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Related: About this forumAnd just like that...Britain goes to lock down
Can't say I didn't see it coming.
After seeing the idiots all over the parks, coasts, etc the past few days & the fools queuing at McDonald's today...Boris really had no choice.
gibraltar72
(7,629 posts)BooScout
(10,407 posts)gibraltar72
(7,629 posts)BooScout
(10,407 posts)I never believed I'd say this...but Boris is doing a pretty damned good job right now....especially when you compare him to the absolute idiot Trump.
T_i_B
(14,823 posts)I don't buy into Coronavirus conspiracy theories or pillory Johnson every time he addresses the nation. I also think that the government has an unimaginably difficult job with this crisis. However, I do think that other nations governments have handled this better and the comparison to President Fart sets a very low bar.
The government has spurned cooperation with EU countries to a wholly unnecessary degree. The "herd immunity" strategy didn't work. The British government has often dithered in making unpleasant but necessary decisions and advice has often not been clear enough.
I was especially unimpressed with the way the government threw the hospitality sector under the bus by telling people not to go out but refusing to close bars and restaurants. And then announcing that they were closing restaurants at 5pm on a Friday night!
T_i_B
(14,823 posts)I went past a park in Sheffield on Saturday and it was busy. Which defeats the object of stopping Coronavirus. The lockdown had sadly become unavoidable.
BooScout
(10,407 posts)I'm perfectly happy to stay home.
I've been to the hospital 3 times in the last month and the dentist today for an emergency temporary filling. The Doctors, nurses and dentists are scared. You can see it on their faces.