Outrageous. If I was walking with one other person, by a reservoir, say, in Derbyshire, with a coffee (all perfectly legal) and told to return home, I would refuse. Because we don't live in a po… (View Post)

I think you've been missing my point from the start. Going back to the original headline: Every police officer has been told to fine people £200 if they believe they are in breach of the rules T… (View Post)

Police shouldn't be handing out fines to people who don't break the law. I can't believe I am having to write that. (View Post)

'Rules' is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that headline. The laws are onerous, no doubt. Whether they are justified is moot here. However, police should only be handing out fines where the… (View Post)

I had a Christmas theory - combination of doom mongering, tightening restrictions in some areas, and closure of work/school etc would outweigh limited Christmas mixing. (View Post)