Rather than quote bits and make arguments that have been made before I'll just sum this up. Do we 'just' let people die? No. Absolutely not. But the tiny proportion of the population at risk of death from Covid with no other chronic health condition that was going to kill them anyway cannot ever be ...

The media seem to be hyping the rise in Covid cases but surely given we've had various big events like Glastonbury, the Jubilee, Hoopla it doesn't really surprise me. I suspect the official response will be recommendation rather than enforcement. I did respond to this post a few days ago then thoug...

First have introduced a tap on/tap off system on the buses. You tap in with your bank card on the reader next to the driver, and they press a button but don't give you a ticket; then when you're leaving you tap a different reader on the other side above the luggage rack. Except when I did that, the...

we can’t dismiss the worst case scenarios because they didn’t happen, when we threw the kitchen sink at stopping them from happening. This point alone undermines a lot of what you are saying. I think for me though the key thing to consider is whether the worst case scenarios would have happened wit...

The things is, epidemics and pandemics are the classic example of the self-defeating prophecy. Because it wasn't as bad as you thought it might be, Sorry but you can't have that. If the worst case modelling predicted the death of tens of percent of the population then the action taken would be just...

It is interesting how much the silence is deafening in this thread (and society generally) from the pro-restriction brigade now they aren't entirely sure that what they have done was right. Nor can they hide behind the shield of hindsight when it was called out 2 years ago. I will never again have a...

Looks like they're further winding down the reporting of stats, having previously just not reported over weekends. Presumably the next stage will be once a week reporting, before only once or twice a month. I'm actually not sure that's necessary now. A few months ago it was something which needed t...

That doesn’t sound right. Licensing is done locally and so it’s unlikely that multiple councils have decided to revoke their licenses all at once. Could be it’s more a case of due diligence by Morrisons themselves as advised by their own lawyers, but I would assume that premises supervisors would s...

A number of local live sites now reporting that as a result of the Morrisons prepack deal, McColl's have lost their alcohol licences and have had to suspend alcohol sales. Apparently Morrisons are aware of the issue and working to fix it If true (seems a bit odd, I've seen many shops change hands wi...

I suspect they will continue what McColls were doing and then seek franchise partners for the stores as going concerns, with long tie ins. What Morrisons ought to do during the period of time where they own the whole estate, is sort out the Morrisons Daily format. Right now it's essentially just a ...

My local McColl's now has a sign outside advising that PayPoint services are 'temporarily offline'. I suspected this was due to the potential administration, this was confirmed when inside all National Lottery products have been pulled. Lotto tickets can't be bought and all scratchcard stock has bee...