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.
11 comments
June 17, 2020 at 9:51 pm
formerdem
Dear Churchmouse, I’m kind of veering toward, “Thank you Black Americans for breaking the door down!” And then follow their lead out the door to sunshine, opinion, and the presence of beloved others.
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June 18, 2020 at 11:22 am
churchmouse
That’s what I was thinking, too, until a reader of mine commented last week to say that coronavirus cases in their vicinity spiked after the protests.
Meanwhile, the rest of us do not get a relaxation in social distancing. The ‘scientific’ experiment continues.
On Monday, retail shops with social distancing measures and so on were allowed to open in England. The entrance to the Nike store in Oxford Street was mobbed before it opened. Everyone was pressed against each other around the doorway.
Someone online quipped, ‘Want to hug your grandmother? Take her to the Nike store today!’
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June 21, 2020 at 6:25 pm
formerdem
oh, no, what bad news! i was reading Defoe “Journal of the Plague Year” and there it is so clear the disease spiked in a few places at a time, not everywhere all at once. Maybe testing will let us focus the lockdown MUCH more tightly?!
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June 18, 2020 at 12:00 am
Ryan S.
Just remember. Non matter how Oppressive the regime, you outnumber the “enforcers”by a vast margin.
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June 18, 2020 at 11:48 am
churchmouse
True, that.
Thanks for the reminder.
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June 18, 2020 at 4:39 am
Elwyn
I am so very glad that people are finally being “forced” to open their eyes and see whats been happening behind government doors for many years,sadly it took so much pain to get them here.Hopefully we now get a great awakening.
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June 18, 2020 at 11:49 am
churchmouse
We can but hope so.
It’s going to be a long journey, I think.
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