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and of course if you live in London by the time you have paid for accomm you have no money left to do anything with! (says my son who lives in Elephant and Castle!) |
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11-26-2020, 02:46 PM | #46 | ||
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Now, particularly the town centre is rough. Needs massive investment. Full of cheap East European labour now. |
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11-26-2020, 03:12 PM | #47 | |
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Anyway back on topic, and I'm back to being pissed off again. Oxford's infection rate is 60% higher than ours (probably more when you consider our village will almost certainly be below the district average), but they're tier 2 while we're at 3. This is because they benefit from all the surrounding areas being very low. There is absolutely no logic to it. |
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11-26-2020, 03:12 PM | #48 | |
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11-26-2020, 03:34 PM | #49 | |
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Don’t want the cycle of increased infections followed by total lockdown to continue, so personally I’m happy to keep away. Enjoying quite a lot of great take outs from local pubs and restaurants though, doing my bit to support them. |
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What's with Londoners moaning about tier 2?
People in London generally commute between boroughs, likewise people in Sheffield and other areas commute between "areas". What makes London so special - just because the "areas" have their own council? Whingers. |
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11-26-2020, 04:03 PM | #51 | |
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I'm from Chesterfield and friends there are moaning that it should be tier 2 and not 3 - separating it from local areas such as NE Derbyshire and Bolsover which are next door and in Derbyshire too.... Yet they moaned pre LD when Bolsover was in a different lower tier.... Its easy to whinge, but every system has an issue and in my mind simple is better so stick broadly to councils.... |
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11-26-2020, 04:34 PM | #52 | ||
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Just annoyed we can't have our friends round for dinner the weekend after next. None of us have kids, we all work from home, we live in low (7th or 8th decile) infection areas, but we can't meet at home. If we lived a few miles down the road we could all go to the pub for dinner and mix with complete strangers. It makes no sense. |
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11-26-2020, 04:41 PM | #53 | |
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Unfortunately I think it also has some logic. In September Chesterfield was one of the lowest regions in the country. But those nearby were pretty high. Only took a few short weeks for us to catch up. Presumably because people move between local areas a lot. |
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It would be unnecessary if the public could be relied upon to use common sense and understand the big picture, but we have more than our share of selfish idiots and rules have to be made with them in mind. |
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There always was going to be a tighter regime before Xmas to permit the Xmas relaxations.
I do however think Whitty is right about those who care for elderly parents not getting too close to them until vaccination Last edited by pmgreenwood; 11-27-2020 at 05:40 AM.. |
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The first rule of law is that all are equal before the law and this latest fuckshambles is just another Johnson disaster waiting to implode. |
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11-27-2020, 01:53 AM | #60 | |
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Dinner for a few friends on a Friday night doesnt really fit into the national need, I would imagine is how the govt view it. And the law is equal - unless you are in tier 1, none of us can have mates round for dinner on a Friday night... not even 4 people who all work together! |
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11-27-2020, 04:01 AM | #62 | |
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What did surprise me was how long the Xmas window is and that 3 households can mix. I had expected it to be limited to 2 households and maybe Xmas Eve to Boxing Day.
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