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The known number of health and social workers that have sadly died now stands at 203. 
If somebody ran a mock in a hospital and killed over 200 members of staff. We'd have every part of the government coming out the woodwork finding solutions to keep staff safe. But yet when we have a disease that kills and we know how to protect staff from it.
The same government just shrugs it's shoulders and blames everyone and everything.
This shouldn't be happening a life is not disposable PPE is.
If somebody ran a mock in a hospital and killed over 200 members of staff. We'd have every part of the government coming out the woodwork finding solutions to keep staff safe. But yet when we have a disease that kills and we know how to protect staff from it.
The same government just shrugs it's shoulders and blames everyone and everything.
This shouldn't be happening a life is not disposable PPE is.
randynewmanscat
Veteran
- Location
- Vienne, Poitou-Chrentes
Which was sang by a chorus of hedgehogs who then went on to savagely attack Mr May.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
The daily briefing is going heavy on cycling investment and e scooters.
Just catching up on this a lot more positive tone than before. Wonder if the penny is starting to drop ? Time will tell but it's more positive than it has been.
MountainSide
Active Member
I have to despair. He said social distancing mean that only 1 in 10 will be able to use public transport so the "solution" is to throw 2 billion pounds at promoting cycling and e-scooters complete with pop-up bike lanes. Country run by idiots IMO.
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
Care to expand on why that is an idiotic approach?
Slick
Guru
Trying not to cast an envious eye from north of the border.
I disagree. Anything that makes cycling a normal, safe activity that is to be encouraged has to be good as far as I am concerned. Bring it on.
Slick
Guru
I think he spoke well and handled the boy questioning the average 9 mile commute with relative ease. Well jealous here.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
It won't cure car-owner virus but it will help relieve public transport pain. There will be big problems taking space away from public roads for pedestrian and cycling use at the same time as PT capacity is down to 10% of what it was. Gridlock will happen and unless strict engine-off when stationary legislation is introduced and enforced, air quality will deteriorate.
There’s a national petition to scrap tuition fees this year for nurses/paramedics and midwives.
https://www.change.org/p/government...ed_by_id=9d14f2a0-9084-11ea-aef8-f56739770e12
https://www.change.org/p/government...ed_by_id=9d14f2a0-9084-11ea-aef8-f56739770e12
randynewmanscat
Veteran
- Location
- Vienne, Poitou-Chrentes
The horror.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I thought it was introduced long ago (1980s Construction and Use Regulations) and it's only enforcement that is lacking because waah waah we can't expect the old men in limos that run local government to sit in cars without air con running all the time. It'll literally decimate council leaderships with them dissolving.
Edit: I was wrong about which law and the current fines are a joke but it is in there: https://www.confused.com/on-the-road/driving-law/fines-for-idling
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