The post you are reporting:
What's more... (btw since the history and statue stuff was a red herring, shouldn't the piece have been posted on the 'coronavirus' thread?)
'...the government’s former scientific advisor has admitted that the government’s decision to lockdown late... has contributed to at least 20,000 unnecessary deaths'
Putting aside the question of what a 'necessary death' would be, presumably this is Neil Ferguson of Imperial College, the man whose buggy and unreconstructed software model, having previously got it so wildly wrong with foot-and-mouth, BSE, bird flu, and swine flu, predicted 500,000 covid-19 deaths in the UK. The model also predicted some 45,000 deaths in Sweden if the country adhered to its current policy of no 'lockdown'; on 16 June Sweden's total stood at 4,891. Hardly a man to trust on figures. And it bears repeating that, in the UK, infections peaked before 'lockdown'.
'that scientists (including government advisors) are growing in confidence that a second wave will hit because of the government’s poor communication strategy and decisions'
Just as many and probably more scientists think a second wave is a unicorn; most likely those ‘government advisors’ are digging the groundwork for the government to be able to say ‘Look, no second wave! We did it!’ Besides, the behavioural psychologists on the panel have discovered just how easy it is change the behaviour of an entire nation by keeping in thrall to fear.
'we have the third highest death toll from COVID-19 in the world'
Meaningless without context. A better measure is deaths per million. UK is 629.7, 4th highest. Higher still is Belgium, also a ‘lockdown’ country. Sweden, btw, is 482.8 with no ‘lockdown’. Besides, how many of these deaths were 'with' rather than 'from' covid-19? In England, up to 9 June, out of 27,706 deaths, only 1,334 were recorded with no known comorbidities.
'we are about to see mass job losses in one of the biggest recessions of our time'
Probably true enough. But this is a consequence of the ‘lockdown’ policy. Surely had it been imposed earlier, the economic consequences would be greater? Again, Sweden’s economy looks in better shape, with no ‘lockdown’.
'a no deal Brexit is very much approaching despite that ‘oven ready deal’ the PM boasted about during the election; and that if it happens this no deal Brexit will make the UK’s experience of that recession a whole lot worse'
See the Brexit thread, Remain contributions.
'People are dead because of decisions by this government. People are about to die because of decisions by this government. There are bigger things to get angry about than a statue of a slaver going for a swim or a statue of Churchill being defaced.'
True enough. But many deaths are as a consequence of ‘lockdown’ and ‘protect the NHS’ at all costs (throwing the elderly sick out of hospital into care homes, cancelling scheduled operations and cancer check-ups, house arrest, deprivation of social life, etc.) not because ‘lockdown’ wasn’t enforced sooner.
And finally...
'If you disagree, your priorities are wrong' and 'If you disagree, you don’t know Churchill.'
The sound of a mind closing its doors. A mournful sound anywhere, but especially in academia.