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I thought the purpose of government was to make decisions for the benefit of the population? This government seems unable to decide on anything other than lining their own pockets or those of their cronies!
Covid -19. You cannot meet up with more than 5 members of your family, but please go to work and the pub. Your children must go to school but stay away from grandparents. You should go back to work if you can use city centre cafes and restaurants, but otherwise stay working from home.
North Somerset
Number of cases in the last week is now 14 per 100000. (UK average is 11). This is up from 2/3 a couple of weeks ago! 03.09.2020
Things the government got wrong. Basically everything! Too late to shut down, PPE debacle, care homes, masks, quarantine, test and trace, exams. And still it does not realise that bombast and bluster from No.10 means absolutely nothing on the streets of Manchester or Leeds.
What is needed is a devolution of restrictions and incentives to regional level authorities. The South-West could probably have relaxed most restrictions weeks earlier, Parts of the North should never have restricted anything yet.
I genuinely feel sorry for our police force. I think their purpose is to enforce the law.
But when the government seems to be churning out laws that are unenforceable by the day, one wonders how the police force can maintain any semblance of authority. Wearing a mask seems to be voluntary in North Somerset, quarantine after a foreign holiday to prescribed areas seems to be non-existent. And if people can chose which laws they would like to observe the whole system starts to crumble. Well done Johnson and Cummings!
I live in Sandford, North Somerset, England, Great Britain, The British Isles, Europe. Non of which mean much to me. Rule Britannia, flying the flag, who cares about these symbols.
I am however proud to be who I am. All of those places above have bent and cultured me to be who I am. I hope I am kind to others, considerate and where appropriate affectionate. I hate bigotry, racism, misogyeny, sexism, etc. in all its forms.
Political thoughts
Firstly corruption. I am sure. Actually I am not. The cabinet did not overtly discuss giving contracts to mates, even when it was blatantly obvious they could not supply the goods. But it must have been acknowledged at some stage. Perhaps dealing with multi billions just made them complacent. But how do they give multi million contracts on such life saving issues to firms with no products or experience?