06-04-2021, 01:27 AM
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Matt Hancock summoned to the High Court to justify why non-essential shops can open
..... before pubshttps://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/m...s-b927811.html
Mr Justice Swift has ordered the Health Secretary “to serve and file his response” by 10am on Tuesday.
Shops, hairdressers, nail salons, libraries and outdoor hospitality venues such as beer gardens are expected to reopen from April 12. But indoor hospitality and entertainment venues will not be able to open their doors until at least May 17.
Both Mr Osmond and Mr Lord believe hospitality in England should also be allowed to open indoor areas in April because the risk of Covid-19 transmission is higher in shops than it is in pubs and restaurants.
As we know, a High Court judge has already ruled that Matt Hancock and his department acted unlawfully in failing to publish details of dozens of contracts awarded without competition for goods and services such as personal protective equipment (PPE) needed during the covid-19 pandemic.
06-04-2021, 08:49 AM
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Re: Matt Hancock summoned to the High Court to justify why non-essential shops can open
..... before pubs
Pubs may have large numbers of people sitting together for long periods of time spreading the virus , shops have smaller numbers of people going in and out quickly,
Pubs have people who may have too much to drink and forget about social distancing, shops do not.
I wish some people would stop and think rather that suggesting things that might risk negating the measures we have all had to put up with for a year. We are only talking a matter of a couple more weeks before pubs open anyway .
06-04-2021, 09:47 AM
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Re: Matt Hancock summoned to the High Court to justify why non-essential shops can open
Originally Posted by Meg
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I would have thought 'why' was obvious.Pubs may have large numbers of people sitting together for long periods of time spreading the virus , shops have smaller numbers of people going in and out quickly,
Pubs have people who may have too much to drink and forget about social distancing, shops do not.
I wish some people would stop and think rather that suggesting things that might risk negating the measures we have all had to put up with for a year. We are only talking a matter of a couple more weeks before pubs open anyway .
06-04-2021, 09:58 AM
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Re: Matt Hancock summoned to the High Court to justify why non-essential shops can open
I know 2 landlords who own pubs where I live. One pub is just outside of town, has the strictest and safest Covid rules imaginable and is popular with my generation of people. The other is in town and has a much younger generation.I've heard that there are people taking the 12 April off work to sit all day getting sh*t faced at the pub with 5 of their mates so you can imagine what covid rules will look like after a few hours, the noise and all the drunken behaviour that comes with it.
Although I hate the situation, I'm with Boris on this one, a few more weeks will make a lot of difference in vaccine uptake and we will be safer for it.
I'm steering clear of the pub next week because I know it will be a complete nightmare with all the p1ss heads. Let them get it out of their system over the next few weeks outside before letting them inside to inflict more misery on the rest of us who drink sensibly and can behave ourselves.
06-04-2021, 10:36 AM
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Re: Matt Hancock summoned to the High Court to justify why non-essential shops can open
Originally Posted by Meg
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I would have thought 'why' was obvious.Pubs may have large numbers of people sitting together for long periods of time spreading the virus , shops have smaller numbers of people going in and out quickly,
Pubs have people who may have too much to drink and forget about social distancing, shops do not.
I wish some people would stop and think rather that suggesting things that might risk negating the measures we have all had to put up with for a year. We are only talking a matter of a couple more weeks before pubs open anyway .
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/145449...al-shops-pubs/
06-04-2021, 10:47 AM
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Re: Matt Hancock summoned to the High Court to justify why non-essential shops can open
Originally Posted by Meg
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I would have thought 'why' was obvious.Pubs may have large numbers of people sitting together for long periods of time spreading the virus , shops have smaller numbers of people going in and out quickly,
Pubs have people who may have too much to drink and forget about social distancing, shops do not.
I wish some people would stop and think rather that suggesting things that might risk negating the measures we have all had to put up with for a year. We are only talking a matter of a couple more weeks before pubs open anyway .
It's just more political shenanigans where the only winners will be the avaricious legal profession.
06-04-2021, 12:43 PM
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Re: Matt Hancock summoned to the High Court to justify why non-essential shops can open
Originally Posted by Meg
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I would have thought 'why' was obvious.Pubs may have large numbers of people sitting together for long periods of time spreading the virus , shops have smaller numbers of people going in and out quickly,
Pubs have people who may have too much to drink and forget about social distancing, shops do not.
I wish some people would stop and think rather that suggesting things that might risk negating the measures we have all had to put up with for a year. We are only talking a matter of a couple more weeks before pubs open anyway .
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