and a card box apparentlyThere's a Yorkshire Covid variant? Does it come with a flat cap and a Whippet?
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Groan, really, cant see this being legally enforceable
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...id-advice-against-travel-in-and-out-of-bolton
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...id-advice-against-travel-in-and-out-of-bolton
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Why does it need to be? Brits will do the right thing and follow advice for the good of everyone without needing to be asked twice, won't they?
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
That's why it's advice.
Predictable moaning from the leftie local authorities who are far more interested in scoring political points against a Tory government than the health of the people they supposedly represent.
Strange to relate, the majority will take it on board.
Craig the cyclist
Über Member
You are probably right. But if you live in the area, or were thinking of going to the area, you should not leave, or not visit, the area. People will though, they will come and go like normal, then in a few weeks there will be an outcry that not enough was done. It is the behaviour we are seeing all over the country.
Opposition and community 'Do more!'
Government and PHE 'OK, don't leave your area'
Opposition and community 'They can't do that to our community, it's not fair'
Government and PHE 'It will really slow the transmission and save lives'
Behaviour doesn't change
Opposition and community 'I can't believe they didn't do more'
Bromptonaut
Rohan Man
- Location
- Bugbrooke UK
If they want it followed then sneaking it onto the .gov website in instalments and without publicity is a bit odd.....
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
It's filling me with dread at the moment as where I live, not too far away from Bolton (20 miles), has infection rates below the national average, and lowest in GM, but I can see us being back where we were last July and getting banned from travelling again because of other areas, so get kicked out of North Wales as happened in September. They can't do the whole of GM as only a few areas are high on infection, Bolton being at January levels, way ahead of everywhere else, and it's only a few small areas within Bolton !
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Making the enormous leap that protecting people is your priority rather than sniping at the government, why does it matter how the advice is disseminated, provided it is?
The advice is being picked up by mainstream media, as was inevitable, which is giving it far more traction than the relatively small number of people who will be checking the government's website.
I will boldly assert that everyone on here heard about the advice from news stories.
Kajjal
Guru
- Location
- Wheely World
It matters so the relevant authorities have as much time as possible to put things in place and take action as needed before it is released to the public. Rather than having a “far right cabal” withholding information until it has much less value. Better the “lefties” know in advance so they can make good use of the information.
Adam4868
Legendary Member
So they were warned four days ago but forgot to tell anybody ? Maybe it might of been a idea to make a announcement
View: https://twitter.com/helendalby/status/1397092120448667655?s=19
View: https://twitter.com/helendalby/status/1397092120448667655?s=19
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Beyond bizarre to advise whole populations not to travel, but not tell them.
Our kids school has sent whole of year 12 home after multiple positives.
Our kids school has sent whole of year 12 home after multiple positives.
Bromptonaut
Rohan Man
- Location
- Bugbrooke UK
It was disseminated by the media after somebody noticed the guidance and publicised it. By that time though at least some of it had been extant for nearly a week.
The government's line, per Dr Coffey on Today prog, is that it re-iterates a statement from the PM in his speech last Monday rolling out that days easing of restrictions. In fact his words there only mention one or two areas and that people where there are spikes should be 'extra cautious'.
We now have what amounts to 'Lockdown Lite' in several specific areas. It seems nobody spoke to local government or local health chiefs in those areas and no announcement was made.
Given that the whole purpose is to get the guidance followed and stop the spread that seems to me to be incompetence summa-cum-laude.
I'd say the same whichever stripe was in Downing Street.
Edit to add that Nadhim Zahawi's statement to the Commons has not provided much clarification and in places contradicts the web advice.
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Bromptonaut
Rohan Man
- Location
- Bugbrooke UK
Potentially similar issue here if they use local government boundaries.
We're now in the Unitary Council of West Northants. If there's a problem here it will be in urban area of Northampton which, until April, was a Borough in its own right, and not in the more rural hinterland around Towcester and Daventry.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Look's like we're in Matt Lucas territory again:
Go on holiday (but don't go on holiday)
Get down the pub (but don't go to the pub)
Go to Bolton (but don't go to Bolton)
etc.
It's almost as though there was no plan on how to deal with variant outbreaks...
Go on holiday (but don't go on holiday)
Get down the pub (but don't go to the pub)
Go to Bolton (but don't go to Bolton)
etc.
It's almost as though there was no plan on how to deal with variant outbreaks...
