I am hugely impressed a conviction has been secured. Your point about people not giving evidence is relevant - but in situations like this - bad guys who can call upon significant and unpleasant pres… (View Post)

I agree - but - in the case of the UK government, they quickly went both mad and fairly useless. Briefly, the government can be blamed for: - The deliberate scaremongering/police overreach etc. - Not… (View Post)

That's not my recollection. Boris was resisting locking down until the government modellers told him otherwise; then he changed his tune immediately. And to be fair, we knew very little back the… (View Post)

Well, it is, because - to my frustration - lockdown was pretty popular. Hence SKS calling for longer, harsher lockdowns in pretty much all scenarios. Hence the NEU resisting the reopening of schools.… (View Post)

And would not have unlocked in August 2021. (View Post)