Again, unsurprising on here... a comment being taken out of context. I’d said local lockdowns should be properly/better supported (and thought Burnham was right to push for more for Manchester) however, I don’t agree with a national lockdown...which he weirdly also supported.
By the way though, if we moved to a national circuit break/lockdown and put everyone in certain sectors even on 80%, rather than maintaining properly supported local lockdowns (which I have advocated if you read the posts) that actually takes demand out of the economy (As many people will get 80% rather than 100% of their salaries). So does closing restaurants, bars etc etc in areas that have low transmission rates, some of which may not reopen, people lose jobs etc etc.
We’ve borrowed 200bn in six months so far this year and there’s more to come. It will be the younger generation (low risk and having their lives disproportionately disrupted, in some cases ruined) paying this back. I have no issue with borrowing more, especially at such low rates, hence me also commenting that I’ve written to Andy Street twice regarding additional support for certain sectors, but it’s still got to be used effectively/wisely ...that’s not ideology, that’s common sense !
Ps Unfortunately this thread has just become a bit of an echo chamber, spreading misery and whipping each other up into a weird frenzy (thought that only used to happen on match day threads !!!). Unless you fall 100% in line, forget it. It’s bizarre !
