What s wromg with the UK?

Sadly, every country has its share of scumbags and idiots. They get way too much publicity. The upside is that they are always far outweighed by the good people. Look for the helpers.

I do think we need armed police at the moment or at the least all should carry tasers if some youths are out behaving like that.

The trouble is that when something is 'on the cards ' from 100 years ago without anything comparable emerging, people and governments get lackadaisical , and are lulled into a false sense of security with potentially disastrous results. None of us can contemplate another war but whose to say!!!
As for the teenagers! My DH thinks they need birching and I find I'm beginning to agree with him.

The UK is definitely a mixed up country. By this morning 500,000 had signed up to volunteer to help the NHS.

Also this morning a group of teenagers spat at an RSPCA officer who was trying to rescue a swan tangled up in fishing lines. They spat in her face, aiming for mouth, eyes and nose, shouting "get corona bitch".

I won't mention what i think should happen to them.

Yes moggie57 less fumes and you can see the stars in the sky at night.

have you all noticed that we have beautiful spring days of sunshine.is this because there are NO FUMES ? i think so... am going for a walk up our local woods this afternoon .take some photos of the spring flowers and take some bird food too...

The thing is that it's not hindsight. This has been on the cards since 1918. Experts have said it's not if but when we have the next pandemic. There's a documentary in Netflix called Pandemic. Individuals on the web have been forecasting this since January. Bill gates talked about how underprepared the world was in 2015 and highlighted the action that was needed. It's not hindsight but perfectly predictable.

Funny isn't it - we're seeing the best and worst of Brits. The worst behaviour has already been mentioned but the best - eg 107,000 volunteered by 8.00am today to hep the NHS plus the 12,000 retired NHS staff who have signed up to return to work.

Over 100,000 fined in Italy for flouting the lock down so plenty of idiots in Italy as well.

Fed up with the Boris and anything British bashers.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing!!!

But BJ has done/is doing a sterling job - we should all just chill and meet our friends in the nearest park because the rules don’t really apply to us, do they?

Apparently still lots of people out in parks etc with children today here in North Lancashire.

I never understood why - when the people brought home from the virus-hit cruise ship were made to isolate on the Wirral -people flying in from affected areas were just allowed to pass through with no questions.

This was on 23rd February! What have the Government been thinking during all this time?

Why didn't they isolate more people there instead of doing all this time-consuming contact-tracing afterwards?

I'm not saying we would have avoided the virus altogether but at least it would have delayed it, providing more time to produce more ventilators and for the NHS to plan.

Markets are closed down now.

Dinahmo

I know full well what is going on here, you don't need to tell me.

The report from the French town was live yesterday on TV here. I think the reporter was unaware of what was going on right behind him.
And obviously the strict rules are being flouted there too.

Changed his mind about his "herd immunity" then? Shame he didn't do it sooner, the idiot!
And how telling he says they can now get on with Brexit negotiations. The world is in turmoil and Boris still rates Brexit as important?

At last. Apparently following pressure from his cabinet, Tory back benchers and the opposition. Lets hope that people take note.

Having just watched today's PM statement, I must say I'm impressed.

I've been waiting for some kind of lockdown, common sense and reason for the last few weeks.

I've never voted Conservative but 'Well done Boris!'

Callistemon When did you see this incident? Macron's restrictions to movement started last Tuesday at noon which is when the self certifying came into effect. People were out on the streets not following the rules although the police arrested and fined a number of people. As the number of cases and deaths have increased, the French are now following the new rules.

I daresay you didn't see my other post - people at Margate sitting on benches along the seafront, eating ice creams with no distance between them. Cars parked along the road to Snowdon car parks. A spokesman said they'd never seen so many people in one day before. Traffic jams into and out of Richmond Park. Children having riding lessons in Richmond Park. Far too many people in, I guess, Hyde Park, not leaving the suggested 2 metres between each other.

The reason I and I suspect other expats post on here is because we are worried about our homeland. Although we live abroad we are still English/Scottish/British whatever and hate to see what is happening in the UK.

No gendarmes in sight. Just the reporter with all this going on behind him.

Ok, that is fine. I give in! ?
All those in France who are happy for people to go out in close proximity, put their heads together and chat, buy produce from someone who has a bad cough amaze me.

Like the equally stupid people here.

Why has the U.K. not closed it’s borders when it has a Brexitty government who want to take control of borders? Ironically, some EU countries have managed to close its borders.

You are allowed to go food shopping Callistemon. You have to go alone and carry your self-declaration with the box ticked for essential shopping. The gendarmes are everywhere and fines are being given out.

I wonder if other countries are suffering from the amount of vandalism that we seem to be being plagued with. Six ambulances in Essex (?) had their tyres slashed and reports this evening of a 'place' full of food ready for distribution to food banks has been stolen, plus health workers in Dundee and Middlesex hospitals have come out from their long shifts to find their cars vandalised and are now using taxis!! What on earth is wrong with people, are they mental or just plain wicked?!!

There were lots of people out and about in the French town, shopping.