Will be interesting, if the PM says offices can open, but the she says 'Not in Scotland', but offices open anyway, what can she actually do? Does she have the power to go against a decision from the PM?Scotland will remain in lockdown, irrespective of what our glorious leader proclams on Sunday then !
Sturgeon: Changing lockdown message could be 'catastrophic mistake'
Nicola Sturgeon extends the coronavirus lockdown in Scotland and says the stay at home message should remain in place.www.bbc.co.uk
I'm not sure exactly what is devolved. But this situation has shown us that it's generally better to go with what's being done in more advanced countries such as Scotland, especially those with female leaders
There’s definitely been more traffic on the roads for the last couple of weeks. I’ve noticed that while I’ve been out for walks / runs - I’ve gone from barely seeing a single vehicle at all to seeing one every 30 seconds at least. I’ve had to make a couple of trips for essentials beyond my local Tesco Express and to leave some bits on the doorsteps of some who are vulnerable, and on one such occasion at the start of last week the roads looked something approaching normal. Actively busy on stretches.
Doesn’t Germany have much greater devolution in terms of regions and their ability to govern day to day rather than exclusively following blanket orders from the capital? That’s the sort of thing that’s going to do wonders in moving beyond this. England just treats every last place from Cornwall to Carlisle exactly the same, which is ultimately going to prove incredibly difficult in terms of restarting the economy. Even if a remote and sparsely populated region is safe to get going again it won’t happen unless every other region gets to do the same thing, irrespective of circumstances and consequences. Because it isn’t fair, you see.
The ragtops all seem to have picked up on the feeling that things are going to change quite significantly from next Monday. Listening to a bit of the Jeremy Vine show on R2 (about 10 mins is about all I can usually stand..) and the general narrative on there seemed to be alluding to the same. All seems a bit odd when the announcement this morning was 30,000 deaths now linked to covid-19. Is the government panicking into something or is it just more media ‘manipulation’?
It because the billionaires that back the Tory party know that they don't earn millions a year. You and I earn it for them.
So, if I understand you correctly, and that is difficult at times, you are saying that the government is making decisions based on the wishes of certain folk who have made donations to the Tory party? And those decisions are to get employees back to work in order that the employers (the certain few who donate etc. etc.) can trouser another few million?
We all need to get back to work as soon as it is safe to do so. The damage done to the economy is already immense and will live with us in a bad way for decades. Looking at the numbers I don't think that time is now (we ain't NZ for sure) but I fear based on some of the headlines in the Tory supporting papers that we are being soften up for a premature relaxation of the rules. You have to ask yourself why? It may be that the government holds its nerve and does the right thing. From what I can see those front line workers are on the edge of breaking and a surge in numbers could push many over the edge.
Just guessing but I think part of the government thinking is based on getting the economy back up and running.
Might explain why there are 5,614 new cases today over six weeks into lockdown. 5,614!
