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Thoughts on last minute changes to Xmas guidance - a thread: Only a cabinet whose sole material contribution to planning and executing a family Xmas is a trip to Threshers and post-lunch washing up (yes, I mean MEN) could overlook the vast cost of changing guidance last min
Clearly we’re talking about life/death decisions here and preventing spread is essential. This was all so predictable - middle of winter flu season - that the Xmas relaxation should never have been considered. But shifting the goalposts now is absolutely insulting to families who
Have spent weeks preparing for the Xmas week, saving for the food and drink necessary, working out cost per mouth, stockpiling over weeks, and booking food deliveries. Especially when longer distance travel was expected, what happens to those who may now be stuck at home but
Who have made no such preparations. Now they may be expected to deliver a particularly special Xmas for children after an hideous year with no money saved as they weren’t expecting to be hosting and no food deliveries available
Xmas is a logistical exercise for parents - usually women - and the idea that the whole thing can be ripped up at the last minute makes me so unbelievably angry. This government simply does not treat ordinary people with respect
