PM Boris Johnson says bars, pubs, restaurants will close on Friday evening : Do not go out tonight : Wage help

Post by **POSTMAN** » 20 Mar 2020, 17:24

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The measures will be considered as time goes on, Boris Johnson says. But he stresses people should not go out tonight to such venues.

"We want you to stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives," he adds.

Me Johnson said it seemed to go against the freedom-loving instincts of British people but "we will get through this - we will get through it together and beat this virus".

The government will pay 80% of wages for employees not working, up to £2,500 a month, the chancellor says.

Updates at the link

Post by **Murdoch** » 20 Mar 2020, 17:55

POSTMAN wrote:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-51969508

The measures will be considered as time goes on, Boris Johnson says. But he stresses people should not go out tonight to such venues.

"We want you to stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives," he adds.

Me Johnson said it seemed to go against the freedom-loving instincts of British people but "we will get through this - we will get through it together and beat this virus".

The government will pay 80% of wages for employees not working, up to £2,500 a month, the chancellor says.

Updates at the link

So let me get this straight... loads of people will get paid to sit at home for the next 3 months... while we have to work our asses off out in public, receive sweet f**k all, and then once this all blows over. RM will come in and make a bunch of us redundant. And there's literally no incentive now for all those people that would have been made unemployed to go work in any of the industries that will be keeping the country going...

You could not create a more broken policy... Idiotic.

I expected this Tory government to f**k things up beyond believe... I just didn't foresee it would be like this...

Deadly · Post by **Deadly** » 20 Mar 2020, 18:04

Where am I supposed to take my break now that the pubs will be closed?

derricksmyth · Post by **derricksmyth** » 20 Mar 2020, 18:30

Deadly wrote:Where am I supposed to take my break now that the pubs will be closed?

Thats right ,these are all toilet break area's that have disappeared at a stroke of a pen !!

miles_peters · Post by **miles_peters** » 20 Mar 2020, 19:03

no mass gatherings unless you work in a royal mail delivery office, where you will also be working centimeters apart.

Dindin · Post by **Dindin** » 20 Mar 2020, 19:08

miles_peters wrote:no mass gatherings unless you work in a royal mail delivery office, where you will also be working centimeters apart.

With regular daily huddles

chickenwittle · Post by **chickenwittle** » 20 Mar 2020, 19:09

Murdoch wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-51969508

The measures will be considered as time goes on, Boris Johnson says. But he stresses people should not go out tonight to such venues.

"We want you to stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives," he adds.

Me Johnson said it seemed to go against the freedom-loving instincts of British people but "we will get through this - we will get through it together and beat this virus".

The government will pay 80% of wages for employees not working, up to £2,500 a month, the chancellor says.

Updates at the link
So let me get this straight... loads of people will get paid to sit at home for the next 3 months... while we have to work our asses off out in public, receive sweet f**k all, and then once this all blows over. RM will come in and make a bunch of us redundant. And there's literally no incentive now for all those people that would have been made unemployed to go work in any of the industries that will be keeping the country going...

You could not create a more broken policy... Idiotic.

I expected this Tory government to f**k things up beyond believe... I just didn't foresee it would be like this...

Id rather know I still have a job that will also pay me if I’m off sick compared to what others are going through .

danny2006 · Post by **danny2006** » 20 Mar 2020, 19:25

We are dropping like flies anyway, will offices remain open?? 4 went off in my office this morning, with one of them whom i van share with. There are 18 off in a larger neigbouring office that has been failing all week.

Post by **HTPostman** » 20 Mar 2020, 19:30

A diary of today:

6.45am Bus didn’t turn up, heard from a few others that their bus didn’t arrive either. I wonder if this is the start of a big cutback in public transport.

7.05am Bus arrives. Guy sat in the middle spluttering away not covering his mouth. Unbelievable.

7.25am Go to my frame working centimetres from others.

8.25am Given next weeks D2Ds. When are we going to start prioritising what actually will benefit people?!

8.35am Had to warn a touchy feely person who’s constantly slapping people on the back to give me a bit of space.

8.45am Queue up for specials. No social distancing here.

9.15am Hear from my sister, who’s taken her husband in for his operation. They arrive to find it’s cancelled as all doctors, surgeons etc are required elsewhere. Yesterday she was telling me it’s all mass panic. I wonder if she realises this is just the start.

11am Get to a customers address who laughed at me on Wednesday for putting the parcel on the floor and stepping back. On his door he now has a sign saying he’s showing symptoms and to stay away.

1.15pm Deliver a dog toy to a customer “oh I only ordered that yesterday.” Seriously, is there nothing more pressing we could deliver than farmfoods leaflets and dog toys!

1.45pm Drive down towards a farm, soon as I go in the back of the van for the parcel the old dear who lives there has opened the door and is right next to me. No time to step 2 metres back. Bath salts this time.

3.15pm Finish the round. Collections staff all sat around playing pool within inches of each other.

3.30pm Get the bus back home. Only 3 people on so I purposefully sit as far away as I can from others. That works until the next stop when a gob on legs gets on, sits on the next row to me and has a phone chat about ‘fck the government lets go get smashed.’

When are we going to wake up, look at the situation in Italy and start giving each other space?!!

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 20 Mar 2020, 19:30

And a short time ago, London's Northwick Park hospital announced that their intensive care unit has been overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.

Coronavirus: London Hospital Declares ‘Critical Incident’ as Intensive Care Overwhelmed by Patients
Northwick Park hospital calls for help from neighbouring hospitals as NHS England rushes to free up 30,000 beds

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/heal ... 14311.html

As of this moment, there have been 177 deaths in the United Kingdom.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus- ... 7-11960796

miles_peters · Post by **miles_peters** » 20 Mar 2020, 19:33

Royal Mail need to come up with new indoor working methods during this crisis otherwise we are all doomed and so will much of the public be on the delivery routes.

LouBarlow · Post by **LouBarlow** » 20 Mar 2020, 19:36

Murdoch wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-51969508

The measures will be considered as time goes on, Boris Johnson says. But he stresses people should not go out tonight to such venues.

"We want you to stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives," he adds.

Me Johnson said it seemed to go against the freedom-loving instincts of British people but "we will get through this - we will get through it together and beat this virus".

The government will pay 80% of wages for employees not working, up to £2,500 a month, the chancellor says.

Updates at the link
So let me get this straight... loads of people will get paid to sit at home for the next 3 months... while we have to work our asses off out in public, receive sweet f**k all, and then once this all blows over. RM will come in and make a bunch of us redundant. And there's literally no incentive now for all those people that would have been made unemployed to go work in any of the industries that will be keeping the country going...

You could not create a more broken policy... Idiotic.

I expected this Tory government to f**k things up beyond believe... I just didn't foresee it would be like this...

Hmmm I'd rather people were given financial help and didn't lose their homes, and starve to death, personally.

Be grateful for what you have.

Post by **Murdoch** » 20 Mar 2020, 19:37

chickenwittle wrote: Id rather know I still have a job that will also pay me if I’m off sick compared to what others are going through .

Point is, this policy gives an insane benefit to a certain group of people (worth up to 30 thousand pounds a year), whereas, if you're self employed and the work dries up you get around £4750 a year.

And if you're a low paid worker, still in a job... you'll be overworked as f**k for the next 12 months. And as it stands, you'll receive literally no help from the government. While others can self isolate in total safety with 30k free money to spend.

What are the chances that the Royal Mail sickness policy survives the next few months, let alone 18 months?

Post by **Murdoch** » 20 Mar 2020, 19:43

LouBarlow wrote:
Hmmm I'd rather people were given financial help and didn't lose their homes, and starve to death, personally.

Be grateful for what you have.

Sure, then freeze all mortgage payments, and give a Universal basic income.

Why give certain people £30,000 a year, and others £4750 a year, people who are in pretty much the same situation.

And why not get some of those healthy young low risk people (that are being paid to sit at home), to cover some of the jobs of older people with underlying health issues. People that are higher risk, but still have to work during the outbreak. Many of those jobs, food production, supermarkets, and ours are low skilled.

Post by **aiden01** » 20 Mar 2020, 20:03

Murdoch wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-51969508

The measures will be considered as time goes on, Boris Johnson says. But he stresses people should not go out tonight to such venues.

"We want you to stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives," he adds.

Me Johnson said it seemed to go against the freedom-loving instincts of British people but "we will get through this - we will get through it together and beat this virus".

The government will pay 80% of wages for employees not working, up to £2,500 a month, the chancellor says.

Updates at the link
So let me get this straight... loads of people will get paid to sit at home for the next 3 months... while we have to work our asses off out in public, receive sweet f**k all, and then once this all blows over. RM will come in and make a bunch of us redundant. And there's literally no incentive now for all those people that would have been made unemployed to go work in any of the industries that will be keeping the country going...

You could not create a more broken policy... Idiotic.

I expected this Tory government to f**k things up beyond believe... I just didn't foresee it would be like this...

Labour actually wanted the gov to pay 90%