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Not with this shower of a government, they're drips all the time. .

Despite the measures we've had one of the worst experiences in Europe. So its likely that very limited distancing has had no effect and the limited gain we've had is entirely due to the "staying at home" and "working at home" by many. .

As kid I was doing that for Ralph's the butchers on Saturday mornings riding a trade bike from 1946 on. Delivering the weekend joints and collecting the money for the meat with no delivery charge. Meat delivery was commonplace back then. The afternoon was helping Sid the junior butcher to...

The truth is testing! It transpires that of the 122,000 test achievement announced for yesterday, some 40,000 were only of tests sent out for use. The number of persons actually tested was 73,000, so Hancock didn't quite reach three quarters of his target. .

Maybe not if known as garden centres it seems and that is their complaint. I've got a very big Knights one near me that remained open at first but were then ordered to close since all the garden centres were ruled to be non essential. The DIY stores were ruled as essential, but despite that...

The English should start committing some offences for their personal safety. The death rate among prisoners is only 0.22%, virtually half that scary 0.43% for England and even higher in London. .

The DIY stores aren't waiting for the government to ease Lockdown, all the larger ones are re-opening this weekend, which they can do legally. I can see the garden centres kicking up about this since they both sell similar products. .

I think maybe Lucifer was attempting a quote which went wrong! .

They are preparing the ground for easing lockdown to reduce the economic impact. .

He's losing so much interest, he even gave someone a Like! .

No chance. My London borough is larger than most UK cities and has a 20 mph limit on all roads except through routes. So everyone drives at between 25 and 30 mph, including the police who have said they won't enforce 20. And virtually all our speed cameras are empty boxes. And on the 30 mph...

They are on the market now, called mobility vehicles. 4 mph on pavements for anyone, and no bureacracy. 8 mph on roads with registration but no number plate. The following drivers curses come free. .

It's about money as ever of course, he raised £30 millions in voluntary taxation to fund the NHS. That's money the government doesn't now have to spend on the NHS but can spend on armaments or MP's pay rises instead. .

Not in this area, very far from it! :D .

AlthoughI didn't need to go to a supermarket for ages, I thought I'd take a look at the evening situation at my usual huge Sainsburies superstore which closes at 9pm. Arriving at 8.05 pm, the large car park only had a tiny number of scattered cars. The store doors were wide open with no staff...

The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) provides scientific and technical advice to support government decision makers during emergencies. SAGE advice on Covid-19 Toddbrook reservoir, 2019 In 2019 SAGE was activated in response to the potential breach of Toddbrook reservoir in...

My position has improved a lot round here. As you know from our previous posts my surroundings make perfect separation impossible unless everyone very actively co-operates, so I was driving a short distance to where it was safe to walk. Now the CPS guidance has confirmed that is acceptable I...

His friend Jacob Rees Mogg has now let the cat out of the bag in parliament by confirming that Boris's latest baby is number six, so the media were lagging. .

As Woosh infers above, the creation of the World Wide Web. It gave power and influence to those who should never have had them. .

Five is what some of the media consider to to be now, and they usually keep themselves quite well informed. My best estimate is too many. .