RE: Sp back to pre vaccine times15 Jul 2021 13:13
My take is that when cine was closed there was a hope that things would get back to normal before the cash ran out. Now every time people/businesses tick off the last demand (flatten the curve, save the NHS, lose Christmas, vaccinate the vulnerable, vaccinate the over 50s etc) a new one comes along (vaccinate all adults, vaccinate children, prevent long covid) and it is proving impossible to get back to normal, as any dissent from the narrative renders you a lunatic or mass murderer. There are too many demanding we never get back to normal, who want to wear masks, enforce testing, socially distance etc forever, so I suspect any shop, pub, cinema chain etc who tries to bring back any type of normality would face a damaging backlash so most of them will not bother. Cine may have been higher than this when closed, but it was also sub-20p last Autumn. The future of Cine is still very much up in the air, in my opinion. I am baw deep here and wished I had sold when it was a toss-up between this when it was 90ish and NWG when it was 210ish. But I pressed the wrong button and am now holding in the hope that cases start dropping in a few days and there is some sort of goodwill left on 19th July.