Quote Originally Posted by BigFatPie View Post
Driller. IMO there’s no point in pretending this situation isn’t a massively political one. The government are literally taking life and death decisions, and if that decision making process isn’t crystal clear they should be held to account as with any other crisis. If Corbyn had won the election I very much doubt he would be given an easy ride and rightfully so.

That obviously doesn’t mean we should tribalise it, where my side is right and your side is wrong. That’s the hard bit.

I think anyone trying to score political points over this wants their head testing. I agree that the Gov, whoever is in power must be held responsible for their actions, or indeed lack of them. It seems weird to absolutely everyone that the UK are taking such a different stance to almost everyone else, however it seems the PM has taken the advice of the 'experts' and acted accordingly.

Getting the balance right between losing lives to the virus and lives being ruined by economic catastrophe is not a challenge I would particularly want to be faced with and held responsible for.

I'm not particularly religious but I do now find myself having the occassional prayer like thought that we all make it through this as unscathed as possible.