Ok, I’ve bit my tongue on this for a week but when I see that newspapers like the Daily Mail full of Boris The Clown’s baby, rather than what is really going on, then I just want to explode. I know nobody here knows me but I’m hoping this is somewhere I can vent my fury and my concerns. So 6 weeks ago, Boris The Clown put us in lock down, he was vague in what a key worker was, and companies being companies grudgingly followed the very loose terms of a lockdown that were announced and closed, with the exception of, by and large, supermarkets. However, as time has gone on, many self employed have returned to work because they were not entitled to money through the furlough scheme. This angered some but it’s my view that these people are putting their life at risk but what can they do? They need to earn money to live and to support families, so they are doing what I would do, but they shouldn’t have to, they should be in a position to remain safe and “stay at home”. So over the last couple of weeks, we’ve had small business, who are not key workers, returning to work, we now have big business sticking 2 fingers up and putting safety measures in place so they can now re-open. B&Q is the latest along with various McDonald stores. Greggs staff are returning next week to re-open stores nationwide and Tim Martin has already been on record to say that Weatherspoons are working on plans to re-open in the coming weeks. Now what I can see is a stealth unlock. Businesses are now forcing people to return to work, yet actually we are no further forward than where we were when lock down was first announced. The number of those effected continues to rise, the highest in Europe, there is still no vaccine and still every day there are reports of new cases. So what is going on? It’s clear to me that big business are driving the unlock of the nation and Boris The Clown is the puppet and big corporations are pulling the strings. Nicola Sturgeon had the opportunity to take a different path, but it seems she is allowing the same thing to happen in Scotland, despite saying it wouldn’t be the case. She comes out of this whole saga with credit yes but this next phase......I’m not sure. I’m totally baffled by this, am I missing something? My question is, what do you think will happen next? I think, if things are as bad as we are to believe, we need at least another 3 weeks in lockdown but if people are slowly returning to work, we have no lockdown, just at the time where we are anticipating the highest point of the annual flu outbreak (which promoted flu vaccines for the most vulnerable in the first place). I know I’m rambling now, and I know you are probably thinking I’m some mad man, but I genuinely am worried, for workers, for our communities and for me and my family because the government, both Tory and SNP, don’t seem to be able to be in control of the situation, corporations do.......wtf?
