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...to think that Matt Hancock has a very strange idea of grandparents' day-to-day lives?

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Jourdain11 · 08/09/2020 18:45

His "don't kill granny" type comments. Does he really imagine that all grandparents are these poor, housebound people who do nothing but sit at home waiting for their children and grandchildren to waft past and pay the occasional visit?

My mother and stepfather, both in their early 60s, still work (part-time in my mum's case, full-time for my stepfather). They are both going to work, seeing friends, seeing family. They haven't seen me or my children since last New Year, incidentally, so if they catch Covid it won't be from their grandchildren! (They are in Paris.)

Does Matt Hancock honestly think that the contact circle of the average grandparent is limited to their children and grandchildren?

I get that it's to make people feel accountability and all that, but it's a little insulting!

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MrsHuntGeneNotJeremyObviously · 09/09/2020 11:16

This thread is making me feel sorry for Matt Hancock! Dealing with the willfully obtuse all the time must be really irritating.
'Kill' doesn't imply intent - you can kill someone accidentally, by being careless. All he's saying, in this context, is to be a bit thoughtful.
I saw part of the interview with Kay Burley. Again, I feel a bit sorry for anyone who has to talk to her as part of their work.

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