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Government had a clear position. because if you have the mayor saying they want people to wear face coverings in tfl services, that is not backed up by law, therefore the btp and others are not enquired to enforce that. what this will lead to is an expectation on transport front line transport staff enforcing this confused messaging, asking people to obey different regimes and that will ultimately lead to conflict between members of the public and railway staff and, as i said, transport is alrea...

Announcement on face coverings and confuse messaging depending on where you are in the country and what transport service youre using. transport services are already short—staffed and it does not take a genius to work out what is going to happen on so—called freedom monday when people will be piling on to transport services, social distancing measures and face covering measures out of the window. it is pretty clear what will happen. there will be an overwhelming number of transport numbers a...

By the nhs test and trace app. more than half a million people were sent an alert last week across england and wales. the rmt union has warned of another surge next week because of confusion about mask wearing on public transport. and meat processing plants have said that theyve had to cut production because of staffing issues. downing street has said that the nhs contact tracing app remains "one of the best tools we have" to tackle coronavirus and would not be drawn on whether any possible exem...

The mail asks "now will boris see sense on pingdemic?" with the paper saying 1.7 million are self—isolating after being contacted by the app. with 500,000 people pinged by the nhs covid app in the last week, according to the front of the express, which also reports on pm being contacted by test & trace. the times suggests some scenarios predict 200,000 cases a day by mid—august. the mirror pictures borisjohnson in his isolation video this afternoon — with the headline �*now he begs: plea...

Of shortages of lorry drivers. this is a really big issue. we were 10,000 short before this happened. if you are getting people pinged, and there is already a shortage of lorry drivers, you can see problems are starting to emerge in supply chains. we heard the story about haribo sweets. i am a firm advocate for masks. i dont understand the complaint. it is a seat belt. if you are clinically vulnerable, as i am, are clinically vulnerable, as i am, a mask protects not only yourself but others. so ...