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Given the lockdown will now need to be longer, it’s reasonable to ask why Boris Johnson delayed for so long, in the face of the evidence that it was inevitable. At least part of the answer is Conservative MPs...
While getting them to vote against providing meals to children was straightforward, it seems a number of them decided that they know better than expert epidemiologists and doctors (I kept receipts)
Big Desy Swayne https://twitter.com/desmondswayne/status/1319311077402943494
Sir Gee Bee
Charlie Walker
Andy B
Stevie B
Sim Clarke
Bobby Stew
Sir Geoff Clifton-Brown
Pip Davies
Chrissy Green
Nige Evans
Lee “Ando” Anderson
Gazza Sambrook (who is keen to stress he eats normal sized dinners)
Toby Ellwood
Big Mel Stride
Sir Chris Chope
Ezzy McVey
Davey Davis
Annie Morris
Johnny Redwood
Billy Wragg
To be absolutely clear, while this list is exhausting it’s not exhaustive - other Tory MPs have also opposed a lockdown.
It’s also true that some/many of them might now support the lockdown. The point is that by speaking out against it, they played a part in delaying the action the actual experts recommended, which has consequences for all of us.
NOBODY wants a lockdown. Nobody. The experts don’t want us to need one, but their job is to recognise when we do. Yesterday they were finally listened to. That might have happened sooner if the government wasn’t distracted, listening to so much opposition from its own MPs.
