I think the Government know that they are losing the country in terms of the level of restrictions we are at currently, so I don’t think they would enforce stricter ones. I think the Government release “ideas” to the Daily Mail as I believe there’s a link to them through Michael Gove, to test the waters. They have seen that there has been a huge backlash so I assume they won’t go any further - hence the big drive about adhering to the current rules, rather than changing them to be more draconian.Considering they haven’t been tightened since the lockdown was announced, though DM has said they will, I’m inclined to say they are making it up
‘A source close to the government said’ is now code for ‘we don’t have a story today so here’s something we fabricated, enjoy your anxiety!’
I am still finding being apart from my boyfriend quite difficult. He knows this and it’s starting to get to the point where I can’t tell him how I’m feeling because it stresses him out.
I asked him if he wanted to move in with me for this period of time and he said no as we are still only in the early stages. I’m with him on that in many ways but would have liked to have tried to see how it would go.Some of you may be familiar with my previous relationship and the verbal and emotional abuse I endured along with some instances of rape. Well: my ex partner (who my current boyfriend helped me to get away from) decided to try and contact me yesterday. Firstly a text message in the morning as someone we mutually know (not sure who) had told him I was struggling mentally at the moment from reading my social media posts. The text said that he would always be there to listen if I needed him and to make sure I was okay. I ignored it and didn’t respond. Then later that day, he tried to call me twice within the space of an hour. I could see that he was trying to worm his way back in to my life and after what he did to me I have no desire for that - especially as I’m also with someone now who I love and adore. I told my boyfriend what had happened and he encouraged me to just block his number. I would have done just that but I was feeling a lot more confident. I’m in therapy for some of the after effects that relationship has left me with and him having the audacity to contact me made me angry. I called him back and told him that whilst it’s nice he is concerned about me, that “since there was crossover my boyfriend knows all too well who you are and it isn’t appropriate that you contact me”. He got defensive and then we said our goodbyes but I felt incredibly powerful in that moment. I felt like Wonder Woman. My boyfriend and Mum were proud of me as well.
! Also so many systems are used and they can’t access each other - it’s actually quite dangerous as like you said things get missed all the time.
The fact that my application was delayed by the home office themselves and wasn’t dealt with in the timeframe that they give wasn’t taken into account. My solicitor had to proof to one department of the Hole Office that I had an application with another department. Weirdly I quickly received the results of my application and was allowed to stay 
) of modern technology. Emails, online systems, basically anything that would bring the services more up to date are seen as a bit dodgy and not secure enough. God knows how notes written on a flimsy bit of paper are more secure! There are also still a great deal of managers and people pretty high up who are computer illiterate or at least struggle with basic computer usage, sometimes they will cling to the old ways due to their insecurity while everyone else is trying to drag the service into the 21st century.