That doesn't surprise me. As I've said elsewhere, if I had to bet on what exactly the state of play would be post-June 21st then I would anticipate a mass scrapping of most restrictions, but for some… (View Post)

Quite. Besides which, we should reject the notion that mask wearing and social distancing have no negative consequences *at all*, and may therefore reasonably be demanded of us for years and years. T… (View Post)

The Government has left some wriggle room, with all its language about reviews of this, that and the other, but in practice Step 4 is assumed by the public to mean a total or near-total end to the ru… (View Post)

Given that (a) most of the country is almost unaffected by the variant, (b) the original rationale of lockdowns was to preserve the healthcare system and expressly not to save every single life possi… (View Post)

I don't see how the Government gets away with stalling on June 21st now without very nasty consequences. There'll be an awful lot of people all over the country who'll be furious if restrictions are … (View Post)