Kate
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I misread that as "kills half of Sussex's care home residents"...!!
Star
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My in laws have just tested positive. They said they're very lethargic/ feverish, but doing ok. It just feels like it's closing in 
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Best wishes for them. X
Doesn't feel like a lockdown here. Roads still busy, town still busy
First lockdown you could hear a pin drop
unless they have the military patrolling the streets I don't think this will make much difference
Doesn't feel like a lockdown here. Roads still busy, town still busy
First lockdown you could hear a pin drop
unless they have the military patrolling the streets I don't think this will make much difference
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Some of The Guardians headlines have been fucking mental recently. It’s like they’re attempting high-brow click bait.
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I did exactly that this morning.
Kate
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Selling them dodgy pills again was it
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I'm sure Johnson just called a drug Tossarismu Mum.
ZenGiraffe
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Well the clap was a flop in Central Glasgow.
Kate
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Didn't hear anything here either but I have still got the radio on.
rhythmbandit
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Nothing here either. FLOP.
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No one clapped here during lockdown 2.0, it's was already too hypocritical during lockdown 1.0 when it was the supporters of this government that has done nothing but cut the health system budget doing it.
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Forgot all about it to be honest.
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Are people clapping for the NHS again?
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No idea if it happened here
The first time I thought it was quite a nice gesture and a good way for everyone under PROPER lockdown (when we actually did stay at home and were all very isolated) to feel some kind of communal connection. Actually felt quite moved. Got a bit annoyed at the people hating on it and saying we should do something else (like what vote Labour? Next GE is ages away). But ONCE was a lovely gesture that I was 100% behind and moved by. Twice was "ehh alright, sure, again". Then it became a ritual and lost all its meaning.
This time around? Nope. At this point it's just patronising.
The first time I thought it was quite a nice gesture and a good way for everyone under PROPER lockdown (when we actually did stay at home and were all very isolated) to feel some kind of communal connection. Actually felt quite moved. Got a bit annoyed at the people hating on it and saying we should do something else (like what vote Labour? Next GE is ages away). But ONCE was a lovely gesture that I was 100% behind and moved by. Twice was "ehh alright, sure, again". Then it became a ritual and lost all its meaning.
This time around? Nope. At this point it's just patronising.
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Hold on- presumably the darker it is, the worse it is...is the IoW basically now the worst place in the country?
And for Coronavirus too?
Dark Carnival
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Bet you are so relieved those variants took the heat off your filthy minks!
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Dark Carnival how you coping gurl with gyms being closed until mid-February? I went to see my doctor the other day to see if I could get the APA form so I could access the gym and he told me "maybe if you had HIV you could get it... but no".
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I’ve seen hardly any healthcare professional supporting Clap for Heroes or whatever it’s called this time round. The general response has been “follow the advice about social distancing etc if you really want to support key workers”.
And a lot of them actually resent being called heroes. They’re not - they are trained professionals just trying to do their jobs.
And a lot of them actually resent being called heroes. They’re not - they are trained professionals just trying to do their jobs.
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Hero Soldi finally gets to meet DC, as a treat:
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Another one...
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Honestly if Corbyn was in charge we wouldn't be behind Israel in the vaccine program.
Dark Carnival
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Not coping well sis! I’m a superficial gymqueen whose wellbeing is solely based on her bussy being in shape
A friend on mine managed to get a certificate from his médecin pédé to access a gym and offered me to get one too, but I couldn’t face the culpability of it all
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-55560814
I know this was Derbyshire and not London, but stuff like this really gets me annoyed. Yes they were technically breaking the rules, however this kind of stuff is not the cause of the spread and is certainly safer that going for a walk around a more crowded local park, but I suppose it's an easy £200 fine to record with little pushback. If the police spent more time in the suburbs with all the teenagers gathering in hoards to go skateboarding together at the weekends, they might actually get somewhere.
Two women have described how they were surrounded by police, read their rights and fined £200 each after driving five miles to take a walk.
The women were also told the hot drinks they had brought along were not allowed as they were "classed as a picnic".
Guidance for the current lockdown says people can travel for exercise as long as it is in their "local area".
The police force involved, Derbyshire Police, said driving for exercise was "not in the spirit" of lockdown.
One of the would-be walkers, Jessica Allen, assumed "someone had been murdered" when she arrived at Foremark Reservoir on Wednesday afternoon.
"As we drove in there was a police van, a police car, and there were loads of police there," said Ms Allen, who lives in Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire.
"I genuinely thought someone had been murdered; the place is normally so quiet. The next thing, my car is surrounded. I got out of my car thinking 'There's no way they're coming to speak to us'. Straight away they start questioning us.
"One of them started reading my rights and I was looking at my friend thinking 'This must be a joke'.
"I said we had come in separate cars, even parked two spaces away and even brought our own drinks with us. He said 'You can't do that as it's classed as a picnic'."
Her friend, Eliza Moore, said she was "stunned at the time" so did not challenge police and gave her details so they could send a fixed penalty notice.
"Just seeing a police officer anyway is quite scary for some people and we were really not expecting to be approached and to be told we were doing something wrong," she said.
"We don't want to get away with it if we have broken the rule, but it seems a bit unfair that you can be fined on something that's so vague."
Ms Allen said she is taking the pandemic "very seriously" as her brother is a doctor working on a Covid ward in London, and her parents have both had coronavirus.
She said she drove to the reservoir as she knew it would be less crowded than near her house.
"I'm self-employed but my business is closed and I'm trying to fill my time," she said.
"I suffer from anxiety and when you go by the water you feel so much better. I live on my own for five days a week and the only thing I've got to look forward to is planning a walk with my friend."
Ms Allen said the experience was "very intimidating" and had left her feeling scared of police in general.
"I was so shook up afterwards," she said. "The fact they read my rights. I thought 'Am I going to prison for going on a walk?'
"I'm not a criminal but we were treated as if we were criminals and it really made me feel for those people who are wrongly arrested and questioned by police, because it wasn't a nice situation to be in."
Derbyshire Police said in a statement: "Driving to a location - where exercise could easily have been taken closer to a person's home - is clearly not in the spirit of the national effort to reduce our travel, reduce the possible spread of the disease and reduce the number of deaths.
"Each officer will use their professional judgement on a case-by-case basis, however, people should expect to be challenged and understand the clear reasons why they may be asked about their movements given the critical situation the NHS currently finds itself in."
The women were also told the hot drinks they had brought along were not allowed as they were "classed as a picnic".
Guidance for the current lockdown says people can travel for exercise as long as it is in their "local area".
The police force involved, Derbyshire Police, said driving for exercise was "not in the spirit" of lockdown.
One of the would-be walkers, Jessica Allen, assumed "someone had been murdered" when she arrived at Foremark Reservoir on Wednesday afternoon.
"As we drove in there was a police van, a police car, and there were loads of police there," said Ms Allen, who lives in Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire.
"I genuinely thought someone had been murdered; the place is normally so quiet. The next thing, my car is surrounded. I got out of my car thinking 'There's no way they're coming to speak to us'. Straight away they start questioning us.
"One of them started reading my rights and I was looking at my friend thinking 'This must be a joke'.
"I said we had come in separate cars, even parked two spaces away and even brought our own drinks with us. He said 'You can't do that as it's classed as a picnic'."
Her friend, Eliza Moore, said she was "stunned at the time" so did not challenge police and gave her details so they could send a fixed penalty notice.
"Just seeing a police officer anyway is quite scary for some people and we were really not expecting to be approached and to be told we were doing something wrong," she said.
"We don't want to get away with it if we have broken the rule, but it seems a bit unfair that you can be fined on something that's so vague."
Ms Allen said she is taking the pandemic "very seriously" as her brother is a doctor working on a Covid ward in London, and her parents have both had coronavirus.
She said she drove to the reservoir as she knew it would be less crowded than near her house.
"I'm self-employed but my business is closed and I'm trying to fill my time," she said.
"I suffer from anxiety and when you go by the water you feel so much better. I live on my own for five days a week and the only thing I've got to look forward to is planning a walk with my friend."
Ms Allen said the experience was "very intimidating" and had left her feeling scared of police in general.
"I was so shook up afterwards," she said. "The fact they read my rights. I thought 'Am I going to prison for going on a walk?'
"I'm not a criminal but we were treated as if we were criminals and it really made me feel for those people who are wrongly arrested and questioned by police, because it wasn't a nice situation to be in."
Derbyshire Police said in a statement: "Driving to a location - where exercise could easily have been taken closer to a person's home - is clearly not in the spirit of the national effort to reduce our travel, reduce the possible spread of the disease and reduce the number of deaths.
"Each officer will use their professional judgement on a case-by-case basis, however, people should expect to be challenged and understand the clear reasons why they may be asked about their movements given the critical situation the NHS currently finds itself in."
I know this was Derbyshire and not London, but stuff like this really gets me annoyed. Yes they were technically breaking the rules, however this kind of stuff is not the cause of the spread and is certainly safer that going for a walk around a more crowded local park, but I suppose it's an easy £200 fine to record with little pushback. If the police spent more time in the suburbs with all the teenagers gathering in hoards to go skateboarding together at the weekends, they might actually get somewhere.