I'm not sure I'd describe it as a U-turn.
Feel free to change thread title to "applies handbrake" if you like.
Point is, they're postponing the relaxation of some rules and reversing others - at v short notice.
I mean, "Your wedding tomorrow is off"...
Well, one could let a mass gathering go ahead.
Great plan.
Possibly should give say, a month's notice, see what occurs in the meantime.
Well, they've literally given weeks notice on everything else - eg mask usage.
Leisure centres closed.
Christ you should get a job writing headlines for Sky News !
I know, it’s a joke isn’t it, I guess it sounds an awful lot better than the OP titling it “Government sees rise in infections and have reacted quickly”
The OP was all over Jicinder when she reacted quickly....
I'm a cynic ... always have been .... and while I understand the delay in lifting some lockdown rules I suspect there's far more behind the government's reluctance to extend the WFH advice. So the action that millions of people do - i.e. go to work and mingle will now be allowed but god forbid more than 30 people go to a wedding. Utterly mixed messages.
Christ you should get a job writing headlines for Sky News !
I know, it’s a joke isn’t it, I guess it sounds an awful lot better than the OP titling it “Government sees rise in infections and have reacted quickly”
The OP was all over Jicinder when she reacted quickly....
Some big companies (Costa, Pret) and owners of very lucrative city centre (mainly London) property, both business and residential, will be putting a lot of pressure on government to get people back into city centre offices. A long term move to WFH will cause a reduction in property value. And that is where wealth is made and held. We all know rich people's wealth is more important than poor people's health.
And if you had read beyond the subject heading you will have seen that I conceded "applies handbrake" would have been a better choice of words.
Engage brain before reacting then!