1st Jan
UK gov England lockdown predictions!
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existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Well, it can't be 27 Dec, because Wales got that one, and there is no way in a million years that Johnson is going to want to appear to be copying Wales...
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
Monday
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
Why not, he's been furiously cribbing Nicola Sturgeon and Mark Drakeford's answers throughout the pandemic
Funnily enough, I was just about to repost to say I’ve changed my mind…27th because I’ve just been reading bbc news and the London mayor has/wants to? declare a major incident because of sever staff shortages because of covid.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
I think it should be before NYE, maybe from first thing on the 28th to give people a chance to travel back on the 27th, but I expect that won't be very popular with many, and wouldn't surprise me if it's January 1st. Can imagine the decision on the date will be a tricky balance tbh.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Hasn't the government committed to recalling parliament before any new restrictions come in?
I would be surprised if that happens next week, and even more surprised if it happens between Xmas & NY.
I would be surprised if that happens next week, and even more surprised if it happens between Xmas & NY.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
underestimated depiffle's level of criminal kow-towing to the way money/profit talks.
The boosters "might" have, more or less, coped with the Delta wave in terms of decreasing deaths - but the lack of non-medical interventions [such as mask wearing & social distancing] has not significantly & persistently reduced the number of cases.
Add to that picture the tsumani of omicron cases, and the UK is up 5h1te creek without even a canoe, never mind a paddle.
Plan B is woefully inadequate to cope in the current situation; not in winter and with the upcoming seasonal festivities ...
Sadly, I don't think the vaccines [booster target], wfh & limited mask mandates will make much difference overall.
It might work on reducing the underlying Delta and reduce the severity of illness from omicron, but plan B ain't the magic bullet. Even with many people voluntarily modifying their behaviour, it will not be enough.
Something much, much stronger is needed.
And very quickly implemented.
But I expect them to wait ... probably until after NYE
The boosters "might" have, more or less, coped with the Delta wave in terms of decreasing deaths - but the lack of non-medical interventions [such as mask wearing & social distancing] has not significantly & persistently reduced the number of cases.
Add to that picture the tsumani of omicron cases, and the UK is up 5h1te creek without even a canoe, never mind a paddle.
Plan B is woefully inadequate to cope in the current situation; not in winter and with the upcoming seasonal festivities ...
Sadly, I don't think the vaccines [booster target], wfh & limited mask mandates will make much difference overall.
It might work on reducing the underlying Delta and reduce the severity of illness from omicron, but plan B ain't the magic bullet. Even with many people voluntarily modifying their behaviour, it will not be enough.
Something much, much stronger is needed.
And very quickly implemented.
But I expect them to wait ... probably until after NYE
8ball
Maximum Facepalm
Yep, January is traditionally quiet for the hospitality industries and discretionary shopping, plus there's dry January.
So they might do a "circuit breaker" then.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Don't do it. Doris won't.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
It's every man (and woman, and child) for himself (herself, etc), isn't it?
And, of course, this filthy government will take the credit for such improvements as are achieved by a majority of the populace going above and beyond, while they sneer at us and party.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Utter chaos if everyone who is away from home has to travel back on that same day.
But then chaos is guaranteed when you leave all these decisions to the last fucking minute.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
I am looking on in utter bemusement (with added horror), yet again ...
Despite the urging of the scientists, it is going to be business as usual, isn't it ?
With the emphasis on business ...
Until the NHS is creaking, cracking and bits are falling off.
[what's the betting that the nightingales are re-established]
It'll be too little, too late, again
#worldbeating
Despite the urging of the scientists, it is going to be business as usual, isn't it ?
With the emphasis on business ...
Until the NHS is creaking, cracking and bits are falling off.
[what's the betting that the nightingales are re-established]
It'll be too little, too late, again
#worldbeating
Agree, in the space of an afternoon, I’ve gone from saying 1st Jan, 27th Dec and now I think it’ll be before Christmas and if I carry on reading about empty pubs, play groups closing I’ll be changing mind to “within the hour”
8ball
Maximum Facepalm
V. slim. Not much point when there's no one available to work in them.
8ball
Maximum Facepalm
Ie. when everyone has already got to wherever they're spending Christmas?
I bet the Government are running numbers on this exact question right now...
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
They have form...
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
I think they still have nightingale courts
This. They were a photo op at best.
8ball
Maximum Facepalm
They'll be pulling an all-nighter over at whatever Cambridge Analytica are calling themselves these days.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
I'm probably in the minority opinion now but I still think that there won't be one (which probably guarantees there will with my record as a prophet). Witty and his ilk may advise on the basis of science our but our Glorious Leader will be worried about the effect on businesses and jobs plus more importantly the political fallout for his Govt and himself. OK we've all figured out by now he's not the brightest bulb in the set but he does have a strong political self-preservation instinct and I don't think a man who realises he has an image problem and heads a party who are muttering about him behind his back wants to make himself look more unpopular by being the PM who couldn't save Xmas twice in a row.
I think he's pinning his hope on an uptake in vaccines, the schools and factories closing for Xmas plus enough people realising he's a dick and imposing restrictions on themselves anyway to provide a big enough fire break to not make a compulsory lockdown as necessary as perhaps it should be.
I think he's pinning his hope on an uptake in vaccines, the schools and factories closing for Xmas plus enough people realising he's a dick and imposing restrictions on themselves anyway to provide a big enough fire break to not make a compulsory lockdown as necessary as perhaps it should be.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
February is the next one of those, pretty pessimist there.
BigMoaner
We will all go together
yes she's physically attractive/hot, definitely. until she opens her mouth. hot but i wouldn't like to be in teh same room as her.
but yes, she's a head turner physically, for me anyway
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