Weston Super Saint

Surely if they 'turn to God' then they will undoubtedly forgive the sins of the father

It's the job of the party leader to, you know, lead the party. Having failed so miserably at that relatively simple task, explain how he would have made a good leader of the entire country?

They'd claim their phone was stolen though innit bruv!

This would be my guess too. The 'herd immunity' is still the only answer in the absence of a vaccine - trouble is they let this theory out of the bag too early and all the thick people got scared! The only way to do this is to keep turning lockdown on and off in order to manager the number of people in hospital before 'community immunity' is achieved.

Technically it can be both. On any given day "X" number of people (on average 1400) die in the UK. Of those that don't die, there will be a significant percentage whose lives were saved having received treatment from the NHS. The Government's plan is to try to reduce the number of infections, thus reducing the number of people who will need to use intensive care at any given time (hence 'lockdown'). At the same time they are increasing the number of beds available to treat virus patients - taking over private care hospitals and building 'Nightingale' centres. By doing this the NHS doesn't become overwhelmed with virus patients and there is therefore still capacity to treat 'ordinary' patients with alternative illlnesses whose lives can potentially be saved.

Not only CAN they, but they most definitely should - and that goes for all age groups not just over 70s. The point is, how they used to exercise - going for a walk along the beach with family / friends surrounded by other people doing the same thing - needs to be adjusted. Unless of course the local councils have closed off pretty much every car park / beauty spot 'just for a laugh'.

https://www.ft.com/content/d738b2c6-000a-421b-9dbd-f85e6b333684 (I haven't read it as I don't subscribe to FT). Odd then that you can see so many people around this age out and about as if nothing has changed. Pretty sure this isn't 'new' news and has been the same since the start of the pandemic.

Yes, this is exactly the message I am happy to go along with. Like most people I had plans for the Easter weekend with my family, which I have had to cancel due to that exact message - and yes, I do still go to work every day, although I'm not 'forced' to do so, I fully understand the risks present and am happy to follow the guidelines in place so as not to spread the virus.

Maybe the grandparents are now all looking after the kids, because hey, they all mix together at the weekend anyway, so why not? Either that or - and try and keep up here - it's now Easter holidays! Maybe one of the parents had already booked time off for the Easter break so they could care for their children. Who knows, but stranger things have happened!

WTF? Where have you got the whole work thing from in my example? Old people - and I specifically stated people who looked older than 60 - were out walking with younger people (it looked like children and grandchildren). There were also lots of other people on the 'promenade' at the same time - some walking, some jogging, some playing with dogs etc. The very nature of the promenade in Weston means that it is impossible to keep the advised level of seperation in most places. I'm also not sure if you understand that 'most' grandparents don't work, it's also very unlikely that those who do will work in key roles and will be required to attend day in day out. Not only that, the Government has already insisted that older people should avoid work for the next 12 weeks - something about a virus that may be deadly for them.... So the only reason I can see for people ignoring the rules is because they really don't give a ****!

It would have a massive impact on someone who has solar urticaria.

Can you be certain it has no effect / impact? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect

With the grandkids?

Yes, madder than a March hare. I was out exercising, on my bike, alone, with absolutely no intention of engaging with another human being apart from the odd friendly nod or wave to passing cyclists - pretty sure we're still allowed to do this! I shall be confined to the house for the remainder of the day like I'm supposed to be!

Sad news and condolences to you and yours. Makes me even madder about the number of 'old' people out and about for a stroll along the seaside that I saw whilst out on the bike. Most of them 60+ walking around without a care in the world, some with grandkids in tow FFS. Certainly makes you question why we are all doing what we're doing, knowing that the economical pain to come will be biblical, when the very people we are 'protecting' haven't a care in the world and continue as if nothing is happening.

The word 'legend' gets bandied about a lot, but I reckon it's a moniker that fits the bill for Sir Sterling.

I assume that the Labour party will be suing the BBC imminently for their misrepresentation...

Out on the bike today and saw a guy on an 'invalid scooter' with a face mask connected to an oxygen bottle. He was out for a 'roll' along sand bay seafront with lots of families walking around with their dogs. Looks like some people don't want to be 'helped'. The amount of cars out and about today it looks like lock down has been lifted....

Leader of the free world

Surely in the spirit of 'live and let live' MLG can be as vocal as he likes about religion and air his views on it? As far as I can tell, MLGs 'intolerance' - FWIW I don't believe he is being 'intolerant', more pedantic - has been confined to the written word on an internet forum.

Odd that the WHO doesn't share that opinion. https://www.who.int/ith/diseases/sars/en/

Wow, just wow! Possibly one of the most racists things I've read on this forum! Presuming to tell an entire race what they can and can't eat because you have (wrongly) made the assumption that eating 'dodgy ****' from 'disgusting places' caused SARS!

And yet many religions do condone violence....

Would you still have the same opinion if a radicalised nutter blew themselves and members of your family up in the name of their one true God - genuine question as clearly their 'belief' would have an impact on you.

So basically you're saying that religion is relevant if you are in a church! Not exactly a stunning revelation!