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As we continue coronavirus lockdown in June 2020, Britain’s silent majority is becoming increasingly angry.
Fortunately, they are venting online rather than mobbing in the streets.
Below is a lengthy selection of tweets about coronavirus, lockdown, the riots and more.
One or two have salty language but most do not.
This was the state of play on Wednesday, June 3:
This lady comforted a young woman who, understandably, doesn’t know what to make of it all:
I fully agree with this perspective:
The protests spelled the end of social distancing for many of us:
We still obey it, largely out of consideration for our neighbours — and fear of a fine or worse:
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said we might be welcoming up to 3 million Hong Kong refugees soon:
It’s a great gesture but, first, something must be done about the boat people being escorted to our shores from France by our own Border Patrol:
On Thursday, June 4, Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg took a question from an MP who asked when hairdressers would reopen:
On Friday, June 5, Ipsos MORI published a poll showing that although we were pretty angry about Boris and the government’s handling of the pandemic, we still preferred him to the Labour’s new leader Keir Starmer:
The Global Vaccine Summit was held the day before, albeit virtually:
This is what concerns me about Boris now. Had you told me this at the beginning of the year, I would have said, ‘Never!’ Yet, here we are. He’s still better than Labour, though:
That day, the silent majority became restive.
We were deeply unhappy with London’s Metropolitan Police’s response to the riots:
We were angry when Health Secretary Matt Hancock told us in that afternoon’s coronavirus briefing we would have to wear masks or some type of face covering on public transport:
To be continued tomorrow.
Churchmouse Campanologist 