Baxenden Bank
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Could this be where compliance starts to break down? It's certainly a massive "2 fingers" to the restrictions.
I think compliance actually broke down ages ago.
Surely this is an excellent example of people following the rules?
It was announced that, from midnight, it would be forbidden to travel out of Tier 4. People wanted to travel, they did not want to break the new rules, so they rushed to travel whilst it was still permissible. Rather than travel after the midnight deadline and break the law / fail to follow the new guidance.
Whether that announcement resulted in travel on trains 'over socially-distanced capacity' is an issue the cretin/s introducing massive restrictions to liberty at only seven hours notice need to consider.
There is the issue, discussed elsewhere, as to what the law actually says, what the guidance says, and what someone says on TV/radio.
Personally I am now stuck at home alone for Christmas, with no 'seasonal' stuff in the house. My Tesco delivery having been last Thursday and adjusted to account for the fact that I would not be in my home at Christmas. The elderly mother has freezers full of food which she no longer has much need for. Fortunately her Tesco delivery was today and was substantially reduced last night. I hope £bn of stocks are left unsold in the supermarket supply chain and the message gets home that this is not the way to run one of the wealthiest counties in the world!
Back to the OP, my planned 'chauffeur' to the family home for Christmas was at a house in what is now Tier 4 but, following the announcement, was considering a pre-midnight 'great escape' under the wire to her other home which is in Tier 2 (work re-location and one house is up for sale, not a second/holiday home). Seems sensible to me, work from home in Tier 4 and effectively be under house arrest, or work from home in Tier 2 and get to visit places still.
An absolute clustermuck.