Bluebird Hewitt

Ok cheers. This will be interesting to know for later on.

So roughly about the two months I mentioned before? Sorry about the constant questions but as Italy was considered the centre of the pandemic in Europe, I want to get a simple bit of background before I provide a response in here.

Are they still in lockdown now or have restrictions eased to the point of being able to go out etc.? I've lost track on other countries a bit in regards to who's still in lockdown, who can do things etc.

Can someone remind me how long Italy were in lockdown please? I have it in my head as two months but can't remember.

Fuck sake, my typing is atrocious.

I'd rather stick to sheep in fairness.

Does this confirm Margaret Thatcher as a great leader?

Cheers @Azeem. I'll have a look later.

Can you post that on here please? That could be interesting.

Remember when I said about the Welsh Government (or ministers at least) taking potshots and being hypocritical? Here's our Health Minister Vaughan Gething saying he 'would have quit' or 'would have been sacked' if he did the same. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-52805994 While I agree that he probably would have had to resign in some form or another (though more likely under pressure rather than him or Drakeford saying so), I find it a tad hypocritical for someone having a dig when they also have been accused of breaking lockdown rules (albeit to a much lesser extent) and amending his own rules shortly after to allow it.

Sorry to hear about that.

I know that both are culpable, but you know that individuals who happily break rules will then blame others if anything happens to them or their family.

Just remember, it's all the fault of the politicians and no one else's at all.

Apparently the public have been heckling Cummings, while BBC made an article over fears of the future of lockdown. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52793991 He fucked up but if people are actually going out of their way to abuse him (as with any other person) is bad and shows how messed up our society is really. I also question how many of those would have broken lockdown or not kept social distancing themselves in the process. Admittedly I haven't read the article yet but people have been ignoring lockdown rules well before Cummings had his moment, including the chief medical advisor in Scotland and Vaughan Gething in Wales (albeit the latter being minor by comparison but still amending the rules afterwards which says a lot).

Pretty much. Tried our own system just to be different for the sake of it, ditched it as 'issues were apparently resolved' with the UK Government over the UK wide system and we still can't book tests.

Shad Gaspard has died after him and his son were caught in a rip tide while swimming and instructing lifeguards to save his son first. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-52756408 Very sad to hear. RIP.

Utter utter stupid cuntstain (Cummings that is, not you). Why on earth would you visit your parent's house (which isn't exactly down the road) when in lockdown and showing coronavirus symptoms? Thick fucking cunt. Following the chief medical adviser in Scotland and our lot in Wales amending rules when they get caught out, are we in the UK, from top to bottom, really this fucking stupid?

At present, I'm a traitor and basically on my mobile due to work and little time at present with assignment work. If I get a chance, I've been playing Streets of Rage 4 and may start the Link's Awakening remake on Switch.

Surprised PETA haven't been out in force over this. Also, the Welsh Government have been reported to the EHRC due to fears older people's rights could have been breached due to 'slow testing' in care homes, with one care home apparently being threatened by Swansea Bay health board to be reported to higher authorities if they continued to resist taking patients in. The reason they weren't being taken in by the care home? Swansea Bay were not happy about being asked to test patients before being allowed into care homes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52738526 Also, Vaughan Gething had been, admittedly a bit harshly, criticised for sitting down and eating at a picnic bench with his family, which was against lockdown rules as you could only sit for a short period of time and not actually eat there (as people have been moved on for things like this). So it came as no surprised when shortly after this occurred, the Welsh Government amended the rules so that people can now sit and eat when exercising in Wales, with Drakeford denying that they were connected (absolute horseshit). And in probably the most random moment possible, the area that Gething did sit at in Cardiff Bay has been cordoned off, despite people now being allowed to sit and eat. The Welsh Government's reason for it being cordoned off? Littering. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/vaughan-gething-chips-fence-lockdown-18270812 Apparently they're saying that there's been a significant amount of Littering there in the last week and that the area has been cordoned off until more bins are installed. Just for clarification, we're still in lockdown and can only exercise locally, so unless Cardiff Bay is suddenly rammed with people exercising, that's an absolutely pathetic excuse. But of course, there's plenty of time for yet another pot shot at the UK Government, despite having no real plans of our own other than a traffic light system as our exit strategy. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-52737372 As I mentioned before, this is primarily about the hypocrisy of the Welsh Government as if this were the UK Government, they'd be hung out to dry by comparison.

Yeah, I pretty much agree with all of that tbf. It's not a dig or anything with what I say, it's just frustrating really.

Not sure if you're trying to fish here or simply ignoring everything else but it basically proves my point that the UK Government gets heavily criticised (which is fine as they're the main lead for the UK, even with healthcare devolved to the other nations, and should be scrutinised when needed), yet Vaughan Gething and the Welsh Government gets off scot free once again, despite waiting unnecessary time and money (which Vaughan Gething doesn't care about). My colleague (the one that Gething basically gave the middle finger to) was not happy in the slightest, as you cna imagine. We now have the capacity for 5,000 tests a day (which, if you remember, was scrapped in mid April and any targets abandoned), yet struggle to hit even half that amount. There is a Daily Mail article which has mentioned what I said in the past but, because it's the Daily Mail, it'd most likely be discarded as 'an attack on Labour'. This is not intended to be an attack on Labour, but it really annoys me how the Welsh Government can literally do anything it pleases without the slightest of scrutiny by comparison.

This got mentioned in our daily meeting and when I asked for clarification, I had confirmation that a colleague of mine in the same department as me was working flat out for three weeks to get it up and running to link up with Amazon, only for Vaughan Gething to scrap it in favour of the UK wide one. Nice of Vaughan Gething to show his appreciation and dodge the question as well. If this was Matt Hancock, he would have been absolutely slaughtered by the media and opposition.

Hit and miss for me working from home. I like being able to get up slightly later than normal and practically rolling to my work desk, while being able to have more freedom as well. Not needing to drive into work has been great as well as it cuts down on my fuel costs, as well as the general travel to and from work. At the same time, the colleagues I work with were a good laugh and we can bounce off each other so that doesn't help. As @Harry mentioned as well, the likes of social lunches and possible beers after work are gone as well.

That's what should happen. Unfortunately, common sense doesn't exist with some managers. My mate and his old man (they work at the same place) are being asked to go into work now despite being able to work from home with no issues. His missus is a healthcare worker as well which doesn't help matters.

Remember when I said that the Welsh Government have a habit of doing things differently for no real reason other than 'to be the first' or 'to stick it to Westminster', even if it makes no sense whatsoever? Wales decided to go its own way in regards to an online portal for booking coronavirus tests for key workers due to the system 'having limited value' as it would only provide information on whether someone had a test. This is despite Scotland and Northern Ireland signing up to the UK wide system. The Welsh Government has now decided that 'data issues' have now been resolved and will now scrap its own online portal in favour of the UK Government system. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-52697923 When asked about the length of time spent setting up the website, Vaughan Gething mentioned in the article that he was 'really not bothered about getting into how much we spent on developing a different portal at a point in time'. So that's time and likely money wasted for a system to now be scrapped and not giving a rat's arse. I wonder if this gets brought up in my meeting tomorrow regarding the Amazon link as I think my system was meant to link in with them for demographic reason.