Pubs in England will reopen at 6am on Saturday and people had thoughts – here are 13 of them

John Plunkett. Updated July 3rd, 2020

Everyone was expecting pubs in England to reopen on Saturday. Probably not many people, however, were expecting them to reopen at 6am.

And whatever you think about the sagacity (or otherwise) of boozers opening their doors again, 6am feels a little, well, early?

Lots of people had thoughts. Here are 13 of them.

Sorrywhatpardon? https://t.co/jWrBahAPlw

— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) July 3, 2020

Why? The only pubs I know that ever open for breakfast are Wethersp… Oh. https://t.co/JcdYeyzDAz

— IAN HYLAND (@HylandIan) July 3, 2020

Reopening Britain's pubs on a sunny Saturday in July was dumb enough.
Letting them open from 6am is stupefyingly stupid.
Does anyone at No10 have a brain?
Or do they just want us all to die?
Serious questions.

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 3, 2020

Welcome to Britain. You can't see your family if you have already been in contact with another household but you can meet your family at a wetherspoons at 6am tomorrow to get fucking annihilated because this is an entirely normal country.

— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) July 3, 2020

Stay alert by getting completely off your tits at 6am

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 3, 2020

I live next to a Wetherspoons. Pray for me.

— Jen Shorten (@ptexpat) July 3, 2020

I’m really looking forward to going clubbing tomorrow lunchtime.

— Nick Harvey (@mrnickharvey) July 3, 2020

I'm really torn between going to the pub at six in the morning and catching the number 10 bus to Huyton so I can lick the handrails.

— Oonagh (@Okeating) July 3, 2020

Should be nice and ‘relaxed’ right enough. Watch for the spike in a fortnight followed by the pant shitting panic. https://t.co/C2i0jwjMH4

— Irvine Welsh (@IrvineWelsh) July 3, 2020

“You can get wankered from sunrise” doesn’t exactly scream “everyone please be responsible” https://t.co/tFoVZjs75q

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 3, 2020

10.

[10 Downing Street]

“We need to make sure that people get the blame for our screw-ups and a second wave rather than us. Any ideas?”

Cummings: https://t.co/N9DfLhrN2D

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) July 3, 2020

11.

https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson_MP/status/1279032336093454337?s=20

12.

This is completely irresponsible. You clapping for NHS workers who will now face drunk, aggressive and injured drinkers is the height of hypocrisy. pic.twitter.com/3RDn7Ki6nJ

— Dan (@ClaytsMused) July 3, 2020

13.

Not sure what could be bleaker than sitting behind a plastic screen being handed a warm lager by someone in plastic gloves and a facemask at 6 on a Saturday morning, then being told I have to leave by 8 because it's someone else's turn on my chair

But I guess this is Britain now

— Danny Wallace (@dannywallace) July 3, 2020

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