him an out.

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

waste of time :/
I want my 25 minutes back

 

[Sue]

Wait, what, that's it? WTF was the point of that?

 

[Badgers]

So frustrating to hear a good question followed by a second that gives the clown an option to answer that, rather than the challenging one.

Hush love. Put the kettle on eh? There's a good girl.

 

[Lord Camomile]

waste of time :/
I want my 25 minutes back

Was just going to say, think he's unified the country's feeling, namely "why did I just fucking bother?".

 

[kenny g]

BoJo heads directly off stage to hit the red wine for another night. Tosser.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Well, that pretty much wins the "biggest waste of time this week" award.

 

[Mation]

Wat was the point of that briefing, from the clown's perspective?

 

[Steel Icarus]

Mrs SI talking to a nurse friend yesterday...everyone in her hospital got jabbed but there was loads left over that would have been unusable after a while...so they were going into the fucking street and asking people if they wanted one

 

[Lord Camomile]

"Let's bring you up to date with what the Prime Minister said..." - aye, good luck with that.

 

[The39thStep]

Looking forward to more updates on the moveable barrier over the next few months

 

[Artaxerxes]

I'm suddenly reminded of that bit in The Day After Tomorrow when Mexico had to close it's border because of the millions of US refugees flooding from the North.

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“World bans British travellers” wasn’t what I expected from this year.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Wat was the point of that briefing, from the clown's perspective?

Keep us spending but not panic buying

 

[brogdale]

So,, don't panic, then?

 

[agricola]

My immediate takeaway is what a lying get that man is.

 

[Lucy Fur]

I think we all can agree were much the wiser now. In case anyone needs reminding of the levels of cuntitude we are living under.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

My immediate takeaway is what a lying get that man is.

Are immediate takeaways allowed under tier 4?

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

Well, that pretty much wins the "biggest waste of time this week" award.

Well, Monday isn't even over, so there is hope

 

[Badgers]

Wat was the point of that briefing, from the clown's perspective?

Nothing at all

 

[kenny g]

Nothing at all

I am sure he considers it a great success.

 

[Mation]

"Steadily defeated."

In what fucking sense?

 

[Badgers]

WE GOT THE VACCINE FIRST

WE GOT AN UPDATE FROM THE WHO BACK IN IN SEPTEMBER

We are not in the shit

 

[Supine]

BoJo heads directly off stage to hit the red wine for another night. Tosser.

Tbf that's also my plan

 

[NoXion]

These border closures that are happening; is it just for people or is freight affected too? This item on Twitter would seem to indicate the latter:

https://twitter.com/i/events/1340828589072084994

FFS. I thought that freight and passengers were more segregated than this, but apparently not.

 

[Lord Camomile]

These border closures that are happening; is it just for people or is freight affected too? This item on Twitter would seem to indicate the latter:

https://twitter.com/i/events/1340828589072084994

FFS. I thought that freight and passengers were more segregated than this, but apparently not.

My (very scant) understanding is freight is affected if it's 'accompanied', i.e. if someone's driving it.

 

[brogdale]

170 lorries on the M20; yeah right.

 

[Roadkill]

These border closures that are happening; is it just for people or is freight affected too? This item on Twitter would seem to indicate the latter:

https://twitter.com/i/events/1340828589072084994

FFS. I thought that freight and passengers were more segregated than this, but apparently not.

It affects 'accompanied freight,' which effectively means stuff that comes over on a lorry with driver, rather than a trailer that's left at one port and picked up at t'other.

e2a - of course freight and passengers aren't that segregated, though: they're using the same ferries.