Not many options for construction workers in many areas- b and b’s closed and prob a bigger risk than staying in a van.

The low number of cases being reported in areas of the UK that had the earliest high reported figures appears consistent with the finding “that the only factor relating to reduction in ADIR was the historic number of confirmed number infection/000 popululation”. As contained in the Manchester report linked by Piemonster.

The self-employed scheme is a grant based on average taxable profit over the past few trading years, subject to some other criteria- but the calculation is automated and doesn’t require you to quantify the impact of the lockdown, just confirm that you have been adversely affected.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ijcp.13528?af=R

Link above is to a study reported in the Guardian today suggesting that 29% of the infection may have been infected by the second week of April.

Pettyfogging rules restricting exercise were always a nonsense, healthy outdoor exercise needs to encouraged for good health. Increasingly hysterical worst-case scenarios of what might happen if we step outside are not sensible or proportionate to the risk. Depressing the immune systems of the healthier part of the population through incarceration at home, shroud-waving and social isolation is taking a wrecking-ball to society, a ludicrous experiment the consequences of which will likely dwarf the direct effects of the virus.

Not much chance of causing an outbreak with everything closed. The coachloads of tourists won’t be visiting the honeypots so what harm is there in allowing day trippers from the nearby cities if they want to walk in the hills and have a picnic?

The govt. will continue to use the pandemic as a useful exercise (for Cumming’s crew) in managing the public’s actions. I think that Ferguson served their purpose as the go-to guy for a big scary number to promote lock-down, subsequently rather undermined when the model code was belatedly released, and further when it transpired that he felt it clear that the rules didn’t apply to him.
In the absence of any apparent prospect of eradicating/vaccinating they now need to prevent social and economic meltdown by nudging people in the other direction.

the UK has had confirmed infections in children which includes at least one death?

Have these cases been confirmed by testing that is reliable?

Mike Pompeo- can’t imagine he’d be the type to rub up the Chinese the wrong way.

Light-touch from govt. is consistent with what Sir Patrick Vallance said on Monday (from Guardian)-

“Vallance said the aim of the measures to be introduced by the government would be to lower the mortality rate of those in the at-risk group by 20 to 30%. But he said it would be wrong to try to “suppress” the disease completely because it could result in a winter outbreak at a time of maximum pressure for the NHS. He said:

“What you can’t do is suppress this thing completely, and what you shouldn’t do is suppress it completely because all that happens then is it pops up again later in the year when the NHS is at a more vulnerable stage in the winter and you end up with another problem.””

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I’m sure swimming through effluent will have a galvanising effect on our immune systems which help fend off this virus malarky.

Be more vague about the number you currently have and just sire another one. Works for our PM.

Vouchers in the Daly Mail could be redeemed for guns, enabling the hidden army of curtain-twitchers to enforce martial law from the comfort of their bungalows.

As others have pointed out, not a decision to be rushed- I wouldn’t trust an employer who uses that kind of pressure. But I suppose they’ve stopped the actual press-ganging.

@ Kelvin-Unfortunately I saw it- the group comprised only those who said that they had voted for Brexit and previously voted Labour- so not any sort of random sample.

Johnson’s deal also breaches May’s self-imposed red line re. border in Irish Sea. Despite which, she voted for it today. For May, Brexit means any old shit.

Parliament was not prorogued (or prolonged).

Does anyone believe that Brexiteers could muster a peaceful demonstration in the hundreds or even tens of thousands?

He’s caved in and sent the letter, he’s just a serial bullshitter.

Johnson’s antics playing to his Sun-reader fanbase.

The BBC reports that RAIB found that the trees hadn’t been inspected for 9 years prior to the fatality. Sounds piss-poor. It’s not that long ago that trains crashed fairly regularly because of poorly sited signals, the drivers being blamed rather than the root cause being analysed. Maybe time that we moved on from having doors that need to be manually opened on main-line trains.

Two old Etonians with key roles in unlawful attempt to prorogue parliament. What exactly did they teach them while they were there?

Given that the pinnacle of private education has produced Cameron, Mogg and Johnson it would seem a sensible precaution to abolish the system.

Tried 5 10 Freeriders when I first used flat pedals, didn’t last long as the sole soon got torn by the pins and they also felt too flexy/unsupported. Bought Sombrios when CRC was clearing them cheap, stiffer sole but plenty of grip with Nukeproof/Superstar plastic pedals, walking boots also work ok.

Thanks, just picked some up, seem decent. Not sure when I’ll actually get round to getting stuff organized…

The odds are the same if it is a random draw. You could just pick the numbers that won the previous week.

Apalling behavior by Mark Field. I won’t pretend to have much time for Tories, but I am amazed that so many of them are seeking to defend his actions with entirely disingenuous “security concerns”.

Being passionate about volunteering to help with Parkrun sounds healthy and positive. It wouldn’t happen without volunteers.

Motorist moans about congestion and blames other traffic.

Dynamo hubs great for utility/commute, reliable and proper lights readily available for road use. Heven’t tried usb charging but my impression is that is not really worth the bother unless off-grid for ages.

slow moving cars operating inefficiently creating increase levels of pollution

What evidence have you got that this is actually a thing? Why is driving at 20mph less efficient than driving at 30mph? Assuming competant use of gears.

Maybe some mumsnet influence on here could encourage the kids to play nicely. They seem to mostly manage to be quite civil, like grown-ups, even when they use rude words.

The Tory brexit bus has juddered to a halt but Theresa is still strapped into the driving seat. There is no need for Labour to change their position on another refendum. Cameron’s belief in a referendum to settle things is what got us into this mess, any re-run will be complicated and the result uncertain- so Labour need maintain flexibility so long as the timing and nature of another referendum remain in the gift of the Tories, so as the DUP carry on propping them up.

I drove in to the back of another car at a roundabout a few years back. I thought they had pulled out, they hesitated and I drove in to the back of them. It was an accident, but I was at fault.

Had it been a soft human rather than a metal car there could have been bigger consequences, but the law surly would have to treat both cases in the same way or the law becomes variable

That is superficially similar- but really it is expected that a driver recognises vulnerable road users and acts appropriately. The consequences of hitting a soft human as compared to a metal car are blindingly obvious. So whilst most us will have been guilty of risking rear-ending a hesitant car at a roundabout because we were looking at the traffic flow it doesn’t follow that we would fail to be more cautious if following a cyclist.

LPA’s are poorly resourced and big developers have deeper pockets and can always appeal to the planning inspectorate, in reality the priority is a numbers game with little thought of quality.

Yes it’s dismal stuff, no steer from central govt. who are happy to bleat on about “war on the the motorist” rather than take the opportunity to legislate to engineer sustainable travel into new developments.

Hone your topiary skills while it thickens up, then you can relief-carve a suitably pithy comment into it.

Public transport in early 80’s Liverpool was cheap and efficient, Mersyrail decent, would be good to see the network developed, look to be plenty of scope for re-opening stations.

Somehow I doubt he will be found at fault, wonder whether he was beathylized.