@WhatwouldAnneFrankthinkofus
As much as I don't like Bojo and his cronies, the government can't win on this one. If he imposes lockdown , people will say "what about the businesses, we are finished, we have already bought our turkey to feed three families etc " , if he doesn't impose lockdown and strict rules during Christmas people will say " he's incompetent , NHS is under pressure etc". No one can predict what can happen with a virus and the government are trying their best to please the people(and their own cronies i dare say) and also stop these very people from getting killed by the virus. People have become so very entitled about merry making at Christmas, its no longer a celebration of the birth of Christ. It's just another opportunity for us to indulge ourselves. We are very lucky we don't have to hide underground to stop bombs falling on our heads or that as a nation we don't have to worry about the next flood or famine. Surely we should be able to curtail our eating, drinking , merry making and indulging ourselves for the sake of not only our own health but also for everyone else's health during this pandemic. While we are eating, drinking and indulging ourselves and merry making please remember there will be doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers at work trying to save lives, whilst putting their own lives at risk.
I wholeheartedly agree with all of this except that I don't think they should have made an announcement about the Christmas bubbles so early. After making the announcement it was so hard for them to retract or change it without attracting an enormous backlash.
I just don't understand why they didn't leave it longer given the unpredictable nature of the virus.
Although if all the leaders of our devolved nations agreed that the timing was right then who is little Chaotic45 to argue?