WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
Whitehall officials can draw up whatever plans they want, Parliament will vote them down if they mean another lockdown as most Tory MPs will vote against them and topple any Tory PM who tries to implement them.
1/3 of Tory MPs will vote against vaxports tomorrow, around 2/3 of Tory MPs would vote against another lockdown. Boosters are the way out of Omicron not locking down again
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
Whitehall officials can draw up whatever plans they want, Parliament will vote them down if they mean another lockdown as most Tory MPs will vote against them and topple any Tory PM who tries to implement them.
1/3 of Tory MPs will vote against vaxports tomorrow, around 2/3 of Tory MPs would vote against another lockdown. Boosters are the way out of Omicron not locking down again
All the usual stuff is being deployed...the massive scary number dropped today, the repeated its not milder, ....
Those of a nervous disposition (much of PB) should avoid looking at the weather models, which are projecting a cold, possibly snowy, interlude over the festive season. Omicron the Icy etc etc.
Lets not Daily Express this one. The 28 day Met Office, which I like for being level headed does not once mention the word 'snow' although 'frost' and 'fog' do feature over the holiday period. They are plumping quite clearly for cold and settled at the moment.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
Labour are parking their tanks on the Lib Dem's lawn. Going after their bar charts.
All’s fair in love and Lib Dem bar-chartery.
Those who live by the sword… 😄
Yes, quite. If there's a proper deal, fine, nearly all of us will stick to it. But it expects too much of a candidate that he'll just not make an effort because another party that he dislikes less might win if he doesn't. Too many ifs.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
Folk like me, who are right, are never going to vote for them, so why should they care?
Folk like you, who are wrong, might vote for them, so they have to care.
Of course, if they actually cared about the public good, they would just do the right thing and to hell with the electoral consequences. But they don’t. Of course.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
Whitehall officials can draw up whatever plans they want, Parliament will vote them down if they mean another lockdown as most Tory MPs will vote against them and topple any Tory PM who tries to implement them.
1/3 of Tory MPs will vote against vaxports tomorrow, around 2/3 of Tory MPs would vote against another lockdown. Boosters are the way out of Omicron not locking down again
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
That’s proper lockdown. Gosh. Who could have predicted THAT??
A single quote story in the Sun. Do you think the pubs will be shut over Christmas?
No. I reckon they will shut them after Xmas. As I predicted in my official PB PLAGUETIME PREDICTION BINGO last week
Here it is again, I wonder how close I will be
“PB PLAGUE PREDICTIONS BINGO
The world is teetering on the abyss. This could all blow over in a week and we go back to worrying about Boris's bald patch OR human civilisation will be snuffed out like a candle at Christingle, probably around Christingle
In that light, what do we predict? I'll go first
Lockdown: YES
Lockdown when: introduced incrementally, but fast. Plan C from about mid December, Plan Z (a harsh lockdown) from around Jan 1
Lockdown how long: not long. It won't do much. 3-4 weeks
UK hospitalisations between now and end March 2022: 310,000
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
Those of a nervous disposition (much of PB) should avoid looking at the weather models, which are projecting a cold, possibly snowy, interlude over the festive season. Omicron the Icy etc etc.
Lets not Daily Express this one. The 28 day Met Office, which I like for being level headed does not once mention the word 'snow' although 'frost' and 'fog' do feature over the holiday period. They are plumping quite clearly for cold and settled at the moment.
I think you need to read my post again! I’m talking about the weather models and cold, not the Met Office. There is an improbable but nontrivial chance of snow. But a chilly Christmas on the cards.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
That’s proper lockdown. Gosh. Who could have predicted THAT??
A single quote story in the Sun. Do you think the pubs will be shut over Christmas?
No. I reckon they will shut them after Xmas. As I predicted in my official PB PLAGUETIME PREDICTION BINGO last week
Here it is again, I wonder how close I will be
“PB PLAGUE PREDICTIONS BINGO
The world is teetering on the abyss. This could all blow over in a week and we go back to worrying about Boris's bald patch OR human civilisation will be snuffed out like a candle at Christingle, probably around Christingle
In that light, what do we predict? I'll go first
Lockdown: YES
Lockdown when: introduced incrementally, but fast. Plan C from about mid December, Plan Z (a harsh lockdown) from around Jan 1
Lockdown how long: not long. It won't do much. 3-4 weeks
UK hospitalisations between now and end March 2022: 310,000
UK deaths in the same period: 49,000”
“Plan C from about mid December” - your forecast already close to a bust! It’s the 15th tomorrow…
(FWIW I think they will be tempted to go for extra restrictions of some kind 5-28 Jan, but unless you are going to close schools and sequester hospitals, they are largely pointless)
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
That’s proper lockdown. Gosh. Who could have predicted THAT??
A re-post for Sean, in case you missed it earlier this evening:
Breaking, from press conference in Oslo:
Norway is to enforce a total ban on the sale of alcohol in pubs, bars and restaurants for at least the next 4 weeks.
Wait. They're banning alcohol in pubs and bars, but allowing them to stay open? Why exactly?
Sorry, I thought it was obvious.
Intoxicated people lose their inhibitions (case study: Sean). Lost inhibition means not respecting social distancing, or worse (snogging, sex).
Sober people are safer people.
I know. But why would you go to a bar without alcohol? Is this just a way to avoid compensation by not having ordered them closed?
Jeepers creepers. Are you so deep in the arms of the marketing men that the possibility of a night out without intoxicating liquor is beyond your comprehension??
Meeting friends, eating, having a (soft) drink, laughing, socialising, living.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
Whitehall officials can draw up whatever plans they want, Parliament will vote them down if they mean another lockdown as most Tory MPs will vote against them and topple any Tory PM who tries to implement them.
1/3 of Tory MPs will vote against vaxports tomorrow, around 2/3 of Tory MPs would vote against another lockdown. Boosters are the way out of Omicron not locking down again
Are you seriously suggesting that a government lockdown would be voted down? It would bring down the government and split the Tory Party asunder for a generation. Splendid idea! Carry on!
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
That’s proper lockdown. Gosh. Who could have predicted THAT??
A re-post for Sean, in case you missed it earlier this evening:
Breaking, from press conference in Oslo:
Norway is to enforce a total ban on the sale of alcohol in pubs, bars and restaurants for at least the next 4 weeks.
Wait. They're banning alcohol in pubs and bars, but allowing them to stay open? Why exactly?
Sorry, I thought it was obvious.
Intoxicated people lose their inhibitions (case study: Sean). Lost inhibition means not respecting social distancing, or worse (snogging, sex).
Sober people are safer people.
I know. But why would you go to a bar without alcohol? Is this just a way to avoid compensation by not having ordered them closed?
Jeepers creepers. Are you so deep in the arms of the marketing men that the possibility of a night out without intoxicating liquor is beyond your comprehension??
Meeting friends, eating, having a (soft) drink, laughing, socialising, living.
Life goes on without alcohol you know.
How long do you think pubs would last if alcohol was banned?
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
Folk like me, who are right, are never going to vote for them, so why should they care?
Folk like you, who are wrong, might vote for them, so they have to care.
Of course, if they actually cared about the public good, they would just do the right thing and to hell with the electoral consequences. But they don’t. Of course.
I don’t understand your position here. Are you advocating that they forcibly shutter all pubs and restaurants? Really?
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
That’s proper lockdown. Gosh. Who could have predicted THAT??
A re-post for Sean, in case you missed it earlier this evening:
Breaking, from press conference in Oslo:
Norway is to enforce a total ban on the sale of alcohol in pubs, bars and restaurants for at least the next 4 weeks.
Wait. They're banning alcohol in pubs and bars, but allowing them to stay open? Why exactly?
Sorry, I thought it was obvious.
Intoxicated people lose their inhibitions (case study: Sean). Lost inhibition means not respecting social distancing, or worse (snogging, sex).
Sober people are safer people.
I know. But why would you go to a bar without alcohol? Is this just a way to avoid compensation by not having ordered them closed?
Jeepers creepers. Are you so deep in the arms of the marketing men that the possibility of a night out without intoxicating liquor is beyond your comprehension??
Meeting friends, eating, having a (soft) drink, laughing, socialising, living.
Life goes on without alcohol you know.
No. But there are more convivial places to do that than a bar. A bar is for drinking. A teetotal night out with friends would be somewhere else.
Labour are parking their tanks on the Lib Dem's lawn. Going after their bar charts.
(Btw, Labour can make a fortune betting if they think they will come 2nd.)
Great leaflet for the Tories from Labour there, could almost have been written by CCHQ.
If the Tories win by less than 5% over the LDs and that leaflet gets Labour 15% not 10% they will know who to thank
How often do you think a single leaflet in a by-election campaign has shifted a party's vote that much? It's just totally unrealistic in the context of a by-election with a daily flood of literature even if it got through a high proportion of letterboxes, which is extremely doubtful.
The message is also a bit transparently desperate. It implicitly acknowledges that the Lib Dems have been campaigning extremely hard, and thereby repeats their message for them. It's a leaflet that feels very strongly as if it is trying to answer a point made time and again from people who normally vote Labour - that they won't be doing so this time, as it looks as if the Lib Dems are contenders and they aren't. If Labour hadn't been drowned out by the Lib Dems in the constituency, it'd just not be a point they needed to make.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
That’s proper lockdown. Gosh. Who could have predicted THAT??
A re-post for Sean, in case you missed it earlier this evening:
Breaking, from press conference in Oslo:
Norway is to enforce a total ban on the sale of alcohol in pubs, bars and restaurants for at least the next 4 weeks.
Wait. They're banning alcohol in pubs and bars, but allowing them to stay open? Why exactly?
Sorry, I thought it was obvious.
Intoxicated people lose their inhibitions (case study: Sean). Lost inhibition means not respecting social distancing, or worse (snogging, sex).
Sober people are safer people.
I know. But why would you go to a bar without alcohol? Is this just a way to avoid compensation by not having ordered them closed?
Jeepers creepers. Are you so deep in the arms of the marketing men that the possibility of a night out without intoxicating liquor is beyond your comprehension??
Meeting friends, eating, having a (soft) drink, laughing, socialising, living.
Life goes on without alcohol you know.
How long do you think pubs would last if alcohol was banned?
Norwegian ones will last for a few weeks. They’ll have to.
English ones? Dunno. Much more reliant on basket case alcohol dependency is my guess.
I wonder what England would look like if she sobered up? I wonder what 10 Downing Street would look like on the wagon? Slightly less porky for a start.
‘Government’s Test and Trace service could run until 2025, consulting contracts suggest’ - One of four new deals worth up to £111m indicate foreign travel rules may also be in force for years
Covid testing for travel purposes could be with us for decades. The security rules restricting the carriage of liquids on aircraft, for example, were introduced fifteen years ago and there's still no sign of them being repealed.
God alone knows how many Covid variant panics we're going to have to go through before the authorities stop getting the jitters over them.
I suppose the only hope in this case is that COVID testing is such a deterrent to travel the industry will lobby so hard to get rid. Not taking liquids is stupid (as experts have shown they can still easily make a bomb) and a pain, but it isn't anywhere near as problematic as COVID testing.
In the long run it'll be a manageable but pretty pointless nuisance, so perhaps it will be gone in years rather than decades? But nobody's letting go of it in the shorter term, and you'd have to be quite desperate to go abroad whilst widespread Covid testing and self-isolation requirements are in place. The risks of getting caught out by a positive test whilst travelling and having to isolate at your destination for a fortnight, and/or of the scary new Dildo variant magically appearing in the country that you're visiting, and the UK Government therefore forcing you to do a fortnight of hotel quarantine when you get back home, is simply too great.
I agree. No further than the IoW for me until the autumn. It is simply too much hassle and uncertainty.
Yes, it's a challenge for me as many longstanding friends live in other countries and I used to travel on a SeanT scale - a few years ago I was in 25 countries in 3 years (mostly for work). I'd love to visit my friends again or try some new places. What's stopping me is not so much well-defined hassle - test 1 here, test 2 there, do this, don't do that - as the potential for sudden unpredictable hassle - no flights at all, or everyone in quarantine for 2 weeks. If the disease becomes endemic and the regulations stabilise I'll travel again, but not at the moment.
Yes, if you are retired or can knapp anywhere, getting locked down abroad for a long time is not more than a hassle and expense. For those of us on a payroll it's more of a problem.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
That’s proper lockdown. Gosh. Who could have predicted THAT??
A re-post for Sean, in case you missed it earlier this evening:
Breaking, from press conference in Oslo:
Norway is to enforce a total ban on the sale of alcohol in pubs, bars and restaurants for at least the next 4 weeks.
Wait. They're banning alcohol in pubs and bars, but allowing them to stay open? Why exactly?
Sorry, I thought it was obvious.
Intoxicated people lose their inhibitions (case study: Sean). Lost inhibition means not respecting social distancing, or worse (snogging, sex).
Sober people are safer people.
I know. But why would you go to a bar without alcohol? Is this just a way to avoid compensation by not having ordered them closed?
Jeepers creepers. Are you so deep in the arms of the marketing men that the possibility of a night out without intoxicating liquor is beyond your comprehension??
Meeting friends, eating, having a (soft) drink, laughing, socialising, living.
Life goes on without alcohol you know.
How long do you think pubs would last if alcohol was banned?
Norwegian ones will last for a few weeks. They’ll have to.
English ones? Dunno. Much more reliant on basket case alcohol dependency is my guess.
I wonder what England would look like if she sobered up? I wonder what 10 Downing Street would look like on the wagon? Slightly less porky for a start.
Could the Norwegian ones last more than a few weeks?
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
Folk like me, who are right, are never going to vote for them, so why should they care?
Folk like you, who are wrong, might vote for them, so they have to care.
Of course, if they actually cared about the public good, they would just do the right thing and to hell with the electoral consequences. But they don’t. Of course.
I don’t understand your position here. Are you advocating that they forcibly shutter all pubs and restaurants? Really?
I’d confine the retail sale of alcohol to state monopoly shops, with tax rates that’d make you weep. Open 2 hours a week. No fridges. Order one month in advance.
So, your rhetorical question is probably aimed at the wrong person.
Thinking of daft regulations and subsequent confusion, does anyone remember the chaos in the immediate aftermath of the Rule of Six?
Some pubs continued to apply it outdoors even though it had by then become the Rule of Thirty outdoors by law and no longer applied. Others allowed bigger groups than six, but only if they were booked as chunks of six under two different names. A third scenario was that grown ups and children could be separated to allow larger groups, which we utilised quite happily several times on holiday as it meant the pub kept an eye on the children while we enjoyed our lunch.
To end on a cheery note, one of the guys I did ayahuasca with today - extremely smart, well connected, very senior, I’ll say no more than that - predicted the “end of human civilisation as we know it, within the next 7-10 years”
‘Government’s Test and Trace service could run until 2025, consulting contracts suggest’ - One of four new deals worth up to £111m indicate foreign travel rules may also be in force for years
Covid testing for travel purposes could be with us for decades. The security rules restricting the carriage of liquids on aircraft, for example, were introduced fifteen years ago and there's still no sign of them being repealed.
God alone knows how many Covid variant panics we're going to have to go through before the authorities stop getting the jitters over them.
I suppose the only hope in this case is that COVID testing is such a deterrent to travel the industry will lobby so hard to get rid. Not taking liquids is stupid (as experts have shown they can still easily make a bomb) and a pain, but it isn't anywhere near as problematic as COVID testing.
I never understood the problem with liquids. Why on Earth do you need them with you in the hold? Stick them all in your checked bag, if you really need to take them. Why anyone goes to that ludicrous faff of decanting stuff is beyond me. Pretty much every hotel on Earth supplies shampoo.
It was supposed to be a temporary measure in response to 9/11.
To end on a cheery note, one of the guys I did ayahuasca with today - extremely smart, well connected, very senior, I’ll say no more than that - predicted the “end of human civilisation as we know it, within the next 7-10 years”
‘Government’s Test and Trace service could run until 2025, consulting contracts suggest’ - One of four new deals worth up to £111m indicate foreign travel rules may also be in force for years
Covid testing for travel purposes could be with us for decades. The security rules restricting the carriage of liquids on aircraft, for example, were introduced fifteen years ago and there's still no sign of them being repealed.
God alone knows how many Covid variant panics we're going to have to go through before the authorities stop getting the jitters over them.
I suppose the only hope in this case is that COVID testing is such a deterrent to travel the industry will lobby so hard to get rid. Not taking liquids is stupid (as experts have shown they can still easily make a bomb) and a pain, but it isn't anywhere near as problematic as COVID testing.
I never understood the problem with liquids. Why on Earth do you need them with you in the hold? Stick them all in your checked bag, if you really need to take them. Why anyone goes to that ludicrous faff of decanting stuff is beyond me. Pretty much every hotel on Earth supplies shampoo.
It was supposed to be a temporary measure in response to 9/11.
It might have been implemented in response to 9/11, but did they say it was temporary?
‘Government’s Test and Trace service could run until 2025, consulting contracts suggest’ - One of four new deals worth up to £111m indicate foreign travel rules may also be in force for years
Covid testing for travel purposes could be with us for decades. The security rules restricting the carriage of liquids on aircraft, for example, were introduced fifteen years ago and there's still no sign of them being repealed.
God alone knows how many Covid variant panics we're going to have to go through before the authorities stop getting the jitters over them.
I suppose the only hope in this case is that COVID testing is such a deterrent to travel the industry will lobby so hard to get rid. Not taking liquids is stupid (as experts have shown they can still easily make a bomb) and a pain, but it isn't anywhere near as problematic as COVID testing.
I never understood the problem with liquids. Why on Earth do you need them with you in the hold? Stick them all in your checked bag, if you really need to take them. Why anyone goes to that ludicrous faff of decanting stuff is beyond me. Pretty much every hotel on Earth supplies shampoo.
It was supposed to be a temporary measure in response to 9/11.
It might have been implemented in response to 9/11, but did they say it was temporary?
Iirc, it was put in place suddenly, some time after 9/11 in response to a specific plot by AQ. The specific threat has probably passed, but the vulnerability remains.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
Folk like me, who are right, are never going to vote for them, so why should they care?
Folk like you, who are wrong, might vote for them, so they have to care.
Of course, if they actually cared about the public good, they would just do the right thing and to hell with the electoral consequences. But they don’t. Of course.
I don’t understand your position here. Are you advocating that they forcibly shutter all pubs and restaurants? Really?
I’d confine the retail sale of alcohol to state monopoly shops, with tax rates that’d make you weep. Open 2 hours a week. No fridges. Order one month in advance.
So, your rhetorical question is probably aimed at the wrong person.
Thank goodness puritan pricks like you will only ever be whining from the sidelines then.
‘Government’s Test and Trace service could run until 2025, consulting contracts suggest’ - One of four new deals worth up to £111m indicate foreign travel rules may also be in force for years
Covid testing for travel purposes could be with us for decades. The security rules restricting the carriage of liquids on aircraft, for example, were introduced fifteen years ago and there's still no sign of them being repealed.
God alone knows how many Covid variant panics we're going to have to go through before the authorities stop getting the jitters over them.
I suppose the only hope in this case is that COVID testing is such a deterrent to travel the industry will lobby so hard to get rid. Not taking liquids is stupid (as experts have shown they can still easily make a bomb) and a pain, but it isn't anywhere near as problematic as COVID testing.
I never understood the problem with liquids. Why on Earth do you need them with you in the hold? Stick them all in your checked bag, if you really need to take them. Why anyone goes to that ludicrous faff of decanting stuff is beyond me. Pretty much every hotel on Earth supplies shampoo.
It was supposed to be a temporary measure in response to 9/11.
It might have been implemented in response to 9/11, but did they say it was temporary?
Iirc, it was put in place suddenly, some time after 9/11 in response to a specific plot by AQ. The threat has probably passed, but the vulnerability remains.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
That’s proper lockdown. Gosh. Who could have predicted THAT??
A re-post for Sean, in case you missed it earlier this evening:
Breaking, from press conference in Oslo:
Norway is to enforce a total ban on the sale of alcohol in pubs, bars and restaurants for at least the next 4 weeks.
Wait. They're banning alcohol in pubs and bars, but allowing them to stay open? Why exactly?
Sorry, I thought it was obvious.
Intoxicated people lose their inhibitions (case study: Sean). Lost inhibition means not respecting social distancing, or worse (snogging, sex).
Sober people are safer people.
I know. But why would you go to a bar without alcohol? Is this just a way to avoid compensation by not having ordered them closed?
Jeepers creepers. Are you so deep in the arms of the marketing men that the possibility of a night out without intoxicating liquor is beyond your comprehension??
Meeting friends, eating, having a (soft) drink, laughing, socialising, living.
Life goes on without alcohol you know.
How long do you think pubs would last if alcohol was banned?
Norwegian ones will last for a few weeks. They’ll have to.
English ones? Dunno. Much more reliant on basket case alcohol dependency is my guess.
I wonder what England would look like if she sobered up? I wonder what 10 Downing Street would look like on the wagon? Slightly less porky for a start.
Could the Norwegian ones last more than a few weeks?
Personal post. I'm up late tonight, and on here, as I've been waiting for my first grandchild to be born. Daughter-in-law went into labour at 7pm this evening. Baby boy has just arrived! Hoping they all get back from hospital free of Omicron...... Good night.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
Folk like me, who are right, are never going to vote for them, so why should they care?
Folk like you, who are wrong, might vote for them, so they have to care.
Of course, if they actually cared about the public good, they would just do the right thing and to hell with the electoral consequences. But they don’t. Of course.
I don’t understand your position here. Are you advocating that they forcibly shutter all pubs and restaurants? Really?
I’d confine the retail sale of alcohol to state monopoly shops, with tax rates that’d make you weep. Open 2 hours a week. No fridges. Order one month in advance.
So, your rhetorical question is probably aimed at the wrong person.
Well, no. It was aimed at you. And I’m not sure you have answered it. Do you include pubs and restaurants in ‘retail sale’? I.e. would you permanently ban them from serving alcohol?
Personal post. I'm up late tonight, and on here, as I've been waiting for my first grandchild to be born. Daughter-in-law went into labour at 7pm this evening. Baby boy has just arrived! Hoping they all get back from hospital free of Omicron...... Good night.
Personal post. I'm up late tonight, and on here, as I've been waiting for my first grandchild to be born. Daughter-in-law went into labour at 7pm this evening. Baby boy has just arrived! Hoping they all get back from hospital free of Omicron...... Good night.
Brilliant Mr Northern. Many congratulations and a hope for many (atheistic) blessings upon your grandson. May he grow up in a world worthy of him.
Personal post. I'm up late tonight, and on here, as I've been waiting for my first grandchild to be born. Daughter-in-law went into labour at 7pm this evening. Baby boy has just arrived! Hoping they all get back from hospital free of Omicron...... Good night.
Personal post. I'm up late tonight, and on here, as I've been waiting for my first grandchild to be born. Daughter-in-law went into labour at 7pm this evening. Baby boy has just arrived! Hoping they all get back from hospital free of Omicron...... Good night.
Personal post. I'm up late tonight, and on here, as I've been waiting for my first grandchild to be born. Daughter-in-law went into labour at 7pm this evening. Baby boy has just arrived! Hoping they all get back from hospital free of Omicron...... Good night.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
That’s proper lockdown. Gosh. Who could have predicted THAT??
A re-post for Sean, in case you missed it earlier this evening:
Breaking, from press conference in Oslo:
Norway is to enforce a total ban on the sale of alcohol in pubs, bars and restaurants for at least the next 4 weeks.
Wait. They're banning alcohol in pubs and bars, but allowing them to stay open? Why exactly?
Sorry, I thought it was obvious.
Intoxicated people lose their inhibitions (case study: Sean). Lost inhibition means not respecting social distancing, or worse (snogging, sex).
Sober people are safer people.
I know. But why would you go to a bar without alcohol? Is this just a way to avoid compensation by not having ordered them closed?
Jeepers creepers. Are you so deep in the arms of the marketing men that the possibility of a night out without intoxicating liquor is beyond your comprehension??
Meeting friends, eating, having a (soft) drink, laughing, socialising, living.
Life goes on without alcohol you know.
How long do you think pubs would last if alcohol was banned?
Norwegian ones will last for a few weeks. They’ll have to.
English ones? Dunno. Much more reliant on basket case alcohol dependency is my guess.
I wonder what England would look like if she sobered up? I wonder what 10 Downing Street would look like on the wagon? Slightly less porky for a start.
I note you are implying alcoholism is a problem in England as opposed to the UK as a whole. And yet Scotland has much higher rates of alcoholism and alcohol related deaths than England. Your hatred for the English stretches so far that you have to warp the facts to suit your own bigotry.
Given I am a strong advocate of a positive case for Scottish Independence I find you an embarrassment to that cause.
Those of a nervous disposition (much of PB) should avoid looking at the weather models, which are projecting a cold, possibly snowy, interlude over the festive season. Omicron the Icy etc etc.
Lets not Daily Express this one. The 28 day Met Office, which I like for being level headed does not once mention the word 'snow' although 'frost' and 'fog' do feature over the holiday period. They are plumping quite clearly for cold and settled at the moment.
Frost and fog = no wind generation - with those gas prices?
Ruh roh. Stock up on logs and petrol for the generator.
Just finished watching the greatest Christmas action movie of all time. As Ode to Joy plays through the credits, there can be no doubt that its the one of the greatest Christmas films of all time too.
As for Ode to Joy itself, its brilliantly used throughout the film, interspersed with Christmas songs as befits such a timeless Christmas classic. This film will surely always be the main modern day thing to be associated with Beethoven's 9th.
Just finished watching the greatest Christmas action movie of all time. As Ode to Joy plays through the credits, there can be no doubt that its the one of the greatest Christmas films of all time too.
As for Ode to Joy itself, its brilliantly used throughout the film, interspersed with Christmas songs as befits such a timeless Christmas classic. This film will surely always be the main modern day thing to be associated with Beethoven's 9th.
Just finished watching the greatest Christmas action movie of all time. As Ode to Joy plays through the credits, there can be no doubt that its the one of the greatest Christmas films of all time too.
As for Ode to Joy itself, its brilliantly used throughout the film, interspersed with Christmas songs as befits such a timeless Christmas classic. This film will surely always be the main modern day thing to be associated with Beethoven's 9th.
Beethoven's 9th is the very apex of Western Civilisation for me.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
despite massive issues in local govt funding, education, health and social care, child poverty and well being, climate crisis, COVID, Northern Ireland and Russia threatening Ukraine another round of `culture wars and Europe' beckon as the No 10 and CCHQ chase favourable media from the usual newspapers......
despite massive issues in local govt funding, education, health and social care, child poverty and well being, climate crisis, COVID, Northern Ireland and Russia threatening Ukraine another round of `culture wars and Europe' beckon as the No 10 and CCHQ chase favourable media from the usual newspapers......
Suppose it will have nowt to say about stripping citizenship from dual nationals without even informing them?
"The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, urged the government to make sure that any reforms of the HRA were backed by evidence, not driven by political rhetoric."
‘Government’s Test and Trace service could run until 2025, consulting contracts suggest’ - One of four new deals worth up to £111m indicate foreign travel rules may also be in force for years
Covid testing for travel purposes could be with us for decades. The security rules restricting the carriage of liquids on aircraft, for example, were introduced fifteen years ago and there's still no sign of them being repealed.
God alone knows how many Covid variant panics we're going to have to go through before the authorities stop getting the jitters over them.
I suppose the only hope in this case is that COVID testing is such a deterrent to travel the industry will lobby so hard to get rid. Not taking liquids is stupid (as experts have shown they can still easily make a bomb) and a pain, but it isn't anywhere near as problematic as COVID testing.
I never understood the problem with liquids. Why on Earth do you need them with you in the hold? Stick them all in your checked bag, if you really need to take them. Why anyone goes to that ludicrous faff of decanting stuff is beyond me. Pretty much every hotel on Earth supplies shampoo.
It was supposed to be a temporary measure in response to 9/11.
It might have been implemented in response to 9/11, but did they say it was temporary?
Most of the measures imposed after 9/11 were supposed to be temporary as I recall.
Got my booster yesterday here in Spain - Moderna added to my previous AZ x2. Pretty chuffed as minimal side effects except a very slight soreness in the arm this morning. Anywhere ready to face the world here a little more securely once the antibodies start waking up as well!
Got my booster yesterday here in Spain - Moderna added to my previous AZ x2. Pretty chuffed as minimal side effects except a very slight soreness in the arm this morning. Anywhere ready to face the world here a little more securely once the antibodies start waking up as well!
I have good news and bad news.
The good news is that AZ-AZ-Moderna offers excellent protection.
The bad news is that the Moderna "after effects" typically start at 24 hours. Be prepared to be wiped out.
Got my booster yesterday here in Spain - Moderna added to my previous AZ x2. Pretty chuffed as minimal side effects except a very slight soreness in the arm this morning. Anywhere ready to face the world here a little more securely once the antibodies start waking up as well!
I have good news and bad news.
The good news is that AZ-AZ-Moderna offers excellent protection.
The bad news is that the Moderna "after effects" typically start at 24 hours. Be prepared to be wiped out.
Yep. I and many others I know had the same. But it's in a good cause
I've stayed out of these two by-elections because neither are the right territory for the respective challengers. If the LibDems do pull it off on Thursday it will be a sensation.
I've stayed out of these two by-elections because neither are the right territory for the respective challengers. If the LibDems do pull it off on Thursday it will be a sensation.
I like Mike's low Labour vote suggestion.
No need to stay out, you can still win by backing non challengers. I've had a Bexley and North Salop double.
"The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, urged the government to make sure that any reforms of the HRA were backed by evidence, not driven by political rhetoric."
"The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, urged the government to make sure that any reforms of the HRA were backed by evidence, not driven by political rhetoric."
"The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, urged the government to make sure that any reforms of the HRA were backed by evidence, not driven by political rhetoric."
"The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, urged the government to make sure that any reforms of the HRA were backed by evidence, not driven by political rhetoric."
"The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, urged the government to make sure that any reforms of the HRA were backed by evidence, not driven by political rhetoric."
‘Government’s Test and Trace service could run until 2025, consulting contracts suggest’ - One of four new deals worth up to £111m indicate foreign travel rules may also be in force for years
Covid testing for travel purposes could be with us for decades. The security rules restricting the carriage of liquids on aircraft, for example, were introduced fifteen years ago and there's still no sign of them being repealed.
God alone knows how many Covid variant panics we're going to have to go through before the authorities stop getting the jitters over them.
I suppose the only hope in this case is that COVID testing is such a deterrent to travel the industry will lobby so hard to get rid. Not taking liquids is stupid (as experts have shown they can still easily make a bomb) and a pain, but it isn't anywhere near as problematic as COVID testing.
In the long run it'll be a manageable but pretty pointless nuisance, so perhaps it will be gone in years rather than decades? But nobody's letting go of it in the shorter term, and you'd have to be quite desperate to go abroad whilst widespread Covid testing and self-isolation requirements are in place. The risks of getting caught out by a positive test whilst travelling and having to isolate at your destination for a fortnight, and/or of the scary new Dildo variant magically appearing in the country that you're visiting, and the UK Government therefore forcing you to do a fortnight of hotel quarantine when you get back home, is simply too great.
I know what you mean. Today is only my second foreign trip in the last 10 days
Got my booster yesterday here in Spain - Moderna added to my previous AZ x2. Pretty chuffed as minimal side effects except a very slight soreness in the arm this morning. Anywhere ready to face the world here a little more securely once the antibodies start waking up as well!
I have good news and bad news.
The good news is that AZ-AZ-Moderna offers excellent protection.
The bad news is that the Moderna "after effects" typically start at 24 hours. Be prepared to be wiped out.
The research online suggest some may experience side effects after 12 hours - typically muscle pain and tiredness. I'm now 13 hours in and so far I can only report the mildest twinges. I'm 67 and tbf tiredness, general aches and pains, not to mmention chronic hypochondria, are pretty much everyday things at my age and I wonder if this is why most of my contemporaries report little noticeable effects from boosters. Also I had zero side effects of note from my AZ shots earlier in the year.
To end on a cheery note, one of the guys I did ayahuasca with today - extremely smart, well connected, very senior, I’ll say no more than that - predicted the “end of human civilisation as we know it, within the next 7-10 years”
It all added to the gaiety
Nighty night from the Jaguar Realms
That’s no fun unless he predicts how!
When do we get to hear about what crazy things you saw
To end on a cheery note, one of the guys I did ayahuasca with today - extremely smart, well connected, very senior, I’ll say no more than that - predicted the “end of human civilisation as we know it, within the next 7-10 years”
It all added to the gaiety
Nighty night from the Jaguar Realms
That’s no fun unless he predicts how!
When do we get to hear about what crazy things you saw
Stoned bloke speaks bollocks, what a surprise!
Is there anything more dull than hearing other people's accounts of drugs?
To end on a cheery note, one of the guys I did ayahuasca with today - extremely smart, well connected, very senior, I’ll say no more than that - predicted the “end of human civilisation as we know it, within the next 7-10 years”
It all added to the gaiety
Nighty night from the Jaguar Realms
That’s no fun unless he predicts how!
When do we get to hear about what crazy things you saw
Stoned bloke speaks bollocks, what a surprise!
Is there anything more dull than hearing other people's accounts of drugs?
To end on a cheery note, one of the guys I did ayahuasca with today - extremely smart, well connected, very senior, I’ll say no more than that - predicted the “end of human civilisation as we know it, within the next 7-10 years”
It all added to the gaiety
Nighty night from the Jaguar Realms
That’s no fun unless he predicts how!
When do we get to hear about what crazy things you saw
Stoned bloke speaks bollocks, what a surprise!
Is there anything more dull than hearing other people's accounts of drugs?
To end on a cheery note, one of the guys I did ayahuasca with today - extremely smart, well connected, very senior, I’ll say no more than that - predicted the “end of human civilisation as we know it, within the next 7-10 years”
It all added to the gaiety
Nighty night from the Jaguar Realms
That’s no fun unless he predicts how!
When do we get to hear about what crazy things you saw
Stoned bloke speaks bollocks, what a surprise!
Is there anything more dull than hearing other people's accounts of drugs?
F1?
I don’t think you can say that’s been ‘dull’ exactly. Why, even lawyers have been arguing over every detail…
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
Who are these "Whitehall officials" and why should they control whether or not the Dog & Duck in Mansfield stays open ?
I'm guessing they were told/asked to draw up contingency plans so they are available to the minister if needed.
May be I’m just getting older, but it seems that for the last 5-6 years (I saw it happen during the Brexit wars first) that virtually everything gets leaked. Was it this bad in the past? I don’t think so, but maybe I have road tinted glasses on.
If there can be no presumption of confidentiality it makes government work much much harder
To end on a cheery note, one of the guys I did ayahuasca with today - extremely smart, well connected, very senior, I’ll say no more than that - predicted the “end of human civilisation as we know it, within the next 7-10 years”
It all added to the gaiety
Nighty night from the Jaguar Realms
That’s no fun unless he predicts how!
When do we get to hear about what crazy things you saw
Stoned bloke speaks bollocks, what a surprise!
Is there anything more dull than hearing other people's accounts of drugs
I am intrigued by the DMT hallucinations he had, given they’re a twisted manifestation of your sub conscience. Some reckon it’s not uncommon to have a natural DMT trip at the moment of death. There’s also now some early research on its use as a depression and addiction treatment. Others muse that its use by shamens and priests certainly fed the myths and legends of our early spiritual development, with the use of hallucinogens a key component all the way up to the Greek Mysteries in Western civilisation. Some wilder folk even wonder if the commonality in appearance and nature of the hallucinogenic beings (the DMT elves) suggests there’s more to it all than meets the eye.
Plenty of material for a diverting magazine piece by Leon there.
To end on a cheery note, one of the guys I did ayahuasca with today - extremely smart, well connected, very senior, I’ll say no more than that - predicted the “end of human civilisation as we know it, within the next 7-10 years”
It all added to the gaiety
Nighty night from the Jaguar Realms
That’s no fun unless he predicts how!
When do we get to hear about what crazy things you saw
Stoned bloke speaks bollocks, what a surprise!
Is there anything more dull than hearing other people's accounts of drugs?
F1?
That’s about to provide a lot of work for lawyers. One team even took a QC with them to the last race, in anticipation of the events that occurred.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
Who are these "Whitehall officials" and why should they control whether or not the Dog & Duck in Mansfield stays open ?
I'm guessing they were told/asked to draw up contingency plans so they are available to the minister if needed.
May be I’m just getting older, but it seems that for the last 5-6 years (I saw it happen during the Brexit wars first) that virtually everything gets leaked. Was it this bad in the past? I don’t think so, but maybe I have road tinted glasses on.
If there can be no presumption of confidentiality it makes government work much much harder
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
WHITEHALL officials have drawn up plans to restrict numbers in pubs and restaurants and even close them down in the coming weeks. There are growing fears of further resections after Christmas as Omicron is expected to peak in January, with New Year parties in grave doubt.
To end on a cheery note, one of the guys I did ayahuasca with today - extremely smart, well connected, very senior, I’ll say no more than that - predicted the “end of human civilisation as we know it, within the next 7-10 years”
It all added to the gaiety
Nighty night from the Jaguar Realms
That’s no fun unless he predicts how!
When do we get to hear about what crazy things you saw
Stoned bloke speaks bollocks, what a surprise!
Is there anything more dull than hearing other people's accounts of drugs?
F1?
That’s about to provide a lot of work for lawyers. One team even took a QC with them to the last race, in anticipation of the events that occurred.
To end on a cheery note, one of the guys I did ayahuasca with today - extremely smart, well connected, very senior, I’ll say no more than that - predicted the “end of human civilisation as we know it, within the next 7-10 years”
It all added to the gaiety
Nighty night from the Jaguar Realms
That’s no fun unless he predicts how!
When do we get to hear about what crazy things you saw
Stoned bloke speaks bollocks, what a surprise!
Is there anything more dull than hearing other people's accounts of drugs
I am intrigued by the DMT hallucinations he had, given they’re a twisted manifestation of your sub conscience. Some reckon it’s not uncommon to have a natural DMT trip at the moment of death. There’s also now some early research on its use as a depression and addiction treatment. Others muse that its use by shamens and priests certainly fed the myths and legends of our early spiritual development, with the use of hallucinogens a key component all the way up to the Greek Mysteries in Western civilisation. Some wilder folk even wonder if the commonality in appearance and nature of the hallucinogenic beings (the DMT elves) suggests there’s more to it all than meets the eye.
Plenty of material for a diverting magazine piece by Leon there.
Sure, drug experiences can be vivid for the individual, but they are tediously dull when recounted to an audience. It's like hearing peoples stories of their weird dreams, only much longer and more boring.
"The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, urged the government to make sure that any reforms of the HRA were backed by evidence, not driven by political rhetoric."
A typical lawyer, he puts all his writings behind paywalls.
These comments are free.
But I can summarise for you if you want.
The first time I clicked on the Substack link, it said it was for subscribers only. The second time, it worked!
The HRA fundamentally changed the relationship between the Judiciary and Parliament, and many of the appointments to the Strasbourg court have been fundamentally political in nature.
Having left the EU, where membership of the ECHR was compulsory, it’s worth taking another look at that relationship, although there’s a fine line to tread in trying to rebalance the relationship in favour of Parliament.
A starting point should be, for example, that a foreign national sentenced to a year’s imprisonment should be assumed to be a candidate for deportation, except in very exceptional circumstances. People who wish to appeal their deportation, can do so from outside the UK and at their own expense.
To end on a cheery note, one of the guys I did ayahuasca with today - extremely smart, well connected, very senior, I’ll say no more than that - predicted the “end of human civilisation as we know it, within the next 7-10 years”
It all added to the gaiety
Nighty night from the Jaguar Realms
That’s no fun unless he predicts how!
When do we get to hear about what crazy things you saw
Stoned bloke speaks bollocks, what a surprise!
Is there anything more dull than hearing other people's accounts of drugs?
F1?
That’s about to provide a lot of work for lawyers. One team even took a QC with them to the last race, in anticipation of the events that occurred.
To end on a cheery note, one of the guys I did ayahuasca with today - extremely smart, well connected, very senior, I’ll say no more than that - predicted the “end of human civilisation as we know it, within the next 7-10 years”
It all added to the gaiety
Nighty night from the Jaguar Realms
That’s no fun unless he predicts how!
When do we get to hear about what crazy things you saw
Stoned bloke speaks bollocks, what a surprise!
Is there anything more dull than hearing other people's accounts of drugs
I am intrigued by the DMT hallucinations he had, given they’re a twisted manifestation of your sub conscience. Some reckon it’s not uncommon to have a natural DMT trip at the moment of death. There’s also now some early research on its use as a depression and addiction treatment. Others muse that its use by shamens and priests certainly fed the myths and legends of our early spiritual development, with the use of hallucinogens a key component all the way up to the Greek Mysteries in Western civilisation. Some wilder folk even wonder if the commonality in appearance and nature of the hallucinogenic beings (the DMT elves) suggests there’s more to it all than meets the eye.
Plenty of material for a diverting magazine piece by Leon there.
Sure, drug experiences can be vivid for the individual, but they are tediously dull when recounted to an audience. It's like hearing peoples stories of their weird dreams, only much longer and more boring.
I dunno, all the bible stories about demons and angels are mildly diverting and they were probably accounts of drug trips.
"The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, urged the government to make sure that any reforms of the HRA were backed by evidence, not driven by political rhetoric."
A typical lawyer, he puts all his writings behind paywalls.
These comments are free.
But I can summarise for you if you want.
The first time I clicked on the Substack link, it said it was for subscribers only. The second time, it worked!
The HRA fundamentally changed the relationship between the Judiciary and Parliament, and many of the appointments to the Strasbourg court have been fundamentally political in nature.
Having left the EU, where membership of the ECHR was compulsory, it’s worth taking another look at that relationship, although there’s a fine line to tread in trying to rebalance the relationship in favour of Parliament.
A starting point should be, for example, that a foreign national sentenced to a year’s imprisonment should be assumed to be a candidate for deportation, except in very exceptional circumstances. People who wish to appeal their deportation, can do so from outside the UK and at their own expense.
It would be nice to retain ancient freedoms like the right to protest though, and the right to not have your citizenship arbitrarily revoked.
It is clear that this government does not believe in liberties or rights and will not protect them. This attack on the Human Rights Act is just another authoritarian power grab.
I personally believe that the Lib Dems are going to win NS and that it won't be that close but its nice to see Labour giving the government a helping hand.
NS has come at a bad time for the government with the hysteria about various things bubbling up and Boris's standing collapsing. They face a lot of irritation from their natural supporters for doing too much in response to Omicron and a lot of criticism from most for not doing even more. Plus its a by election, a free hit to tell the government that we are not happy with our lot and the Lib Dems are good at pointless gestures. If we are really lucky we might get a rerun of Ed Davey playing with his lego bricks.
"The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, urged the government to make sure that any reforms of the HRA were backed by evidence, not driven by political rhetoric."
Got my booster yesterday here in Spain - Moderna added to my previous AZ x2. Pretty chuffed as minimal side effects except a very slight soreness in the arm this morning. Anywhere ready to face the world here a little more securely once the antibodies start waking up as well!
I have good news and bad news.
The good news is that AZ-AZ-Moderna offers excellent protection.
The bad news is that the Moderna "after effects" typically start at 24 hours. Be prepared to be wiped out.
The research online suggest some may experience side effects after 12 hours - typically muscle pain and tiredness. I'm now 13 hours in and so far I can only report the mildest twinges. I'm 67 and tbf tiredness, general aches and pains, not to mmention chronic hypochondria, are pretty much everyday things at my age and I wonder if this is why most of my contemporaries report little noticeable effects from boosters. Also I had zero side effects of note from my AZ shots earlier in the year.
The first MRNA shot is fine. The second wipes you out. The third is a doozy.
I was AZ-AZ-PFE and got hit at 20 hours. But nothing a 2 hour nap mid afternoon couldn’t fix
"The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, urged the government to make sure that any reforms of the HRA were backed by evidence, not driven by political rhetoric."
A typical lawyer, he puts all his writings behind paywalls.
These comments are free.
But I can summarise for you if you want.
The first time I clicked on the Substack link, it said it was for subscribers only. The second time, it worked!
The HRA fundamentally changed the relationship between the Judiciary and Parliament, and many of the appointments to the Strasbourg court have been fundamentally political in nature.
Having left the EU, where membership of the ECHR was compulsory, it’s worth taking another look at that relationship, although there’s a fine line to tread in trying to rebalance the relationship in favour of Parliament.
A starting point should be, for example, that a foreign national sentenced to a year’s imprisonment should be assumed to be a candidate for deportation, except in very exceptional circumstances. People who wish to appeal their deportation, can do so from outside the UK and at their own expense.
IANAE in that area but I am pretty sure that last paragraph is the law already. Section 32(5) of the UK Borders Act 2007 mandates that, unless certain circumstances apply, the Home Secretary must make a deportation order against a ‘foreign criminal’ who has been sentenced to 12 months or more.
Why is the Twitter account of No 10 celebrating half a million booster doses being booked in one day, after all that publicity? Isn’t that the same number we’re been doing daily for a while, and well below par for the new target?
"The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, urged the government to make sure that any reforms of the HRA were backed by evidence, not driven by political rhetoric."
A typical lawyer, he puts all his writings behind paywalls.
These comments are free.
But I can summarise for you if you want.
The first time I clicked on the Substack link, it said it was for subscribers only. The second time, it worked!
The HRA fundamentally changed the relationship between the Judiciary and Parliament, and many of the appointments to the Strasbourg court have been fundamentally political in nature.
Having left the EU, where membership of the ECHR was compulsory, it’s worth taking another look at that relationship, although there’s a fine line to tread in trying to rebalance the relationship in favour of Parliament.
A starting point should be, for example, that a foreign national sentenced to a year’s imprisonment should be assumed to be a candidate for deportation, except in very exceptional circumstances. People who wish to appeal their deportation, can do so from outside the UK and at their own expense.
IANAE in that area but I am pretty sure that last paragraph is the law already. Section 32(5) of the UK Borders Act 2007 mandates that, unless certain circumstances apply, the Home Secretary must make a deportation order against a ‘foreign criminal’ who has been sentenced to 12 months or more.
IANAL, but isn’t the issue the over-riding “right to a family life”, which has been interpreted over time in ways that make it practically impossible to actually deport anyone who has lived in the country for more than a couple of years?
"The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, urged the government to make sure that any reforms of the HRA were backed by evidence, not driven by political rhetoric."
A typical lawyer, he puts all his writings behind paywalls.
These comments are free.
But I can summarise for you if you want.
The first time I clicked on the Substack link, it said it was for subscribers only. The second time, it worked!
The HRA fundamentally changed the relationship between the Judiciary and Parliament, and many of the appointments to the Strasbourg court have been fundamentally political in nature.
Having left the EU, where membership of the ECHR was compulsory, it’s worth taking another look at that relationship, although there’s a fine line to tread in trying to rebalance the relationship in favour of Parliament.
A starting point should be, for example, that a foreign national sentenced to a year’s imprisonment should be assumed to be a candidate for deportation, except in very exceptional circumstances. People who wish to appeal their deportation, can do so from outside the UK and at their own expense.
It would be nice to retain ancient freedoms like the right to protest though, and the right to not have your citizenship arbitrarily revoked.
It is clear that this government does not believe in liberties or rights and will not protect them. This attack on the Human Rights Act is just another authoritarian power grab.
Ultimately it's up to parliament. We'll see what happens in the USA where the judiciary is a co-equal branch - and in practice ABOVE the other two - for it is they that divine what the constitution actually means. Almost the only thing I'd like to see strengthened in the British system is a stronger mechanism than simple majority to say change the electoral cycle to once every hundred years, beyond the sanity of the monarch.
"Statisticians in South Africa have also noted that the case fatality rate – the percentage of people who go on to die from an infection – has fallen considerably since the arrival of omicron.
With the delta variant, around three per cent of infections – one in 33 – were resulting in death, but now that figure has slumped to 0.5 per cent – one in 200"
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1/3 of Tory MPs will vote against vaxports tomorrow, around 2/3 of Tory MPs would vote against another lockdown. Boosters are the way out of Omicron not locking down again
Intoxicated people lose their inhibitions (case study: Sean). Lost inhibition means not respecting social distancing, or worse (snogging, sex).
Sober people are safer people.
Folk like me, who are right, are never going to vote for them, so why should they care?
Folk like you, who are wrong, might vote for them, so they have to care.
Of course, if they actually cared about the public good, they would just do the right thing and to hell with the electoral consequences. But they don’t. Of course.
Here it is again, I wonder how close I will be
“PB PLAGUE PREDICTIONS BINGO
The world is teetering on the abyss. This could all blow over in a week and we go back to worrying about Boris's bald patch OR human civilisation will be snuffed out like a candle at Christingle, probably around Christingle
In that light, what do we predict? I'll go first
Lockdown: YES
Lockdown when: introduced incrementally, but fast. Plan C from about mid December, Plan Z (a harsh lockdown) from around Jan 1
Lockdown how long: not long. It won't do much. 3-4 weeks
UK hospitalisations between now and end March 2022: 310,000
UK deaths in the same period: 49,000”
But why would you go to a bar without alcohol? Is this just a way to avoid compensation by not having ordered them closed?
Edit: I see @RobD has twigged my point.
(FWIW I think they will be tempted to go for extra restrictions of some kind 5-28 Jan, but unless you are going to close schools and sequester hospitals, they are largely pointless)
Meeting friends, eating, having a (soft) drink, laughing, socialising, living.
Life goes on without alcohol you know.
It would bring down the government and split the Tory Party asunder for a generation.
Splendid idea! Carry on!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/13/covid-nhs-in-crisis-mode-as-hospitals-told-to-discharge-patients-where-possible
If they have called this wrong, how many will die from hospitals basically becoming COVID only again?
A teetotal night out with friends would be somewhere else.
The message is also a bit transparently desperate. It implicitly acknowledges that the Lib Dems have been campaigning extremely hard, and thereby repeats their message for them. It's a leaflet that feels very strongly as if it is trying to answer a point made time and again from people who normally vote Labour - that they won't be doing so this time, as it looks as if the Lib Dems are contenders and they aren't. If Labour hadn't been drowned out by the Lib Dems in the constituency, it'd just not be a point they needed to make.
English ones? Dunno. Much more reliant on basket case alcohol dependency is my guess.
I wonder what England would look like if she sobered up?
I wonder what 10 Downing Street would look like on the wagon?
Slightly less porky for a start.
So, your rhetorical question is probably aimed at the wrong person.
Some pubs continued to apply it outdoors even though it had by then become the Rule of Thirty outdoors by law and no longer applied. Others allowed bigger groups than six, but only if they were booked as chunks of six under two different names. A third scenario was that grown ups and children could be separated to allow larger groups, which we utilised quite happily several times on holiday as it meant the pub kept an eye on the children while we enjoyed our lunch.
Funny old world.
It all added to the gaiety
Nighty night from the Jaguar Realms
Good night.
Labour would much rather the Conservatives won.
Not sure being supplanted by the LD's is in the top 50 of Labour's worries.
And centre-left is pushing it really.
Given I am a strong advocate of a positive case for Scottish Independence I find you an embarrassment to that cause.
Ruh roh. Stock up on logs and petrol for the generator.
As for Ode to Joy itself, its brilliantly used throughout the film, interspersed with Christmas songs as befits such a timeless Christmas classic. This film will surely always be the main modern day thing to be associated with Beethoven's 9th.
I hope someone has a word with me if ever end up "safe".
The proposals commit to staying within the European Convention on Human Rights, despite pressure from some Conservatives to leave the treaty.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59646684
No comment could possibly do that justice.
The good news is that AZ-AZ-Moderna offers excellent protection.
The bad news is that the Moderna "after effects" typically start at 24 hours. Be prepared to be wiped out.
I like Mike's low Labour vote suggestion.
Catastrophic for Red Wall Con MPs
North Lab 49% Con 29%
Midlands L 47% C 33%
South C 43% L 35%
London L 48% C 27%
England L 43% C 35%
Scotland SNP 53% C 20% L 13%
Wales L 54% PC 21% C 21%
Women L 42% C 30%
Men L 37% C 33%
UK L 39% C 32% LD 9% SNP 5% Grn 5% Ref 4%
(On behalf of ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Survation interviewed 1,218 adults online aged 18+ living in the UK between 10th and 11th December 2021.)
Raab to claim overhaul of human rights law will counter ‘political correctness’
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/dec/14/raab-to-claim-overhaul-human-rights-law-counter-political-correctness
But I can summarise for you if you want.
When do we get to hear about what crazy things you saw
Is there anything more dull than hearing other people's accounts of drugs?
Miss Cyclefree, you tinker!
If there can be no presumption of confidentiality it makes government work much much harder
Plenty of material for a diverting magazine piece by Leon there.
Shufflepuck?
The HRA fundamentally changed the relationship between the Judiciary and Parliament, and many of the appointments to the Strasbourg court have been fundamentally political in nature.
Having left the EU, where membership of the ECHR was compulsory, it’s worth taking another look at that relationship, although there’s a fine line to tread in trying to rebalance the relationship in favour of Parliament.
A starting point should be, for example, that a foreign national sentenced to a year’s imprisonment should be assumed to be a candidate for deportation, except in very exceptional circumstances. People who wish to appeal their deportation, can do so from outside the UK and at their own expense.
It is clear that this government does not believe in liberties or rights and will not protect them. This attack on the Human Rights Act is just another authoritarian power grab.
NS has come at a bad time for the government with the hysteria about various things bubbling up and Boris's standing collapsing. They face a lot of irritation from their natural supporters for doing too much in response to Omicron and a lot of criticism from most for not doing even more. Plus its a by election, a free hit to tell the government that we are not happy with our lot and the Lib Dems are good at pointless gestures. If we are really lucky we might get a rerun of Ed Davey playing with his lego bricks.
I was AZ-AZ-PFE and got hit at 20 hours. But nothing a 2 hour nap mid afternoon couldn’t fix
Almost the only thing I'd like to see strengthened in the British system is a stronger mechanism than simple majority to say change the electoral cycle to once every hundred years, beyond the sanity of the monarch.
With the delta variant, around three per cent of infections – one in 33 – were resulting in death, but now that figure has slumped to 0.5 per cent – one in 200"
Telegraph