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Coronavirus virus fears causing panic buying
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Bletchleyite
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Yeah, to be fair it is probably reasonable for anyone who is potentially going to go with the 12-week thing to "panic buy" somewhat. Those of us who are not should be avoiding it.
hexagon789
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That was because the Conservatives and Labour both asked members who didn't wish to ask questions not to attend.
I wonder if the "avoid pubs" instruction might lead to shortages of beer in supermarkets. This is where your local "offy" comes in to play.
Bletchleyite
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Buying takeaway drinks from pubs would be a good way to keep them going...
hexagon789
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Do licencing laws permit that? Or do you mean if the government were to allow a temporary relaxing?
Bletchleyite
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Most pubs have an off-licence, don't they? (The old signs usually used to say "on and off the premises" though there aren't many left).
hexagon789
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I'm not sure about England, but I don't recall seeing such signage in Scotland.
PG
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That explains that then, though in the interests of fairness asking about shortages of loo rolls probably isn't the best use of PMQs!
After all the response would be along the lines of 'we've relaxed drivers hours rules and are working with the retail and logistics industries to ensure a swift resolution to the current temporary situation'
Short of drafting in the armed forces to convey products to the supermarkets, which I don't think is the stage we are at nor would it be the best use of their skills and resources, I think there's nowt much else (on the supply front) which can be done.
Bantamzen
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Some pubs already do sell take out beer.
hexagon789
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Not really, other than restrictions on multiples of specific products, there isn't much more to be done. Deliveries could perhaps be increased but I'm sure many forms are struggling for staff as it is.
hexagon789
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Fair enough, I wasn't aware of this. Any in Scotland?
Bantamzen
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I'm not sure to be honest, I know for example the White Rose pub in Leeds railway station sells packs of beer for take out, and a number of craft pubs around Bradford & Shipley do the same.
hexagon789
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Just because licencing laws are different in Scotland, so I'm not sure if such is allowed
Bantamzen
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Probably not.
krus_aragon
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I understood that the Speaker had instructed those not pre-selected to ask a question not to enter the chamber.
hexagon789
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Maybe well have been, I typed exactly what the BBC said was the case about the parties asking members not to attend but it could be both
Both Labour and the Conservatives had asked MPs who didn't have a question scheduled to not attend.
Plenty of Scottish pubs have a sign saying "no off-sales after 10pm" implying they offer them before 10pm.
I can't recall ever having taken a pub up on that offer, though, given their prices.
PG
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Having spent some time looking this up it seems now that it is specific to the licence granted to a particular premises so there is no ban on pubs selling for consumption off the premises providing that they have that as a condition on their licence.
You'd have to look at the summary of the licence on display in a pub to determine if they can sell 'takeout'.
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Brewers Fayre are apparently shutting some branches (info from a relative) from Friday night
DynamicSpirit
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Your logic is faulty. Yes, the pound has dropped very dramatically against the dollar. And what that means is that investors have decided for some reason that they currently prefer to hold dollars rather than pounds. There are lots of potential reasons why they might have made that decision, including: Interest rates, Perception of how CoronaVirus is spreading and how that might harm the economy, wild guesses about what interest rates might do in the future, etc. etc. It could even even be down to irrational panic-selling by investors that has no justification, but then spurs more panic selling, in exactly the same way that some panic-buying in shops usually spurs more panic-buying even in the absence of any rational justification - those things do happen sometimes in the markets. You've simply jumped to the one possible reason that suits your arguments (the markets allegedly think the UK is not doing enough), while ignoring that there are many other possible reasons why the £ might have sunk today. You would need to do a lot more analysis to establish whether or not your preferred reason is in fact correct.
(And for what it's worth, I personally would very much like to know why the £ has sunk - not least because the £-$ exchange rate has a very direct impact on my own software business, so I usually tend to pay some attention to it).
Well at least that is now getting towards a more specific suggestion. So the next question is... what kind of logistical suppport? Do you know of any particular supply chain problem that the supermarkets are facing at the moment that is of a nature that it would be helped by Government logistical support, and is it possible that this support could be provided at a day or so's notice? If you can clarify and answer 'yes' to all those questions, then you might have a suggestion that's worth pursuing.
Silver Cobra
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Once again, the supermarket I work for got hit pretty hard by the panic-shopping this morning (the store manager said he felt it's the worst it's been since it all started kicking off). The usual areas of toilet rolls, cleaning products, tinned vegetables, cereals and meat had been completely emptied, alongside milk (both UHT and fresh), alcohol and bread (it's been days since our last delivery of pasta). Going into the afternoon, we slowly started getting some areas stocked back up, but any of the 'key items' that came in like toilet rolls disappeared very quickly. Interestingly, by the the time I finished my shift in the late afternoon, the number of customers in the shop had dropped to around a little more than the normal amount we'd expect on a weekday afternoon. I guess a lot of people are realising it's not worth trying to shop that late in the day.
I visited another supermarket in the town after my shift, and that store seemed to have been hit even harder than ours. Their shelves were far emptier than ours across the board. Being on the edge of town by a main trunk road, I imagine a lot of people from the nearby villages went there.
I visited another supermarket in the town after my shift, and that store seemed to have been hit even harder than ours. Their shelves were far emptier than ours across the board. Being on the edge of town by a main trunk road, I imagine a lot of people from the nearby villages went there.
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I'm beginning to wonder if the bigger the store the more likely it's shelves are likely to be empty?
Silver Cobra
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That wouldn't surprise me. People probably think that a bigger store is more likely to have something at the start of the day, so most head there first.
We have plenty in the small shop at work at the moment, plus if it ever got desperate we do have a good supply of toilet rolls at work.
As for the fairy liquid ad, it's a bit of a con. Washing up liquid can either be kind to your skin and make it "soft" or good at grease removal not both.
As for the fairy liquid ad, it's a bit of a con. Washing up liquid can either be kind to your skin and make it "soft" or good at grease removal not both.
IanD
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Expect panic buying of storage units at IKEA, B&Q etc....
Bletchleyite
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That is very much my experience.
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