Firstly, just to clear up the reference to knowing one's onions:-
Reginald Barrington wrote:
Another allotment owner presumably, Reggie?
But to more important matters, what a predictable response. Denigrate the speaker rather than provide a rational argument against the points he is making. Oh, he's an environmentalist. Oh and a philosopher. And worse still, a member of the Green Party! He couldn't have worse credentials even if he was pro-European!
And the WHO are presumably in a conspiracy with China are they?
This is a horrific situation we are in and the extent of the nation's suffering, both in human and economic terms, will be strongly influenced the quality, consistency and honesty of our leadership. Do you wonder why people are flouting instructions when 3 weeks ago our PM was insouciantly bragging about how many hands he had shaken in a hospital known to have infected patients?
This is a situation that demands radical transparency from our leadership. Instead we've had lies, inconsistencies and poor judgment from the outset. History will not look kindly on this period, I fear.