Rizzo Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Had tickets for a gig in Stirling tonight and the band have just postponed it with a few hours notice. Is it looking likely that we'll all be at work full-time with extremely limited leisure opportunities again? I really dont fucking fancy that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 I am genuinely in a position whereby I am relying on the Tory backbenches for sanity. What the f**k is going on?!Backbenchers of the Conservative Party have always voted against the government if they felt they had to, its one of their strongest assests as it means they can, and have, gotten leaders to step down when the time came. It's a pity the Party in charge up here aren't able to allow their members to do the same thing as it could have stopped some of this nonsense we've had.The fact Westminster MP's tend to be of a much higher standard than Holyrood helps as well. A significant number of MSPs are barely councillor level. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Abdul_Latif said: Such as that may be, considerations are and have to be much wider than they were even this time last year. Politicians have been open in saying they have to consider the mental health aspect of stopping human contact and the effect school closures have on safe guarding of children. It’s not as black and white as Sage or the like may see it. But not the mental health aspect on business owners and employees, caused by clowncar government ministers and quangos strongly advising people not to give them their custom. Just the impact on the weans of sitting in the house on Monday. Right you are then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 57 minutes ago, Big Fifer said: Martindale was calling for a circuit breaker either today or yesterday. Problem is, the famous "circuit breaker" technique never really works. If fitba up here shuts for "a couple of weeks", realistically that'll be it closed till March, and the season won't finish. Well that's one upside; pull the shutters down now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdul_Latif Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 1 minute ago, virginton said: But not the mental health aspect on business owners and employees, caused by clowncar government ministers and quangos strongly advising people not to give them their custom. Just the impact on the weans of sitting in the house on Monday. Right you are then. I mean that’s not at all what I was getting at. Lockdowns see human contact almost ended and cause enormous mental suffering for a lot of people. I wasn't making any comment on the irresponsible nature of telling people to stay away from businesses and not the covering them financially. Which by the way, is a disgrace. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin.Hood Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 44 minutes ago, TheScarf said: That’ll be why I can’t book one for love nor pish. Wild. Maybe just dundee but seems fairly atraugjt forward to get an appointment. Still spaces for Satuday and plenty for Sunday and so on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Just now, Robin.Hood said: Wild. Maybe just dundee but seems fairly atraugjt forward to get an appointment. Still spaces for Satuday and plenty for Sunday and so on. Tried 5 different towns including Inverness and I game up midway through February. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, TheScarf said: Tried 5 different towns including Inverness and I game up midway through February. Inverness are still only doing boosters appointments and drop ins for over 40s. Maybe next year they'll get to 18-40. Edited December 16, 2021 by Honest Saints Fan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Would absolutely be in favour of the football season being cancelled TBH 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Honest Saints Fan said: Inverness are still only doing boosters appointments and drop ins for over 40s. Maybe next year they'll get to 18-40. Aye seems to be the case for the whole Highlands. I’ll get mine in April or something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Just now, Gaz said: Would absolutely be in favour of the football season being cancelled TBH Same. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Same. Thirded. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 22 minutes ago, UsedToGoToCentralPark said: The fact Westminster MP's tend to be of a much higher standard than Holyrood helps as well. A significant number of MSPs are barely councillor level. MSPs basically just sign on twice a week. It's an incredible scam. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Meanwhile Rushi Sunak is taking a holiday in California. I hope he is answering his phone.I'm sure he is, in this day and age its quite easy to WFHotel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin.Hood Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 12 minutes ago, TheScarf said: Tried 5 different towns including Inverness and I game up midway through February. Thought I'd rebook just to see what I could get. Could get montrose/ Arbroath/ glenrothes on Sunday. Meh maybe down here people don't give a f**k 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, UsedToGoToCentralPark said: 4 minutes ago, TheScarf said: Same. Thirded. Only after Sunday if we win the cup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Thought I'd rebook just to see what I could get. Could get montrose/ Arbroath/ glenrothes on Sunday. Meh maybe down here people don't give a f**k Couldn't get glenrothes this Sunday when my wife checked at the start of the week so maybe extra availability has come up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scosha Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 The more gigs and events etc that you see are getting cancelled it feels like some form of lockdown is inevitable immediately after Xmas when all Govts shite the bed. I cannot believe we are where we are, it's a complete shitshow for all businesses affected and will undoubtedly be ruining folks mental health already, mine included. Get the schools shut, support these businesses you've 'advised' people to avoid, and trust the fact that vaccines actually work. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 As much as I find vaccine segregation utterly abhorrent, its not as abhorrent as telling ALL of society that their participation in normal society is illegal, which is what a lockdown is. So restrictions for the unvaccinated should absolutely be discussed before a single business is told to close its doors. This targeting of certain industries is a bare faced fucking disgrace and quite how scotgov are gettong off with it is beyond me Aggressive shielding of the old and vulnerable is also a more palatable option than aggressive shielding of the entire population, if its just about waiting and seeing how omicron hits hospitals, then a few weeks of this wiuld probably work. How lockdown has become a more socially acceptable than either of the above is also beyond me. It should be the nucleariest of all nuclear options, yet it is not only being casually threatened, it is being actively invited by some of the population and most of the media. There are as many people or more who need protected from the shrieking hive mind of the UK public and media as there are from the effects of covid. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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