The question of fairness never came into it. The lockdown has done its job and it needed to be unequivocal. If it wasn't, it wouldn't have done its job and made policing it a nightmare. I wonder what the police feel about the 'go where you want to, whenever you want to' conclusion.
Whilst I personally can understand what I am now able to do and not do, I still think the blithe dismissal of questions about what people are able to do or not is a little, I dunno, insensitive.
Not everyone is equipped with the same knowledge. One of my friends (a lovely, intelligent, educated person) literally didn't know what a virus was at the outset of this.
I don't agree with Boris on most things, but I find the lad quite charming and I admire his eloquence and sense of occaison. I think one thing he can never be accused of (like me, in some ways) is brevity and razor sharp clarity.
We've switched from 'don't worry' to 'it's ok, we're going to meet it head on and bosh it' to 'everyone home!' to 'shit, lock the doors' to 'if you're seen out, the stassi will get you' to 'ok, crack on with it lads and lasses'
On the one hand, staying home is the right thing to do, on the other it's a desertion of our duty to the economy and the need to support each other.
It's ok to be confused about what the right and wrong thing to do is. You don't have to be certain and confusion shouldn't be met with mockery.
That works fine for me cos though I'm near the centre of Lancaster I can be in woodland or estuary or the edge of Bowland in very little time on my bike, but it must be nightmare living in the middle of city as many do. I've literally thought 'thank fuck I don't live in London' everyday when I've been out.
)… fair enough if it isn't for you but I'm not sure why it's puzzling? Am afraid for me, going for a short local walk around Cleveleys, although pleasant enough, just doesn't "cut the mustard".
