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:lolol: Apart from "Get stuffed", this is my favourite reply so far: "...ends up with mass gatherings outside hospitals cos people want to get their 5 minutes of fame in local papers. Setting off fireworks. Ask someone to clap with their hands for a minute and they can't do that without...

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Great news everybody....:rolleyes: Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse.... Clap for Carers is to return under a new name of Clap for Heroes, the initiative's founder has said. The weekly applause for front-line NHS staff and other key workers ran for 10 weeks during the UK's...

For those who appreciate it (key workers who appreciate the underlying gesture or folk who see it as an opportunity to see their neighbours), a simple minutes applause once a week seems harmless enough. Not a fan of the fireworks, car horns and American golf spectator style whooping, though. And...

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Pretty subdued around here tonight. I reckon they're all on their way back from the coast.

Hopefully the thread can be kept on topic. Loads of other threads to debate the politics of Covid-19. It’s my turn to home school the kids today so my reserves of patience, tolerance and reasonableness were exhausted some time ago.

Yes. There are plenty of other threads for debating the politics of Covid-19 and UK’s preparedness. It can’t happen on every thread. If it keeps happening here, then the main protagonists will be welcome to read the thread but may find that they are unable to post further contributions.

I take it this a joke and I have just been massively whooshed?

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I can see this becoming a real issue as the weather warms up and the evenings draw out. The very last thing we need right now is everybody outside their houses at 8pm every Thursday evening. The instruction is clear: stay in your houses. How many people will be tempted to 'pop next door' to...

Is this happening again tonight? Feels like a mistake to me. I was in two minds about it last week but was happily surprised by the way it was embraced by all who live round here and it was actually quite uplifting and felt quite defiant as the applause rang out through the darkness. But I...

BAG's doing you proud, Gaffer :thumbsup:

Outside of football, I'm not really one for big public shows of affection. But I just stepped outside my front door and all I could hear through the darkness was people applauding, cheering and banging pots and pans. I found it quite uplifting and defiant.