UK PM Johnson to chair emergency response meeting on COVID travel, freight

 

Train personnel wave to each other as one of them boards the last scheduled Eurostar train from London to Paris ahead of travel restrictions imposed by the French government on the UK, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain December 20, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair an emergency response meeting on Monday to discuss international travel, in particular the flow of freight in and out of Britain, a spokeswoman for his office said on Sunday.

 

Earlier on Sunday, several European countries began closing their doors to travellers from Britain after the country tightened COVID restrictions in London and southern England to try to curb the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus.

 

France said it would bar all people coming from the UK for 48 hours from Sunday night, including freight carriers, whether by road, air, sea or rail. Britain's port of Dover said its ferry terminal was closed.

 

"The prime minister will chair a COBR (emergency response) meeting tomorrow to discuss the situation regarding international travel, in particular the steady flow of freight into and out of the UK. Further meetings are happening this evening and tomorrow morning to ensure robust plans are in place," the spokeswoman said.

 

Transport minister Grant Shapps urged Britons, especially hauliers, not to travel to ports in Kent in southern England, warning on Twitter that "we expect significant disruption in the area".

 

The travel restrictions come at a difficult time for many British companies, which are engaged in last-minute stockpiling before Dec. 31, when a status quo transition period with the European Union ends and new customs rules come into effect.

 

Doug Bannister, chief executive at the port of Dover, told Reuters earlier this month that Europe's biggest trucking port was already seeing almost record volumes of trade.

 

(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper and Kate Holton; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Peter Cooney)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-12-21

 

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I’ve said all a long, only a fool would put their faith, let alone their future, in the hands of Johnson.

 

He’s an incompetent, indolent liar.

Canada just shut it's airports to flights from U.K.

4 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I’ve said all a long, only a fool would put their faith, let alone their future, in the hands of Johnson.

 

He’s an incompetent, indolent liar.

 

Even for you, Chomper, this is a bit ott.  Show me the politician, anywhere in the world, who has handled this pandemic with competence,  vivacity , and truthfulness. 

When you name this paragon of excellence, maybe the people on this thread might  (or even might not) be prepared to take you seriously.

 

 

39 minutes ago, blazes said:

 

Even for you, Chomper, this is a bit ott.  Show me the politician, anywhere in the world, who has handled this pandemic with competence,  vivacity , and truthfulness. 

When you name this paragon of excellence, maybe the people on this thread might  (or even might not) be prepared to take you seriously.

 

 

The Thai PM, whether you like  the military or not.

53 minutes ago, blazes said:

Show me the politician, anywhere in the world, who has handled this pandemic with competence,  vivacity , and truthfulness. 

NZ...Arden

5 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I’ve said all a long, only a fool would put their faith, let alone their future, in the hands of Johnson.

 

He’s an incompetent, indolent liar.

Who would ever have thought a lying, cheating, bone idle, third rate journalist would struggle to run the 6th largest economy in the world?

 

It's a mystery to me...he was so the obvious choice......

 

1 hour ago, blazes said:

 

Even for you, Chomper, this is a bit ott.  Show me the politician, anywhere in the world, who has handled this pandemic with competence,  vivacity , and truthfulness. 

When you name this paragon of excellence, maybe the people on this thread might  (or even might not) be prepared to take you seriously.

 

 

Jacinda Ardern didn’t do too badly, and unlike Johnson she hasn’t a long history of incompetence, indolence and lying.

14 hours ago, Surelynot said:

It's a mystery to me...he was so the obvious choice......

It takes higher order thinking skills to understand and to be British.????

 

More anti British sentiments from the usual suspects. My some posters lead a boring existence that they have to comment consistently on other countries politics because. . well their own is so tediously boring and unimaginative.

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4 hours ago, Laughing Gravy said:

It takes higher order thinking skills to understand and to be British.????

 

More anti British sentiments from the usual suspects. My some posters lead a boring existence that they have to comment consistently on other countries politics because. . well their own is so tediously boring and unimaginative.

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There’s nothing ‘Anti -British’ about holding and expressing realistically negative views of the UK’s Prime Minister.

 

It is to the detriment of the UK that he spends so much time end effort proving his detractors correct in the view they have of him.

My Friend Boris is doing s great job. 

The bitterness and hate of some UK people will turn against them. 

On 12/21/2020 at 8:12 AM, Chomper Higgot said:

I’ve said all a long, only a fool would put their faith, let alone their future, in the hands of Johnson.

 

He’s an incompetent, indolent liar.

Are you on the wrong thread ...?  ????

5 minutes ago, transam said:

Are you on the wrong thread ...?  ????

No his not just Chomping along normally as usual about his hate of the best UK priminister since Maggie. ???? ????

1 hour ago, Kwasaki said:

No his not just Chomping along normally as usual about his hate of the best UK priminister since Maggie. ????????

You mean the U-Turn kid.

 

 

14 hours ago, Laughing Gravy said:

It takes higher order thinking skills to understand and to be British.????

 

More anti British sentiments from the usual suspects. My some posters lead a boring existence that they have to comment consistently on other countries politics because. . well their own is so tediously boring and unimaginative.

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Come on LG, Boris lambasted Starmer for wishing to cancel Christmas and then a few days later he did exactly that!

The man is a clown.

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

You mean the U-Turn kid.

 

 

No not at all,  my friend Boris is just someone playing the game of politics so much more ingeniously than someone like you.

30 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

No not at all,  my friend Boris is just someone playing the game of politics so much more ingeniously than someone like you.

As we hear all the knives being sharpened by his loyal band of buddies ????

35 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

No not at all,  my friend Boris is just someone playing the game of politics so much more ingeniously than someone like you.

That wouldn’t be hard, since I’ not playing politics.

On 12/21/2020 at 12:42 PM, blazes said:

 

Even for you, Chomper, this is a bit ott.  Show me the politician, anywhere in the world, who has handled this pandemic with competence,  vivacity , and truthfulness. 

When you name this paragon of excellence, maybe the people on this thread might  (or even might not) be prepared to take you seriously.

 

 

With nearly 70,000 dead and one of the highest deaths rates in the world, it is fair to say most handled it better than ‘take it on the chin, shake hands with everybody in the hospital” super spreader Boris Johnson.

 

New Zealand, Thailand and Taiwan are good examples of what to do. The UK is a perfect example of what not to do. With the new UK covid strain they really should seriously lock down for six weeks, the “tiered” system is a complete and utter failure. It doesn’t even make scientific sense.

38 minutes ago, Natai Beach said:

New Zealand, Thailand and Taiwan are good examples of what to do. The UK is a perfect example of what not to do. With the new UK covid strain they really should seriously lock down for six weeks, the “tiered” system is a complete and utter failure. It doesn’t even make scientific sense.

People that post like you make me laugh with your rhetoric, so what do you think of USA, France, Germany, Spain, Italy shall I go on or is your mind closed on UK.

7 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

People that post like you make me laugh with your rhetoric, so what do you think of USA, France, Germany, Spain, Italy shall I go on or is your mind closed on UK.

They all stuffed it up as well. Terribly. Idiotic. And it is currently worse than ever before with this UK covid strain. A year into it.

But this thread is about BJ. 
I wish they had of done better. I really do. 

Off-topic post removed.

 

11 hours ago, Natai Beach said:

They all stuffed it up as well. Terribly. Idiotic. And it is currently worse than ever before with this UK covid strain. A year into it.

But this thread is about BJ. 
I wish they had of done better. I really do. 

Boris is just doing his job the way he see's it, he has to make announcements when advised and doing himself instead of leaving someone else to do it or he would just be criticized again and again for not making people aware. 

He did the right thing in my book he waited until UK scientists confirmed it was a new strain found in UK which was already in other countries.

 

I really cannot see what Boris has done wrong, until the people living in the UK follow the guide-lines properly the C19 will just go on.

 

All I can see is the EU jumping on the band wagon to get there populations focus off the fact that they are in an absolute bloody mess themselves with C19. 

Instead of pointing blame at Boris over C19 the People living in UK should be looking what they are doing,  they are the ones who are spreading C19 not Boris. 

12 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

People that post like you make me laugh with your rhetoric, so what do you think of USA, France, Germany, Spain, Italy shall I go on or is your mind closed on UK.

1. Take it up with Bkazes, it was he who asked for examples of who has done better.

 

2. Learn the meaning and correct use of the word ‘rhetoric’.

5 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Boris is just doing his job the way he see's it, he has to make announcements when advised and doing himself instead of leaving someone else to do it or he would just be criticized again and again for not making people aware. 

He did the right thing in my book he waited until UK scientists confirmed it was a new strain found in UK which was already in other countries.

 

I really cannot see what Boris has done wrong, until the people living in the UK follow the guide-lines properly the C19 will just go on.

 

All I can see is the EU jumping on the band wagon to get there populations focus off the fact that they are in an absolute bloody mess themselves with C19. 

Instead of pointing blame at Boris over C19 the People living in UK should be looking what they are doing,  they are the ones who are spreading C19 not Boris. 

Boris took the job, he took the responsibility and the accountability.

 

From the off he was dangerously wrong with his ‘herd immunity’ policy, he has since down confusion with his repeated U-Turns.

 

He’s trying to please everyone and pleading no one other than those who refuse to accept his blatant failings.

5 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Boris took the job, he took the responsibility and the accountability.

 

From the off he was dangerously wrong with his ‘herd immunity’ policy, he has since down confusion with his repeated U-Turns.

 

He’s trying to please everyone and pleading no one other than those who refuse to accept his blatant failings.

Did Boris think up all the C19 cures or did he act on advice from the/his experts....?

1 hour ago, Kwasaki said:

Boris is just doing his job the way he see's it, he has to make announcements when advised and doing himself instead of leaving someone else to do it or he would just be criticized again and again for not making people aware. 

He did the right thing in my book he waited until UK scientists confirmed it was a new strain found in UK which was already in other countries.

 

I really cannot see what Boris has done wrong, until the people living in the UK follow the guide-lines properly the C19 will just go on.

 

All I can see is the EU jumping on the band wagon to get there populations focus off the fact that they are in an absolute bloody mess themselves with C19. 

Instead of pointing blame at Boris over C19 the People living in UK should be looking what they are doing,  they are the ones who are spreading C19 not Boris. 

 

I agree it is stupid people who refuse to follow the rules no matter what you tell them. Morons. Selfish. 
 

But the dumbest thing I have seen in all of this was one bloke who went to a hospital filled with Covid patients, insist everyone shake his hand, hundreds of people, “everyone” and then even brag that he did it on national TV. Instead of following medical advice and encouraging others to do the same, this fool was boasting that he doing the opposite. 

 

No surprise to me when he got infected and nearly died himself. Harder to think of a more effective way to infect yourself. And others. How many died because of Boris’ “machoism”
 

1st prize Covidiot award goes to- 

 

 

And the UK has about 70,000 dead because of it.

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Boris took the job, he took the responsibility and the accountability.

 

From the off he was dangerously wrong with his ‘herd immunity’ policy, he has since down confusion with his repeated U-Turns.

 

He’s trying to please everyone and pleading no one other than those who refuse to accept his blatant failings.

Quite surprised we have people here defending him while simultaneously criticizing the Thai response. 
 

70,000 dead versus 60. 

1 hour ago, transam said:

Did Boris think up all the C19 cures or did he act on advice from the/his experts....?

When Boris was enacting his ‘herd immunity’ plot the ‘experts were warning against assuming ‘herd immunity’ existed and also warning that pursuing ‘herd immunity’ by allowing the virus to spread would cost tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of lives + overwhelm the NHS.

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

When Boris was enacting his ‘herd immunity’ plot the ‘experts were warning against assuming ‘herd immunity’ existed and also warning that pursuing ‘herd immunity’ by allowing the virus to spread would cost tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of lives + overwhelm the NHS.

So you are an insider that knows all the advice that his medical team gave but Boris ignored...?