What Exactly Is "Essential Shopping " ???

[SparklyKid]

Are booze, fags and morning paper eligible ?

[pastafreak]

Since when can't you get cat food online? Plenty on Amazon. Some over priced...but most equal to what's in shops.

[SparklyKid]

I leave online shopping to those in most need.

[pastafreak]

No...that's just an excuse on your part to justify daily trips out.
It's not as if you go out to help others whose needs are greater.

[Maydup]

Buy a weeks worth of cat food today, fags and booze and then STAY HOME !

I know you're only winding us all up really, but keep well and keep amusing us we need the companionship too!

[TheDevil]

"I leave online shopping to those in most need."

Or just save ur pension so you can get enough fags and booze to last the whole week.

[jackthehat]

Coo......this is going to get very boring very quickly.

[rowanwitch]

You will do what you want regardless....

[marval]

Our DIY shops have closed.

[Canary42]

The OP highlights just what's wrong with these latest measures - they are too woolly and open to different interpretation. Almost any activity can be "squeezed" into the "permitted" categories, and the 4Ds will fully exploit this.

I see that even Jeremy Hunt recognises the inadequacy, but I expect the usual suspects will accuse him (and me) of just point-scoring instead of being really worried about our survival. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/jeremy-hunt-million-britons-coronavirus-112348132.html