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12-08-2020, 06:57 PM
#471
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12-08-2020, 08:31 PM
#472
Originally Posted by
Jim - Scotland's Party DJ
Bride's are going to discern what they will from CMA or Martin fecking Lewis or whoever regardless of the legal standing.
Very true. I'm still amazed at the number of people who call up and are surprised when I tell them that celebrations are still technically not allowed. Even Boris has been reasonably clear on that one for a while.
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21-08-2020, 12:59 AM
#473
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21-08-2020, 07:40 AM
#474
I've also had an actual individual response from my MP which has given him some credibility for once:
Thank you so much for writing to me regarding the DJ industry and the coronavirus pandemic. Firstly, I would like to apologise for the delay in responding to you, as you may appreciate I have recently received a great deal of correspondence from constituents during the pandemic.
I am so sorry to hear of the difficulties that you have experienced owing to the coronavirus pandemic. I appreciate how important this issue is to you and so I would of course be more than happy to raise this issue with the Treasury, to ask that it be looked into.
I will write to you again once I have received a response. Until then, and as ever, if there is anything further I can do to be of assistance to you then please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me again. Thank you once again for writing to me.
I was quite surprised!
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21-08-2020, 09:27 AM
#475
Originally Posted by
Imagine
My flabber has been ghasted!
I'm pleased to hear this. I know I've been banging the drum about writing to MPs, but it can be very effective, and they do carry a lot of weight when they take on an issue.
Fingers crossed in a positive outcome.
If nothing else, I think many people might see their MP in a different way after this (depending on how they've handled it). Suddenly, it's less about the 'colour they represent' and more about how much they work for their local constituency.
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21-08-2020, 12:14 PM
#476
Sadly I read a government response to the impending nightclub armageddon that went back to the standard response of 'unprecedented package of support with loans and grants', so I fear that any cries for help might fall on death ears. At best, I think we're going to get an early reopening of dance floors in a limited, and possibly unsafe, form.
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21-08-2020, 01:16 PM
#477
Originally Posted by
DJ Jules
Sadly I read a government response to the impending nightclub armageddon that went back to the standard response of 'unprecedented package of support with loans and grants', so I fear that any cries for help might fall on death ears. At best, I think we're going to get an early reopening of dance floors in a limited, and possibly unsafe, form.
I think we will get increased numbers (especially weddings) but no dancefloor activity still.
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21-08-2020, 02:24 PM
#478
Dinosaur
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21-08-2020, 05:18 PM
#479
Originally Posted by
ppentertainments
I think we will get increased numbers (especially weddings) but no dancefloor activity still.
The numbers will increase but not for more than 1-2 years, that's sad because not all of us have this time and some of us will have to do something different for a while.
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22-08-2020, 09:24 AM
#480
Originally Posted by
Excalibur
One part of me says " even that would be a licence to work, and very very welcome",
I guess this is why people are focusing so much on Karaoke - it's probably one of the few services that a lot of us provide that takes place in currently open venues (bars) and can be considered (vaguely) entertaining without involving high volume levels or dancing.
Originally Posted by
Excalibur
...but the cautious part of me is thinking " well yes, but at current infection levels, is it actually safe? I mean safe enough, safe"?
Infection levels are currently at between 5 and 10 cases per 100,000 population around most of the country and coming closer to 100 in 100,000 in "problem areas". So the current reality is that you're very unlikely to meet someone who is infectious. The problem is that, if there aren't controls in place to reduce transmission (or controls/guidelines aren't being followed), 10 cases per 100,000 could easily turn into 1,000 or even 5,000 cases per 100,000 in the course of a week.
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