COVID19

[kukushkin88]

Sweet. Pubs etc open no later than July 4th according to the PM.

Seems clear based on earlier briefing, that he was meant to say no earlier.

[kukushkin88]

Sweet. Pubs etc open no later than July 4th according to the PM.

Seems clear based on earlier briefing, that he was meant to say no earlier.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-lockdown-pub-reopen-restaurants-when-lockdown-boris-johnson-raab-a9507836.html

[Cf]

Yes, obviously

It's still a stupid fuck up though. And neither of his lackies even corrected him.

[kukushkin88]

Yes, obviously

It's still a stupid fuck up though. And neither of his lackies even corrected him.

It’s quite extraordinary that he can get it wrong.

[kukushkin88]

Yes, obviously

It's still a stupid fuck up though. And neither of his lackies even corrected him.

It’s quite extraordinary that he can get it wrong.

We have a sweep on the date that pubs in the city reopen in full, cruel mismanaging of expectations from Bozo.

[nirvana]

Very first question and they've not answered it. They've waffled around it a bit and common sense might say the answer is obvious but they've not actually answered the specific question asked.

Car crash of a press conference.

Not adding anything to yesterday - this petty detail about who you can meet, where and when is all a bit academic without the bigger plan elements about controlling the spread getting explained better

[TightEnd]

We are in trouble.

We know that and can agree and disagree on the severity of any mistakes made, but I am pretty staggered at the communications on this.

The guidance on going back to work has changed 3 times in 24 hours (Monday, then Wednesday, now its talk to your bosses to enquire when?) those who can't work from home? 

[Jon MW]

I didn't watch many of the conferences before Boris got ill, and he seemed okay in the couple I did see.

But if he was like this in those earlier ones I can see where the criticism was coming from.

Almost everyone who took the press briefings in his place would usually be seen making notes on the question and then give a broadly direct answer (allowing some leeway for having to think of the answer effectively as they're speaking it).

Johnson looks like someone who doesn't take notes, hasn't got a huge amount prepared before hand and just has the strategy of waffling around on the fly while potentially forgetting what the question was to start with.

[bookiebasher]

Yes, obviously

It's still a stupid fuck up though. And neither of his lackies even corrected him.

It’s quite extraordinary that he can get it wrong.

We have a sweep on the date that pubs in the city reopen in full, cruel mismanaging of expectations from Bozo.

Think there clutching at straws for pubs to open up July

[Ironside]

So Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland are to stay at home. Sounds more like the World Cup finals!

[Chompy]

Very first question and they've not answered it. They've waffled around it a bit and common sense might say the answer is obvious but they've not actually answered the specific question asked.

Car crash of a press conference.

Not adding anything to yesterday - this petty detail about who you can meet, where and when is all a bit academic without the bigger plan elements about controlling the spread getting explained better

Another hour wasted. Awful, pointless exercises these things. Whitty was a long way off his a-game but was still the pick of the bunch. Literally learned nothing from it.

[RickBFA]

Seemed to me that Witty and Valance were happy to back the scientific reasoning on a slow loosening of the lockdown but wanted to distance themselves from the communications message.

[RED-DOG]

So Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland are to stay at home. Sounds more like the World Cup finals!

I lolled.

[kukushkin88]

This is quite brutal, I assume we’d agree the source is reputable enough for this to be taken on trust? Clear reasons why whistleblowers would want anonymity:

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-care-homes-faced-funding-cut-if-they-didnt-take-in-covid-19-patients-11986578

[jakally]

This is quite brutal, I assume we’d agree the source is reputable enough for this to be taken on trust? Clear reasons why whistleblowers would want anonymity:

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-care-homes-faced-funding-cut-if-they-didnt-take-in-covid-19-patients-11986578

Lots of pieces of information, plus anecdotal stuff, pointing towards care homes being the area which was neglected / not recognised for the high risk area it is / completely mismanaged, & consequently the biggest tragedy of all of this.

Hope that's not the case.