Saving Christmas

Three weeks ago, a tousel-haired leader called Boris had an idea. If we lock down now, the said, then we could have a jolly fine time with our wives, an uncertain number of children, and in general have a normal Christmas.

Each to their own.

Only, things have not worked out. The harsh locdowns that replaced the actual very strict lockdown have not slowed the infection rates at all, in fact others, like London, which were in the not so strict tier two have to now go into tier three.

For seven days.

Only for the grand plan to save Christmas meaning that 34,000,000 people will go from only being able to assemble in groups of no more than two, to mixed households of three, or more, depnding on how you read the regulations.

As I have written before, the US saw a spike in infections and admissions to the ER after Thanksgiving, and that awaits us with Christmas, if the Government would only take the action to scrap the plan to save Christmas. This would disappoint many, clearly, but the risk to the nation's health is too great. Right?

Well, it seesm the very Government most characterised by u-turns is unwilling to u-turn n this, and would rather thousands more people die than scrap the plan to save Christmas.

It would have been easier not to have mentioned the plan three weeks ago, and then if data supported the relaxation, we could have, and that would have been a fine Christmas present.

But no.

With cases rising, the Government is giving bus and coach companies an extra £3,000,000 to lay on extra buses to get people home for Christmas.

On top of that, the Government in the shape of former wardrobe salesman, Gavin Williamson, is focing schools in Greenwich to reopen for the final three days of term or he said he would take them to court. THe local council can't afford to defend itself, so has taken to having to force schools to reopen, even tough it has the data to support a closure, and could conduct online lessons.

Seems that Greenwich's MP and council are Labour, and while other London, Essex and Kent borough have closed schools and face no sanctions, Greenwich does. So, schools will reopen, just in time for kids to get infected in ime to become spreaders for Christmas, able to pass on extra gifts of COVID to Granny and Grandpa, because Christmas is the season for giving, after all.