BBC news at 10 tonight.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Preceded by VE Day and the thousands basking on the beaches, let's not forget.

Let us not forget

When the sun goes down , we will remember them

By ignoring social distancing , dressing up like idiots and getting pissed and having house parties

[The Lone Gunman]

Absolutely, 4 wrongs dont make a right, all daft.

The truth of the matter is that social distancing has been effectively ignored in countless shops and supermarkets all over the country since about the end of April, if not earlier. I called into M&S on Queen Street yesterday late-morning on my home from work and it was typically busy - people, mostly elderly women, browsing the clothes sections at their leisure totally unhindered, while the food hall was well populated and has been for the last couple of months. People are still going through the motions to a degree, but it feels like it's for show now rather than for genuine results.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

The truth of the matter is that social distancing has been effectively ignored in countless shops and supermarkets all over the country since about the end of April, if not earlier. I called into M&S on Queen Street yesterday late-morning on my home from work and it was typically busy - people, mostly elderly women, browsing the clothes sections at their leisure totally unhindered, while the food hall was well populated and has been for the last couple of months. People are still going through the motions to a degree, but it feels like it's for show now rather than for genuine results.

I have a feeling people are socially distancing themselves , from me , in particular

And I am not happy about it

[William Treseder]

The truth of the matter is that social distancing has been effectively ignored in countless shops and supermarkets all over the country since about the end of April, if not earlier. I called into M&S on Queen Street yesterday late-morning on my home from work and it was typically busy - people, mostly elderly women, browsing the clothes sections at their leisure totally unhindered, while the food hall was well populated and has been for the last couple of months. People are still going through the motions to a degree, but it feels like it's for show now rather than for genuine results.

I get your point. So should the government just abandon all restrictions today and let everybody take their chances?

[J R Hartley]

I have a feeling people are socially distancing themselves , from me , in particular

And I am not happy about it

Try having a bath more than once a month

[xsnaggle]

Preceded by VE Day and the thousands basking on the beaches, let's not forget.

Which did not materialise in the infection 'spike' the doom and gloom merchants threatened us with for enjoying ourselves .

[The Lone Gunman]

I get your point. So should the government just abandon all restrictions today and let everybody take their chances?

I've no idea to be honest. I'd be interested to know what 'the science' is really saying right now.

The problem, as I see it, is that the whole thing has been so badly-handled in the UK since day one and the guidance has become so blurred that a great many people don't really know what's supposed to be happening now, and a significant percentage simply no longer care to any great degree.

I was watching the BBC news channel reports yesterday afternoon regarding the non-essential shops opening in England. Half of the new things the owners are trying to implement to match the guidance they've been given are just nonsense and are totally different to what's happening in the supermarkets. The rules also differ from shop to shop, so there's no kind of consistency. Therefore, people won't do what they're supposed to do, either deliberately or accidentally, and will just attempt to carry on as normal.

Things like sport behind closed doors make sense, because that can be easily controlled. But the rest of it? Mostly nonsense in my opinion. Socially-distanced pubs and restaurants? Ridiculous idea. Bookshops open but no browsing? Farcical. Different rules for supermarkets and small shops? Completely stupid.

I don't know what the answer is, but to me you either allow places to open as normal or you don't allow them to open at all.

[IanD]

Pictures shown from shops around England, as they reopened today.
First thought, what makes people queue in their 100’s outside Clothes shops? Are they that desperate for something new to wear?
Secondly, pictures showing at least a dozen folk pushing and grappling to get into one shop as it opened its doors. Some people really are as thick as pig shit, and have obviously not learnt a single thing from the last 3 months.

Yes people were pushing/crowding. But....cant recall where I saw it, a picture taken slightly further away shows that only about 10 were involved and they were surrounded by a similar number of media who also seemed to be pushing the queuers up against the door..... enhancing the narrative, maybe. "People queue sensibly and in an orderly, socially-distanced way" doesnt make for good headlines. That said, apart from food/match tickets and getting a new phone sorted, personally it's been about 2 years since I shopped in a shop. All done online these days.

[William Treseder]

I've no idea to be honest. I'd be interested to know what 'the science' is really saying right now.

The problem, as I see it, is that the whole thing has been so badly-handled in the UK since day one and the guidance has become so blurred that a great many people don't really know what's supposed to be happening now, and a significant percentage simply no longer care to any great degree.

I was watching the BBC news channel reports yesterday afternoon regarding the non-essential shops opening in England. Half of the new things the owners are trying to implement to match the guidance they've been given are just nonsense and are totally different to what's happening in the supermarkets. The rules also differ from shop to shop, so there's no kind of consistency. Therefore, people won't do what they're supposed to do, either deliberately or accidentally, and will just attempt to carry on as normal.

Things like sport behind closed doors make sense, because that can be easily controlled. But the rest of it? Mostly nonsense in my opinion. Socially-distanced pubs and restaurants? Ridiculous idea. Bookshops open but no browsing? Farcical. Different rules for supermarkets and small shops? Completely stupid.

I don't know what the answer is, but to me you either allow places to open as normal or you don't allow them to open at all.

Agree with everything you’ve said there. From day one, the governments advice had been as murky as a pair of Sludges Y- fronts.