Covid for Brits [I Wonder If I Have Coronavirus / Covid19]

(..or anyone else..)

Now we have more civilian deaths than World War2,led by a government without a clue: Shouldn't we revert back to then? The 1939 government were as totally useless as this one so things went to "sod the political parties this is important". An all-party coalition of people who vaguely knew what they were doing was formed. Couldn't do any worse than now. What do you think?

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MartinII · 70-79, M

I don’t see what difference a coalition would have made, since the Opposition has entirely supported the government’s policies on covid, just occasionally asking for them to be even more draconian. It’s too late now, but what we needed in my opinion was exactly the opposite of what you suggest - an opposition which was prepared to advocate, or at least discuss, alternative strategies to the government’s. Then we could have had a proper debate and the government and its advisers would have had to defend themselves.

As to the government not having a clue, it seems to have one of the most effective vaccination programmes in the world, and certainly the most effective in Europe.