DanFST
Head Pro
"Anyone who is trotting out constitutional arguments is in the wrong place"
Not sure how I feel about that...
Hope Scotland isnt relying on anything from England if she does."Anyone who is trotting out constitutional arguments is in the wrong place"
Not sure how I feel about that...
"Anyone who is trotting out constitutional arguments is in the wrong place"
Not sure how I feel about that...
Hope Scotland isnt relying on anything from England if she does.
So its ok to quarantine Leicester but not Scotland? Whilst she might be viewed with scepticism, is she wrong in terms of managing Scotland's response to the virus?
So its ok to quarantine Leicester but not Scotland? Whilst she might be viewed with scepticism, is she wrong in terms of managing Scotland's response to the virus?
So its ok to quarantine Leicester but not Scotland? Whilst she might be viewed with scepticism, is she wrong in terms of managing Scotland's response to the virus?
Leicester isnt stopping people from outside the city coming into it or passing through it. What about people who live near the border, should they be locked out and would she shut down International flights. Its anti English willy waving.So its ok to quarantine Leicester but not Scotland? Whilst she might be viewed with scepticism, is she wrong in terms of managing Scotland's response to the virus?
It's completely different, people are being "quarantined" in Leicester. To stop spread out of it. constitutionally it's still merky. Scotland has had 3 deaths in 5 days. She wants to keep the English out.
There's 100's of international flights going in and out of Edinburgh and Glasgow today, gonna stop those too?
That comment is flagrant political willy waving, provocative and not to mention completely unenforceable.
It’s hypothetical and very unlikely to happen but seems common sense that, say, in a scenario where Scotland virtually eliminated the virus while it ran uncontrolled in England it should be possible to restrict non-essential travel between the two.
Clearly nobody would want that but all NS said, in response to the question, was that she wasn’t ruling anything out. What an outrage!!!
And, hypothetically again, if it was the other way round I’d expect the same to apply.
Utter nonsense to suggest there’s anything anti-English about it.
Keep your sensible posts out of this please! It’s too good an opportunity to have a dig at NS, the Scottish and Doon.I cant see that. The article reports she says she has no plans for a quarantine for visitors from other parts of the UK (with a 'never say never' added which I guess is only prudent because there's no guarantees in life)
The report doesn't mention English people at all and even if you are inclined to add a spin to suggest she does want a cross border quarantine, when the article doesn't actually say that, then it would be a quarantine for people coming from England, not a quarantine for English people. Nationality doesn't enter into it, its visitors originating from a country
Granted most people in England are English but the virus doesn't care
We are now at the point where the virus is occurring in a regional way, not national. Northumberland has very few cases, Gateshead, Sunderland and Middlesbrough has spikes. Regional lockdowns are the way forward now, not blunt national ones, and i am sure NS knows this. NS knew exactly what she was saying, who she was saying it too and the implications of it. She is a very long way from being naive and to answer the question how she did and expect it not be taken how it has would need her to be very politically naive.It’s hypothetical and very unlikely to happen but seems common sense that, say, in a scenario where Scotland virtually eliminated the virus while it ran uncontrolled in England it should be possible to restrict non-essential travel between the two.
Clearly nobody would want that but all NS said, in response to the question, was that she wasn’t ruling anything out. What an outrage!!!
And, hypothetically again, if it was the other way round I’d expect the same to apply.
Utter nonsense to suggest there’s anything anti-English about it.
As one who is often critical of Nicola Sturgeon I must say that, in this instance, I cannot see anything either wrong or anti-English in her comments.It’s hypothetical and very unlikely to happen but seems common sense that, say, in a scenario where Scotland virtually eliminated the virus while it ran uncontrolled in England it should be possible to restrict non-essential travel between the two.
Clearly nobody would want that but all NS said, in response to the question, was that she wasn’t ruling anything out. What an outrage!!!
And, hypothetically again, if it was the other way round I’d expect the same to apply.
Utter nonsense to suggest there’s anything anti-English about it.
We are now at the point where the virus is occurring in a regional way, not national. Northumberland has very few cases, Gateshead, Sunderland and Middlesbrough has spikes. Regional lockdowns are the way forward now, not blunt national ones, and i am sure NS knows this. NS knew exactly what she was saying, who she was saying it too and the implications of it. She is a very long way from being naive and to answer the question how she did and expect it not be taken how it has would need her to be very politically naive.
Do you think there are going to be guards and fences surrounding Leicester? Do you see a genuine border between Scotland and England right now, with officials, buildings, barriers etc?Dumfries and Galloway Council [D&G] is huge.
It's southern boundary is about 100 miles long.
Alongside with Borders Council it has a very sparse population not sure how a regional lockdown would work for them without closing the border with England.
It’s hypothetical and very unlikely to happen but seems common sense that, say, in a scenario where Scotland virtually eliminated the virus while it ran uncontrolled in England it should be possible to restrict non-essential travel between the two.
Clearly nobody would want that but all NS said, in response to the question, was that she wasn’t ruling anything out. What an outrage!!!
And, hypothetically again, if it was the other way round I’d expect the same to apply.
Utter nonsense to suggest there’s anything anti-English about it.
You know my views on NS, however one thing I will never accuse her of is being naive or unintelligent.
Yes you can take the article at face value, but she knows what she's doing. Look at how it's been reported, you think that's a surprise to her? Even the New Scientist are posting absolute tripe. read the last line!
My original quote coupled with " I would really welcome a statement from the Prime Minister that England's strategy was about trying to eliminate the virus as well" shows her intent.
Lol. If I was one of the many other preventable causes of death that killed far more Scots than covid I'd be quite relieved she's looking the other way...Any strategy that aims to eradicate this virus is simplistic. It is within society across the world . We 'may' get a vaccine that enables it to be controlled, but eliminated no.
Up here we have had no cases for weeks and have on the whole avoided the virus. The Hosp in Inverness hasn't had many cases at all.They talked about this on J.Vine today on R2. Whilst Scotland have figures marginally better than England they are still worse than Italy, in terms of proportions / population etc. They are Bournemouth compared to England being Norwich . Neither country have anything to boast about and the idea of one quarantining the other is political posturing at its worst. I guess it will play well to the SNP core vote
I think that is very similar to places like the Lake District, Peak District, here in Northumberland. Those areas have largely escaped it, why would any of us in those places want an influx right now?Up here we have had no cases for weeks and have on the whole avoided the virus. The Hosp in Inverness hasn't had many cases at all.
i can see that if a all a sudden thousands turn up here it woudln't take long to spread and the NHS don't have much capacity, esp some of the more remote area's and the islands. our economy up here is largely reliant on toursim, but i'm not sure anyone wants to risk it running though the local population