Quote Originally Posted by jackal2 View Post
An interesting hypothetical question is how a Jeremy Corbyn government would have handled the same situation?

The obvious thing to say is that a Corbyn Government would have thrown a lot of money at it, but then again Rishi Sunak has done that too and surprised a lot of people, so it's a question of whether Corbyn would have thrown even more at the problem.

The other question I suppose is whether he would have restricted civil liberties to a greater degree than the current Government. Corbyn isn't exactly a 'police state' guy to say the least, but would he have been hardline or softly softly? Would he have had the nation in lockdown already, or would he be trying to sit down and negotiate with the virus?
I think a Corbyn government would have been terrible. Probably quicker to address economic need, but even more incompetent.

This crisis is an illustration of the truly awful choice the public has been faced with at the last 2 elections.