UK (19th January)
Fishy protest in London
Big trucks parked next to the Houses of Parliament. Why? They say they cannot send fish from UK to the EU because of the red tape from Brexit. Fishing boats do not go out now because what it is the point? If they catch the fish, put in lorries, then they get stuck at Dover or are sent back. The fish is rotten very quickly. They have to fill in lots of forms. One lorry got delayed 24 hours because they put “UK” on the form instead of “GB”. Government says teething troubles. Fishermen say Brexit is a disaster.
Hospital news is not good
More people are in hospital now with Covid – more than ever before. Over 34 thousand, 15 thousand extra since Christmas Eve. Increase in numbers of young people. And over 37 thousand new cases on Monday. Concern that some areas are much faster in getting the vaccines out. Hancock praises the “jab army”. He thinks there are acts of kindness … like grandson helping grandmother to book vaccine appointment. Hmm.. Now they will give vaccine to people over 70 – not sure when for the essential workers (for example, DeafStation people).
Audi runs out of chips
Not the canteen, these are the computer chips needed for cars. Modern cars are just like computers on wheels. Many of the big car factories have slowed down or stopped due to Brexit delays for parts to arrive from the EU and illness in the workers due to Covid. The companies affected: Mercedes, Fiat, Ford, Honda, Nissan, Toyota .. all have to stop production for days or even weeks. They say some of the shortages of parts are 6 to 9 months delay. Oh dear.
Impact on daily life
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236