Dafuq happened here then? This thread’s a train wreck :5:

[Rickster]

.... serve the public.

That too, they have a responsibility to protect and keep the public safe from bad shit...

 

[rew]

It's not possible to speak of hindsight yet because the term relates to after the event.
The event is still going on and the government are still getting it wrong.

I look forward to the hindsight and looking backward on the foresight.

 

[Mr Ripple]

Yip, and here is why I blame the government ..... they have one job to do here, protect the public.... it's clear the public needs protecting from themselves or we will be going on forever with tiers/Holidays go here but not there and other nonsenses that the public are never going to fully comply with......
Only the Governments can close down the airports, ban travel, etc....the public cannot do so
So yes full lockdown, army on the streets will protect the public IMO, anything short of this does not and will not work, it's been tried before and before and before

 

[Mr Ripple]

News at 6 said the army are being draughted in to drive ambulances cos we've not got enough drivers at the moment.

 

[crustyfolker]

That too, they have a responsibility to protect and keep the public safe from bad shit...

We know that's lies though, they allow the sale of tobacco products. What the Gov does is try to look good while all the time they are upto all sorts of shit no one knows about. I have said it before, 8 weeks lockdown police and army on the streets. Delivery drivers, care needs for the elderly Vulnerable and disabled etc. Then lock everyone down. The virus I think would be a four week event from infection to recovery or worse events, so if everyones locked down only households with Covid will spread it, Giving a further 4 weeks to eradicate it.
The truth is those who can't stay home are the ones responsible for the spread. It is now winter so stay in and keep warm. Covid would then be gone if not then it will remove all but a few cases. If they did this from before they started it would have saved the econemy, jobs, lives etc.
Life would have got back to normal with some rules but i have a feeling there's more to all this Covid farce than is being let on. My POLL answer is I don't trust the gov, politicians or the media, journalists, or big money corporations. Mutations in the virus are inevitable but in some cases a virus goes from a killer to a none lethal virus. It might all be a punishment, because people wouldn't stay in and the virus has remained Boris decided to drop the bomb on Christmas. Who knows the truth?. Those with their fingers in every pie.

 

[Jd_]

Im hearing now whatever is goin on in south africa is more of an issue

 

[Badboybez]

Life would have got back to normal with some rules but i have a feeling there's more to all this Covid farce than is being let on. My POLL answer is I don't trust the gov, politicians or the media, journalists, or big money corporations. Mutations in the virus are inevitable but in some cases a virus goes from a killer to a none lethal virus. It might all be a punishment, because people wouldn't stay in and the virus has remained Boris decided to drop the bomb on Christmas. Who knows the truth?. Those with their fingers in every pie.

It seems as though you don't trust anyone apart from the scientists.

Don't forget they are not elected by the population, and have no one to answer to.
Also it is in their own interest to keep the whole saga running along, because if cases drop, they are then expendable, and will lose their head spinning salaries which in the case of Valance, and Whitty are £200,000 a year each................................

 

["Misfit"]

The UK government is actually taking credit for this new strain of the virus.
They are saying only UK and Denmark have been testing for it.
Here is a list of countries blocking the UK including Denmark
EU countries:
Individual countries released guidelines over the course of Sunday and Monday on travel, with some saying they will impose stricter bans, with later end points than others. The blanket statement from the EU may override these.

Here’s the list so far:

The Netherlands

Passengers travelling from the UK will be banned from entry until 1 January.

Belgium

Belgium banned flights from the UK for 24 hours — starting on Sunday. Leaders are waiting for more clarity until they take further action. There should be an update on this today.

Italy

Passengers travelling from Britain are banned until 6 January, as is anyone who transited through the UK in the past two weeks. Residents will still be able to leave the UK to return home.

Austria

Austria banned flights from the UK, but hasn’t specified for how long.

Germany

Reuters reporters have seen plans that, if implemented, would mean travellers from the UK and South Africa would be banned from entry until 6 January.

Spain

Spain said it will stop flights arriving from the UK if there is no joint EU response on the matter, but hasn’t yet ruled on what it will do.

Portugal

Only Portuguese people and residents of the country are permitted to travel from the UK, and everyone must sow proof of a negative COVID-19 test. Testing is accessible at airports upon landing.

Bulgaria

Flights are suspended from the UK until the end of January.

France

France announced on Sunday night that entry will be barred for 48 hours from those arriving by both air, road, sea or rail. Leaders have been trying to thrash out a deal to get lorries and freight moving again before Christmas.

Ireland

The Republic of Ireland’s government agreed this morning it would ban travel from Britain until the end of the year.

Czechia

The advice was originally that arrivals who have spent at least 24 hours in the UK will need to isolate in the Czech Republic. Since this afternoon, flights have been suspended.

Denmark

Denmark, which has already detected cases of the new strain, suspended flights from the UK for 48 hours, as of Monday morning.

Greece

Earlier, Greece said it would extend its quarantine period for travellers from the UK from three days to seven.

Sweden

Sweden confirmed it will impose an entry ban this afternoon. It will also stop travellers from Denmark entering the country.

“To minimise the risk of it spreading here, the government has today decided on a ban of entry,” the minister for the interior, Mikael Damberg, told a news conference, adding that Swedish citizens were exempt from the ban.

Luxembourg

Luxembourg earlier said it would ban flights in from the UK. This comes in conjunction with its national lockdown from 26 December to January 10.

Estonia

Estonia’s UK travel ban runs from Sunday 20 December at midnight until the end of the year.

Latvia
Latvia has suspended travel to and from the UK from 21 December to 1 January, the Latvian Ministry of Transportation said on Sunday.

Lithuania
Fights from the UK will be suspended, Lithuania's prime minister tweeted.

Rest of the world:
Norway

Norway’s health minister said in a statement on Monday that all flights from Britain will be suspended with immediate effect.

Turkey

Flights to Turkey will be suspended from the UK, Denmark and the Netherlands.

Canada

Flights from the UK are banned by Canada for the next 72 hours.

Saudi Arabia

All international travel has been suspended from the country for a week.

Israel

Israel banned entry to all non-Israelis jetting in from the UK. That includes those with layovers in the UK. People arriving from the UK will have to isolate in a hotel for two weeks.

El Salvador

El Salvador has banned people who have been in the UK in the last 30 days, including in transit.

India

India said it would suspend flights until the end of the year. The measures will come into effect at 6.29 GMT on Tuesday.

Oman

As of Tuesday 1am GMT Oman will shut its land, air and sea borders to UK travellers, according to reports by Reuters.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong has taken perhaps the most stringent precautions of the lot, as UK travellers to Hong Kong will be banned, while travellers that recently arrived in the country will need to extend the 14-day quarantine for another seven days. Total isolation time will now add up to 21 days.

Russia

Russia will suspend all incoming flights from the UK for a week.

Jordan

Reuters reported that Jordan will suspend flights to and from the UK as of today until 3 January.

Kuwait

Kuwait’s government said its borders would close to the UK until 1 January.

Peru

Peru said it would exact more wide-sweeping bans than just stopping travellers from the UK. It has also banned travellers from Europe. President Francisco Sagasti said that no direct flights from the UK had entered the country since December 15, when flights from Europe restarted.

Switzerland

Swiss officials pressed ahead with a UK travel ban too, but conceded it was likely the mutant strain was already in the country due to inbound flights from London over the past week. The country also moved to ban travel from South Africa.

Iran

Iran’s travel ban lasts for two weeks from the 20 December.

Sudan

Sudan said its travel ban will run from the 23 December for three weeks. Thompson Reuters Foundation reported that the ban is subject to renewal and more countries could be added to the list as the situation develops.

Pakistan

Pakistan said it would ban travel from the UK between 22 and 29 December for both travel originating in the UK and travellers that had been in the UK in the last 10 days. Passengers who transit through the UK and do not leave the airport will be allowed into the country.

Argentina

Argentina banned flights on Monday morning, according to a joint statement published Sunday by the Argentinian Health and Interior Ministries.

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan has banned travel from the UK amid fears of the new COVID-19 variant. The Telegraph reported that the ban will also cover travellers from Italy, Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands, Australia and South Africa.

Moldova

Travellers from the UK are also banned from Moldova.

Cuba

Cuba has not (yet) closed its borders to Britons, but negative PCR tests may be required for travel to the island in the near future.

The Caribbean

Jamaica was the first Caribbean country to cancel all flights from the UK for the next fortnight, hitting this evening. Grenada and the Dominican Republic will also close their borders.

Saint Lucia said it would not impose a ban.

Other nations

Morocco, Chile, Finland and Colombia have also moved to ban travellers from the UK, alongside Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.

 

[Badboybez]

The UK government is actually taking credit for this new strain of the virus.
They are saying only UK and Denmark have been testing for it.
Here is a list of countries blocking the UK including Denmark
EU countries:
Individual countries released guidelines over the course of Sunday and Monday on travel, with some saying they will impose stricter bans, with later end points than others. The blanket statement from the EU may override these.

Here’s the list so far:

The Netherlands

Passengers travelling from the UK will be banned from entry until 1 January.

Belgium

Belgium banned flights from the UK for 24 hours — starting on Sunday. Leaders are waiting for more clarity until they take further action. There should be an update on this today.

Italy

Passengers travelling from Britain are banned until 6 January, as is anyone who transited through the UK in the past two weeks. Residents will still be able to leave the UK to return home.

Austria

Austria banned flights from the UK, but hasn’t specified for how long.

Germany

Reuters reporters have seen plans that, if implemented, would mean travellers from the UK and South Africa would be banned from entry until 6 January.

Spain

Spain said it will stop flights arriving from the UK if there is no joint EU response on the matter, but hasn’t yet ruled on what it will do.

Portugal

Only Portuguese people and residents of the country are permitted to travel from the UK, and everyone must sow proof of a negative COVID-19 test. Testing is accessible at airports upon landing.

Bulgaria

Flights are suspended from the UK until the end of January.

France

France announced on Sunday night that entry will be barred for 48 hours from those arriving by both air, road, sea or rail. Leaders have been trying to thrash out a deal to get lorries and freight moving again before Christmas.

Ireland

The Republic of Ireland’s government agreed this morning it would ban travel from Britain until the end of the year.

Czechia

The advice was originally that arrivals who have spent at least 24 hours in the UK will need to isolate in the Czech Republic. Since this afternoon, flights have been suspended.

Denmark

Denmark, which has already detected cases of the new strain, suspended flights from the UK for 48 hours, as of Monday morning.

Greece

Earlier, Greece said it would extend its quarantine period for travellers from the UK from three days to seven.

Sweden

Sweden confirmed it will impose an entry ban this afternoon. It will also stop travellers from Denmark entering the country.

“To minimise the risk of it spreading here, the government has today decided on a ban of entry,” the minister for the interior, Mikael Damberg, told a news conference, adding that Swedish citizens were exempt from the ban.

Luxembourg

Luxembourg earlier said it would ban flights in from the UK. This comes in conjunction with its national lockdown from 26 December to January 10.

Estonia

Estonia’s UK travel ban runs from Sunday 20 December at midnight until the end of the year.

Latvia
Latvia has suspended travel to and from the UK from 21 December to 1 January, the Latvian Ministry of Transportation said on Sunday.

Lithuania
Fights from the UK will be suspended, Lithuania's prime minister tweeted.

Rest of the world:
Norway

Norway’s health minister said in a statement on Monday that all flights from Britain will be suspended with immediate effect.

Turkey

Flights to Turkey will be suspended from the UK, Denmark and the Netherlands.

Canada

Flights from the UK are banned by Canada for the next 72 hours.

Saudi Arabia

All international travel has been suspended from the country for a week.

Israel

Israel banned entry to all non-Israelis jetting in from the UK. That includes those with layovers in the UK. People arriving from the UK will have to isolate in a hotel for two weeks.

El Salvador

El Salvador has banned people who have been in the UK in the last 30 days, including in transit.

India

India said it would suspend flights until the end of the year. The measures will come into effect at 6.29 GMT on Tuesday.

Oman

As of Tuesday 1am GMT Oman will shut its land, air and sea borders to UK travellers, according to reports by Reuters.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong has taken perhaps the most stringent precautions of the lot, as UK travellers to Hong Kong will be banned, while travellers that recently arrived in the country will need to extend the 14-day quarantine for another seven days. Total isolation time will now add up to 21 days.

Russia

Russia will suspend all incoming flights from the UK for a week.

Jordan

Reuters reported that Jordan will suspend flights to and from the UK as of today until 3 January.

Kuwait

Kuwait’s government said its borders would close to the UK until 1 January.

Peru

Peru said it would exact more wide-sweeping bans than just stopping travellers from the UK. It has also banned travellers from Europe. President Francisco Sagasti said that no direct flights from the UK had entered the country since December 15, when flights from Europe restarted.

Switzerland

Swiss officials pressed ahead with a UK travel ban too, but conceded it was likely the mutant strain was already in the country due to inbound flights from London over the past week. The country also moved to ban travel from South Africa.

Iran

Iran’s travel ban lasts for two weeks from the 20 December.

Sudan

Sudan said its travel ban will run from the 23 December for three weeks. Thompson Reuters Foundation reported that the ban is subject to renewal and more countries could be added to the list as the situation develops.

Pakistan

Pakistan said it would ban travel from the UK between 22 and 29 December for both travel originating in the UK and travellers that had been in the UK in the last 10 days. Passengers who transit through the UK and do not leave the airport will be allowed into the country.

Argentina

Argentina banned flights on Monday morning, according to a joint statement published Sunday by the Argentinian Health and Interior Ministries.

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan has banned travel from the UK amid fears of the new COVID-19 variant. The Telegraph reported that the ban will also cover travellers from Italy, Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands, Australia and South Africa.

Moldova

Travellers from the UK are also banned from Moldova.

Cuba

Cuba has not (yet) closed its borders to Britons, but negative PCR tests may be required for travel to the island in the near future.

The Caribbean

Jamaica was the first Caribbean country to cancel all flights from the UK for the next fortnight, hitting this evening. Grenada and the Dominican Republic will also close their borders.

Saint Lucia said it would not impose a ban.

Other nations

Morocco, Chile, Finland and Colombia have also moved to ban travellers from the UK, alongside Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.

Fuck em all.
Been to most of them poxhole countries, so couldn't care less.

I see Thailand is not on the list, so that's fine.
Cheap booze, cheap ciggies, and free sex.

 

[mick brown]

The UK government is actually taking credit for this new strain of the virus.
They are saying only UK and Denmark have been testing for it.
Here is a list of countries blocking the UK including Denmark
EU countries:
Individual countries released guidelines over the course of Sunday and Monday on travel, with some saying they will impose stricter bans, with later end points than others. The blanket statement from the EU may override these.

Here’s the list so far:

The Netherlands

Passengers travelling from the UK will be banned from entry until 1 January.

Belgium

Belgium banned flights from the UK for 24 hours — starting on Sunday. Leaders are waiting for more clarity until they take further action. There should be an update on this today.

Italy

Passengers travelling from Britain are banned until 6 January, as is anyone who transited through the UK in the past two weeks. Residents will still be able to leave the UK to return home.

Austria

Austria banned flights from the UK, but hasn’t specified for how long.

Germany

Reuters reporters have seen plans that, if implemented, would mean travellers from the UK and South Africa would be banned from entry until 6 January.

Spain

Spain said it will stop flights arriving from the UK if there is no joint EU response on the matter, but hasn’t yet ruled on what it will do.

Portugal

Only Portuguese people and residents of the country are permitted to travel from the UK, and everyone must sow proof of a negative COVID-19 test. Testing is accessible at airports upon landing.

Bulgaria

Flights are suspended from the UK until the end of January.

France

France announced on Sunday night that entry will be barred for 48 hours from those arriving by both air, road, sea or rail. Leaders have been trying to thrash out a deal to get lorries and freight moving again before Christmas.

Ireland

The Republic of Ireland’s government agreed this morning it would ban travel from Britain until the end of the year.

Czechia

The advice was originally that arrivals who have spent at least 24 hours in the UK will need to isolate in the Czech Republic. Since this afternoon, flights have been suspended.

Denmark

Denmark, which has already detected cases of the new strain, suspended flights from the UK for 48 hours, as of Monday morning.

Greece

Earlier, Greece said it would extend its quarantine period for travellers from the UK from three days to seven.

Sweden

Sweden confirmed it will impose an entry ban this afternoon. It will also stop travellers from Denmark entering the country.

“To minimise the risk of it spreading here, the government has today decided on a ban of entry,” the minister for the interior, Mikael Damberg, told a news conference, adding that Swedish citizens were exempt from the ban.

Luxembourg

Luxembourg earlier said it would ban flights in from the UK. This comes in conjunction with its national lockdown from 26 December to January 10.

Estonia

Estonia’s UK travel ban runs from Sunday 20 December at midnight until the end of the year.

Latvia
Latvia has suspended travel to and from the UK from 21 December to 1 January, the Latvian Ministry of Transportation said on Sunday.

Lithuania
Fights from the UK will be suspended, Lithuania's prime minister tweeted.

Rest of the world:
Norway

Norway’s health minister said in a statement on Monday that all flights from Britain will be suspended with immediate effect.

Turkey

Flights to Turkey will be suspended from the UK, Denmark and the Netherlands.

Canada

Flights from the UK are banned by Canada for the next 72 hours.

Saudi Arabia

All international travel has been suspended from the country for a week.

Israel

Israel banned entry to all non-Israelis jetting in from the UK. That includes those with layovers in the UK. People arriving from the UK will have to isolate in a hotel for two weeks.

El Salvador

El Salvador has banned people who have been in the UK in the last 30 days, including in transit.

India

India said it would suspend flights until the end of the year. The measures will come into effect at 6.29 GMT on Tuesday.

Oman

As of Tuesday 1am GMT Oman will shut its land, air and sea borders to UK travellers, according to reports by Reuters.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong has taken perhaps the most stringent precautions of the lot, as UK travellers to Hong Kong will be banned, while travellers that recently arrived in the country will need to extend the 14-day quarantine for another seven days. Total isolation time will now add up to 21 days.

Russia

Russia will suspend all incoming flights from the UK for a week.

Jordan

Reuters reported that Jordan will suspend flights to and from the UK as of today until 3 January.

Kuwait

Kuwait’s government said its borders would close to the UK until 1 January.

Peru

Peru said it would exact more wide-sweeping bans than just stopping travellers from the UK. It has also banned travellers from Europe. President Francisco Sagasti said that no direct flights from the UK had entered the country since December 15, when flights from Europe restarted.

Switzerland

Swiss officials pressed ahead with a UK travel ban too, but conceded it was likely the mutant strain was already in the country due to inbound flights from London over the past week. The country also moved to ban travel from South Africa.

Iran

Iran’s travel ban lasts for two weeks from the 20 December.

Sudan

Sudan said its travel ban will run from the 23 December for three weeks. Thompson Reuters Foundation reported that the ban is subject to renewal and more countries could be added to the list as the situation develops.

Pakistan

Pakistan said it would ban travel from the UK between 22 and 29 December for both travel originating in the UK and travellers that had been in the UK in the last 10 days. Passengers who transit through the UK and do not leave the airport will be allowed into the country.

Argentina

Argentina banned flights on Monday morning, according to a joint statement published Sunday by the Argentinian Health and Interior Ministries.

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan has banned travel from the UK amid fears of the new COVID-19 variant. The Telegraph reported that the ban will also cover travellers from Italy, Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands, Australia and South Africa.

Moldova

Travellers from the UK are also banned from Moldova.

Cuba

Cuba has not (yet) closed its borders to Britons, but negative PCR tests may be required for travel to the island in the near future.

The Caribbean

Jamaica was the first Caribbean country to cancel all flights from the UK for the next fortnight, hitting this evening. Grenada and the Dominican Republic will also close their borders.

Saint Lucia said it would not impose a ban.

Other nations

Morocco, Chile, Finland and Colombia have also moved to ban travellers from the UK, alongside Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.

Oh, that's a list. If they don't want us there they won't want our foreign aid them. ! [emoji6]