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It's sad. I think people will regret this before too long. It's just completely unsustainable.
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Pathetic. Ed seems to be enjoying it though....of course!
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just myself and my wife will now have to cancel 3 nights in a hotel, ticket refund from newmarket,3 nights using bars and restaurants plus petrol and coffee,tea and snacks,how on earth can this country carry on like this,nobody can plan anything at all for the foreseable future.
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Well, that lasted long....a one day trial.
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I'm sorry to hear that Jimnast. It would be nice if racing stood up and criticised the government heavily for this. My guess is they will just roll over not give 2 hoots about the people that pay their wages. Sorry again Jimnast, hope you get to see some racing soon.
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cheers truehoncho all is not lost doncaster decision i believe is local council but thats south yorkshire for you.
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Not surprising. Racing is still hated by the media and social media numpties because of Cheltenham. No evidence ever that is was a cause and Liverpool and Rangers hosted German and Spanish teams the same week.
The Beeb were surprise surprise attacking this all morning. Not an issue .....but don't keep telling the population we are heading back to normality, and good luck with the office push after yet again having double standards. We cannot hide from a virus with no end date. There may never be a vaccine. Blinkered one dimensional approach. we are heading back to last March , and as this method has failed over 6 months .....why on earth are we going to do the same again ? |
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COVID hysteria is going to kill race courses
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Poor prize money will permanently close more race courses than any virus...
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I don't think we will 626. I think this is all part of the propergander exercise to keep the narrative going. There is no way they will stop people going back to work as they can't afford a further hit to the economy. This distracts from all the other politics and as I said earlier people will be hurting from this sooner than later. Evidence means nothing and it's all just media hype and social media manipulation.
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Poor prize money will permanently close more race courses than any virus... Plain --- I think that is a chicken and egg thing.
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Would have been good to bump into you - socially distanced of course - at the Cambs meeting jimnast but that seems highly unlikely. One step forward and four steps back! Negative news emerging today on one particular vaccine test is very depressing.
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lets see what boris has to say today democrat i have not given up yet on newmarket as far as i know the area is pretty low on numbers with covid, hancock enjoys a day at his local track surely they cant carry on like this with sport when the pubs are open and blm protesters can do as they please.
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"On the grounds of public health and public safety I have instructed the course to hold the St Leger Festival behind closed doors from tomorrow," said Dr Rupert Suckling, director of Public Health for Doncaster
It could have been done ages ago feel sorry for those who have booked hotels and the like |
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its the same for those who book holidays in good faith know all its a total c..k up.
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Who's in charge , the Government or the Doncaster Health director.? Doesn't one outrank the other ? .?
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The Council probably had it planned all along. Get people committed to booking hotels etc and then
pull the rug out. Doubt the hotels will refund. This country is run by a bunch of useless pr*tts at all levels of Government. Sooner or later, as has been alluded to on here, the great British Public will have to defy the regulations .If not we set a precedent, namely that in times the Government decides it's necessary all human rights and freedoms can be removed by law. Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I always thought rights and freedoms were unalienable. |
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100% spot on rog
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"Rights aren't rights if they can be taken away. They're privileges."
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Sad scenes...
I echo six’s comments above. |
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it looks like doncaster council bottled it, social media criticism and even the bbc news live reporter outside saying its very controversial going ahead, lets see what bumble boris comes up with this aft
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the council are stupid when you consider the economic impact.
We can't keep shutting our economy and businesses down over some virus |
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(1) Lockdowns delay #HerdImmunity
(2) Lockdowns cause indirect death (3) Lockdowns do not end #COVID (4) Lockdowns destroy businesses (5) Lockdowns increase suicides (6) Lockdowns increase fear |
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Why didn't we follow what Sweden have been doing from the start? They seem to be coping very well with no significant restrictions. History tells us that viruses eventually burn themselves out. All these interventions are doing is making the whole crisis last a lot longer than it should. If we had allowed everything to get back to normal (after ensuring the NHS could cope) this may well have been all over by now. If a vaccine doesn't arrive (even WHO says there is no guarantee that there will be an effective one), we are going to look pretty stupid. We will then be up sh*t creek without a paddle.
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unbelievable that this allowed to continue can you tell me any particular nite spots that are extremely busy so i might avoid them
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No room for common sense in this hysteria driven political environment Ian!
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Should had lock down from day one
like Vietnam did they chose to prevent it rather then fight it 38 deaths |
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Vietnam eh? yeah we should be like them.
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By having all these lockdown we are cureing absolutely nothing but merely delaying and pushing the problems further down the road..everyone knew positive cases would spike with everything re-opening but as usual all the scientists panic and try to shutdown the country again and who the hell is the head of public health Doncaster just some jumped up jobsworth secure in his overpaid bubble
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who the hell is the head of public health Doncaster just some jumped up jobsworth secure in his overpaid bubble
this was exactly my point on the other thread what mandate exactly does this guy & the organisation he works for have to dictate to people what they can & can't do? |
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So any local government can now overrule the actual government and shut things down. Feel sorry for those who booked hotels as you can guarantee they won't be getting refunds
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I'm for racing to go ahead with a limited number of racegoers as I believe horse racing could be the most appropriate sport to demonstrate to the government and their health advisors that it is one of the safest (maybe the safest) sport to do so given its nature. But, the increase in lockdown imposed and Doncaster Council not supporting it it's inevitable back to behind closed doors only; the profound silence of the BHA only cemented its fate.
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Listening to the news right now, sounds like we have effectively given up on Xmas. Whitty telling us that plans for schools may have to be revised after Boris recently saying that schools are an absolute priority. Who is in charge of this country, Boris or Whitty?! "Rule of 6"....stick it up your jacksy!
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how can you give up on xmas ?
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profound silence of the BHA only cemented its fate ---.I agree Impossible. Why aren't they exploring alternatives. Newbury ahd a pub in the paddock a little while ago. There must be some way to get small crowds back?
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I agree @truehoncho, but Whitty is calling the shots right now and he clearly doesn't want it to happen.
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I have a slightly different opinion. I think he is a yes and its a bit of a game they are playing Ian.
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Should have said he is a 'yes man'
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