The strict lockdowns now in place will become untenable as soon as they stop being a cooperative community effort and turn into an antagonistic exercise of state authority. The UK appears to be veering from one inept response to its equally inept opposite. https://twitter.com/lambeth_council/status/1246497734741364742">https://twitter.com/lambeth_c...

Enforcing nonsensical rules (like having police harass lone sunbathers on a warm day) is the royal road to malicious compliance, the British national pastime. The UK authorities need to remember that leadership failure is not a contest, and they don& #39;t have to compete with the US

Given the continuing overcrowding in the London public transit system, I wish the UK would focus on promoting mask use rather than shaming couples who went to sit on a beach