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While I accept she has the authority to do that.
Is she going to foot the furlough bill when it ends in June? Is she going to foot the unemployment bill when businesses who can move south of the border to stay open?
I’d like to add I genuinely don’t want to go to Dufftown it’s a part of my job that’s a hangover from my last position it’s just the ridiculous nature that one part of a country is working while the other isn’t.
Also distilleries are still making whisky which is clearly nonessential. Some construction sites are still open. It’s all a fucking farce.
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Also distilleries are still making whisky which is clearly nonessential.
Pretty essential in my household but many distilleries have also switched to making sanitisers and cleaning stuff for hospitals. You also don't have many staff running them or in proximity to each other.
Don't see businesses moving south of the border in the name of a few extra weeks of shutdown but maybe you know something I don't. Likewise, footing the furlough bill: don't think Johnson said that was ending today? I think the real farce is rUK leaders finding out what Johnson's 'plans' are on the T.V-Sturgeon published a detailed proposal to start discussions for how coming out of lockdown could be done weeks ago that was typically ignored by Westminster. In the absence of any credible alternatives coming from Johnson or any consensus I think it's right to err on the side of caution when other countries with stricter lockdowns are easing and seeing infection rates jump again.
The fact that Sturgeon's doing a live unscripted update/q&a every day, and remaining accountable to the press, is to her credit too.
Edit. Just searched out if interest and Dufftown's hospital has 20 beds. Seems reasonable not to encourage someone to travel from Hungary/London/wherever and pitch up expecting to work when there's not even any checks at airports and quarantine measures are potentially going to be introduced at the end of the month too. Again, I understand people's frustrations but the bigger picture isn't every country in EU going back to work: England is very much an outlier in its current attitudes.
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Also distilleries are still making whisky which is clearly nonessential. Some construction sites are still open. It’s all a fucking farce.
There isn't, and has never been, a shut down of non-essential businesses. Only hospitality and some retail have been officially closed down.
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The FM thinks she can keep the guidelines in place because... well, she's the FM, health policy is devolved, and she seem to be prioritising saving the lives of citizens over economic activity. Same approach for Wales and Ireland. Survey on Friday put public support for continuing the lockdown at 75%.
Totally understand your frustration at potentially not being able to travel to work but are you really advocating that everyone follows Johnson in jumping off a cliff when he's shown no leadership or basic signs of competence thus far?
Don't even think the border force is necessary-Police have been monitoring the roads through the borders and turning cars back all weekend.. Newspapers reported one twat in an Audi got ticketed twice in the same day trying to drive down to pick up an eBay purchase from Warrington or somewhere fucking daft.