Worried Britons obey PM’s order to ‘stay at home’ amid Covid lockdown

Worried Britons obey PM’s order to ‘stay at home’ amid Covid lockdown as anxiety hits highest level since April Proportion of Britons reporting that they only left home for essential has risen Nearly two-thirds said they were obeying the PM’s instruction to ‘stay at home’  Anxiety levels were at highest since April in the latest … Read more

Worried Britons obey PM’s order to ‘stay at home’ amid Covid lockdown

Worried Britons obey PM’s order to ‘stay at home’ amid Covid lockdown as anxiety hits highest level since April Proportion of Britons reporting that they only left home for essential has risen Nearly two-thirds said they were obeying the PM’s instruction to ‘stay at home’  Anxiety levels were at highest since April in the latest … Read more

Coronavirus: London MP urges rule-breakers to obey Tier 2 lockdown

A London MP has urged people to follow social distancing rules and said ‘every single person who breaks the rules adds to the chances of us going into Tier Three’ as the city faces a tougher lockdown from next week.   Nickie Aiken, MP for the Cities of London and Westminster constituency, issued the warning in … Read more

LORD SUMPTION: I’m yet to meet a person who plans to obey mixing ban

Everything in science is provisional but one thing is certain about Covid-19. Lockdowns do not stop the disease.  They merely postpone infections until after they are lifted. They can work only if they are kept in place indefinitely. We do not need epidemiologists or mathematical modellers to tell us this. All we need to do … Read more

LORD SUMPTION: I’m yet to meet a person who plans to obey mixing ban

Everything in science is provisional but one thing is certain about Covid-19. Lockdowns do not stop the disease.  They merely postpone infections until after they are lifted. They can work only if they are kept in place indefinitely. We do not need epidemiologists or mathematical modellers to tell us this. All we need to do … Read more

Boris Johnson’s top scientists accuse him of trashing their efforts to get public to obey lockdown

 Boris Johnson has ‘trashed’ public trust and adherence to lockdown, government advisers warned last night. Psychology professor Stephen Reicher said the Prime Minister’s defence of Dominic Cummings had threatened the UK’s fight against coronavirus. The University of St Andrews academic, who serves on the Sage committee advising the Government on behavioural science, tweeted: ‘I can … Read more

Boris Johnson’s top scientists accuse him of trashing their efforts to get public to obey lockdown

 Boris Johnson has ‘trashed’ public trust and adherence to lockdown, government advisers warned last night. Psychology professor Stephen Reicher said the Prime Minister’s defence of Dominic Cummings had threatened the UK’s fight against coronavirus. The University of St Andrews academic, who serves on the Sage committee advising the Government on behavioural science, tweeted: ‘I can … Read more