The “Rule of Six” is almost unenforceable because of the Government’s decision to allow two households to meet outside, say police chiefs. The Telegraph has the story.
Policing chiefs have warned ministers that the “Rule of Six” is virtually unenforceable because of the two-household concession.
As councils began a clear-up of litter left in parks and beaches by people enjoying Tuesday’s heatwave, policing sources told the Telegraph that enforcing the rules had been made “very, very difficult” by the decision to also allow two households to meet outside.
Many threw caution to the wind on Tuesday as beaches, seafronts, parks and promenades were packed in Brighton, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, Birmingham and London. In Birmingham, council teams suspended mowing across parks on Wednesday so they could focus on litter picking instead.
“We made it very, very clear to Government that they have made it almost impossible to enforce the ‘Rule of Six’,” said a policing source privy to the discussions.
“It used to be relatively simple. As long as you can count to six, you can enforce it as seven is beyond the rule. Now you could have 26 people in a group, 13 from each household. That makes it very, very difficult. How do you prove that they don’t live in the same house?”
Because of the difficulty of enforcing the “Rule of Six” in light of changes in Government guidelines, police will take a more “permissive” approach than was taken during last year’s lockdowns.
The source said police were taking a more “permissive” approach than in lockdown as more people were vaccinated and infection levels flatlined or fell.
This meant there was less “enforcement” and more “engage, encourage and explain”, although this would revert if infection rates rose again. …
Police chiefs also warned that there were problems over the change in guidance from “Stay Home” to “Stay Local”, which was open to interpretation. “Local to someone with mobility issues is very different to someone who got there in a helicopter,” said a police source. “It becomes an extra element of difficulty when something is subjective.
“We will have people camping out on the Lake District. They will be driving there because it is only a couple of hours to get there. So what do you do?”
The weather has drawn Brits to the beach this week, as well as the slight relaxation of lockdown rules allowing people to travel out of their local areas. The Mail said that the British public “think it’s all over”.
Pictures showed packed beaches, parks and promenades in Leeds, Nottingham, Birmingham and London – among others. Today the clear-up began, after parks and beaches were covered with litter, bottles and cans dumped after people partied into the night.
Yesterday, as crowds gathered across the country, Health Secretary Matt Hancock wrote a Tweet urging Britons to “enjoy the sun but let’s do it safely”, adding: “We have come so far, don’t blow it now.”
And Visit Devon urged people to only make a trip when it is “safe and legal”, while Visit Cornwall said non-locals should “hold off on your Cornish dreams for a bit longer”. Cumbria Tourism asked people to “follow the guidance”.
But in Brighton, celebrations continued well into the evening with beachgoers erupting into an impromptu party with flame throwers as huge crowds gathered to watch.
The Telegraph’s report is worth reading in full.
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GOOD!!!!!
No excuse for the rubbish left in parks though.
You mean these households are leaving their zombies behind them?
The Rule of 6 is unenforceable however I’m willing to bet that there is someone somewhere in a uniform who will disagree
Or even an arm band.
So long as they can count. They’ll have to go about in pairs:
“ONE, TWO, THREE-A LOT!”
“ANOTHER ONE, TWO, THREE, MORE” – we’ve got ’em!
Unenforceable – but mainly just stupid.
Good Lord, what a load of shite.
Talking about the “Rule of Six” as if it was to be found on one of the tablets Moses brought down from the mount just shows how out of touch with reality modern British politics is.
Could Whitty or Fergusson or any of the other imbeciles currently running British life care to explain the rationale whereby six persons meeting outside is OK, but somehow seven poses an intolerable risk to life and limb?
Or have these people disappeared so far up their own arseholes that they no longer believe they are answerable for their decisions to the rest of humanity?
Why does anybody tolerate these cretins?
I thought “the rule of six” was the number of hospitality businesses per hundred that the government expected to survive lockdown.
The “intolerable risk to life and limb” was spotted by the brave Devon & Cornwall constabulary, who issued fines to a group of more than 6 bird watchers who appeared in Exmouth to photograph a rare Northern Mocking Bird! I wonder if the bird does irony?!!
Pity it’s not a laughing jackass !!
No – they’re quite common. Identified by black feathers and truncheons in their beaks.
Don’t forget the blank/vacant look in the eyes and the constant “only doing my duty” mantra that they constantly repeat over and over again.
Best comment I’ve read this week!
And yet again LS totally fails to notice the scaremongering headlines and propaganda in the msm. People risking death by going to the beach. Parks being closed down because of too many people. Not news enough? Show us the cases where people have caught covid outside? Oh that’s right there are none. We should be opposing this bullshit propaganda from muppets like handjob and putting a counter case to push back. Not just fucking reprinting their bullshit.
“Computer says no !!”.
With apologies to Little Britain.
It’s ok for LS to reprint the propoganda in giving us the news, because we LS readers are all intelligent enough to recognise propoganda when we see it.
The Police “Service” seems to be full of Over Promoted Milk Monitors