It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht in 1992, that was John Major.
The Tories got rid of Thatcher in 1990 after she went sour on the EC following Delors' speech to the TUC in 1988 where he pledged to overturn her Trade Union reforms, the same speech that won the Labour Party over to the EC's side.
Just a reminder this is a Coronavirus thread not a political lesson thread!
Back on topic, I see a number of photos of men queuing outside barber's shops and don't see a single face mask. Are they not required there? Here businesses are not allowed to serve customers who do not wear face coverings.
Only the FFP2 and FFP3 masks give any protection from Coronavirus and we're told to leave them to key workers so what's the point? They may actually cause fungal lung infections if used for too long.
Not compulsory in shops .
Are though on public transport.
As I said before and some still don't get it.
Masks can help from a person passing it on.
Plus it helps to remind you not to rub uour face or stick a digit up your snotter
Anything is better than nothing.
Cant be doing with the why bother brigade.
I went for my haircut today and at no time wore a mask. Wearing a mask is slightly better than nothing but is no substitute for the sensible precautions that businesses seem to be employing which are mitigating the risk of transmission. Whilst I would have no problem at all with mask wearing being compulsory in whichever environment the government suggested, my observation is that wearing a mask often leads to a false sense of security which means the wearer sometimes does not follow social distancing and improved hygiene which is the route to keeping this virus at a minimum level for the foreseeable future.
From afar it appears that the US has put wearing a mask as defence number one against the virus which is an error. Not just because of the low effect it has but also because the political element of it has yet again divided that nation and distracted from the things that would cause the virus to be supressed.