The winter plan is among the most cynical schemes I've ever heard, and from among the most awful government's I've ever known. Actually that's a lie: it IS the most awful.
It seems perfectly obvious and entirely rational to suppose the Christmas plan will lead to more infections. We don't have the necessary tools in place, thanks to Dido (currently Lie Low) Harding and the Tories, to make it work. Every time we've opened up, and make no mistake this is going to lead to social movement on a large scale (because it's Christmas!), things have gotten worse. Like ill advised couple counselling!
Remember: the virus wants to spread.
According to the government (remember them?) I live in a Tier 3 area. The highest of all restrictions. I wasn't expecting that, which means most people round here will be likewise unpleasantly surprised. This is highly confusing as it seems to indicate non essential shops can be open (which means bust shopping streets) but that we are a serious enough case to merit the severest restrictions which seem not to include outdoor sports and Primark.
Honestly this may break me. I was looking forward to an end to lockdown even though I have been repeatedly saying it won't happen. In practical terms theses restrictions are a confused sop to the elite and the whiny economically illiterate Tories. All of whom are perfectly safe (except from each other).
It makes no sense to have a lockdown, ostensibly to lower the R number and ease the burden on the health system, but then to come out of it into a series of restrictions, that, regardless of tier, allow more to be opened. Yet again we are being gaslighted: we are fed cognitive dissonance on this basis. It's no wonder people look to conspiracy for explanation. These two realities are competing for the psyche of the nation and the only outcome guaranteed is anguish.
Some good news: the second wave does appear to be passing. You can see from the official weekly data, here.
However, this is looking to be the most uncertain and possibly hazardous period yet. We have no government, at this point. They are simply hoping the vaccine will arrive and quickly. There is absolutely no guarantee of this at all. Yet, despite everything, these utter fools are arguing amongst themselves about the placement of their constituencies into the tier system. Their whining is utterly aggravating. It's authoritarian, claims Brexit 'hard man' Steve Baker. Clearly not authoritarian when it comes to denying food for kids over this period. None of them gave a shit about the working class over the last ten years, inflicting their austerity and poverty. I have moved beyond utter disgust into something like cold hatred; we do not have a government. We are a failed state.
Reap the whirlwind, we are.
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