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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
Apologies, you argued that because the average across all boroughs was low (despite two boroughs Havering & I can’t remember the other one having higher rates per 100,000 than tier 3 areas) that it shouldn’t be placed into tier 3
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I said that's
why we were placed in tier 2. I didn't know if it's right or not. But my point is more that we had to all be in the same tier because it simply not how London functions to treat the boroughs as independent units.
At the time London has the same level of the virus as other tier 2 areas. Manchester had higher and has in tier 3. Liverpool had about the same and was tier 2.
I don't want to have this argument again but I agree with the decision that all of London is treated the same this time as well as we move into tier 4.
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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
In retrospect would you still agree to that ?
Sensible, would have been to go into tier 3 instead of tier 2 your argument simply allowed London to become a Petri dish. And now the exodus will allow transmission across the country
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I think in retrospect London could have been placed in tier 3 but I also think there is evidence it wouldn't have mattered. Kent has also been bumped up to tier 4 from 3 despite already having been tier 3. All the home countries have been placed in tier 4 despite them having had lower cases than London when they were placed in tier 2.
In other words, I think that whilst London probably should have been in tier 3 I don't think it would have prevented this move into tier 4. Especially if it is because of this 'more transmissible' virus.
And it is what it is. It's disappointing but there is a global pandemic going around and for the first time since the original lockdown it's London which has the highest cases.
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Originally Posted by Pierre
Knee jerkery of the highest order. I’m afraid Boris has pretty much cashed all of the good will and support he’d built up.
There is no leadership here.
If they capitulate on Brexit that’ll be it for me.
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It's not even knee jerkery, that would imply they changed it as the numbers changed. Instead, they wait a few days and then do the same thing anyway.