Pablo wrote:“By the way, I have no doubt that the vast majority of people do 'take responsibility for [their] health and behaviour', and don't require a finger-wagging policeman (or pseudo-policeman) to remind them to do so.”
You might change your opinion if you were in M&S on Monday morning, judging by the fact that most of the customers were obviously over 70. Most of them seemed unaware as to what 2 meters means.
Or in Tesco, or generally walking around and shopping in Whitfield. Of course, it depends on one's definition of 'vast'; I reckon 90% observance on good days, rather less (but still over 50%) on less-good days. One thing that makes me roll my eyes is a queue of people 2 metres apart... within touching distance of another queue 2 metres apart.