Lockdown Update Day 293

[elisi]

They got the gang back together:


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Tonight on ⁦@BBCOne⁩ at 9:45pm the mind-bending (and possibly mind-numbing) #Staged2 begins with the usuals PLUS a serpent, a nation, an imp & an exclamation.... pic.twitter.com/0BcdTbSwh5

— michael sheen (@michaelsheen) January 4, 2021

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The UK’s Covid-19 curve is now almost vertical. pic.twitter.com/ZtRCJRDzwA

— George Eaton (@georgeeaton) January 3, 2021

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‘You boy! What u-turn is it?’ pic.twitter.com/SyJpFm8sgu

— Toby Earle (@TobyonTV) January 4, 2021

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Oooh ooh no.

THEY SHOULD USE POKEMON FOR COVID RATINGS!

MATT HANCOCK: Cornwall is still Pikachu, but we need to move London to Mewtwo. Manchester will be Psyduck until further notice.

— John Bull (@garius) January 4, 2021

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So to summarise: Thank goodness for Staged.

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ETA: Covid: New lockdown for England amid 'hardest weeks'

“Ah, well” - Translation: Everything’s as bad as can be expected.

— VeryBritishProblems (@SoVeryBritish) January 4, 2021

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT:

We did not plan the new lockdown.

END OF PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT.

PS. See you in an hour. #Staged #Staged2

— Staged (@staged2020) January 4, 2021

(Also Darcy did a big Aldi shop today, and could report that what people appear to have been panic buying this time round is... cat food and yogurt?)