Absolutely right. The Government's aim clearly isn't total lockdown, but rather trying to encourage people to reduce the R rate so harsher lockdowns aren't required later on. (View Post)

They did it presumably when advised, immediately, to try and stop predominantly Muslim communities from experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases and deaths, instead of when was convenient for the fr… (View Post)

The hysterical reaction to the Government reintroducing very limited guidance for a very small area of the country to try and reduce the R rate is exactly why the Government didn't try to immedi… (View Post)

I believe the calculation in Government is this: 1) The British public weren't going to accept lockdown for long - which is why the Government was so reluctant to bring it in in the first place … (View Post)

My dad hadn't been born yet :open_mouth: (View Post)