The he UK is doomed

I am just soooo sad that many UK residents just think it's ok to cock a snook at the huge efforts & sacrifices ALL our frontline workers are making. Nuff said.

I could not give a flying frog what religion they are, it’s just incomprehensible why they thought it was appropriate to hold a wedding party with 400 guests including religious leaders?

We gave two very dear friends who have had to cancel both of the weddings of offspring, now looking as if they will be cancelled for the second time due to continuing lockdowns and uncertainty.

Self entitled I’m all right Jacks

A lot of people have made some very stupid decisions during this pandemic, the wedding party and guests here among them. Using the fact that they’re Orthodox Jews to explain it is antisemitic and I’m reporting a lot of these posts.

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GillT57

According to an article I just read, the car park of this school is also used for people attending a covid19 test centre. You really couldn't make it up.

^If you suffer symptoms after the wedding please return to the wedding site for your free complimentary covid test. If you test positive you will be entitled to £500^

I suspect that notice is intended as a sick joke.

The government has just announced that there won't be a universal £500 pay out if people are forced to self-isolate.

I could weep. I haven't seen friends and family for months, I am sick and tired of being stuck at home, my life is dwindling away in lockdown as my future plans and hopes are thwarted and these bastards decide they can have a wedding. This is a slap in the face to everyone who has obeyed the rules, all of you who can't see your grandchildren, can't be with partners when they are ill, have had parents die alone in hospital, or wither away in care homes. The Police need to demand the guest list, the addresses of the caterers and all those who enable the event to take place, and fine them the maximum.

I’m lost for words. It’s truly unbelievable.

biba
Your daughters are right, don’t come to the UK at this time. You’re safer in Switzerland.

According to an article I just read, the car park of this school is also used for people attending a covid19 test centre. You really couldn't make it up.

If you suffer symptoms after the wedding please return to the wedding site for your free complimentary covid test. If you test positive you will be entitled to £500

Luckygirl

Glad they got a hefty fine - and a criminal record.

They may not have a criminal record. Sometimes these expire once the fine has been paid.

According to the report, only FIVE people were fined the £200 each. Presumably all the others had 'fled the scene.'

The organisers should be forced to give a list of guests' names/addresses, or be charged with wasting police time.

trisher the only people being as you put it condemned are the 400 wedding attendees.

I'm not sure quite what is going on here. I googled to find out more about the Haredi community and found this article from the last lock down. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/26/how-a-haredi-community-in-london-is-coping-with-coronavirus-photo-essay
It shows volunteer ambulance groups. Says all synagogues are closed and details family responses. 'm going to do more research but it is wrong to condemn whole communities for the actions of some people.

No thanks to the selfishness of these people and those like them we're never going to see the end of this pandemic, not this year anyway, vaccine or not.

beverly10

Biba70
Your daughter is sensible.So why I ask is the G20 summit being held in Cornwall or even being held at this year when covid'does not take prisoners'

Absolutely no reason why the G20 summit cannot be transformed into a virtual summit

Ah well they won't be strapped for cash if they're held to paying their fines, then it can be handed in to the NHS as compensation towards all the other nerds who staff have looked after for flouting the rules. That'll teach them !

Ellianne

^There should be a fine for every adult who attended this event^
isn't that what was announced yesterday by Priti Patel to deter individuals, not just fining the organisers?

Yes, it was announced at £800 each I believe? The parents of the bride and groom should be able to provide a guest list. There is absolutely no excuse for this event, this is not a small wedding of the permitted 30 or whatever it is, which ran over by a couple of aunties, it is a massive event which involved the rabbi, caterers, providers of music, chairs ,tables, all the paraphernalia of a wedding in a hall. All of these are complicit and all should be fined.

Biba70
Your daughter is sensible.So why I ask is the G20 summit being held in Cornwall or even being held at this year when covid'does not take prisoners'

There should be a fine for every adult who attended this event
isn't that what was announced yesterday by Priti Patel to deter individuals, not just fining the organisers?

Very very selfish and totally unacceptable. I don’t think the fine will be a deterrent.

growstuff

OMG! What's going on here?

I started the thread because 400 people held a wedding party whilst the UK is in total lockdown.

Regardless of race/religion whilst thoughtless people carry on like this it’s no wonder why the UK is awash with Covid-19

growstuff

OMG! What's going on here?

If you mean what I think you mean, I'm with you....

Truly disgusting behaviour. I wonder if this particular community are also antivax like some ultra Orthodox communities in New York are, and subsequently were responsible for a huge outbreak in measles. There should be a fine for every adult who attended this event and a demand for the guest list from the parents of the bride and groom. The statement by the school is mealy mouthed and pathetic GG13, as owners they are responsible, besides which no events should be held. I assume the school will now cease doing business with the separate organisation who manage the hall?

Grannygravy This happened in Stamford Hill, north London, an area with a large orthodox jewish population (not all Charedis) I believe this group would be described as ultra orthodox, who would not want to integrate with the local community anyway.

The venue for this event is in one of the schools they run for the children in their group as they do not want them to attend state schools.

The school has released a statement saying the Hall is let out and managed by a separate organisation and the school had no knowledge of the event.

OMG! What's going on here?

NotSpaghetti hopefully not, but as MissA has pointed out when any group of people are seen to be flouting guidelines it will cause resentment in the local area.

This includes teenagers and even some Grans on GN who have admitted flouting guidelines in the belief that they are a special case