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PVA

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  • May 10, 2020
  • #21,876
Skybluefaz said:
Probably down to your circle of friends and who you follow.
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I was talking more about the twitter trends than my own feeds.
 

Ring Of Steel

Well-Known Member
  • May 10, 2020
  • #21,877
PVA said:
Maybe it's just me, but I really think social media has reacted very negatively to the speech tonight.

I know it's only opinions and memes, but there seems to be a lot more anti-Boris stuff going round tonight, I really don't think it went down very well.
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not everyone is of the same view...

 

Skybluefaz

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  • May 10, 2020
  • #21,878
PVA said:
I was talking more about the twitter trends than my own feeds.
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They are still tailored to you based on who you follow. You may be right, social media algorithms can skew things easily.
 

Ring Of Steel

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  • May 10, 2020
  • #21,879
Skybluefaz said:
They are still tailored to you based on who you follow. You may be right, social media algorithms can skew things easily.
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I think he is onto something though, there’s a bit more scepticism than there has been.
 
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PVA

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  • May 10, 2020
  • #21,880
Skybluefaz said:
They are still tailored to you based on who you follow. You may be right, social media algorithms can skew things easily.
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There is a 'trends for you page' based on your likes/follows etc.

But then there is a UK trends page which is just the top trends in the UK, most mentions etc, regardless of who you follow. And there is a LOT of anti Boris stuff in there.

The 3rd highest trend in the UK is #BorisHasFailed
 

Ring Of Steel

Well-Known Member
  • May 10, 2020
  • #21,881
PVA said:
There is a 'trends for you page' based on your likes/follows etc.

But then there is a UK trends page which is just the top trends in the UK, most mentions etc, regardless of who you follow. And there is a LOT of anti Boris stuff in there.

The 3rd highest trend in the UK is #BorisHasFailed
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It’s not just UK, it’s number one in Ireland

here’s some more worldwide opinion
 

clint van damme

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,882
Skybluefaz said:
They are still tailored to you based on who you follow. You may be right, social media algorithms can skew things easily.[/QUOTE/]

Ive seen a a couple of Tories I follow post negative remarks about last night's speech.
At the end of the day this affects us all directly and quite noticeably which a lot of political issues we debate on here don't..

I'm fact, I doubt there has been an issue which affects all as much as this in my lifetime.
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David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,883
Still dom thinks it went well

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clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,884
No pubs, restaurants or hairdressers open until at least July.
No foreign holidays for Brits this year.
Gutted about the holidays!
 

Skybluefaz

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,885
clint van damme said:
No pubs, restaurants or hairdressers open until at least July.
No foreign holidays for Brits this year.
Gutted about the holidays!
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You can go to Skeggy though. Obviously Astute knows better than Raab.
 
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skybluetony176

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,886
Skybluefaz said:

You can go to Skeggy though. Obviously Astute knows better than Raab.
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To be fair when it comes to Raab he possibly might
 
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Wyken Sky Blue

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,887
Effectively Boris has said you can do what you want as long as you maintain 2m social distancing and your employer has put measures in to do so.

Is that what people wanted? Yes we cannot go to the pub, get our hair cut, be in the same household of our families/friends/partners that don't live together but for me its a big step of getting back to normality whilst trying to curb the virus and kick-start the economy.
 

clint van damme

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,888
Skybluefaz said:

You can go to Skeggy though. Obviously Astute knows better than Raab.
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Nothing has changed!
To be fair that was my whole point. The message wasn't very clear.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,889
Skybluefaz said:

You can go to Skeggy though. Obviously Astute knows better than Raab.
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Tsk, Raab's just point scoring
 

Skybluefaz

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,890
Raab currently on Radio 4 getting dissected.
 

clint van damme

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,891
Skybluefaz said:
Raab currently on Radio 4 getting dissected.
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Sturgeon on GMB. Morgan trying his best to get her to slate Johnson but she won't do it.
 

Sick Boy

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,892
clint van damme said:
No pubs, restaurants or hairdressers open until at least July.
No foreign holidays for Brits this year.
Gutted about the holidays!
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Where’s it been said about the holidays?
 

clint van damme

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,893
Sick Boy said:
Where’s it been said about the holidays?
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It was on sky news. Apparently Raab said it in an.interview but I didn't see the interview.
I'm desperate for a break but to be honest if they open up the UK tourist industry and straying home helps gives it a boost I'm ok with that.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,894
clint van damme said:
It was on sky news. Apparently Raab said it in an.interview but I didn't see the interview.
I'm desperate for a break but to be honest if they open up the UK tourist industry and straying home helps gives it a boost I'm ok with that.
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If they don't reopen pubs and restaurants, it'd be a pretty miserable break!
 

clint van damme

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,895
Deleted member 5849 said:
If they don't reopen pubs and restaurants, it'd be a pretty miserable break!
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I'll be with the wife so it will be anyway!
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,896
Sick Boy said:
Where’s it been said about the holidays?
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I was gonna say the same thing. I haven't seen anything to suggest we cannot have a holiday.
 

shmmeee

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,897

“You don’t know what you’re doing!”
 
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clint van damme

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,898
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
I was gonna say the same thing. I haven't seen anything to suggest we cannot have a holiday.
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Just read the interview and I don't think he does actually say that
 

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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,899
So Raab has now said we can meet family as long as we social distance.

What a shambles that they even had to confirm this.

I can see people taking the piss now.
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,900
shmmeee said:

“You don’t know what you’re doing!”
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Wait, so I can meet my parents in the park with hundreds of others around. But I cannot meet them at their place in the garden?

Wtf.
 
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shmmeee

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,901
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
I was gonna say the same thing. I haven't seen anything to suggest we cannot have a holiday.
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Last line of this article, we are advised against booking a holiday. How lockdown will change now
 

skybluetony176

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,902
This is just getting more confusing the more they explain it. If Boris was a Coventry manager someone would have called him a taxi by now.
 

clint van damme

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,903
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Wait, so I can meet my parents in the park with hundreds of others around. But I cannot meet them at their place in the garden?

Wtf.
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Drive to Torquay, get them to drive there in a separate car and spend the day 2 metres apart on the beach doing star jumps and you'll be fine.
Failing that, all get a job together on a building site.
 
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PVA

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,904
So much confusion.

More questions than answers.

Good job Boris!
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,905
shmmeee said:
Last line of this article, we are advised against booking a holiday. How lockdown will change now
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Yeah, again it isn't clear though. It just advises against it.

Also, apparently the quarantine rule won't apply to people arriving from France.

French passengers exempt from UK quarantine plans

That's fine then. I'll just use Le Shuttle.

This whole thing is bonkers. Even when they say certain passengers will get asked to quarantine, they said you 'might' have to give an address.

Totally mental and weak.
 
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Grendel

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,906
shmmeee said:
Last line of this article, we are advised against booking a holiday. How lockdown will change now
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I wouldn’t bother anyway. I’ve looked at uk sites and though they will take bookings after June 15 the t and c section clearly will make it hard to get refunds if they are cancelled rather than a re booking offer

Costly as well even in later months as I guess they will hope for high potential demand late season

I don’t actually see how it’s possible to actually force 14 day quarantine for flights but if a country did someone made the point the other day if you book there a flight and not a package the flight may be non refundable and your holiday is two weeks in an isolation hotel and you aren’t allowed out the room!
 

Grendel

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,907
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Yeah, again it isn't clear though. It just advises against it.

Also, apparently the quarantine rule won't apply to people arriving from France.

French passengers exempt from UK quarantine plans

That's fine then. I'll just use Le Shuttle.

This whole thing is bonkers. Even when they say certain passengers will get asked to quarantine, they said you 'might' have to give an address.

Totally mental and weak.
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There is no restriction in non flight travel. There can’t be really it’s impractical to do it with goods drivers delivering perishable and manufacturing goods.

I actually know someone who drove home last week through Europe to somewhere in Latvia and I don’t know the route but he got through the borders
 

hill83

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,908
clint van damme said:
No pubs, restaurants or hairdressers open until at least July.
No foreign holidays for Brits this year.
Gutted about the holidays!
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Walk through security backwards
 
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rondog1973

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,909
85 new cases in Seoul, South Korea prompts government into rethink as it orders reclosure of bars and restaurants. 5 new cases also confirmed in Wuhan.

It's not going away overnight and encouraging the public to ease vigilance will prolong the misery.

As if they haven't fucked it up enough already.....
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • May 11, 2020
  • #21,910
shmmeee said:
Last line of this article, we are advised against booking a holiday. How lockdown will change now
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One reason might be the reluctance for other countries to let in potentially infected people as Britain has no grip on it at all

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