| Dover port closed for 48 hours. 21:39 - Dec 20 with 2130 views | catch74 |
Wondering what the repercussions of this new strain will be, hope it won’t affect deliveries of essentials/ vaccines etc etc. |  |
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| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 21:41 - Dec 20 with 1804 views | giant_stow |
Potentially a very big deal I spose and also perhaps slightly suspicious timing? |  |
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| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 21:42 - Dec 20 with 1792 views | vapour_trail |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 21:41 - Dec 20 by giant_stow |
Potentially a very big deal I spose and also perhaps slightly suspicious timing? |
Pourquoi? |  |
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| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 21:46 - Dec 20 with 1778 views | factual_blue |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 21:41 - Dec 20 by giant_stow |
Potentially a very big deal I spose and also perhaps slightly suspicious timing? |
dominic raaaabb is the to-to guy for info about the Port of Dover. |  |
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| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 21:46 - Dec 20 with 1775 views | WD19 |
That’ll screw up Brexit preparations.....everything unlikely to go 100% smoothly now. |  | | |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 21:48 - Dec 20 with 1758 views | BlueBadger |
Don't worry, it will. |  |
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| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 21:48 - Dec 20 with 1760 views | giant_stow |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 21:42 - Dec 20 by vapour_trail |
Pourquoi? |
Because it might end up disrupting the flow coming of stuff coming in I spose.
Edit : sorry. Whosh! [Post edited 20 Dec 2020 21:54]
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| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 21:52 - Dec 20 with 1736 views | ElderGrizzly |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 21:46 - Dec 20 by factual_blue |
dominic raaaabb is the to-to guy for info about the Port of Dover. |
For those who don’t know the shuddering incompetence of my boss
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| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 22:01 - Dec 20 with 1669 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 21:52 - Dec 20 by ElderGrizzly |
For those who don’t know the shuddering incompetence of my boss
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They need us more than ... oh. |  |
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| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 22:48 - Dec 20 with 1536 views | EastTownBlue |
When The Scum is leading with "Xmas Supplies Chaos" on their front page, you just know what is going to happen in the shops tomorrow. |  | | |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 23:08 - Dec 20 with 1488 views | syntaxerror |
We are officially a cut off Island now. No way in, and no way out.
Farage must be jumping for joy. (Though is probably in his German home doing so). |  | | |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 23:14 - Dec 20 with 1458 views | J2BLUE |
I would imagine we would collect vaccines using the military if it came to it. Soldiers who had been tested multiple times etc which other countries would accept. |  |
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| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 23:14 - Dec 20 with 1458 views | Seablu |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 21:48 - Dec 20 by giant_stow |
Because it might end up disrupting the flow coming of stuff coming in I spose.
Edit : sorry. Whosh! [Post edited 20 Dec 2020 21:54]
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It’s ‘whoosh’
It amazes me how that extra finger actually misses letters out. |  | | |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 23:14 - Dec 20 with 1459 views | catch74 |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 23:08 - Dec 20 by syntaxerror |
We are officially a cut off Island now. No way in, and no way out.
Farage must be jumping for joy. (Though is probably in his German home doing so). |
You mean this pr!ck.
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| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 07:46 - Dec 21 with 1179 views | ElderGrizzly |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 23:08 - Dec 20 by syntaxerror |
We are officially a cut off Island now. No way in, and no way out.
Farage must be jumping for joy. (Though is probably in his German home doing so). |
He is sadly
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| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 08:57 - Dec 21 with 1094 views | Freddies_Ears |
At least this all proves how easy it is to stop nasty foreign stuff and people getting into the UK. Our border is properly controlled. By the French!!!!! | | | |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 09:02 - Dec 21 with 1085 views | Churchman |
I think what is interesting is the speed other countries have moved on this, and rightly so. Compare that to the snail speed this government moves on anything. Behind the curve on everything. Earlier in the year, the government said control on the border was unnecessary because the virus was already here. It seems other countries disagree on that principle. BJ and co are the equivalent of Captain Rum in Blackadder saying he doesn’t need a crew.
This strain of virus was detected in September. We are now in another disaster thanks to laziness and grotesque incompetence. This is likely to be compounded with food shortages. The government is holding a COBRA meeting today. All a bit late really isn’t it.
Then there is Brexit. The end of the year deadline is of the governments making. It would be logical to delay it in the circumstances, regardless to whether 1% or 90% has been agreed. But I doubt they’d have the guts to do that. If or when people are fighting over food in a few weeks time, I wonder if fathead will be telling us that’s what we voted for?
It would be entirely sensible for the government to instigate food rationing on essential items now, but I suspect as the bath olivers are passed around the meeting will be more about telling each other how great they are and asking of anyone has heard of a place called Dover. [Post edited 21 Dec 2020 9:04]
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| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 09:30 - Dec 21 with 1023 views | Guthrum |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 21:41 - Dec 20 by giant_stow |
Potentially a very big deal I spose and also perhaps slightly suspicious timing? |
Not in this case. The new C-19 strain/variant has apparently triggered contingencies which have been in place for months. |  |
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| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 09:34 - Dec 21 with 1021 views | Guthrum |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 07:46 - Dec 21 by ElderGrizzly |
He is sadly
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He is wrong, of course. An event such as this is likely to remind everyone just how important easy interaction with our nearest neighbours is. | |
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| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 09:44 - Dec 21 with 988 views | Guthrum |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 09:02 - Dec 21 by Churchman |
I think what is interesting is the speed other countries have moved on this, and rightly so. Compare that to the snail speed this government moves on anything. Behind the curve on everything. Earlier in the year, the government said control on the border was unnecessary because the virus was already here. It seems other countries disagree on that principle. BJ and co are the equivalent of Captain Rum in Blackadder saying he doesn’t need a crew.
This strain of virus was detected in September. We are now in another disaster thanks to laziness and grotesque incompetence. This is likely to be compounded with food shortages. The government is holding a COBRA meeting today. All a bit late really isn’t it.
Then there is Brexit. The end of the year deadline is of the governments making. It would be logical to delay it in the circumstances, regardless to whether 1% or 90% has been agreed. But I doubt they’d have the guts to do that. If or when people are fighting over food in a few weeks time, I wonder if fathead will be telling us that’s what we voted for?
It would be entirely sensible for the government to instigate food rationing on essential items now, but I suspect as the bath olivers are passed around the meeting will be more about telling each other how great they are and asking of anyone has heard of a place called Dover. [Post edited 21 Dec 2020 9:04]
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To be fair, when the Government said that back in March, they were absolutely correct. It was already seeded in many places in the UK and spreading domestically.
However, this recent mutation (of the September strain) appears to have originated in the UK and be in the early stages of its spread. Thus it can still potentially be contained - to this island, at least. Hence the rapid and strong reaction of our neighbours.
No argument with your Brexit comments, tho. | |
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| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 11:18 - Dec 21 with 910 views | catch74 |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 21:52 - Dec 20 by ElderGrizzly |
For those who don’t know the shuddering incompetence of my boss
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Howard Goodall -
‘We've just spent 5 years at war with each other, devalued the £ by 20%, savaged our economy, quit the world's largest free trade zone, created a mountain of red tape & flushed £200bn down the drain to 'control our borders'. 6 EU states just did it in 24 hours with a press release’ | |
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| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 11:27 - Dec 21 with 891 views | Eireannach_gorm |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 11:18 - Dec 21 by catch74 |
Howard Goodall -
‘We've just spent 5 years at war with each other, devalued the £ by 20%, savaged our economy, quit the world's largest free trade zone, created a mountain of red tape & flushed £200bn down the drain to 'control our borders'. 6 EU states just did it in 24 hours with a press release’ |
How can this be possible, they have no sovereignty? |  | | |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 11:29 - Dec 21 with 890 views | stantheman |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 09:44 - Dec 21 by Guthrum |
To be fair, when the Government said that back in March, they were absolutely correct. It was already seeded in many places in the UK and spreading domestically.
However, this recent mutation (of the September strain) appears to have originated in the UK and be in the early stages of its spread. Thus it can still potentially be contained - to this island, at least. Hence the rapid and strong reaction of our neighbours.
No argument with your Brexit comments, tho. |
If it was discovered by scientists in the SE why does everyone think it originated in the SE? It could have mutated anywhere before being discovered. |  | | |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 11:51 - Dec 21 with 854 views | Guthrum |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 11:29 - Dec 21 by stantheman |
If it was discovered by scientists in the SE why does everyone think it originated in the SE? It could have mutated anywhere before being discovered. |
The particular variant will spread outwards from its point of origin as it is passed from one host to another. If a cluster of cases appears before it is seen in numbers otherwise, that is almost certainly where the point of origin will be.
DNA/RNA analysis is so routine nowadays that analysts have been able to keep very detailed track of mutations which are affecting the virus. They are particularly on the look-out for certain changes which can alter lethality, infection rates or vaccine resistance. | |
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| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 11:55 - Dec 21 with 829 views | stantheman |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 11:51 - Dec 21 by Guthrum |
The particular variant will spread outwards from its point of origin as it is passed from one host to another. If a cluster of cases appears before it is seen in numbers otherwise, that is almost certainly where the point of origin will be.
DNA/RNA analysis is so routine nowadays that analysts have been able to keep very detailed track of mutations which are affecting the virus. They are particularly on the look-out for certain changes which can alter lethality, infection rates or vaccine resistance. |
Don't you mean elsewhere rather than otherwise? If so that does seem to make sense. | | | |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 11:58 - Dec 21 with 825 views | Guthrum |
| Dover port closed for 48 hours. on 11:55 - Dec 21 by stantheman |
Don't you mean elsewhere rather than otherwise? If so that does seem to make sense. |
Yes, just didn't want to use "where" twice in the same sentence. | |
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