General Chat

Whoa whoa I am English living in Scotland doing as I am told going out for essentials once a week what ever the idiots want to do up here or down south they are all causing problems & the virus will come back Not my doing . we have lost so many people with Covid 19 it's real you know crying shame do people not realize how foolish they are :-S

Poor old Boris. Doing the very best he can to control Corona virus. Sadly, there is absolutely nothing he can do to control idiocy.

I see you have appeared to have amended your post of 12.59. Your post had suggested,once again, that Sturgeon was doing so much better that Johnson. All I did was point out that Sturgeon also had problems with Covid idiots.

I do hope that comment “ must be good to be so clever with your mouth......” was not directed at me.

My goodness you are quick today nothing on the TV me offend somebody never ;-)

I watched BBC news this morning when an MP suggested that, because of the powerlessness of the police in Bournemouth they could possibly have brought in some officers from neighbouring forces.

Talk about passing the buck! The thought crossed my mind that MPs ought to rule on this and close down the beaches. They ought not to rely on a few extra officers being able to control people who clearly don't care about their fellow men.

There is no doubt in my mnd that had the police attempted to move people on, the situation would have worsened to the point of violence.

If people still congregate and ignore rules and warnings, the last resort for assisting the police could well be army personnel - not ideal by any means, but judging by the ignorance of members of the public who seemed to be cheek by jowl and who left behind an unholy mess, it may be just the action needed.

I don't know how easy or effective it would be to close beaches.

I am probably wrong but I think they are all common below the tide-line but some are private above and those who are hell-bent on going to the sea-side will find a way.

There are those who, quite blatantly, flaunt the law about using a mobile phone with no repurcussions so it must be fine to pick and choose which laws you obey.

In normal times the beach areas would be pleased to see these "visitors"



But Common sense flies out of the window............Sometimes

there are ANPR cameras every where surely they can be put to good use and send the visitors a "friendly" warning of advice?

All appear to be young folk, some with children. The age of least risk and not giving a damn about those at most risk including their parents and grandparents and others that are vulnerable or the economy. Were they the ones behaving responsibly during the rest of the lockdown......I doubt it? They carried their rubbish to the beaches, so why can't they take it home? Then the poor council workers trying to clear the 300 tons of it left yesterday need police protection from the abuse.

Since when did furlough become a summer holiday? Stop their furlough payments and get them back to work.........cleaning the mess they helped make for a start. I bet some were protesting recently about school not being safe for their children too. It gave them an opportunity to stay at home on pay with the excuse of no childcare. These people don't need the softly, softly approach of education. We've been told every day for months now how important it is to stick to the rules. They are selfish and defiant and dare I say it, think they are 'entitled' more than everyone else.

Mr Owl and I have stretched ourselves a whole mile and a half in Edinburgh to my parents garden. They have front and back gardens so we could fully social distance when necessary and all enjoy the weather.

My in-laws however live in Port Seton, East Lothian and a 2 minute walk from the beach. The number of cars parking along the road side there is crazy as everyone tries to get to the beach.

Crowds celebrating some sort of footbally thing in Liverpool.

Did it confer some sort of immunity on them then?