These public figures don’t believe in the ‘lockdown’; they should demand it is lifted
‘Clearly, these people don’t actually believe in the lockdown. They should have the guts to demand it is lifted.’
Rosie Duffield, a (now former) Labour whip, has joined the ranks of those red-faced public figures who ordered us Brits into “lockdown”, whilst themselves breaking the guidelines.
Just as Dominic Cummings supported lockdown as a reasonable response to the coronavirus, and Professor Neil Ferguson warned that half-a-million could die if this stance was not adopted, Ms. Duffield has been reported to have criticised some of her own constituents for not respecting the government’s rules, which she herself disobeyed.
Clearly, these people don’t actually believe in the lockdown. They should have the guts to demand it is lifted.
For them, the stipulations of the guidelines (which they helped to put in place, and thereafter publically supported) were impractical, at best. Actually, I agree with them (how can we blame Mr. Cummings, for example, for seeking the most appropriate care of his child?). Upon realising this, however, the figures should have called out the lockdown for what it is.
Whist the guidelines (or, more specifically, a failure to abide by them) have led to some public embarrassment for these – and other – politicians and leading advisors, the impacts have been far worse on others; especially those who have followed the rules. The premature deaths of thousands due to the inaccessibility of routine operations; as well as of many of our elderly, upon whom a lack of exercise and socialisation can – and does – bear extraordinary pains. Not to mention the heartbreak caused by relatives being unable to offer their final goodbyes at the funerals following from this.
The lockdown should not continue, and the aforementioned figures know this, but will not utter it.
Returning again to the most high-profile of these lockdown breaches; isn’t Mr. Cummings (the PM’s most senior advisor) supposed to be some ballsy, straight-talking, no-holds-barred individual who says it as it is? Apparently not. Rather, it is clear he only talks straight when doing so does not threaten his title in office.
For if he really had any guts, he would put the sentiment which he has clearly demonstrated (that he doesn’t believe in the lockdown – just as Neil Fergusson or Rosie Duffield don’t) into words, and demand that the lockdown was ended. Now.
