Can you take legal action against the government If they are not fit for office?

[NurseTiaWilding]

Can you take legal action to get the government removed if they are not fit for office or have broken the law?

Doubt it.

@felicitypike

Could probably take them to court for manslaughter.

Yes of course, you'd have to have just cause though.

I don't think so. I believe the opposition can call for a vote of no confidence in the government but I doubt they would as it wouldn't pass.

@Alwaystalks500

I'm considering it over the PPE situation as it cost some nurses and doctors their lives.

There was a democratic vote about 7 months ago. The Conservatives won by a landslide. They can govern the way they see fit.

@throughthickandthin01

They can't break the law or cause death though!

If you could the courts would constantly be full with people who weren’t happy with the government of the day.

Have they broken the law or caused death?

Lol

@throughthickandthin01

Yes they have. The ppe situation caused by the government cost some doctors and nurses their lives.

Well personally I think that was the pandemic.

@throughthickandthin01

That's your opinion but the government could have prepared better.

Not how it works. You have to prove that someone caused a death to prosecute.
You couldn't prove that those people absolutely would have survived the pandemic if the government had acted differently

Lots of people have lost their lives. It was caused by the virus not the government The PPE shortages were a world wide problem. Doctors and nurses are on the front line exposed and yes they should have had the correct equipment there's no denying but to want to take them to court and have them removed? Who would replace them?
No UK government would be better prepared as this is was a pandemic. Did you see it coming? In hindsight everyone knows this and that could have been done better.
Anyhow who would pay for this court action. I think the taxpayer has more than enough to deal with.

NurseTiaWilding go ahead. You'll want to start with showing how people in other countries didn't die of the virus as their governments were not deliberately killing them for fun.

Do you realise that if the government banned all cars there would be no more deaths on the roads. You should mention that to your legal team.

Practically anyone can sue the government if they want. Whether or not you have a chance of winning, however, is another matter entirely.

amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/12/matt-hancock-faces-legal-action-from-daughter-of-covid-19-care-home-victim

Legal action has already started.

Anyone can call for a judicial review - basically alleging that the government has not acted lawfully - but only if they are directly affected and of course it's expensive.

Parker231
From your link -

"It highlights the Department of Health and Social Care’s February guidance to care homes that it was “very unlikely that anyone receiving care in a care home or the community will become infected.”

Full wording here;

25 Feb -
"This guidance is intended for the current position in the UK where there is currently no transmission of COVID-19 in the community. It is therefore very unlikely that anyone receiving care in a care home or the community will become infected.This is the latest information and will be updated shortly."

www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-for-social-or-community-care-and-residential-settings-on-covid-19/guidance-for-social-or-community-care-and-residential-settings-on-covid-19

Basically the government messed up big time regarding care homes. Patients were discharged from hospital to care homes without having a Covid test and care homes had insufficient PPE.

Also from your link -

"The Care Quality Commission is also investigating claims that “a patient’s positive Covid-19 status was known to the hospital but not disclosed at the point of discharge” – a potential breach of the Health and Social Care Act."

I think there should be a judicial review - as long as all factors are discussed, e.g;

"Trafford council’s sick pay provision for care workers has been praised as an example for other Greater Manchester councils to follow."

"The commendation came as a care worker told BBC Radio Manchester he couldn't afford to take time off work if he needed to during the COVID-19 outbreak."

"A BBC survey found 80 per cent of carers are in the same boat - they would not get paid if they had to self-isolate."

"The worker claimed some carers are going into work with coronavirus symptoms, because they feel like they don’t have a choice."

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/care-worker-claims-people-working-18252705