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Expected to give HUGE Coronavirus announcement. Let's see. Hopefully some good news!
Expected to give HUGE Coronavirus announcement. Let's see. Hopefully some good news!
Possibly with some of quote from his hero thrown in?...it seems likely that it's not an announcement per se but an encouragement to start doing stuff again..
but it seems likely that it's not an announcement per se but an encouragement to start doing stuff again but with masks on and other precautions taken.
I'd rather it had dawned on them that performance to date has been appalling and they are now going to actually have a strategy.
OUR PLAN TO REBUILD: The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy
There's some discussion of this in the Matt Hancock thread about today's Leicester announcement. It'll almost certainly be leaked by about 3pm if not before, but it seems likely that it's not an announcement per se but an encouragement to start doing stuff again but with masks on and other precautions taken.
Precisely.It probably won't be leaked as Boris will say what comes into his head as he goes along.
If it’s “an address to the nation” then I would doubt it, as the previous two weren’t, they were scripted and pre-recordedIt probably won't be leaked as Boris will say what comes into his head as he goes along.
Fair point, I never considered the possibility it might be.If it’s “an address to the nation” then I would doubt it, as the previous two weren’t, they were scripted and pre-recorded
If it a press conference, then the first part before the questions is usually written as well
That doesn't necessarily mean he reads it word for word, thoughIf it a press conference, then the first part before the questions is usually written as well
Is it just me or would they be a lot better off reading from an autocue than those fancy looking documents with their scripts that they pretend to write questions down on (which they clearly don't because they don't answer most of them!)That doesn't necessarily mean he reads it word for word, though
To be fair they need to write the questions down, as one question per person usually turns into about 4, and then another 3 follow ups!Is it just me or would they be a lot better off reading from an autocue than those fancy looking documents with their scripts that they pretend to write questions down on (which they clearly don't because they don't answer most of them!)
Has coronavirus sent Boris its schedule then?I hope to be pleasantly surprised and that he will give clear dates for when we will move through stages such as axing social distancing and mandatory masks.
Sorry - I meant dates as in "when we reach this point, we will do this" - such as when we get less than 10 deaths a day for "insert how many days", we start relaxing things further. People need a goal otherwise compliance will fall.Has coronavirus sent Boris its schedule then?
Following this logic, masks in Scotland shouldn't even have been introduced and distancing should be gone by now! (We're stricter than England!!)Sorry - I meant dates as in "when we reach this point, we will do this" - such as when we get less than 10 deaths a day for "insert how many days", we start relaxing things further. People need a goal otherwise compliance will fall.
True. But they shouldn't have been in my opinion that's going back to the same discussion as before though.Following this logic, masks in Scotland shouldn't even have been introduced and distancing should be gone by now! (We're stricter than England!!)
This is true though, right now it seems to be the case that they're playing around with things for no real purpose.
That's the sensible way to do it, although the road-map out of lockdown was done on dates rather than figures, relying solely on the trend rather than actual numbers infected.Sorry - I meant dates as in "when we reach this point, we will do this" - such as when we get less than 10 deaths a day for "insert how many days", we start relaxing things further. People need a goal otherwise compliance will fall.
They've actually been making considerable effort to decrease VAT, long may it continue! Anything to get the more fearful back out and enjoying life again.Well I'm not expecting an apology for dithering over some of the decisions that Government has made. Perhaps they're going to attempt to put some spin on how we can all help the economy to grow, by an increase in taxation - either through the pay packet, for those fortunate to still have a job, or by increasing VAT on everything. Perhaps I'm too cynical. I gave up caring about politicians many years ago.
That message was mentioned somewhere on here this morning.I’ve been led to believe that one of the messages tomorrow will be “travel safe this summer on public transport”. I’ve seen it leaked on Facebook by a reputable source
The person who mentioned it on Facebook is a member of a passenger transport users board, he’s normally pretty accurate with his leaksThat message was mentioned somewhere on here this morning.
There are rumours in the medical world of good news on the vaccine front. But expect it to be hoorayed up and oversold as usual.