[arista]

Nicola Sturgeon is refusing to rule out
quarantine on arrivals from England

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...it was always too early and his phases have always been too messy and too unclear...I find him to have no leadership qualities whatsoever... here is the full list of areas showing the number of cases per 100,000 population...



Leicester 140.2
Bradford 69.4
Barnsley 54.7
Rochdale 53.6
Bedford 42.0
Oldham 38.6
Rotherham 33.6
Tameside 33.3
Blackburn with Darwen 32.9
Kirklees 30.3
Peterborough 27.9
Luton 26.6
Derby 24.5
Hull 22.6
Manchester 21.6
Southend-on-Sea 20.8
Leicestershire 20.8
Sheffield 20.6
Leeds 19.8
Wirral 19.2
Wakefield 18.6
Stoke-on-Trent 18.0
Doncaster 17.4
Cheshire East 16.0
Central Bedfordshire 15.9
Bolton 15.8
Lancashire 15.0
Northamptonshire 14.9
Stockton-on-Tees 14.7
East Riding of Yorkshire 14.1
North Yorkshire 13.8
Shropshire 13.7
Kent 13.5
Slough 13.4
Bury 13.2
Nottinghamshire 12.6
Calderdale 12.4
Stockport 12.3
Cheshire West & Chester 12.3
Thurrock 12.2
Milton Keynes 10.8
Blackpool 10.8
Nottingham 10.6
Swindon 10.4
Warwickshire 10.3
Salford 10.2
Trafford 10.2
Wolverhampton 9.9
Derbyshire 9.7
Birmingham 9.6
Staffordshire 9.4
Warrington 9.1
East Sussex 9.0
Telford & Wrekin 8.4
Sefton 8.4
Middlesbrough 7.8
Kensington & Chelsea 7.7
Hounslow 7.4
Sandwell 7.3
York 6.7
St. Helens 6.7
Liverpool 6.3
Halton 6.2
Medway 6.1
Buckinghamshire 6.1
Knowsley 6.0
Hammersmith & Fulham 5.9
Essex 5.8
Cumbria 5.8
Worcestershire 5.7
Coventry 5.7
Lincolnshire 5.7
Southampton 5.5
Wigan 5.5
Waltham Forest 5.4
Newcastle upon Tyne 5.3
Brighton & Hove 5.2
Brent 5.1
County Durham 5.1
Oxfordshire 5.1
Westminster 5.1
Cambridgeshire 5.1
North Tyneside 4.9
Darlington 4.7
North Lincolnshire 4.7
Solihull 4.7
Somerset 4.7
Hertfordshire 4.6
Walsall 4.6
Bexley 4.5
Merton 4.4
Norfolk 4.3
Hartlepool 4.3
Bracknell Forest 4.1
Ealing 4.1
Dudley 3.7
Surrey 3.7
Redbridge 3.6
Southwark 3.5
Gateshead 3.5
Northumberland 3.4
Newham 3.4
West Sussex 3.3
Greenwich 3.1
Islington 2.9
Isle of Wight 2.8
Tower Hamlets 2.8
Wandsworth 2.8
Enfield 2.7
Hillingdon 2.6
Haringey 2.6
Rutland 2.5
Hackney 2.5
Barnet 2.3
Bromley 2.1
Herefordshire 2.1
Windsor and Maidenhead 2.0
Lewisham 2.0
Sutton 2.0
Bristol 1.9
Havering 1.9
Camden 1.9
North East Lincolnshire 1.9
Reading 1.8
Sunderland 1.8
Harrow 1.6
Croydon 1.6
Plymouth 1.5
Suffolk 1.5
Barking & Dagenham 1.4
North Somerset 1.4
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole 1.3
Hampshire 1.2
Wiltshire 1.2
Kingston upon Thames 1.1
Dorset 1.1
Bath & North East Somerset 1.0
Richmond upon Thames 1.0
Devon 1.0
Portsmouth 0.9
Lambeth 0.9
Torbay 0.7
Redcar & Cleveland 0.7
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly 0.7
Gloucestershire 0.6
Wokingham 0.6
South Gloucestershire 0.4
City of London 0.0
South Tyneside 0.0
West Berkshire 0.0



...what I don’t understand is my area, Suffolk is oooooo, right down there at the bottom...and yet it’s one of the at risk areas which is being monitored for a possible local lockdown...
..

Gloucestershire were named as one of the 36 who could face lockdown as well and there we are at 0.6

There's a lot of warnings being raised now about misleading reports on areas being 'close to lockdown': https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/53248531

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by arista

Nicola Sturgeon is refusing to rule out
quarantine on arrivals from England

No problem. Thjs year I'm staying in England for my holidays.

[Vanessa]

Brent area not as bad as I thought.
Fingers crossed things improve
.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by arista

Nicola Sturgeon is refusing to rule out
quarantine on arrivals from England

I'm not surprised.

Really nothing should be ruled out with still much uncertainty with this rotten virus.

[arista]

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[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by arista

Very true and should be really thought provoking.

[arista]

A Possible Covid-19 change

[Scotland has been taking a distinctly
more cautious approach to
easing restrictions, and there have even been
claims that the SNP is using the crisis
to fuel the drive for independence.]



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ne-threat.html

[arista]

Today The Education Secretary
is to lay out his plans for
September Schools Return for all.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by arista

Today The Education Secretary
is to lay out his plans for
September Schools Return for all.

I really cannot stand this man.
I'd like to think he tones down his more ugly threatening stance as to his plans.

Presumably he knows, unlike anyone else, just what the situation will be in areas or across the Nation in September!

He may think he does in his arrogance.
In reality likely not however.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by arista

A Possible Covid-19 change

[Scotland has been taking a distinctly
more cautious approach to
easing restrictions, and there have even been
claims that the SNP is using the crisis
to fuel the drive for independence.]



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ne-threat.html

There's only one person politicising covid here and it's Mr Johnson... and the fact that he would try to insist on free travel between England and Scotland even if the virus was under control in Scotland, and having a second spike in England... to make a political point... is nothing short of sociopathy.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

There's only one person politicising covid here and it's Mr Johnson... and the fact that he would try to insist on free travel between England and Scotland even if the virus was under control in Scotland, and having a second spike in England... to make a political point... is nothing short of sociopathy.

I totally agree with you here TS.

The Scottish administration has to keep all its options open.

[arista]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I really cannot stand this man.
I'd like to think he tones down his more ugly threatening stance as to his plans.

Presumably he knows, unlike anyone else, just what the situation will be in areas or across the Nation in September!

He may think he does in his arrogance.
In reality likely not however.

Yes many do not like MP Gavin Williamson CBE
the wants bubbles for the kids

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes many do not like MP Gavin Williamson CBE
the wants bubbles for the kids

Well, this sounds another recipe for possible disastrous results.

I wonder what Parents think of having said as long as social distancing was in place, it should be fine..
That he's now not going to enforce social distancing.

Yet these children will be returning home to adults and wider family , teachers to their families too.

I'd like to see completely any proper scientific advice as to this.
It sounds both suspect and worryingly risky.

[Ammi]

...when Boris said there was no such thing as a border between Scotland and a England, did he attempt a Scottish accent there...?...


...it’s surely no different to the local lockdown in Leicester atm, in that travelling in and out of there is discouraged...which is essentially what Nicola is trying to do, to safeguard lives...Boris is talking about the tourist industry/Nicola is talking about people’s lives and health...

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...when Boris said there was no such thing as a border between Scotland and a England, did he attempt a Scottish accent there...?...


...it’s surely no different to the local lockdown in Leicester atm, in that travelling in and out of there is discouraged...which is essentially what Nicola is trying to do, to safeguard lives...Boris is talking about the tourist industry/Nicola is talking about people’s lives and health...

Dead right Ammi.
Frankly I kind of wish she was influencing things in England.

She's talked far more sense and more compassionately than the present resident, sadly, of 10 Downing Street.
In my view anyway.

[The Slim Reaper]

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Covid proofing his home

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by arista

Nicola Sturgeon is refusing to rule out
quarantine on arrivals from England

meh

[bitontheslide]

i just watched the Scottish briefing, and they now have the if this then that just as England ... so i don't see how its more clear in Scotland than England, they are just a couple of weeks behind

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i just watched the Scottish briefing, and they now have the if this then that just as England ... so i don't see how its more clear in Scotland than England, they are just a couple of weeks behind

Scotland is now at between 0 and 3 deaths per day (usually 0 or 1) so the situation is entirely different, England is still regularly recording 150+ deaths per day. The couple of weeks may well have been the difference, there may be other factors, but it's very hard to argue that the situations are comparable any more - even adjusting for population size.