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Law is not magic, and lockdown regulations are not spells
And it is not even a question of clarity, or of enforcement
For such prohibitions to work, there needs to be a sense of legitimacy
And people need to understand the reasoning and evidence
Else the laws won't work
And it is not even a question of clarity, or of enforcement
For such prohibitions to work, there needs to be a sense of legitimacy
And people need to understand the reasoning and evidence
Else the laws won't work
Those in government tend to see policy as using two big levers
The law-making lever and the cash lever
Make more laws, spend more (or less) money
But sometimes levers have no effect
The broader the policy the more 'soft' power is needed
And mass mobilisation needs leadership
The law-making lever and the cash lever
Make more laws, spend more (or less) money
But sometimes levers have no effect
The broader the policy the more 'soft' power is needed
And mass mobilisation needs leadership
This new lockdown is an exercise in mass mobilisation: to get an entire people to change their ways
And you cannot make that happen with just prohibitions and subsidies
We have the greatest test of political leadership since 1945
And the worst leaders
And you cannot make that happen with just prohibitions and subsidies
We have the greatest test of political leadership since 1945
And the worst leaders
Indeed: there is a stark irony
The government became so complacent having political power on the back of the 'will of the people' that it squandered goodwill and legitimacy, and now there is little or none left when it is most needed
The government became so complacent having political power on the back of the 'will of the people' that it squandered goodwill and legitimacy, and now there is little or none left when it is most needed
