Scottish government bans students from going home for Christmas – handing parents your dirty washing is a crime
Looks like you kids are stuck with that mouldering bag of filthy clothes and sheets for longer, maybe until it be comes an ambulatory life form and sickened by its own stench washes itself in your sink. Matt Hancock, the feeble health secretary, is chewing over the idea of banning students from returning home at Christmas to limit the spread of Covid-19.
Appearing on the BBC’s Radio 4 Today Programme, Hancock says he has “learned not to rule things out”, “we have to work on all contingencies at the moment” and: “I don’t want to have a situation like that and I very much hope we can avoid it. We have said throughout that our goal is to suppress the virus, whilst protecting the economy and protecting education. And protecting people in education whether it’s school or university is obviously critical as is protecting the economy.”
The Scottish government’s national clinical director Jason Leitch says students in Scotland are forbidden from returning to their parents’ homes due to new restrictions that stop residents visiting other households.
He tweeted:
“Was asked last night whether students in halls and flats can go back to parents’ homes. To clarify, they are a separate household. There are exceptions, e.g. caring responsibilities, but the law is clear: they can’t meet indoors with another household – even mum and dad. Sorry.”
Locked out of pubs, clubs and classes – and often locked into their expensive halls of residence after 8pm – students are now locked out of retuning home. Or else:
Merry Christmas.
Posted: 24th, September 2020 | In: News Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
