Been back at work for 2 months, not worn or been asked to wear a mask.. Nobody i know or they know has had coronavirus. Today at work, forced to wear a mask, just to put fuel in car for work. Masks must be worn in Petrol stations, totally stressful situation, to wear a mask just to pay for fuel.

Shell petrol stations have signs on windows, you will not be served, if not wearing a mask, but the staff are not wearing them.

apparently Bboris Johnson doesnt believe in an in a nanny state thats why the government want us to wash our hands regualry wear masks and keeping a two metre distance

Has anyone considered attending local shops and supermarkets as a mutual support group? Not practical for some but perhaps quite easily arranged for others. This could range from just passive support, through loud 'conversations' decrying and/or mocking the wearing of masks, to much more organised things such as 'flash-mobs'.

People seem to be largely working on their own at the moment.

Petition to repeal mask edict: please sign as soon as you can, (found on Lockdownsceptics.org ):

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/331430

Someone on FB went in like this:

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Thanks very much for the alert: challenge by the legal and medical profession is exactly what is missing in this nightmare. I wonder if they will be tracked down & lose their licenses like this courageous doctor:

https://www.stopthenewnormal.com/british-pakistani-doctors-licence-revoked-for-peddling-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory/

I urge everyone to read this article and print copies to hand over to small businesses so they know where they stand. Large corporations like the supermarket chains know exactly what they are doing so don't waste your energy there.

http://www.frombehindenemylines.org.uk/2020/07/face-coverings-in-shops-its-all-about-store-policy-and-its-reward-or-punishment-so-dont-make-excuses-to-be-allowed-in/ Face coverings in shops: it’s all about store policy and its reward or punishment – so don’t make excuses to be allowed in ......what the UK Government’s so-called coronavirus restrictions regulation concerning face coverings in shops in England essentially amounts to is the suggestion of store policy for businesses (to be adopted or not as any particular business see fit). ... come the 24th July, there would have been 10 days since the initial announcement of the regulation clearly means that there has been a lengthy gestation period in which the public has had a lot of time to be anxious. In fact, it would be accurate to say that the public has been overwhelmed by the talking point in all corners of corporate, alternative and social media. It therefore struck the author that, having created a deal of psychosis in a public fearing an impending monstrous imposition, the UK Government would not in the end even have to legislate for people to wear a mask in a shop. They would do it because they believed it was a real requirement. At the crux of what is essentially yet another magic trick, then, are two factors: i) the public has generally been convinced about the inevitability of face coverings, and ii) shops have essentially been persuaded that they need to expect lots of customers wearing masks. This has all been done through an initial announcement in the House of Commons, and UK Government guidance. Additionally, in the case of the public .... intense media coverage has been pivotal. Indeed, such is the good job that has been done in the traumatising and the hypnotising of the public that the just mentioned guidance is believed by many people to be the absent legislation some shop management (especially amongst supermarkets) will undoubtedly say to itself, “the majority of our customers will be wearing masks, so we will implement policy according to Government guidance so that this commonality of attitude is not made jealous, agitated, or upset by those who would rebel”. And there it is: compulsory wearing of masks in certain shops achieved without legislation. Instead, all that was fundamentally required was huge amounts of exposure of the public to an idea that was fed to them remorselessly by, and in every variety of media. Imagine, ....that UK Government doesn’t in the end create the Statutory Instrument that orders the obligatory wearing of face coverings in the shops. Imagine it is in this context that you want to go into a supermarket, but are prevented from doing so at the door because you are not wearing a mask. If you point out that there is no law against not wearing a mask, it doesn’t matter. You won’t be allowed in because it will be store policy based on what the supermarket has interpreted as Government guidance. To reiterate: the wearing of face coverings in shops is purely a matter of policy. look back at what chief coronahoax criminal and Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, said

Should an individual without an exemption refuse to wear a face covering, a shop can refuse them entry and can call the police if people refuse to comply, the police have the formal enforcement powers and can issue a fine.

This is in line with how shops would normally manage their customers and enforcement is of course a last resort, and we fully expect the public to comply with the rules as they have done throughout the pandemic.

What is essentially being done here is instruction – or guidance, if you like – given to shops to refuse entry at the door. It is also instruction to call police to deal with a person or people who might prove to be undesirable on a shop’s premises. But the really significant line is in the second paragraph: it says, basically, these things are what shops would normally do. Exactly; they can deny access and service according to policy, and they can invite police onto their premises to deal with customers who they would consider to be trespassing. what is important to understand is that because police involvement would be strictly dependent on a shop calling for intervention along normal lines – and note that the chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council has said that “retailers would be expected to refuse entry to customers without masks, and only call police ‘as a last resort’” – then it means that there is no legal pressure on shops to adopt the policy that is being urged upon them by UK Government. To put it another way, there is no punitive measure to be taken against shops for not making it a store policy whereby access and service is denied anyone refusing to wear a mask. So, here are the fundamentals of the issue. Either a shop will let you in without a mask, and then serve you without a mask, or it will not. If a shop insists on a mask, either at the door, or at any other time when you are on the shop’s premises, then it’s because it is the store policy. There is no shop under any pressure from UK Government to enforce any regulation that may or may not have been published by 24th July. So, your beef, if you didn’t want to wear a mask and you were being required to do so, would be with the business. It wouldn’t, at that particular moment, be with UK Government As for the shop that is essentially implementing a policy that you do not agree with, the normal way for any self-respecting person to react would be take their custom elsewhere – and this is indeed what must be done...... Remember, this would be about abiding with shop policy ....... if you can go somewhere else to get it, then walk away from the shop. ........ the claiming of medical exemption (without legitimacy) in order to get into shops. .....gives power to the illusory regulation. The exemption at issue is not really one from legislation, it is exemption from the application of a shop’s policy, and there’s a really strong objection to be had about it: if you are inventing excuses to get into a store that you shouldn’t be giving your custom to, then what the hell are you doing? The exemption should be claimed by people who qualify for it, and have no other choice but to visit a store where policy is for face masks to be worn.

I'm just getting around to watching yesterday's UK Column news on Masking, its hilarious ! Pants on head seems to be ok as a mask if u wear them round the right way!

https://www.ukcolumn.org/ukcolumn-news/uk-column-news-24th-july-2020