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I'm partial to real ale and enjoy watching football (particularly non-league where you can combine the two!), as well as going for long walks. Other than that, mostly just going out with friends and enjoying myself, though alas that's on hold at the moment!

I took it as meaning those who travel from Bolton to neighbouring authorities to do things now no longer permitted in Bolton - perhaps going to a McDonald's drive thru for a late night coffee, or going down the pub. In practice, I have no idea how you'd deter them. One of my mates lives in...

Not necessarily - when cases were very low near me, I didn't think there was much of a risk, but as cases increased, I knew that the dreaded phone call would be far more likely. I haven't been to a pub since the end of August, and probably won't go to one until I move back down south next month...

If there's a rise in cases, people will also stay at home to avoid the risk of self-isolation. Much as I enjoy a trip to the pub, if I think it puts me at real risk of a two week house arrest, I'm not going to go.

I tend to do this initially (especially because I rarely have a set destination - I prefer using the timetables and maps to work out how far I can get in a day). But I'll usually put my journey in a planner as a check. I also find planners can often suggest routes which you might have missed -...

Also (and it's just a little thing specific to that route and only a few others), that timetable doesn't indicate the connection onto service 64 for Shrewsbury - I'm positive that the old timetable did show this.

I believe that if a group are all from the same household, they are still allowed to socialise regardless of size. So in theory they could still say that. For example, at my university, we're being placed into "households" of eight based on where we live within the college. If I went to the pub...

The only MP who seems to have questioned it at all is Steve Baker: But he is very much a fringe figure, despite being part of the governing party. He certainly doesn't have much power to actually influence what Boris decides to do.

I don't feel any sympathy for him. I do feel for the many staff at these clubs who are paid more ordinary wages though - Arsenal laid off quite a lot of staff a few weeks back and no doubt that will take place at other clubs.

There are certainly cases where they seem to be responsible for a few clusters - there have been a number of such incidents in the North East. That said, they won't be the only cause of the current rise, and the vast majority of pubs aren't seeing outbreaks.

Presumably they'd be allowed to, but they'd have to stay in their accommodation at that time. Still lunacy, but sadly I think it's inevitable at this point.

No, this is a poll from today. For social gatherings being limited, they have support at 77% and opposition at 17%, and for a strict curfew (not allowed to leave home between 10pm and 5am), they have support at 62% and opposition at 31%.

The weird thing is, every view I've seen (both from forums like this and all of my personal friends of every persuasion) is extremely negative. Yet YouGov have released a poll showing massively overwhelming support. They can massage data a bit, but it's very hard to do so to such a huge extent -...

This is likely to be a concern in the medium term, but once a vaccine is deployed and measures are removed, I expect customer service will make a comeback. Being able to go in a store, talk to a friendly human face, and so on, will be something a lot of people will want after months (or maybe...

There's one in Bicester. I've always been meaning to call in when I'm in the area; it seems to do a pretty brisk trade.

I mean it's not great but it's far better than face coverings everywhere, dystopian local restrictions, and social distancing which is isolating people and ruining their mental health. The key issue will be the accuracy of these tests - if even 1% of tests have a false positive, then about 27%...

It is Prime Minister's Questions tomorrow - I hope Keir Starmer considers points like this when choosing his lines of questioning. It isn't just the policy development itself, but all this baggage around it which needs to be examined.

Even if it could be "discussed" in parliament, no party is going to seriously come out and oppose it, as usual. If any party even gave the impression of opposition, they'd win my support, but they all seem too scared of being labelled as granny killers.

Perhaps surprisingly, the business who seem to have the best approach is Wetherspoons, or at least the two or three I've been to recently. The forms ask for name, contact number, time of arrival, and time of departure. The only thing possibly missing is floor/location - probably useful in their...

I'm pretty certain it's per head, but I've not yet seen all the details, so I could be wrong. They certainly seem to be charging it per head for internationals who have to quarantine, and it seems those arrangements will apply to those self-isolating.