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Originally Posted by jfman
Polling still shows significant support for going further than Plan B measures. Support that will only increase as hospitals overflow and case counts rise.
While I hold significant parts of the British public in contempt for a variety of reasons I have no reason to believe that vast majority of folk won’t act in their own self interest - to not catch Covid.
Economic growth was 0.1% in October suggesting that not as many were out there enjoying their new found freedoms are some may have been keen to portray.
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I’m minded to agree, my concern is that people who have had the booster will go ‘I’m boostered, I’m fine, carry on as normal’
Also, we need to consider the fatigue that people are suffering from being under 15 months of restrictions.
I think we’re on a knife edge at the moment
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Originally Posted by nffc
How many would support further measures without reintroducing furlough and similar support, especially if they were then left unable to work, and not getting any financial support because they couldn't?
I think if they go much further then this situation would come up again. You'd then be looking presumably at furlough coming back, but the government can't keep on paying for this, shutting things down, reopening them again. Theresa May was spot on.
People will self-limit their actions if they don't feel it's safe. When it wasn't law to, yes a lot of people did remove masks in shops, but a fair few chose to keep them on, debatable how much that actually did achieve but even so, it shows people will still do more than they are required to.
I wouldn't have been too bothered before, but when going for something to eat now i'd rather sit away from other people/tables simply because keeping away from people is better, if it's crowded it probably isn't a good idea, masks, passports etc aside.
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In response to your point regarding furlough and paying for things
1. When did the U.K. government finish paying its war debt ?
2. How much debt have the conservatives added between 2010-2020
There is ALWAYS a way to pay for it…..