[ritchiebaby]

I totally agree with your general opinion of Boris and His Merry Men who rob from the poor and give to the rich. BUT as far as Covid is concerned, it's not the Government's fault that the prevalence of the virus is increasing.

It's the selfish, irresponsible behaviour of a minority of the general public, generally the 20 to 40 age group, who deliberately go against the Covid advice, as predicted 6 months ago. All of the UK authorities are up against the same problem. It's no use drumming home the advice in TV broadcasts or leafleting because that minority won't be watching or reading them.

I've been an arch critic of Government responses to the pandemic, but there's only so much they can do. I remember a post from jim about lockdown, then relaxation until the NHS is in danger of being overwhelmed and then repeat lockdown and so on ad infinitum. It's coming true as we speak. As far as the Test And Trace fiasco is concerned, if everyone followed the advice to socially distance and self-isolate, we wouldn't need Test And Trace because the virus would be defeated by human behaviour, as Professor Jason Leitch has been banging on about over the last two weeks.