Based on previous pages on here, various media reports (or are they just lying, negative buggers?) and limited personal observations, one thing is clear - we are not 'all in this together'. Too much selfishness, too much ignorance, too much entitlement (at least in the past week) to do what you want in spite of the rules in place and the continuing pandemic.
I'll wager some of those who spent ten weeks clapping on a Thursday are now (and probably always have been) ignoring instructions, acting irresponsibly while persuading themselves and their associates that they're doing nothing wrong.
The moronic element will not change. The majority have no choice but to suffer them and do what we can to keep Covid-19 at bay. When / if this is all over, however, we shouldn't pretend we beat it in some show of national unity.
Christ, I've depressed myself now, but this saga has divided the country between those who care and those who really don't.
Hi Pete,
This is what I tried to say last week or the week before (together with my tongue in cheek Conservative vs Labour comment).
From afar, but I still know a lot of people in the UK, colleagues, friends, up and down the country, I could see they weren't taking the impact seriously.
I feel this is an inherent "British" trait and that any government (I actually done like Johnson because of his Brexit stance) could enforce more stricter measures.
I often quote what was done here, and I doubt whether the British people would have accepted it there. From Mid March:
Borders shut and quarantine in a hotel for 14 days on arrival.
Unless a critical worker, you have to work from home.
1 person allowed out of the house once a week for groceries, no walking, exercise, etc
Only 1 person in a car, 2 for Grab/Uber
No interstate travel (ie, you cannot drive from Oxfordshire to Warwickshire unless for authorised purpose)
Restricted to within 10km of your home
Restaurants can only do delivery/take away
The police and Army were out in force, checking drivers, premises, people fined and arrested including politicians.