Coronavirus update - NO MORE RESTRICTIONS

[Michael Morris]

Follow Boris setting out England's exit from lockdown Sturgeon is announcing Scotland's plan at the moment.

Will Drakeford make a statement now or will he stick to his three week plan and only update in March?

[the other bob wilson]

Follow Boris setting out England's exit from lockdown Sturgeon is announcing Scotland's plan at the moment.

Will Drakeford make a statement now or will he stick to his three week plan and only update in March?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56170916

Possibly, she’s doing this to take attention away from domestic issues? I should think there will be some pressure on Drakeford after this though.

[xsnaggle]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56170916

Possibly, she’s doing this to take attention away from domestic issues? I should think there will be some pressure on Drakeford after this though.

I don't think there is any need. He set a date 3 weeks away, BJ is talking about 5 weeks. No reason to change.

[surge]

Follow Boris setting out England's exit from lockdown Sturgeon is announcing Scotland's plan at the moment.

Will Drakeford make a statement now or will he stick to his three week plan and only update in March?

Boris both has and hasn't set a plan out. There are a lot of if's but's and maybe's:

As I've said this afternoon, up to a point. Even though we've had a lot of documents today, we don't really know what the exact criteria is, what the data is the govt is looking for.

Lots of talk about “the four tests”- but in reality, they’re quite vague, their calculation could be made in several different ways. And the government hasn’t given detail on exactly what they’re looking for. Given that, wonder how immovable the dates will be, in practice.

https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/st...30425626927113

Is it better to have dates and an order to look forward to, which can change without much effort, even if in 5 months each nation might be at exactly the same point?