Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[ramacca]

Emailgate takes a turn for the worse, more lies exposed.

Patrick Wintour
UK ministers took a political decision not to be involved in an EU ventilator scheme, Sir Simon McDonald, the foreign office permanent under-secretary said today, so challenging previous claims that the UK did not take part due to missed emails, writes the Guardian’s diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour.
McDonald was asked by a Labour MP Chris Bryant at the foreign affairs select committee whether the ventilator scheme was put to Ministers he said “It was a political decision. The UK mission (UKREP) briefed ministers about what was available, what was on offer and the decision is known”. His remarks appear to blow a hole in the case originally most prominently by the cabinet office minister Michael Gove.
He also said the prime minister will consider in the next few weeks whether to go for an extension of the deadline for EU withdrawal date beyond December. He said he was stressing the theortetical possibilities, and added he believed the prime minisyre will confirm the existing timetable.

 

[Goat]

Have I missed a memo where we can now drive somewhere to go for a walk/run?

Yes.

You can drive short distances to go on long walks, but cant drive long distances to go on short walks.

 

[Nymzee]

Yes.

You can drive short distances to go on long walks, but cant drive long distances to go on short walks.

Is there a reason for the change? Ma just rang saying I should drive into the countryside for a walk but thought I wasn't allowed.

 

[Jebus_lives]

I was being facetious. Don't mind me. Was Hancock even alive then?

Pulling the strings in the background.

 

[Barnfred 55]

I was being facetious. Don't mind me. Was Hancock even alive then?

Sorry

I had visions of Hancock being an NHS Trust manager or something in a previous life.

But no you're probably right. He was likely still at school

 

[Goat]

Is there a reason for the change? Ma just rang saying I should drive into the countryside for a walk but thought I wasn't allowed.

Dont wish to sound all MURICA, but you are allowed to do whatever you want, as long as you do it whilst respecting social distancing.

 

[Nymzee]

Dont wish to sound all MURICA, but you are allowed to do whatever you want, as long as you do it whilst respecting social distancing.

Well if we can now drive to walk it meant we at one point couldn't drive to walk so no, we can't do whatever we want

 

[Goat]

Well if we can now drive to walk it meant we at one point couldn't drive to walk so no, we can't do whatever we want

As far as I know it wasnt a change, it was just clarifying the rules.

And the whole lockdown is voluntary, it has been from day 1, nobody is enforcing zip.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Have I missed a memo where we can now drive somewhere to go for a walk/run?

Just talking to a cousin in Czech who has just got back from a trip with a boyfriend. They were having a beer in the sun outside a pub. Social distancing doesn't appear to be a thing there.

 

[neil999]

No it isn't. People are just not inclined to spend the time cooking.

I used to do shopping in Aldi for my partner and I and spent about £35 for a week's worth of food. No ready meal crap, pizzas. Fresh meat, fruit and vegetables. Frozen veg where applicable as the nutritional content is often higher than fresh.

You can make a chickpea and sweet potato curry that will feed two people for two nights for about £3.50.

A free range whole chicken from Aldi is £3.15, has enough meat for an evening meal with salad and potatoes, and some for sandwiches the next day.

Ham, cheese, salad and bread for sandwiches for four days is about £6.50, less even.

That's three evening meals and five days of lunches for £13.

Education maybe an issue

 

[Goat]

Education maybe an issue

Cooking is also a skill, not everybody can do it.

 

[roydo]

Education maybe an issue

Not just a school neither. When my lads stayed with at weekends, I always cooked them decent food, (with an occasional treat). As they got older, showed the eldest the basics, and at Uni he taught himself more.

He could feed him and his 3 housemates for weeks on not an awful amount of money. In London.

 

[sbbefc]

Latest police guidance on exercise. It seems to be a slight relaxation/Clarification.

 

[Nymzee]

As far as I know it wasnt a change, it was just clarifying the rules.

And the whole lockdown is voluntary, it has been from day 1, nobody is enforcing zip.

Yeh just from what my ma said and one of my mates in the group chat today I thought I'd missed some key change to the lockdown protocol.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Education maybe an issue

It’s more about inherited learning and disorganisation. If you are brought up in a household that is organised and cooks and values cooking I would imagine you are more likely to be that way inclined.
If you are brought up in a chaotic household with little organisation and eating junk and takeaway (Instant food) that’s more likely the way things will end up.
It’s all about the chaos in my opinion. Chaotic living and healthy or cheaper eating do not sit side by side. And if you come from a chaotic background you are more likely to be currently living in chaotic situation.
Anyways...