Well done Mark Drakeford. It makes sense to me and, judging by opinion polls, the majority of people think that England should do the same, Doctors and scientists have advised it, so why is Boris Johnson being so stubborn and refusing to consider it for England? At the moment, as rules differ from county to county and town to town, people haven't a clue what they can and can't do. A short lock down would solve all that.
1. Most importantly (to him), he doesn't want to be seen to be doing what Starmer has called for.
2. He would have to fork out more money to the employers and employees affected. The government say they can't afford it, but do magically manage to find millions to give to their inept pals who are supposedly 'organising' and to the private consultants who are 'advising'
trick or treat, sorry track and trace.
3. He's more bothered about Brexit now, so is leaving covid to Hancock who is too busy telling crass jokes and drinking in the Commons bar after 10pm to exercise the few brain cells he has left.
4. It would only work for as long as the lockdown lasted plus a couple of weeks, then the numbers would rise again. Then he'd have to think of something else or admit they haven't got a clue.
5. Dominic Cummings probably told him not to.
This absolutely floored me when I saw it on Sky News last night:
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During a House of Commons select committee hearing last Tuesday, care minister Helen Whately said "specific facilities" would be set up for care home residents who have the virus as part of the Winter Care Plan.
But those facilities - in the vast majority of cases - will be within existing care homes, Care England, which represents independent care providers, has told Sky News.
Providers who have spoken to Sky News have said it is virtually impossible to contain the illness unless patients are cared for in an entirely separate building".
Have they learned nothing?
