Moriarty wrote:2 party democracy (or 2+ party hybrids) is all about getting you to hold your nose and order off a Table d'Hôte menu, terrified that the set menu you hate will be delivered rather than the one you hate marginally less, all the while looking longingly at folks ordering from the À la carte menu.
...but other than that a first class post. It's all very depressing.
Aye, good post also, but what you going to do about it?
For me the new laws are not really acceptable but I probably will stick to them for now.
As for the guidance - it's just that, guidance not law.
Anyone looking at the advice should consider how it is going to affect their mental health among other things. They should also consider the study (widely ignored) which has said mountaineering activities have been negligible in transmitting the covid.
The bigger issue and most unpalatable thing for many in the highlands is that we will probably be forced into a lockdown because the southeast of england issues is what dictates how everyone else should live.