PM`s address to Nation

Oh dear maw shame to bring a sour note into the merriment.

Perhaps you got out of the wrong side of the bed?

What a party pooper you are Maw

Well I enjoyed it, Furret.

Just heard O'Leary saying Ryanair will be flying from July. So anyone who wants to get away can get away!

We're off to the local park to meet a couple of friend/s later. I reckon we can't meet in our gardens because we can't be policed there. And we might hug people.

Thank you all who enjoyed that. I thought it might cheer you up so shared it.

I want to know why Wednesday is the day? As a granny I can’t have contact with my grandkids and family, but as a teaching assistant I can have contact with lots of children and their parents!

Exactly Teach1968 - how can it make any sense at all to suggest that, for example we can meet one member of our family but not their partner but we can safely send our 5 year olds in to school?
The DM this morning has headlines accusing teaching unions of attempting to block the moves to reopen schools. The accusation is of course couched in highly critical references, as though the unions just want to undermine Mr Johnson. I don't think he needs help, he's undermining himself every time he speaks during this crisis.
The Unions represent their members and its their job to do what they can to ensure that teaching staff, caretakers, dinner supervisors and so on can work as safely as possible. That isn't undermining the PM, its doing what they're paid to do.
If the teachers are as safe as possible, so will be our precious children.

As I read on the net: Just because they are easing lockdown doesn't mean that the pandemic is over, it just means that they have room in ICU for you.

That was and is the plan Daisymae, yes.

The peak has been flattened but not yet in Scotland as numbers are still rising there, hence the different stance there, no relaxation of rules.
As for Wales, who knows?

Furret's post is very funny, and the pm's speech was appalling, but I do think the country needs to begin to grapple with this
If we wait for the infection risk to be 0 lockdown will never end and the country will run out of money.
We just go on pointing out the illogicalities and inconsistencies in govt rules rather than using our own judgement in applying them to our own lives we'll never get anywhere.

"The unspoken subtext is that the NHS has proved its capacity to handle a continuing throughput of the stricken and the dying, and that maintaining a tolerable level of continuing coronavirus deaths is an acceptable price to pay for the resumption of economic activity."

This is from an article pointing out that there is currently much greater risk to the unfortunate masses, who are now being 'actively encouraged' to return to work, than there is to the wealthy and powerful.

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/e/if-we-are-all-in-this-together-why-wasnt-your-boss-on-a-packed-train-today