Coronavirus outbreak

[mjr]

Been saying from Day One that multiple "governments" in one country doesn't work in a crisis like this. Leadership is needed and it needs backed with a big stick used liberally. We've got the unfortunate situation of very poor leadership from London and a powerless leader in Edinburgh.

If Thatcher were in charge we'd see a proper lockdown

Health is a national matter, so only Sturgeon matters there, luckily for Scotland.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Been saying from Day One that multiple "governments" in one country doesn't work in a crisis like this. Leadership is needed and it needs backed with a big stick used liberally. We've got the unfortunate situation of very poor leadership from London and a powerless leader in Edinburgh.

If Thatcher were in charge we'd see a proper lockdown

It might have helped if Johnson had bothered letting Sturgeon know about this new Lert business. She's said she learnt about it in the press. Lerts get talking!

 

[kingrollo]

So after all this talk of a caution when lifting the lockdown, if you believe what you read it's back to work apart from bars, restaurants, cinemas ....
.....oh and it appears we can now see the virus as the new slogan is "Stay Alert"....

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Knob eating contest goes digital

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-52601754?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=5eb7b6ed6b7a9b06537a659e&Dorset knob-eating contest goes digital&2020-05-10T08:26:11.978Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:598f5f97-67c6-47ba-8aeb-b5ca2066ec85&pinned_post_asset_id=5eb7b6ed6b7a9b06537a659e&pinned_post_type=share

 

[tom73]

Stay Alert from what ?
That big bag with covid wrote on it that someone who looked a bit suspicious has left in street that's now ticking ?
Or Maybe we are all about to get a big ray gun that turns covid bright green ?

 

[vickster]

Why not just wait for the official message at 7pm rather than reading (and even believing) the rubbish in the media?

 

[kingrollo]

Why not just wait for the official message at 7pm rather than reading (and even believing) the rubbish in the media?

Stay Alert is official

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Stay Alert is official

Must have missed that announcement. Clearly not alert enough.

 

[vickster]

Stay Alert is official

Is it? Hasn’t it been explained to some degree and will no doubt be further clarified later.
You seem to believe that almost everything will be back to normal as of tomorrow. It won’t for sure.
why not just ignore the unfounded speculation in the press?

 

[tom73]

Sadly it's true

View: https://twitter.com/borisjohnson/status/1259440331763978240?s=21

 

[vickster]

It’s one word, the primary messages are still unchanged (in what you have posted)

 

[RoadRider400]

Cannot claim credit because I found it on another forum. I agree with the message however.

 

[kingrollo]

Is it? Hasn’t it been explained to some degree and will no doubt be further clarified later.
You seem to believe that almost everything will be back to normal as of tomorrow. It won’t for sure.

Stay Alert officially the new slogan. Ministers have been on TV defending it - everybody else has been slating it.

Given this is the CV thread - I don't see why there should be an embargo on discussion until 7pm.

 

[vickster]

Stay Alert officially the new slogan. Ministers have been on TV defending it - everybody else has been slating it.

Given this is the CV thread - I don't see why there should be an embargo on discussion until 7pm.

Read the rest of it, it’s a slogan nothing more

 

[kingrollo]

It’s one word, the primary messages are still unchanged (in what you have posted)

But the debate is that Stay Alert sends a very different message to stay home. (You don't have to agree , and can wait until 7pm if you wish but that's what people are discussing)