Robert Jenrick (to interviewer): "The difference between us is, you want the Government to tell everybody what they should be doing at Christmas. My view is that the Government can set a legal framework, and then it's for people to use their good judgment."
Making it OUR fault.
Making it OUR fault.
The whole point of the UK Government legislating restrictions is that it forces the people least able (or willing) to use good judgement to modify their behaviour.
In a pandemic where everyone is a danger to everyone else, it protects the sensible from the stupid.
In a pandemic where everyone is a danger to everyone else, it protects the sensible from the stupid.
If the doorknob-licking covidiots were only a danger to themselves, the rest of the population could let them get on with it (and covidiocy would die out quicker).
But because their actions affect us all, strong Government legislation (not guidance) is needed.
But because their actions affect us all, strong Government legislation (not guidance) is needed.
Extra thousands if not tens of thousands of people will die because the Tories can't bear to be on the record as having taken Christmas away from people.
Yet there's an unbroken chain of dominos between their failure to implement stricter lockdowns and the current rise in cases.
Yet there's an unbroken chain of dominos between their failure to implement stricter lockdowns and the current rise in cases.
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