COVID19

[arbboy]

PM addressing the nation at 8.30pm, lockdown imminent......

Going to be a serious lock down i think given the cobra meeting overrun so long.  Must have been some lively discussions in the cabinet about how hard the hammer has to be dropped on the British public.

[Marky147]

Can we not have videos from Facebook in here, Iron. I get enough of that in my whatsapp and messenger

PM addressing the nation at 8.30pm, lockdown imminent......

Going to be a serious lock down i think given the cobra meeting overrun so long.  Must have been some lively discussions in the cabinet about how hard the hammer has to be dropped on the British public.

Very hard, because most of them are fucking idiots.

[Ironside]

italian cops not messing about

https://www.facebook.com/alanbuctowtruck/videos/3647576721951663/?__tn__=%2CdCH-R-R&eid=ARC7oBmLLXSN40RIrdHfdYflEMp4LAQCrccWTsKSmkB78JSvU82CryAElBehA94wLlth8dQSokbQ0qp_&hc_ref=ARTUU-ak7QGwgRRAj0AfiqIeACG5OySpFew2KdXkcD8FkiJZg8JgYY54eazR9xd4fwo&fref=nf

Read somewhere that's from Brazil two years ago, but no idea if that's correct.

you are probably right

[Jon MW]

This is quite fun

[Ironside]

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[RickBFA]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51963486

This seems a very good summary of why there are no easy ways out of this in short term.

[bagel]

    finally some good news for the self employed, which is a relief

80% of net  monthly earnings to be paid , taken as an average from last 3 years

or £2947 whichever is lower

[Marky147]

That's handy to know, as I've had to take a 50% paycut on what I invoice my brokers for cases.

That's if I'm as busy as I have been so far this year, which is unknown territory...

[Karabiner]

Damn. Wollaton Park golf club is closed until further notice after the PM's statement earlier.

Shit just got real(er).

[Woodsey]

All this stuff is the right thing to do, but if you thought austerity was bad we as a country are going to be skint as fk for a decade at least..........anyone bitching about that in a couple of years and blaming it on the Tories is straight up a fking arsehole because there will be those usual pricks doing that.....

[Marky147]

All this stuff is the right thing to do, but if you thought austerity was bad we as a country are going to be skint as fk for a decade at least..........anyone bitching about that in a couple of years and blaming it on the Tories is straight up a fking arsehole because there will be those usual pricks doing that.....

Anyone moaning once we get out the otherside of this, wants whipping with a wet towel.

Think there should be some scales for the handouts. I can probably scrape by on 1/2 salary for a few months, and won't hopefully won't need to bother asking for them.

Just sack Vegas off and my 40th trip. Shit happens, and not worth worrying about in the scheme of things.

[aaron1867]

This lockdown has come just too late and probably see supermarkets have their busiest day tomorrow. There still needs more to be done because there are still people not getting the message.

I had nipped into town today to get the essentials, the mission to get there and get straight back. Jumped on a almost empty bus and only two people on the lower deck, I didn't want to risk it so I sat upstairs where there was one more person. I sat in the middle, probably 6-8m away. Two women get on, they get on the upper deck too. They get to the top and I assume they're going to sit inbetween the front and the middle, probably 3m+ away from me and the other bloke. Nope, they going and plonk themselves on the sits beside the other bloke.

You get through town and still people don't listen. People are still queuing within 1m or even close of each other.

Shopping completed, back on the bus.

Here we are again, individuals putting themselve in danger. A woman sat bang on the front about 1.5m-2m away from the driver instead of out of harms way in other parts an almost empty bus. 10 people get on and off that bus and all have to walk past her. Stupidity.

Look at over countries, they aren't stockpiling. They are queuing and distancing like heroes. We are not.

I think there is every chance we will face it just as bad, if not worse, as Italy.

[Woodsey]

All this stuff is the right thing to do, but if you thought austerity was bad we as a country are going to be skint as fk for a decade at least..........anyone bitching about that in a couple of years and blaming it on the Tories is straight up a fking arsehole because there will be those usual pricks doing that.....

Anyone moaning once we get out the otherside of this, wants whipping with a wet towel.

Think there should be some scales for the handouts. I can probably scrape by on 1/2 salary for a few months, and won't hopefully won't need to bother asking for them.

Just sack Vegas off and my 40th trip. Shit happens, and not worth worrying about in the scheme of things.

They will be there spouting their usual bollox mate......I’ll join your towel whipping army, no danger there, can you reserve Kuku’s arse for me to personally whip please? 

40? Call! 

[Woodsey]

This lockdown has come just too late and probably see supermarkets have their busiest day tomorrow. There still needs more to be done because there are still people not getting the message.

I had nipped into town today to get the essentials, the mission to get there and get straight back. Jumped on a almost empty bus and only two people on the lower deck, I didn't want to risk it so I sat upstairs where there was one more person. I sat in the middle, probably 6-8m away. Two women get on, they get on the upper deck too. They get to the top and I assume they're going to sit inbetween the front and the middle, probably 3m+ away from me and the other bloke. Nope, they going and plonk themselves on the sits beside the other bloke.

You get through town and still people don't listen. People are still queuing within 1m or even close of each other.

Shopping completed, back on the bus.

Here we are again, individuals putting themselve in danger. A woman sat bang on the front about 1.5m-2m away from the driver instead of out of harms way in other parts an almost empty bus. 10 people get on and off that bus and all have to walk past her. Stupidity.

Look at over countries, they aren't stockpiling. They are queuing and distancing like heroes. We are not.

I think there is every chance we will face it just as bad, if not worse, as Italy.

Another expert who knows the future......

I do however acknowledge some people being irresponsible pricks.

[aaron1867]

This lockdown has come just too late and probably see supermarkets have their busiest day tomorrow. There still needs more to be done because there are still people not getting the message.

I had nipped into town today to get the essentials, the mission to get there and get straight back. Jumped on a almost empty bus and only two people on the lower deck, I didn't want to risk it so I sat upstairs where there was one more person. I sat in the middle, probably 6-8m away. Two women get on, they get on the upper deck too. They get to the top and I assume they're going to sit inbetween the front and the middle, probably 3m+ away from me and the other bloke. Nope, they going and plonk themselves on the sits beside the other bloke.

You get through town and still people don't listen. People are still queuing within 1m or even close of each other.

Shopping completed, back on the bus.

Here we are again, individuals putting themselve in danger. A woman sat bang on the front about 1.5m-2m away from the driver instead of out of harms way in other parts an almost empty bus. 10 people get on and off that bus and all have to walk past her. Stupidity.

Look at over countries, they aren't stockpiling. They are queuing and distancing like heroes. We are not.

I think there is every chance we will face it just as bad, if not worse, as Italy.

Another expert who knows the future......

I do however acknowledge some people being irresponsible pricks.

Hardly. I like some of the stuff Boris has done. But this lockdown should have been implemented at the weekend. That would surely have been the best idea?