The schools issue is a mixed one....it depends upon the strategy you're using....and at some stage they are going to do it anyway.

I've pulled my children out last week because I mainly work from home and grand-parents aren't an option.

Keeping schools open does of course use staff and their families as front line troops as it were....I'm sure when this is over there's going to be some arguing over that.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

That seems like the sensible approach. Schools are only still open so essential workers can get to work.

That's not limited to emergency service workers, we still need to make sure utilities can still be maintained and food stores are still open.

Basically, keep it a day care centre for vital people that can't afford day care.

Would recommend this as a very good time to start repairing potholes and fixing the railways though?

Your figures may be a day ahead of what I’ve been following. Basically Sunday’s figures reported on the previous 24hrs and China recorded 5 new cases (Total up to 80,849) and yesterday they reported 21 new cases (Totalling 80,881 cases)...but how you get 80,849 plus 21 to equal 80,881 I have no idea?!

Extinction Rebellion and Greta's followers have very quickly got everything that they wanted. No air travel, no car travel and no industrial output damaging the atmosphere.

I wonder if their hatred of evil capitalism will be so strong once they find out that evil capitalism isn't there to help them when they need help in hand-outs, services, support services and maybe the odd drink and foreign holiday. Utopia isn't always as good as it looks.

Living down here does have some advantages. At least you can see them cry.

The food stores are still open but it would be nice if they actually had some food in them to buy

Indeed but WE had put his already put his own slant on this