• It seems to me that lifting the lockdown is partially intended to mitigate political damage caused by the Cummings thing. The government is no longer in control and cannot possibly hope to stop people meeting their friends/families any more. Might as well "allow" it and pretend everything is going to plan rather than admit you've fucked it. (Although this has merely shunted the burning wreckage down the road a bit, guaranteeing more deaths and cementing our position at the top of the leaderboard in Europe.)

  • They have 0 authority on it, it's incredible. Even the last lifting of restrictions felt like the restrictions were being moved to be in line with what people were doing.

  • It seems throughout, the public and institutions have lead and the government has reacted.

    The Conservative idea that governments aren’t responsible seems to be self-fulfilling.

  • Confession: I was at a 6 person garden gathering when the announcement was made.

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