The government’s road map out of lockdown took its scheduled step on Monday, with indoor dining and sports, as well as the return to campus of many students – just in time to catch the last two months of their courses.
it's great that pubs are reopening today just so that I can choose not to go into a Wetherspoons again
— dave (@davemacladd) May 17, 2021
But the next phase of the UK’s unlocking may be pushed back, as a Covid variant first identified in India is a cause for concern, particularly in the North West and South East of England.
The messaging has been somewhat confusing.
Relieved/terrified to hear that the vaccine works/doesn’t work against the Indian variant and I can finally/never go on holiday.
— alistair green (@mralistairgreen) May 17, 2021
When a new variant is spreading, it's obviously best to first encourage people into pubs and look at the situation maybe a week or so later.
— Jon Jones (@JonJonesSnr) May 18, 2021
To get a sense of how it feels to be in a new variant hot spot, Good Morning Britain took its cameras to the streets of Bolton, where cases have doubled in a week.
One woman conveyed the depths of people’s fear – sort of.
Liar pic.twitter.com/pqBHwwGghQ
— Asa Elliott (@asaelliott) May 14, 2021
That’s right – not just the metaphorical ‘woman on the street’, but an actual woman on the street, claiming to be too afraid to go on *checks notes* the street.
“I won’t even leave the house” says Bolton resident interviewed by ITV News outside in the town centre… pic.twitter.com/dQt1V1k9IH
— Nigel-la! Soooouuuttthh (@nothing_human) May 15, 2021
Who’s going to tell her https://t.co/ZVWkH0xMNy
— Indy for All (@IndyScotWales) May 17, 2021
Caught red handed https://t.co/PJOswpaNZU
— JFP (@FlayPetty) May 15, 2021
Stop the world. Won’t get better than this https://t.co/Y3IUayFLRd
— (@LukeQuince_) May 17, 2021
They walk amongst us https://t.co/GnfEQvhdbc
— Paul Brookes (@therealchisler) May 17, 2021
Of course, it could all be a silly misunderstanding.
Is this the worlds biggest back yard. Complete with it's own shops? https://t.co/905kZN29AL
— John P Lynch (@jpcookie50) May 16, 2021
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