>> Corbyn lost the election so it’s just speculation how he’d have coped. While he’s no
>> more cut out for leadership than Boris he is at least a sincere and committed
>> man. His team were far more capable than the present crew. Look at John McDonnell,
>> Emily Thornberry, Angela Rayner and of course Starmer. Contrast with Raab, Pritti Patel and Suella
>> Braverman.
>>
Would that be the Starmer who yesterday afternoon stood up in the House and said that a full national lockdown would be disastrous for the country, but by yesterday evening was calling for a national lockdown (now apparently called a circuit breaker?) and then today in the House at PMQ ‘genuinely’ believed a lockdown was necessary. As if his previous thoughts on the matter were not genuine. Hardly fills me with confidence in his leadership or critical thinking abilities ;)
The sad truth is that an inevitable consequence of any policy to slow the transmission of COVID is an increase in poverty and unemployment. There’s no right answer, despite the sound bite politics of the U.K. The variety of measures being taken across Europe and around the world show that, and underline the logic in, targeted local measures, robustly enforced where appropriate. Governments just have the unenviable job of navigating a way through as best they can for the whole of society. I’m sure that the opposition would say just throw more support at it, but that’s condemning a generation or two of those under 40 to pay the price for effectively their whole lives. I don’t understand why either party is happy with that outcome.
Anyway, don’t mind me... I’m going on holiday again next week to escape the madness!
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