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Over the top??? You are f###### well joking!! You may not like that statement but I'd say it is indeed a factual one where some people have made a colossal error in voting in a British govt that is a poor performer, a bad choice and has f##### up in their approach to minimise the impact on the country's population - LIVES HAVE BEEN UNNECESSARILY LOST FFS!!! Even the four state approach (England and the three devolved countries) is "open to question". The British govt is hurtling towards the highest death list in Europe and that must be challenged by the opposition parties - Toerags like Raab and Hancock must be scrutinised and seriously challenged on this issue!!!!!
Lets look at the data on the "handful of countries" in Europe eh!! Countries that are at different stages of dealing with this crisis and have adopted different approaches, not least different timings of lockdown, and different amounts of testing of their populations. Even Scotland doesn't compare too well with many similarly-sized Euro nations! Eg we fare worse than Ireland which has 124 deaths per million v Scotland's 166 deaths per million. Up in Scandinavia, Norway has 31 deaths per million while Denmark has 61 per million, Austria is similar and Finland has 17 deaths per million while Germany has managed a good "game plan" with 56 deaths per million. Also Greece with twice Scotland's population has had just over a tenth of its deaths - STRIKINGLY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES!! One of the striking aspects of the UK's hesitation in the 1st half of March was the extent to which a range of organisations started to cancel events or initiate working from home policies - incl events that were much smaller than the 500 limit announced by Nicola on 12 March, shortly before the UK govt did the same - CIVIL SOCIETY MOVED QUICKER THAN THE GOVERNMENT!!!!!! I could go on but I'll leave it at that!!!!