We all know who the 'covidiots' are. It's not us trying to carry on as normal.There seems to be a lot of ‘protesters’ organising going out of their houses and ‘resisting’ police harassment
West Midlands Police: Solihull Covid 'harassment' goes viral
A force apologises over viral footage of an officer calling him an idiot amid "lock up" threats.www.bbc.co.uk
I believe covid is as 'bad' as they say. I just don't think lockdowns are the answer. Common sense and being mindful of not going up and hugging everyone you see is all that's needed. It doesn't need to be enshrined in law. I was watching the news and the headline was 'The grim cost of covid 19' as they reported on unemployment now being at its highest for 5 years. It sickened me. It's not 'the grim cost of covid' that has put these people on the dole, it's the media hysteria, causing us all to lockdown. I can't remember seeing anything on the news at any time during all this, giving us the facts of how effective lockdowns are and how effective they have been in the past. Whether they work or whether they don't. People are more inclined to take heed when they're presented with facts rather than being told 'stay home, save lives' with the inference being 'go out, kill people'. Is it factually correct or just a big lie telling people 'stay in, save lives'? Where is the proof there is any substance in this statement?
It’s really quite chilling what the state is prepared to do: in 2008 troops were on standby lest the proles started to demand their own money back from the the banks.
Yes, it’s as meaningful and empty as any slogan. You might as well say that driving, drinking, smoking and procreation (not necessarily all at the same time) should be stopped through martial law—as they are risky pursuits which put pressure on the NHS.
“Indisputable fact”?
I believe that the existence of COVID and the effectiveness of lockdown and masks in reducing transmission has been widely proven, yes. And certainly any protests that it doesn’t exist, that the Government are trying to control us, that they are lying about the numbers, is risible.
Commerce, work, industry and VAT—afforded by ‘normal’ life—all contributes to the NHS. Free societies support risk-takers, and they protect the vulnerable. The UK is doing neither of those things. We’re failing at everything save, perhaps, for placating the fearful.
Under normal circumstances I agree with you, but at the moment we need to get this virus under control. I certainly by no means wish to live in a communist society. I have been a Conservative voter all my life. The day Maggie Thatcher was elected is still a vivid , great memory for me. The question of how we repay the national debt is a bigger issue, which is why I believe closed borders and more UK based holidays is a great start.
UK based holidays and closed borders are meaningless in a nation which (under the guidance of the Conservative Party) has protected tax havens and sold its major industries to foreign interests.
Well perhaps our exit from the EU can redress that balance. All of this fuss over EU wine costing £1.50 a bottle more, simply buy UK wine. We have so much to offer here.
They will unfairly tax the poor, instead.
The vaccines won’t keep working. But modifications will be easy. It is perhaps worth noting that variants are apparently minimal in the US, and maximal in the UK’s worst of all worlds world-beating shit show.
