...Two illegal street parties have been broken up by police during another night of unlawful gatherings in London.

And it still happens despite all the attendees knowing that they should not. Yes, I did say ALL, because you must have been living on Jupiter not to know what is happening with C-19.

@Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

 

...Two illegal street parties have been broken up by police during another night of unlawful gatherings in London.

 

And it still happens despite all the attendees knowing that they should not. Yes, I did say ALL, because you must have been living on Jupiter not to know what is happening with C-19.

 

I totally agree EC .....I’m not usually a fan of a police state , but in this case I think they should be given more powers , and turn the bliddy water canon on them 

@Baz posted:

I totally agree EC .....I’m not usually a fan of a police state , but in this case I think they should be given more powers , and turn the bliddy water canon on them 

My sister says the same thing Bazzy 

@Moonie posted:

My sister says the same thing Bazzy 

@Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

 

...Two illegal street parties have been broken up by police during another night of unlawful gatherings in London.

 

And it still happens despite all the attendees knowing that they should not. Yes, I did say ALL, because you must have been living on Jupiter not to know what is happening with C-19.

 

The statue in that photograph is actually a drinking fountain. It's known as the Temperance Fountain and depicts a woman giving a beggar some water. It was commissioned in 1884 in the hope that it would encourage people to stay sober rather  than get drunk on beer.

@Moonie posted:

My sister says the same thing Bazzy 

I've been thinking water cannon too!

@Former Member posted:

Thanks Fluffs and @velvet donkey I am sorry I keep complaining, it’s just that the total lack of leadership and the hatefulness of the followers is really getting to me. 

I've never seen any of your posts as complaining, just commenting on your status over there!

How can you lockdown a city?  Control all the roads/trains/rivers in and out? It’s not the place but the people who are infectious, you are bolting the stable door after the horse has left

@machel posted:

How can you lockdown a city?  Control all the roads/trains/rivers in and out? It’s not the place but the people who are infectious, you are bolting the stable door after the horse has left

Not sure what else they can do though Machel 

@Baz posted:

Not sure what else they can do though Machel 

Realistically they can lockdown businesses/ parks/schools /shops etc, but it is the people that are infectious and they will just travel further afield unless ways in and out are patrolled

@machel posted:

Realistically they can lockdown businesses/ parks/schools /shops etc, but it is the people that are infectious and they will just travel further afield unless ways in and out are patrolled

This much is true Machel ....but I’m presuming that , hopefully , they will enforce lockdown some way .

I'm getting deja vu of BJ and his Gov

It's like Tony Blair and everything just wonderful all over again ... in the middle of a world tragedy 

How can we "build, build, build" in a time of recession and mass unemployment and pandemic and death?

Bloody imbecile

@Saint posted:

I'm getting deja vu of BJ and his Gov

 

It's like Tony Blair and everything just wonderful all over again ... in the middle of a world tragedy 

 

How can we "build, build, build" in a time of recession and mass unemployment and pandemic and death?

 

Bloody imbecile

 

It’s all a total mess Renton 

Up to 3 million Hong Kong residents are to be offered residency in the UK 

@Moonie posted:

Up to 3 million Hong Kong residents are to be offered residency in the UK 

Are all the people in Hong Kong British Nationals Overseas?

Anyhoo . . . years ago we were heading to the airport in London and the taxi driver saw a broken down car - he must have known on that route they were going to the airport.

So he stopped and they came along with us and we split the costs - nice!

They told me they came from Hong Kong and said they felt betrayed by the British Gov after HK was handed to China and that sooner or later China would do what ever they wanted with HK regardless of UK/China agreement.

They were not happy and seemed a bit anxious back then

@Saint posted:

Are all the people in Hong Kong British Nationals Overseas?

 

Anyhoo . . . years ago we were heading to the airport in London and the taxi driver saw a broken down car - he must have known on that route they were going to the airport.

So he stopped and they came along with us and we split the costs - nice!

 

They told me they came from Hong Kong and said they felt betrayed by the British Gov after HK was handed to China and that sooner or later China would do what ever they wanted with HK regardless of UK/China agreement.

They were not happy and seemed a bit anxious back then

I don’t know if they all are Sainty but I know up to 3 million are.......

@Moonie posted:

I don’t know if they all are Sainty but I know up to 3 million are.......

Yes Let’s hope they don’t start arriving until after Covid has been sorted , cos that’s all we need !

@Baz posted:

Yes Let’s hope they don’t start arriving until after Covid has been sorted , cos that’s all we need !

My thoughts exactly Bazzy  

@Moonie posted:

My thoughts exactly Bazzy  

👍🏻❤️❤️❤️

This is the new Treasury advert...this government is insane

https://twitter.com/hmtreasury.../1278365243652128768

welcome to the Uk including new cases of Covid-19 

75 countries. SEVENTY-FIVE, to be exempt from quarantine!!!! Why bother? They might as well list those that WILL need to be quarantined. I'm sure that list will be shorter!

@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

75 countries. SEVENTY-FIVE, to be exempt from quarantine!!!! Why bother? They might as well list those that WILL need to be quarantined. I'm sure that list will be shorter!

Totally mad , isn’t it EFFT 

If you weren't aware of it, mandatory MOT testing on vehicles resumes from 1 August. There had been a temporary 6 month exemption from 30 March to 30 September but that now ends from 31 July.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53221512
Applies in England, Wales and Scotland.

@El Loro posted:

If you weren't aware of it, mandatory MOT testing on vehicles resumes from 1 August. There had been a temporary 6 month exemption from 30 March to 30 September but that now ends from 31 July.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53221512
Applies in England, Wales and Scotland.

Thanks for the info El 

@Former Member posted:

They have made it really hard to get tested in Orlando. Outdoor testing at the convention center 9am till they run out or pass out. No appointments, people are lining up all night and still not getting seated, and the poor medics are out there in hazmat suits in the full sunshine in a heat wave. 

24% of tests are coming back positive, way up from last week. I think they are making it harder to get tested to manipulate the numbers so they can justify letting the theme parks reopen. 

Please everyone, be careful as the UK reopens. 

Awww that’s awful Roxan ....what a nightmare 

• If we go down to the pub today....

Now we need Clive Dunn.

He knew his demographic.

@velvet donkey posted:

...And "America First" was originally a Klan slogan from the 1920s...

https://www.snopes.com/fact-ch...ku-klux-klan-slogan/

It stinks Eugene.

People and businesses are worried in the Skegness area as many people from Leicester have holiday homes there,  this stretch of the coast has the highest number of caravans in Europe 😷😷😱

@machel posted:

People and businesses are worried in the Skegness area as many people from Leicester have holiday homes there,  this stretch of the coast has the highest number of caravans in Europe 😷😷😱

It’s terribly worrying , isn’t it Machel 

@El Loro El , my browser is saying that parts of this thread are unsecure .....I think it’s one of the clips above that is doing it .

@Baz posted:

@El Loro El , my browser is saying that parts of this thread are unsecure .....I think it’s one of the clips above that is doing it .

Baz, I've just checked every page of this topic. The only thing I found was in fact a BBC video clip that I had embedded here some weeks ago. So I've deleted it. For some unknown reason any embedded BBC video clip on this site does result in it being shown as insecure. Strange as those BBC clips appear to come from a https link rather than http and I used their embed code which they only supply on clips they are happy for people to embed elsewhere. It's something I found ages ago and did notify the BBC about this but they never did anything about it.

Hopefully, you won't see an insecure message now

@El Loro posted:

Baz, I've just checked every page of this topic. The only thing I found was in fact a BBC video clip that I had embedded here some weeks ago. So I've deleted it. For some unknown reason any embedded BBC video clip on this site does result in it being shown as insecure. Strange as those BBC clips appear to come from a https link rather than http and I used their embed code which they only supply on clips they are happy for people to embed elsewhere. It's something I found ages ago and did notify the BBC about this but they never did anything about it.

 

Hopefully, you won't see an insecure message now

Still there El 

EDIT...It’s now gone 

@Baz posted:

It’s terribly worrying , isn’t it Machel 

I am glad I don’t live there any more 

@Moonie posted:

Still there El 

EDIT...It’s now gone 

Thanks El  I only noticed it today , so I presumed it was one of the clips on this page 

@Baz posted:

Thanks El  I only noticed it today , so I presumed it was one of the clips on this page 

no, it wouldn't have been one of the youtube clips.

Surely re-opening the country in a responsible and cautious way means slowly and a little bit a time. not half of it in one go - and hope for the best?