Would they have dealt with things like the Cummings disaster as badly, damaging public trust so much? Dishing out big, disastrous PPE contracts to nobody mates of the tories? Spent billions on ineffective test and trace schemes and putting absolutely useless people in charge like Dido (“As schools came back we saw demand significantly outstrip planned capacity delivery, none of us were able to predict that in advance” - i mean ffs, really? a 12 year old could have told you that) Harding?
Can you really say hand on heart they would have? These things probably wouldn't have happened. Now I don't think it'd have been perfect, but it certainly literally couldn't have been worse than literally the worst. The UK is so divided at the moment. So angry, so frustrated. This is down to terrible communications, poor leadership and blatant, really transparent lying. These things add up to people not giving a shit...and sadly, deaths.
EDIT - anyway, my post was more venting frustration at the tories and the genuinely despicable human being that is our leader, not bigging up Labour.
THe bit I've put in bold is horrific and needs to be properly examined! A lot of people are profiting out of this, and a massive amount are suffering! As Cleaver said, they are probably being advised from the same people, at the start Labour were appealing for an early lockdown to gain favour with a worried public, remember, in March, when the situation was a hell of a lot worse than it is now, some consideration was being given to the economy now there is no consideration.
About the part of them being advised by the same people, this worries me, the government aren't running the country anymore, and if they aren't what really is the point of them? To be a spokesman? I don't want to get involved in a should we be in lockdown squabble, because I know some on here are fully in support and will come at me calling me a conspiracy nutjob and the like and frankly, I find it sad for the first time on BM I have seen actual division and if we are arguing on here what does that say is going to happen in society?
I do want to say, we had one lockdown, did it work? Maybe, did the summer have a bigger impact, if you look at the people dying you would have to say it did. Lockdown 2.0 was supposed to finish, but is carrying on still, I know people like to blame the public for this, but that's unfair, I am pi55ed off with it all like many I know but we all follow the rules, if the majority have been doesn't that say lockdowns aren't working? We are in danger of being trapped in this hell every winter, with a reprieve in the summer, but guess what, all those things we all love to do in the summer, the pub, the restaurants, the holidays will not be available like they were before. I don't know the answer I'm not qualified I guess, but I would love our 'leaders'to consider all research, all opinions, all alternatives and us!! Frankly I think they're in a cycle and I don't see an end.