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There was already a degree of legistlation in place to tackle this and when did we have "multi-year" lockdowns. Come on now.

by _joel 3y ago

darepublic 3y ago
Referring to COVID I think
- _joel 3y ago
  Sure, they weren't 'multi-year' though they cumulatively were months, not years. It's disengenous to say multi-year and reeks of another agenda imho.
happymellon 3y ago
Are you referring to the couple of months in 2020? Because we didn't really have any sort of lock down in the UK, the Tories just said the police would need to informally enforce a non-rule. The met responded that they were not going to enforce anything that wasn't an actual rule. There were words said and a couple of high profile incidents which shows how little any sort of lockdown happened. I know I drove around the country still and no one ever asked why, and all my neighbours had garden parties with social gathers still happening.
- hanoz 3y ago
  You broke the law and got away with it. That doesn't mean millions of people weren't having a thoroughly miserable time of it observing the law, and for a lot longer than "a couple of months in 2020".
  - ojhughes 3y ago
    Driving around the country at the time was ignoring guidance rather breaking any law
    - _joel 3y ago
      Especially if you go to get your eyes tested at Barnard castle
    - hanoz 3y ago
      No, it was law. Immoral law which deserved to be broken, but that is no consolation to the millions who suffered greatly by going along with it. To hear one of the most shameful periods in our legal history being brushed off as couple of months of half hearted barely observed lockdown is pretty disturbing.
      - happymellon 3y ago
        Please point to the law. Because you are just making stuff up now.
        hanoz 3y ago
        The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/pdfs/uksi_20200350_en.pdf https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/pdfs/uksi_20200... Restrictions on movement 6.—(1) During the emergency period, no person may leave the place where they are living without reasonable excuse.
    - happymellon 3y ago
      Guidance was to not travel unless you had to. Driving around still happened, as some of us need to do it to support systems. There were plenty of lorries and cars on the road.
  - happymellon 3y ago
    No it wasn't. There was no law preventing people travelling or doing anything. Boris said "it would be best if you don't" and then held parties. He got away with it because he didn't break any laws. I had to travel for work, so I didn't even break guidance as in their advice, people who had to travel still could. No one ever checked which is my point.
nailer 3y ago
2020-21.

There was already a degree of legistlation in place to tackle this and when did we have "multi-year" lockdowns. Come on now.

by _joel 3y ago

There was already a degree of legistlation in place to tackle this and when did we have "multi-year" lockdowns. Come on now.

darepublic 3y ago

Referring to COVID I think

_joel 3y ago
Sure, they weren't 'multi-year' though they cumulatively were months, not years. It's disengenous to say multi-year and reeks of another agenda imho.

happymellon 3y ago

Are you referring to the couple of months in 2020? Because we didn't really have any sort of lock down in the UK, the Tories just said the police would need to informally enforce a non-rule. The met responded that they were not going to enforce anything that wasn't an actual rule. There were words said and a couple of high profile incidents which shows how little any sort of lockdown happened. I know I drove around the country still and no one ever asked why, and all my neighbours had garden parties with social gathers still happening.

hanoz 3y ago
You broke the law and got away with it. That doesn't mean millions of people weren't having a thoroughly miserable time of it observing the law, and for a lot longer than "a couple of months in 2020".
- ojhughes 3y ago
  Driving around the country at the time was ignoring guidance rather breaking any law
  - _joel 3y ago
    Especially if you go to get your eyes tested at Barnard castle
  - hanoz 3y ago
    No, it was law. Immoral law which deserved to be broken, but that is no consolation to the millions who suffered greatly by going along with it. To hear one of the most shameful periods in our legal history being brushed off as couple of months of half hearted barely observed lockdown is pretty disturbing.
    - happymellon 3y ago
      Please point to the law. Because you are just making stuff up now.
      - hanoz 3y ago
        The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/pdfs/uksi_20200350_en.pdf https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/pdfs/uksi_20200... Restrictions on movement 6.—(1) During the emergency period, no person may leave the place where they are living without reasonable excuse.
  - happymellon 3y ago
    Guidance was to not travel unless you had to. Driving around still happened, as some of us need to do it to support systems. There were plenty of lorries and cars on the road.
- happymellon 3y ago
  No it wasn't. There was no law preventing people travelling or doing anything. Boris said "it would be best if you don't" and then held parties. He got away with it because he didn't break any laws. I had to travel for work, so I didn't even break guidance as in their advice, people who had to travel still could. No one ever checked which is my point.

nailer 3y ago

2020-21.