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Compliance would certainly be lower from me. Any attempt to impose 'no person shall be outside the place where they live' again on me will be *completely* ignored. 1601255397 The truthful answer here is : "Yes. And we don't care".

The fourth option is d) don't imprison them in the first place. It's absolutely outrageous. I don't condone rioting normally but it should absolutely happen over this. Just what is the matter with society, that we tolerating this?

No, what's beyond ridiculous is the idea that we can imprison innocent civilians in a tiny room without them having committed any offence.

Indeed, but within weeks we were all being told off for using up tests when we had no symptoms. The government told us to! Similarly, we are now being told off for going to pubs and restaurants too much. The government told us to! And even paid us to!

Except that in Leicester they were telling people to have a test even if they had no symptoms. At one point the council were knocking on doors trying to get people to take a test there and then. In some districts they posted home testing kits through everyone’s letterboxes...

It rather depends on who you ask. Most of the claims about the majority supporting the restrictions are from polls carried out by YouGov. There is considerable doubt cast on their results. Even if they are 100% accurate, YouGov polls are generally completed by people with plenty of time on their...

Indeed. As a society it's time we faced up to the reality - the government will not allow theatres, art galleries and a multitude of other things, to operate viably. They are for the most part finished. They won't exist in any form we recognise for a decade or more now, at least. Many will be...

Mostly because so many people are being paid by the government for a long holiday and see the ongoing restrictions as a way to keep that up. When that ends (and the new scheme is nothing like so generous) then some home truths will hit.

w Well anyhow the government have now severely told us off for going to restaurants, having spent a month encouraging us to do so with that subsidy, so if they try any other such subsidies they know what my answer will be!

And now we're being told off and punished for doing so.

He actually said 12. Not that I am defending him in any way.

If you mention cancer or any other illness like that, you get back "you can't catch cancer though hun". There is literally no getting through to them. Which doesn't matter in and of itself, it's just that these are the people driving government policy at the moment, for unknown reasons.

Indeed, but all you get if you ever dare challenge such people and point out the dire economic and health consequences of all this, is "better than dying on a ventilator though, hun".

But within days, the Twitter feeds of their rivals will be swamped by people demanding they do the same 'to keep us all safe' and they will inevitably bow to pressure.

Asda are going to 'crack down' on shoppers without masks: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54261861 No mention of exemptions, so I guess exempt people like myself aren't allowed in Asda any more.

Again, 'libertarian Boris' who purchased three water cannons to use against the citizens of London. Sorry but he is not even slightly libertarian.

And also the suspension of the requirement for two doctors to sign off on sectioning people. It now only needs one. This was all due to expire by the end of the month. As predicted it appears to be being quietly made indefinite.

I totally agree. However it's clear the government still have overwhelming public support for whatever measures they fancy taking. I reckon within 7 to 10 days they will be announcing a return to what we had on March 23rd - "stay at home" etc, businesses closed and all that nonsense. I refuse...

Doesn't bother me any more. I'd already given up on pubs, restaurants etc. They are now indefinitely closed as far as I am concerned. See also shops and anywhere else where this hysterical nonsense applies. Including, very sadly, heritage railways, who will be devoid of my regular custom until...

I wonder if the 'table service only' rule affects takeaway outlets such as chip shops and kebab houses. If it does, their business is effectively shut down.