Free as a Dodo: UK Politics Welcomes 2021

and then kieth said he'd done the right thing

This thread is the nearest thing I can find to the documented changes:

An immediate stay at home order. You can only leave home for:
1. Work, if impossible to WFH (eg critical worker or construction)
2. Shop for food or medicine
3. Exercise, once per day and only locally
4. To help vulnerable people
5. For medical appointments or fleeing harm

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) January 4, 2021

kieth: "it's inevitable that some schools will have to close in this situation... I am not calling for schools to close."

What do you do in this situation pic.twitter.com/pRQA29g46W

— 👽Arobzz👽 (8-8) (@Arobzz_) December 2, 2020

In a round of broadcast interviews ahead of the Prime Minister’s address to the nation on Monday night, Sir Keir said a March-style lockdown was needed, with a tougher “stay-at-home” message.

ITV News Political Correspondent Dan Hewitt reports that Sir Keir Starmer wants a national lockdown like November, not March, with the national 'Stay At Home' message brought back.

Fuck I don't know if I'm a critical worker or indeed what the fuck's happening

Me neither but come now we were discussing covid etc

Anything missing, Starmer is asked.

Golden opportunity to talk about proper money to support people isolating / unable to work

He says nothing missing

He is a waste of space

— CarolineJMolloy (@carolinejmolloy) January 4, 2021

Boris looks like he's got a shiner (left, his right, eye)

Kieth will have to get one as well now!

Lord save me from parent whatsapp group lol alcohol chat

oh and covid pls lord

ha are we in the same group kinder

the crap memes, oh god

So I'm not sure what I was hoping for re schools, 2-4 weeks then everything ok enough to open. Being another half-term block is killing me.

Any idea which painting was hidden behind that pair of Union Jack flags for BJ's speech?

Could someone with more talent and energy than me edit Limmy's "yes or no" video into Kieth's Sky interview?

That was worse than Ed Miliband in full robot mode.

Read it and weep:

This lockdown is desperately needed.

For the best of chance of success in driving down COVID-19 levels, it must be accompanied by urgent action to support jobs and livelihoods.

This should include fixing the furlough scheme, raising Statutory Sick Pay for all and boosting UC.

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) January 4, 2021

A story in four images, here: pic.twitter.com/og8PyQRDUq

— William Kedjanyi (@KeejayOV2) January 4, 2021

Potential mileage

Cheers for the new meme template Kieth pic.twitter.com/FCy80LWqDh

— Kieth Starmer, zoo harmer (@SurskitNation) January 4, 2021

lol!

I noticed my deposed in 2019 ex-local MP who unfollowed me for repeatedly making unkind comments about Starmer and retweeting posts like the one above is still uncritically simping for Kieth after today's embarrassing shitshow - it's a hell of a strong drug is party factionalism.

sad lol

“Leave it, Jez” https://t.co/9G9JY1oaCh pic.twitter.com/e7RbCATCCi

— The CWU (@CWUnews) January 5, 2021

Calling bullshit on this: the vast bulk of the 80,000 new 29/12 cases were already known about before yesterday - eg in England only 775 further cases were reported with over 70,000 already in the figures from previous days pic.twitter.com/ccvOiSLW16

— Simon (@simonk_133) January 5, 2021

Apparently Kieth didn't want to close the schools until all the correct support was there for parents/kids say his apologists. He had the perfect opportunity to bring these issues up yesterday and had nothing to say so perhaps they are talking shit, again.

I guess I’ll dust off this old complaint from the spring: it’s insane that “essential work” is still being defined as “whatever bullshit job you can’t do from home”

how dare you denigrate my flagpole-licking consultancy

Another fucking press conference??

I think that's just to explain the logic behind decisions and plead with people. The reality of this lockdown is that it won't work in the same way due to it not being novel anymore, Cummings, etc.

Border closures I think

Gove letting the cat out of the bag about the lockdown probably going on till March.

Cant even keep a cat in a bag, but are closing borders

will confidently predict the press conference is 10 minutes late and I think I will read other people summarising it rather than playing bullshit bingo or letting this twat's bluster spoil my tea.

When I published Labour’s policy on free broadband in November 2019 I said “It’s about large numbers of children being able to do their homework properly, and have the speed of connectivity.” The BBC described it as Broadband Communism. Interesting how relevant it’s now become.

— John McDonnell MP (@johnmcdonnellMP) January 5, 2021

miss u king

Given how this government will take most of this parliament to vaccinate ppl how much of the 2019 Lab manifesto will be implemented by the Tories to keep society from breaking down?

The reality of this lockdown is that it won't work in the same way due to it not being novel anymore, Cummings, etc.

It's also nothing like as strict as March was. Cafes still have big queues at them, playgrounds are open, shops are open for collection. The roads are pretty busy, too. Can't see it working, and I don't really blame the public for that – polls show support is extraordinarily high, but if your work tells you to go in you're going to go in.

yessssssss pump it right into my veins
https://i.imgur.com/pKGJLhO.jpg

forgot 'close the zoos'. amateur hour

remember when the Labour Party were bold enough to have their own policies rather than calling for whatever CCHQ has leaked to the Telegraph before it is announced

oh for fuck's sake labour

Given how this government will take most of this parliament to vaccinate ppl how much of the 2019 Lab manifesto will be implemented by the Tories to keep society from breaking down?

going to suggest 'not nearly enough'

Stet - I think it will work more than Tier 4 because schools are closed, but yes not as effective.

Very likely the NHS has broken a lot more than March too. A lot of treatments didn't go ahead back then and I think it's probably worse now. I'd look out for rates of people dying at home. Grim.

Hardly recognized Starmer with the moustache.

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/A2J1M7/ray-egan-dressed-as-john-bull-pictured-in-balsall-heath-birmingham-A2J1M7.jpg

going to suggest 'not nearly enough'

― you are like a scampicane, there's calm in your fries (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 bookmarkflaglink

Even 30% would be astonishing. Lol.

1. Remember in 2019 when demanding that everyone in the UK had access to the internet irrespective of income was considered ‘Broadband Communism’?….Today teachers across the country are still reporting delays in access to laptops and internet access for their pupils. pic.twitter.com/8sxJ6oPcPv

— Rebecca Long-Bailey (@RLong_Bailey) January 5, 2021

seeing as lots of the current shadow cabinet have already publicly trashed key policies of that manifesto, do they support the tories or oppose them if they implement them? have their branes melted yet?

Remember Nandy and Phillips scoffing at their own party policy and then running for leader

https://www.tes.com/news/exclusive-teacher-covid-rates-333-above-average

In Leeds, the rate for secondary school staff was more than four times that of the general population or 333 per cent higher.

The data shows that the prevalence rate was, on average, 1089.5 for primary staff and 1750.5 for secondary staff, compared to 404.3 for the LA as a whole. This average was taken for a period spanning from the week ending 19 October to the week ending 20 November.

Who would have imagined?

Is that Mani of the Stone Roses looking on in the photo Tom D posted?

During the first lockdown, courts were closed. Now in the third lockdown, where we are in a worse position - hospital admissions higher, rising cases, new virus strain - courts are remaining open. There is no way it can be safe for courts to remain open.https://t.co/59XDqpMwp8

— HASL (@HousingActionSL) January 5, 2021

https://www.tes.com/news/exclusive-teacher-covid-rates-333-above-average🕸

_In Leeds, the rate for secondary school staff was more than four times that of the general population or 333 per cent higher.

The data shows that the prevalence rate was, on average, 1089.5 for primary staff and 1750.5 for secondary staff, compared to 404.3 for the LA as a whole. This average was taken for a period spanning from the week ending 19 October to the week ending 20 November._


Who would have imagined?