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Final bit of positive(ish) news is growth of 6.6% in July announced today. kind of as expected but I’m hoping with Aug staycations hopefully another decent month which will mean overall the year will end up better than expected (during early stages of outbreak). I remember back in May BoE...

Come on, why try to turn something relatively positive into a negative ?!! The statement indicates it goes beyond the EU/Japan trade agreement in certain areas (financial services, food etc). I’ve not studied both trade deals so don’t know if this is true or not...sure it’ll come out in due...

Cock and Co 😂 Yeah, it’s lab capacity not the testing sites. To be fair we should be using more private labs to process (why not if public sector hasn’t got capacity), PHE originally wanted to keep all the testing to themselves, hence the earlier shambles. How we haven’t got capacity by now is poor

Slightly different to not being taught at all though, that was my point.

Agree, obviously not everything can be taught remotely, surely a fair bit can though (forgot BSB is science isn’t he). I’m talking about if a lockdown is required to at least deliver some decent quality home based learning whilst the lockdown is in place

My point is I’m not sure those other countries are fairing much/any better but they were reopening. Fair play to BSB who just wants to get on with teaching. Even though some of the restrictions might be hindering the quality of teaching, those kids are at least getting more than they were pre...

BSB, was there push back on remote learning previously ? I read a fair bit pre summer that unions weren’t keen (but also don’t know if Williamson ever pushed it - let’s be honest, he’s shit so who knows) As Dave alluded to above, I thought schools might’ve prepped for more remote learning incase...

Ps does anyone know why we aren’t implementing the standard tech track and trace software yet ? (in conjunction with the manual track and trace). Are we looking for different specifications ? I know the original bespoke software failed but wasn’t sure why they haven’t reverted to the standard...

Not sure you can say that Tony when Spain and France are running at c9-10k cases per day and schools have recently reopened. Personally I believe it’s the right thing for now and if there are outbreaks in a certain locations then it would be sensible to close them again (in that area). But why...

Hmmm, I’m not sure it’s that dramatic. A lot of firms I’m aware of are, where possible, continuing some level of WFH. Look at a number of the banks and accountancy firms for example ?!! I think a good thing to come out of all this will be better work life balance, flexible working etc but as...

Haha, good spot !!! I meant it’s not our general style of play to be hitting long balls in behind though, hence us not probably fully appreciating the pace he’s got.

Probably hit the nail on the head there. Style of play. We don’t really knock it long in behind so don’t get to see it often, other than the odd ball down the line.

Some fair points Shmmee but our employment laws don’t allow for companies to just hire and fire, well not for longer serving staff (2+ years). The furlough scheme (to be fair one of the better things the government has done) was set up to keep as many people in employment as possible and then...

Is it on sale to last seasons match package fans on 15th as well (sorry if this has been mentioned previously) ?

Looks genuinely two footed as well. Promising !!!

Anyway off again, have a good day all. Let’s hope today’s figures aren’t another big jump (ie under 2k) but more importantly keep a close eye on hospital admissions and patients on ventilators. This is useful if anyone’s interested Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK

Agree, communication have been poor and mixed. This isn’t defending the government as I think there should have been recent TV briefings (not daily but when something significant happened, such as schools reopening) to ensure clear, concise messaging from Johnson alone - probably impossible...

Is there a decent track and trace system currently operating in Europe though Fernando ? Looking at the numbers I’m guessing not. The data is only as good as the public share. The attempts for a better Bluetooth/tech system was a joke/waste but no current systems appear to be working work well...

Don’t disagree that there’s been fuck ups aplenty by the government (Latest one appears to not be changing quarantine rules/timescales following an airport test - which is too cautious if anything !), however, looking at the case numbers across Europe (we’re similar to Italy and...

Think there’s a couple of different random sampling going on Fernando. My mum did a one a couple of weeks back but that was a standard ‘have you got it’ and she had to return the samples I think Both should gives us a far better idea of how wide spread it is/has been