I'd Like To Thank Dominic Cummings..........

[10ClarionSt]

..........for showing everyone how unnecessary the lockdown is. Now we can all go and see our relatives in any part of the country. That's a good thing isn't it? If he can do it under the circumstances described by the PM, then I'm sure lots and lots of people have very similar situations. Go for it, I say. So, thank you Mr. Cummings! However, if we're not allowed to do that, why was he allowed? He should be sacked shouldn't he? Anyway, I'll be travelling to the Midlands on Friday for a game of golf. Tis true. But I think I'll avoid the Aston Non-Expressway. Oh yes!

[jno]

yep, you were right all along, Clarion. You may need Boris to sign your free pass, though.

[Theland]

I am Spartacus erm sorry, I mean Cummings.

[Mozz71]

Actually, it's done more to show that the general public think that people who break lockdown are total, total bell ends

[jno]

I disagree, Mozz. Many people are happy with the lockdown (including me) but many others, including a lot on AB, are not and are demanding it be ended in order to save the economy. The problem here is straightforward hypocrisy: the government issue instructions then ignore them themselves. That looks bad to anyone, pro- or anti-lockdown, and leaves nobody any the wiser about whether the instructions are good advice or not.

[Theland]

I like it.
It keeps me alive.

[Mozz71]

I agree jno, but also, those who have abided by the lockdown rules, who have socially distanced themselves from their loved ones, do have a lot of animosity towards those who have broken the rules. Obviously, even more so if they are part of the elite.

[jno]

oh, very true, Mozz. People who have been unable to go to their parents' funerals (for instance) have every reason to resent this. But I see an ethical difference between people who go to the beach on a hot day, and those in authority who are given a free pass by the PM to break their own rules.

[Mozz71]

Absolutely, but Cummings and ethics don't really go together well do they?

[jno]

currently, they are 270 miles apart (not counting possible side trips).

[Hopkirk]

I suspect Boris can't sack him, for fear of what the psychopath would do.

[jno]

he must know where the bodies are buried. (May's, for instance.)

[Mozz71]

A little unnecessary Martin.

[Smowball]

Ive stuck to lockdown religiously 100%. All Ive done is walk 5 mins to local supermarket for groceries. In fact I’m so used to it now it’s going to be bizarre when they say we can all go where we like!

[jno]

that's unkind, MartinMillar. Clarion has been on this site for years and has consistently called for freedom of action. Your ire might be better directed at Cummings, who argued against it then did it anyway.

[MartinMillar]

Clarion doesn’t believe the virus even exists he is nuts

[10ClarionSt]

Thanks for that Martin. Not keen on nuts, actually. Thanks to jno for the support. Martin, call me nuts after you've read this (you probably will anyway):

I think the govt took the wrong action with the announcement of a lockdown. Prior to that Johnson had failed to attend several meetings with european counterparts about CV-19. The govt acted on the advice of a professor whose advice on previous outbreaks was massive flawed. (Prof. Ferguson)
The govt should have concentrated on the areas that were most vulnerable, ie hospitals, care homes, elderly etc, not lockdown and close down the whole economy. All PPE should have been available for people working on the 'front line' only. The best PPE for people that deserve it most. The govt knew that the NHS might be overwhelmed because that is the front line. If the govt knew there would be a cost financially, it should have concentrated on the above areas for that cost. The rest of the country should not have been locked down. Ah yes, you say. But without lockdown, the death rate would have been much higher. How do you, or anyone else know that? Cos it stands to reason? The PM said last week 'it's a fact that we could have had a catastrophe without lockdown'. That's true. Equally as true, he could have said 'it's a fact that we could not have had a catastrophe without lockdown', because how does anyone know, either way, what would have happened. Would have happened. Might have happened. Could have happened. Maybe happened.

The lockdown was unnecessary and the effort should have been focused on the vulnerable. Not the whole population, aka, The Gullable.

[youngmafbog]

Very well put 10C, agree 100%.