melthebell   862 #3205 Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) 27 minutes ago, butlers said: There was an anti lockdown protest again in London this weekend gone. We ought to follow the Aussie route if dealing with the organisers theres been one or 2 every weekend, and the odd ones through the week too, ive been watching the streams, subject access covers them, although he calls himself a journalist and has a card hes far from unbiased on the subject and doesnt do reviews, news or critiques generally, just police arresting anti lockdown protestors.  funny how they call the police tyrants and thugs, they should go look at miners strike, wapping, battle of the beanfield etc for proper thuggery       funny thing is all those travel bans are purely for 48 hours? whats the point? does the new strains stop after 48 hours? Edited December 20, 2020 by melthebell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RiffRaff   10 #3206 Posted December 20, 2020 11 minutes ago, petemcewan said: El Cid  You may find this interesting. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867420308175#bib3  Especially Para 3 in the Main Text.  I'm holding onto this:  Taken from the link you provided. Perhaps the experts in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland, Kuwait, Ireland, Sweden and Italy haven't had a chance to read it. As we're often told, our experts are the best in the world. We're expert at being expert. In the meantime, I don't blame France, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland, Kuwait, Ireland, Sweden and Italy.  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mister M   1,575 #3207 Posted December 20, 2020 52 minutes ago, butlers said: Flights now banned to  Germany Sweden Switzerland Kuwait Italy Dare say that list will grow by the hour Vote leave didn't want foreigners in the country and now COVID has turned that around and the foreigners don't want the Brits. The irony.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Pettytom   1 #3208 Posted December 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, Mister M said: Vote leave didn't want foreigners in the country and now COVID has turned that around and the foreigners don't want the Brits. The irony.... We’ve finally lost total control over our borders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
El Cid   194 #3209 Posted December 20, 2020 27 minutes ago, RiffRaff said: Perhaps the experts in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland, Kuwait, Ireland, Sweden and Italy haven't had a chance to read it. As we're often told, our experts are the best in the world. We're expert at being expert. In the meantime, I don't blame France, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland, Kuwait, Ireland, Sweden and Italy. They over reacted when we had mad-cow disease too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Longcol   577 #3210 Posted December 20, 2020 5 hours ago, West 77 said: You're exactly correct. Arlene Foster the First Minister of Northern Ireland hit the nail on the head when she said there's been a  "failure of society as a whole". Starting at the top with inept leadership, mixed messages, eyesight tests............................................ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
melthebell   862 #3211 Posted December 20, 2020 33 minutes ago, El Cid said: They over reacted when we had mad-cow disease too. we still have mad cow disease, hence brexit   Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Litotes   63 #3212 Posted December 20, 2020 35 minutes ago, Pettytom said: We’ve finally lost total control over our borders. But, we've got brexit - surely we were promised that would allow us to take back control.  I can't help feeling that good old whiplash Boris (the U-turn man) will somehow blame his in effectual leadership on someone else...  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mister M Â Â 1,575 #3213 Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, El Cid said: They over reacted when we had mad-cow disease too. Â I don't think I would've like to have been hand-bagged by Maggi Thatcher either. Edited December 20, 2020 by Mister M Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RJRB   676 #3214 Posted December 20, 2020 38 minutes ago, El Cid said: They over reacted when we had mad-cow disease too. I don’t think there was an over reaction then,and now these countries have taken the sort of action that many people believe that we should have taken in the early part of this year. To be honest I don’t think that such actions will have a significant effect on a virus that seems very adept at spreading. It gives us a little practice,prior to a No Deal Brexit in handling chaos on the roads and the ports as exports are affected and foreign freight owners  will be loathe to come to the U.K.with the probable delays. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
butlers   224 #3215 Posted December 20, 2020 As our daily infection rate is triple Frances, can't say thier reaction is surprising. I wonder what our redtops would say if roles were reversed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
catmiss   12 #3216 Posted December 20, 2020 2 hours ago, butlers said: Flights now banned to  Germany Sweden Switzerland Kuwait Italy Dare say that list will grow by the hour Pity train operators didn’t take the same action given the scenes at Paddington station when the only Saturday pm train to Leeds was packed. Operator announced social distancing not possible as train overcrowded, service terminated early so the exodus had to overcrowd another train. Obviously Whitty’s advice to unpack the travel bag went unheeded and the mutated virus encouraged to increase rates in the North aided and abetted by the counties’ homegrown idiots who are determined to have a ‘normal family Christmas’. January Lockdown aka tier 4 countrywide a certainty Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...