Pretty obvious that government policy was all about controlling the public through fear rather than logic – and it worked. Of course, at the time, many in the media were arguing for even tighter restrictions.
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@CarverEmily
And the key point is that they saw all the data and they weren’t afraid. Hard to rationalise why they sought to scare us witless.
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@CarverEmily
Government policy was to do as little as possible as late as possible, hence the 170,000 deaths.
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@CarverEmily
To be fair, as I recall, the public weren't responding to logic. The more logical argument is 'why did No10 break the rules, when we were penalised for doing so'.
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@CarverEmily
When you say "controlling the public" what were they being controlled for? What reason was there for the government to control the public and what is your perceived end-game for them?
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@CarverEmily
And Labour, SNP in power in devolved areas were actually implementing tighter restrictions, and usually if did same, made it law whilst England generally had guidance.
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