What we had before was the threat of no deal at all. (View Post)

The bit in bold is the great tragedy of the entire thing. And I bet the inquiry never challenges that principle, which will render it completly worthless. (View Post)

Proper masks worn properly, perhaps. But that's purely theoretical. I'm talking about real people in the real world. (View Post)

Some points here: (a) People showed they were willing to change behaviour without lockdown - that should have been supported (b) By the government's own admission, mask wearing was about having a vis… (View Post)

The first lockdown was probably politically unavoidable given the way the media reacted to Italy, irrespective of what the government had done. A proper government, however, would have taken the atti… (View Post)