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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
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Things that the government deserve credit for.
Implementing lockdown. (the timing however is debatable)
The furlough scheme.
The building of the nighthinggales
I"m genuinely struggling to think of others
Things the government should be held to account and challenged/owes the population a genuine explanation on
Abandoning the testing regime
The failure to force international arrivals to quarantine earlier.
The absolute debacle that has become track and trace
The third highest death rate in the world.
Lifting lockdown too early.
Whilst I don't like Boris one bit, I was quite impressed with the way he initially dealt with the situation. He does however now look like he has no long term plan, and is ignoring the science
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A good list and I believe people have given credit to the Government for those areas it has performed well in.
To this I would add:
Credit:
- Slogan: Stay home -protect the NHS - save lives was good
- Other business support eg rates relief, loans, deferral of VAT payments
- Regular communication
- Funding of public transport (buses, trams, trains) to compensate for loss of fare income
Debit:
- Procurement of ventilators with inexperienced providers outside he sector
- Cummingsgate which gave some people the excuse to reduce their adherence to the rules
- Turkish PPE fiasco, a propaganda exercise that failed to deliver
- Fudging the testing stats
- Requiring in-person votes in House of Commons