Greg Evans
Mar 24, 2020
On Monday evening, Boris Johnson bowed to pressure and put the UK into a lockdown scenario in order to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus.
With his pleas for social distancing clearly falling on deaf ears and people continuing to congregate in public areas and potentially exposing themselves to the illness, the prime minister was forced to introduce stricter measures to keep people safe and preserve their health.
Now the British public must stay in their houses at all costs except for trips to shops for basic necessities such as food and medicine. People are allowed to also to exercise once a day outside, be that jogging, walking or cycling. Travelling into work is also allowed for those that can't work from home. All social events such as weddings have been cancelled with funerals of close family members being the exception. People must associate with the people they live with and gatherings of more than two people have been banned, with police given permission to issue on the spot fines and disperse gathers.
PM @BorisJohnson gives an important update on #coronavirus #StayHomeSaveLives https://t.co/MQo2EVVDcD— UK Prime Minister (@UK Prime Minister) 1584995492
These rules are likely to be in place for at least three weeks, with the government expected to review the situation afterwards and either tighten or loosen the regulations.
As Brits prepare to adjust to this new way of life, which could last for an unknown amount of time, the good folks of Twitter began to share thoughts and they were as funny as you can imagine.
imagine walking to Lidl to get beans and getting tasered— Mollie Goodfellow (@Mollie Goodfellow) 1584996472
Day 1 in lockdown and after having 1hr in the exercise yard I went for a shower and my 8yr old tried to shiv me to… https://t.co/b8l7hdVIJM— Mark Ormrod MBE (@Mark Ormrod MBE) 1585040406
10 minutes into lockdown #lockdownuk https://t.co/fAOhYsNq5J— ohhhhshit (@ohhhhshit) 1585001004
We just need some life-size Daleks patrolling the streets saying “ISOLATE!!!”— James Serafinowicz (@James Serafinowicz) 1584996987
Going for one walk a day could prove difficult for some.
The police to me when I’m on my second hour of exercise #UKLockdown (cc: @CharityShopSue) https://t.co/S2Lvm2LtJm— Alex Milsom (@Alex Milsom) 1585001320
Can't stick to one walk a day? Here's some disguise ideas to fool the police. https://t.co/97K5V31wPs— The One With All The Wrestling (@The One With All The Wrestling) 1585000325
we're on police enforced lockdown that can only be circumvented by saying "i'm going for a walk".— morl (@morl) 1584998024
Gonna be a lot of very fit dogs by the end of this Lockdown. #ThreeHourWalkies— Geoff Norcott (@Geoff Norcott) 1584997029
*narrows eyes* I swear I saw those two cycling earlier.. I bet they don't even live together https://t.co/b59jANA11a— Bex (@Bex) 1584997966
Scenes in the UK tomorrow https://t.co/RuQLwod1jk— Ireland Simpsons Fans (@Ireland Simpsons Fans) 1585007461
Me explaining to my mcm what I expect of him once we’re in a relationship https://t.co/mZIeTpgsXv— Sassalinaa (@Sassalinaa) 1584996050
As we adjust to a more digital way of life, people are preparing themselves to be disappointed by people in a whole new way.
If you want an indication of how much of a hellscape this is going to be, last night a mate told our friendship gro… https://t.co/fNgmFcC9tZ— Alan White (@Alan White) 1585033482
What if you have a third friend?
Also, remember Brexit and the 'end of freedom of movement'? Well no one expected it to look like this.
You finally lost your freedom of movement, Nigel. I thought you'd be happy. https://t.co/dnmhsgmYmU— Steve Analyst (@Steve Analyst) 1585034886
I know Vote Leave promised to end freedom of movement but this is quite something https://t.co/xjFgwtJXPE— Jim Pickard (@Jim Pickard) 1585035984
So the people that stopped us having freedom of movement are now complaining about not having freedom of movement 🤔🤔🤔— Yvonne Burdett, 💙🇪🇺 Blocked by Redwood and IDS (@Yvonne Burdett, 💙🇪🇺 Blocked by Redwood and IDS) 1585039937
And what about that text message that we all received this morning?
I know this seems bleak for you, but for a lot of Johnson’s children this will be their first ever text from their… https://t.co/W55Zw5j6xw— James Felton (@James Felton) 1584995037
if this is a dick pic i swear to god https://t.co/haLLjzBlmE— katie spalding (@katie spalding) 1584994845
Maybe we should spare a thought for Boris Johnson at this time, whose dream of becoming prime minister isn't exactly turning out how he would have imagined.
All we can hope is that everyone is looking prim and proper when this is all over.
Of course, there will be some who think that everything will be fine and they can go about things as normal...
Sweet Jesus. For the love of god, lock up your boomers. https://t.co/nuxZqXPI8t— Spagliatelle (@Spagliatelle) 1585037762
The Covid-19 outbreak has so infected more than 6,000 people in the UK and sadly resulted in 335 deaths.
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