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I think regional lockdown is simply a method of keeping the country divided and in no way is an effective inhibitor to the virus spread.
If you had a national lockdown, you could only be angry at government.
Instead I’m seeing a lot of inter-region dickheaderry
I think regional lockdown is simply a method of keeping the country divided and in no way is an effective inhibitor to the virus spread.
If you had a national lockdown, you could only be angry at government.
Instead I’m seeing a lot of inter-region dickheaderry
So before you get on your highest of horses about people travelling for Christmas & so on consider this:
Earlier this year this nation willingly gave up its life to stay locked down to protect the NHS & the vulnerable. We locked ourselves away for weeks on end.
Earlier this year this nation willingly gave up its life to stay locked down to protect the NHS & the vulnerable. We locked ourselves away for weeks on end.
As a nation we even decided to do twee things like stand on our doorstep & clap. We tuned in every night to watch our Government flap it’s numbers at us. It felt like we were in it together.
Then that dickhead Cummings had his special “totally not against the rules really” outing. Which I don’t know about you, but it made me feel like we were being treated like c*nts.
But, stiff upper lip; we kept on until things looked good. We got a bit of freedom back - but I don’t know about you -
The idea of eat out to help out felt a bit weird. Eating out is socialising. That didn’t seem quite right after this time.
The idea of eat out to help out felt a bit weird. Eating out is socialising. That didn’t seem quite right after this time.
It felt like, to me, we had routed an enemy & were now pitching camp to celebrate - when in fact we should have burned the last areas the enemy was in, finishing it. Terrible analogy
Then came the return of schools - badly organised & initiated - Government giving us again a flash of its colours as it tried to bully teachers & the press representing them in places as pointlessly obstructive. BTW, I see you journos who penned these attack pieces on teachers
As a parent, amongst many other parents - we saw the schools epic efforts try & make schooling work. We felt like, ok, it was probably for the best for kids to go back - even though we had doubts.
Then came further loosening of controls. Not I know of anyone who didn’t have deep misgivings. We were already hearing of other countries getting concerns - we seemed to be going far too fast. Suddenly I noticed we stopped talking about track & tracing properly, R numbers.
Regional lockdowns came into play quickly - and candidly - they felt & continue to feel like prisons with overly wide gaps between the bars in the window. This now certainly seems to be the case
So we approach Christmas - with repeated false promises of “it’ll be fine” which, let’s be candid - I don’t think any of us really felt that sure it’s would be. We saw the numbers, we heard the experts - none were convinced. Yet the message banged on. Boris won’t steal Christmas.
Yet here we are: told promptly on Saturday night, last week before Christmas - in a year when lots of people have lots of leave & probably started Christmas plans early - told in the typically rumour riddled & idiotic way - Christmas is off for most of country
So I ask you - before going all “tier 2 vs tier 4” - or
“How can you possibly be thinking of seeing your family on Christmas Day?”
Do you really think this government isn’t simply going to squander our sacrifices & forbearance yet again?
“How can you possibly be thinking of seeing your family on Christmas Day?”
Do you really think this government isn’t simply going to squander our sacrifices & forbearance yet again?
Christmas Day will see the biggest breaking of lockdown law possible. No police force in the land will be able to enforce the law, no officer will break into a home & drag grandma out. Police & courts are as exhausted as you are now.
This government has spent & overdrawn itself on a commodity more valuable than what’s in your taxes - the British public’s patience.
Massive numbers of us have nodded along & followed the rules. We have sacrificed - knowing the NHS, always struggling, needed our support. Haunted by what we saw in Italy & heard of in China.
Now, just when everyone was allowed to plan, even though many of us saw this as “make the safest plan possible” - now have that taken from us.
I ask one thing - don’t you blame the person in the next county, or the next town, or street. You show forbearance on them - no one has come out of this year a winner. There is no winning. So blame the people at the top. Blame Johnson, blame the clowns.
Blame them for finally doing what they should have done months ago - making us make hard decisions. Blame them for forcing us to make them at the hardest time of all.
