Well yes, but people will do what they can get away with, it was natural that many wanted to have as normal a Christmas as they could. It's the job of government to make laws and take unpopular decisions, and beyond that to set the tone - mildly saying 'use your common sense, be careful if you can' is going to be interpreted as 'do most of what you normally would'.
So if Boris said you can go and jump off Beachy Head are your going to be screaming at him to be “locked in” because you can’t take responsibility for yourself ?
Or, do you assess the situation and think, bloody hell if I did jump it will probably kill me?
Or, do you decide, nope, I’m still going to jump because Boris said I can and I might still actually get away with it?
As I now see it, the problem isn’t just a clueless, bumbling government anymore, it is also people who can’t make a rational decision for themselves. They still have to be told what to do as if they are little children.
To get through this we have to take joint and collective responsibility and not try to “get away with it”. That doesn’t mean just working within the guidelines as set out, it also means risk assessing your own situation/circumstances and taking appropriate action.
We have all seen enough to now know how dangerous this virus is, but many are still not showing it any respect. Many still think they will be fine, and perhaps many will indeed be fine, but it feels pretty much like a game of Russian Roullette to me.
If so many people think this Government is so clueless and incompetent, why are they still allowing it to dictate what they can and can’t do?
Are these people also so clueless and incompetent that they are incapable of making the sort of decisions they are asking this very government to make?
Just take matters into our own hands and look out for family and friends. Time for people to stop waiting for the government to tell us what to do.