Changing the slogan or changing the law?

As things stand, Reg6 of Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) Regulations makes it an offence to leave or be outside of the place where we are living without reasonable excuse.

How is “stay at home as much as possible” enforced? https://twitter.com/borisjohnson/status/1259440331763978240

This isn’t just legal finesse. We all have a right to know what conduct is criminalised by law, as the police must know what they enforce.

Without considerable legal clarity alongside the new slogan, the already slippery path to casual criminalisation is carelessly steepened.

If you haven’t already seen this excellent guide for the public & the police, @Kirsty_Brimelow and @PippaWoodrow have produced this excellent cut-out-and-keep guide to the current coronavirus legislation. Will it need to change again? https://twitter.com/kirsty_brimelow/status/1258461620575129600?s=21 https://twitter.com/kirsty_brimelow/status/1258461620575129600

For a case in point on the clarity, law and enforcement, see @susannareid100 questions which naturally arise from the govt’s vague tempering.

Is this intended to be reflected in law, new guidance or is it just an ill-considered & meaningless slogan?

https://twitter.com/susannareid100/status/1259464447715876865?s=21 https://twitter.com/susannareid100/status/1259464447715876865

This is a really important thread by one of the government’s own advisers, on the behavioural advice given to govt & how govt has entirely botched the precision of the messaging, causing confusion and eroding public trust. https://twitter.com/reicherstephen/status/1259522729180618752?s=21 https://twitter.com/reicherstephen/status/1259522729180618752