Boris Johnson to hold press conference at 4pm

[JC Footy Genius]

This press conference is really winding me up. The questions from the media are ****ing moronic

To be fair if the media were running the country/world we would all be in Tier 1 (at worst) or the pandemic would already be over and we would be out in Xmas markets looking forward to our winter hols on the slopes ...

 

[Wardy's twin]

This is almost as funny as the Palace score.

and why is it funny? do you not think part of the problem is that many people are not treating this seriously?

 

[GT49er]

He has had hard decisions to make, I agree, but he has got most wrong. His original plan for Christmas was a major mistake as was decision to allow universities students to go to/back to uni especially as the majority are doing distance learning which they could have done at home. Some of the issues go back to Cummings and not punishing him but once the police indicated they would not enforce the law then it was clear something had to be done. Its a state of emergency , employ extra people to enforce the laws not hard, use the military if you have to (it was done in Northern Ireland). Should have put Brexit off until this disease had been conquered.

Agree with all of that except the final bit - the virus is completely unaffected by Brexit. It would be here just the same if we'd voted to remain (as would a Tory government, as Corbyn still wouldn't have won the election!)

 

[dazzer6666]

Anyway - we're hopefully heading towards the later stages now. All that really matters is whether the vaccine (mostly) works. If it does, then things will improve incrementally as February moves into Spring and Summer.

If it doesn't, then we're really in trouble, but let's hope it does. All the political point scoring is irrelevant as far as I'm concerned - it's the medicine that matters.

100%

It will be fantastic if the Oxford vaccine is approved (seems to potentially be happening before the year end) and everything is thrown at rolling it out as fast as possible. This for me offers the only real route out in a reasonable timeframe.

 

[Lower West Stander]

I get that Cummings is a complete tw@t but anyone that is going to use him as an excuse for breaking the rules was going to break the rules anyway. If he'd stayed put they'd have found another excuse. Unfortunately Cummings isn't the only tw@t out there.

Ferguson for example....

 

[Bladders]

This is all Burley & Rigbys fault


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[Notters]

Don't these changes have to go through parliament anyway?

 

[A mex eyecan]

So just Xmas Day with three households ..difficult I guess for those having to travel but perhaps more sensible

perhaps they shouldn’t travel that far then?

 

[Rugrat]

I have to say, I've given up being fazed by this anymore. People stick to the rules, keep their end of the bargain, and then government mismanagement ruins it for everyone.

Genuinely what's the point. So many countries are virtually back to normal,

Crikey ... know of a fair number of people including some of my own family that ignore the rules. They say they are being careful but frankly it's bollox

.. and please tell me where these countries are that are virtually back to normal?

 

[The Wizard]

350000 have received their first jabs, this SHOULD make a massive difference in 3/4 weeks

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

Has there been any actual list provided showing who's in Tier 4? I watched the conference and I'm none the wiser There was one map they showed which if I looked with a microscope made it look like Brighton & Hove wasn't but it wasn't clear AT ALL. FFS!

 

[Javeaseagull]

What happened to the Nightingale Hospitals? We seem to need the capacity now.

 

[smiler]

What happened to the Nightingale Hospitals? We seem to need the capacity now.

No staff

 

[drew]

I am sorry, but the minimal percentage of people not wearing masks is not affecting numbers - its an easy target for those venting.

And your area of expertise is?

 

[A1X]

Has there been any actual list provided showing who's in Tier 4? I watched the conference and I'm none the wiser There was one map they showed which if I looked with a microscope made it look like Brighton & Hove wasn't but it wasn't clear AT ALL. FFS!

I think it's the areas that moved into Tier 3 earlier in the week (so to the east and west but not Brighton & most of Sussex).

 

[Cheshire Cat]

-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ;9640076]Has there been any actual list provided showing who's in Tier 4? I watched the conference and I'm none the wiser There was one map they showed which if I looked with a microscope made it look like Brighton & Hove wasn't but it wasn't clear AT ALL. FFS!

The following areas will be under tier 4:

Kent

Buckinghamshire

Berkshire

Surrey (excluding Waverley)

The boroughs of Gosport, Havant, Portsmouth, Rother and Hastings

All 32 London boroughs and the city of London.

Bedford

Central Bedfordshire

Milton Keynes

Luton

Peterborough

Hertfordshire

Essex (excluding Colchester, Uttlesford and Tendring)

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-12-19...ndon-and-south-east-as-coronavirus-cases-soar

 

[drew]

Has there been any actual list provided showing who's in Tier 4? I watched the conference and I'm none the wiser There was one map they showed which if I looked with a microscope made it look like Brighton & Hove wasn't but it wasn't clear AT ALL. FFS!

Pretty certain they said every area in London and the South East that was already in tier 3 would go into tier 4.

 

[Solid at the back]

We're pinning all our hopes on this vaccine working against this new strain. God if it doesn't work then we are so fukced.
I'm not optimistic.

 

[atomised]

Don't these changes have to go through parliament anyway?

No. I believe they put a stop to such controls

 

[indy3050]

If I was to drive from a tier 2 area to a tier 2 area right now and collect my sister in law and her boy and get them back here before midnight, would they be able to become part of our household bubble for the Xmas period or is that against the rules? I’m asking because I want to follow the rules.