Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Elixir]

13 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

Hearing from a member of staff that TUI airlines are looking very unlikely to be flying from Scotland this year due to the negativity from the SG, following on from Virgin Atlantic on friday. 

It's like the Scottish Government want to torch travel, tourism, and aviation. They do realise they will never, ever win an independence referendum if they let this happen, right?

5 minutes ago, Steven W said:

Beginning to find Nicola Sturgeon's tweets about books, and visiting book shops down in Wigtown today a bit off.

Those of us, and of which there are many, whose hobbies and interests include attending sports events, gigs, running events etc continue to have to take a back seat. Meanwhile Sturgeon charging around the country, buying books by the shelf-load, having a whale of time.

It's insufferable pish, just like Devi's 'find your own sunshine and look for otters!' - nauseating.

[NotThePars]

8 minutes ago, Steven W said:

Beginning to find Nicola Sturgeon's tweets about books, and visiting book shops down in Wigtown today a bit off.

Those of us, and of which there are many, whose hobbies and interests include attending sports events, gigs, running events etc continue to have to take a back seat. Meanwhile Sturgeon charging around the country, buying books by the shelf-load, having a whale of time.

The image this post creates is so funny.

[mizfit]

I assume it's the leech of a daughter that's running all this?

It would be appear so.

[Miguel Sanchez]

1 minute ago, NotThePars said:

The image this post creates is so funny.

[Steven W]

7 minutes ago, NotThePars said:

The image this post creates is so funny.

I just find it tone deaf as f**k.

[tamthebam]

Became another statistic this morning- injected with Moderna vaccine

By a squaddie

[vikingTON]

43 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said:

Yip, Sanquhar and Kirkconnel are clearly Ayrshire towns, while Langholm is clearly a Borders one.

Just like Dumfries then.

[Thereisalight..]

4 hours ago, 101 said:

What do you do when your cash cow died before his 100th birthday when you already have the t-shirts printed?

Naturally you still flog them.

 

Ehm he did live to 100

The daughter is still a money grabber though 

[Guest bernardblack]

1 hour ago, Steven W said:

Beginning to find Nicola Sturgeon's tweets about books, and visiting book shops down in Wigtown today a bit off.

Those of us, and of which there are many, whose hobbies and interests include attending sports events, gigs, running events etc continue to have to take a back seat. Meanwhile Sturgeon charging around the country, buying books by the shelf-load, having a whale of time.

Tbf, she can hardly tweet “that’s me and the gals got five beer gardens booked for Sunday HWFG “

[Monkey Tennis]

1 hour ago, virginton said:

Just like Dumfries then.

That was a tap in.

[Paco]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/27/june-21-wont-much-return-normal-thought/

Telegraph saying June 21st will only have a lifting on numbers of people you can have in your house, with pubs still sticking to 1m+ distancing, 25% capacity at outdoor Wimbledon in July, and theatres/cinemas etc still facing stringent capacity limits. Face coverings won’t go away this year and nor will social distancing.

I for one am simply stunned by this. Absolutely stunned.

[MP_MFC]

Sturgeon must condemn

[effeffsee_the2nd]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/27/june-21-wont-much-return-normal-thought/

Telegraph saying June 21st will only have a lifting on numbers of people you can have in your house, with pubs still sticking to 1m+ distancing, 25% capacity at outdoor Wimbledon in July, and theatres/cinemas etc still facing stringent capacity limits. Face coverings won’t go away this year and nor will social distancing.

I for one am simply stunned by this. Absolutely stunned.

If there no limits on private house ( which there fuckin well shouldn’t be anyhow ) whilst the rest of the economy has to operate with one hand tied behind its back then the baw is well and truly burst for hospitality

[EH75]

34 minutes ago, Paco said:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/27/june-21-wont-much-return-normal-thought/

Telegraph saying June 21st will only have a lifting on numbers of people you can have in your house, with pubs still sticking to 1m+ distancing, 25% capacity at outdoor Wimbledon in July, and theatres/cinemas etc still facing stringent capacity limits. Face coverings won’t go away this year and nor will social distancing.

I for one am simply stunned by this. Absolutely stunned.

Hoping this is just the usual click bait based off the fact that the most pessimistic stories generate the most traffic. Or (as they have done for the past year) the government planting stories to gauge public reaction prior to actually making policy decisions. However if this happens in conjunction with removal of government financial support then it will destroy the entire hospitality industry.

[Left Back]

4 minutes ago, EH75 said:

Hoping this is just the usual click bait based off the fact that the most pessimistic stories generate the most traffic. Or (as they have done for the past year) the government planting stories to gauge public reaction prior to actually making policy decisions. However if this happens in conjunction with removal of government financial support then it will destroy the entire hospitality industry.

Financial support is surely likely to go for venues that are allowed to open, regardless of how constrained they are to actually do business.

[Bairnardo]

That whole article is just about "what scientists want". Surely theres no one left who doesnt know these freaks would lock us down forever

[super_carson]

1 minute ago, Bairnardo said:

That whole article is just about "what scientists want". Surely theres no one left who doesnt know these freaks would lock us down forever

Perhaps, but there is a valid question about why the UK Gov are recruiting "Covid Marshalls" to start working from 1st July.  Anyone who wants to be a "covid marshall" probably still wears their school prefect badge. 

[Elixir]

Once 90%+ of adults in the UK are vaxxed, and it becomes increasingly clear that they continue to utterly piss on the virus and associated vArIAnTz, there's going to have to be some very creative manipulation as to why every single restriction isn't in the bin.

That said, it's inevitable that the Coronavirus Act will get renewed again in September before winter and the inevitable bed shitting when respiratory virus season returns. I think once we make it through next winter relatively unscathed it will become politically toxic to continue, and at that point we'll start to get the 'old normal' back.

[Elixir]

3 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:

That whole article is just about "what scientists want". Surely theres no one left who doesnt know these freaks would lock us down forever

The article is filled with a lot of 'coulds' as well.

[DeeTillEhDeh]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/27/june-21-wont-much-return-normal-thought/

Telegraph saying June 21st will only have a lifting on numbers of people you can have in your house, with pubs still sticking to 1m+ distancing, 25% capacity at outdoor Wimbledon in July, and theatres/cinemas etc still facing stringent capacity limits. Face coverings won’t go away this year and nor will social distancing.

I for one am simply stunned by this. Absolutely stunned.

I did have my doubts about that date at the time - Johnson at his duplicitous worst.

I genuinely hope that it is not true.