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Bloody hell, Boris is taking the daily briefing. Things must be serious.

If he bothers turning up to it at all. Is anyone actually certain that Boris hasn’t been furloughed?

you are by far my favourite poster on here.

It’s now being reported that he actually broke lockdown twice, with a second trip to Durham Game over now, if it wasn’t already. It makes the tweets from the ‘big guns’ even more embarrassing today too.

Now so many Tory MP’s are seemingly so concerned about the welfare of a 4 year old boy, I look forward to them reversing the decision to open schools. As Gove mentioned, we can’t eliminate all risk. It’s nice to see this new caring side they’ve suddenly developed in the last 24 hours.

Shapps trying to change the guidelines and the Dr trying desperately to not be thrown under a bus.

Amazing isn’t it. A cynic would believe he’s waffling on about utter irrelevant nonsense in the hope he can reduce time for the questions at the end.

Listening to these briefings is hilarious now

Health Secretary on Ferguson: It’s a matter for the police. I’m speechless. Lockdown is very serious and everyone should be following the rules. Health Secretary on Cummings: It’s entirely right what Dom Cummings has done. If ever a man needed a backbone. Disgraceful.

I wonder which 4th rate lamb they’ll put to the slaughter at the daily propaganda this afternoon?

It wasn’t a good reason though. In fact it was a terrible reason, and put the grandparents very much at risk. I’d argue that knowingly passing young children to elderly grandparents who have knowingly been exposed to the virus is actually far worse then wishing a father happy birthday, especially if they hadn’t been exposed to the virus at that time. Both are stupid actions though and should be dealt with accordingly.

Wes we were *explicity* told that grandparents couldn’t look after young children. That was utter black and white. We were also told to isolate at home with any coronavirus symptoms. Not drive 260 miles. There’s no excuses, he should go.

They were quick to throw Ferguson under a bus but as soon as it’s Cummings they all close rank. Their story is already constantly changing. One rule for us, one rule for them. He should be gone.

Has he been sacked yet or can we all go and visit our parents in their houses for the first time in 9 weeks?

Couple of kids in the local Secondary got suspended last year for skipping a lesson to go and have a ****. Let’s be honest, some adults struggle enough with it, let alone kids.

You’re right, I was merely appeasing him. I’ve taught in Secondary and Primary and obviously the older ones are easier but there’s always a few rogues.

Is the right answer for about year 3 upwards. Thirty 4 year olds? Good luck.

Go back to work? Some of us haven’t left work yet since this started.

I’m certainly no expert. I feel sorry for my headteacher, she is having to make massive decisions with very little guidance from government and is trying to do best by children and staff. From purely my perspective, your point about communities is key; I’d pass more responsibility to local authorities. I know the academy love in took LA’s out the picture but they’re best placed to guide local schools. It shouldn’t be a whole country approach, what’s right for London or Birmingham schools might not be right for a Bournemouth school at this moment in the pandemic. The science that their basing this decision on needs to published - Whitty and Vallance meeting the unions today was a positive step, especially since the BMA’s statement declaring it’s too early to open. PPE isn’t a big one for me personally but if it is for others then fine. Even if it’s a psychological thing of ‘feeling’ safer. I’d actually give the test track and trace system some time to get going properly so neighbourhood transmission can be tracked and actions taken as appropriate. But what do I know? I just want to go to work and teach the children properly. I’m sure a lot will change between now and June.

It is possible that an asymptomatic teacher could pass it onto a child, who although probably being unaffected, could pass it onto mum/dad/whoever. I think masks are appropriate in these circumstances.

Hopefully this doesn’t descend into a teacher bashing thread. We’re easy targets because of job security (people keep having children, not our fault!) but I and many others have worked most weekdays since March, including bank holidays, looking after key worker and vulnerable children. I’d love the children back properly as this is harder work then my day to day to be honest. I’m not going to mention science because I don’t know the answers, but a few points on what I do know though; Firstly social distancing - if you hear it mentioned, ignore it. It won’t happen and it can’t happen. Logistically impossible and 4/5/6 year olds won’t adhere to it and nor should they. Classes of 15 - the majority of primary schools don’t have enough classrooms or enough adults for this to actually happen, especially when some staff are still going to be shielding. Long term it’s even worse because it’ll be hard enough with three year groups, let alone six. PPE - we’ve been informed that this isn’t appropriate because it’ll scare the children. I personally disagree with this and think it should be available if staff want it. It still isn’t going to be school as we know it. The children back in school will still be falling further behind. Most won’t have their usual teacher and could well have someone with no experience of early years. The majority of learning at that age is play based (limited, if any play materials will be allowed) and teacher interaction/observation (again unlikely to be possible). I actually think they government proposals for secondary schools are wholly sensible with a focus on exam year groups. But successfully opening primary schools with these measures are pretty much impossible. I haven’t got a clue what the answer is and I’m pretty sure the government and unions don’t either.

Primary schools may open 1st June, or they may not. Secondary schools (except year 10) are closed until September. I cant wait to see the details of how this is going to work.

He lost a load of weight, now lives in Wales I think with his mrs.

Idiots attending street parties.

Was obvious they were always going to “meet” the target, by any means necessary - it would have been another slogan on a bus moment otherwise.