I don’t disagree with much/any of that. Boris is a libertarian and his instincts differ from yours and mine. I suppose I am just pointing out that had he put us into full lockdown in early December and cancelled Christmas then the anti Tory narrative would now instead be that Boris doesn’t care...
Because (IMO) what he was really trying to save was the economy. It is a trade off with health. He has been under enormous pressure to prioritize saving jobs as well. He is in a no win situation as are all global leaders and you would have criticized whatever decisions he made simply because he...
Eugghh politics, Brexit, insults, here we go...
Amazing how a thread meant to be informative about a Covid press conference can be headed to the Bear Pit.....
The problem with that analysis is that it is only critical care occupancy that is relevant. For this sector, occupancy levels are higher year on year although there is now extra capacity.
https://data.spectator.co.uk/city/nhs
Unfortunately Covid hospital admissions are rising, so capacity will...