Britain heads back to work amid confusion over Prime Minister's advice

[brooklynite]

Source: The Telegraph

Boris Johnson's call for Britain's workforce to return to their jobs this morning has descended into chaos and confusion.

The Prime Minister last night urged workers who could not work from home to return today, especially in the construction and manufacturing sectors, but this morning Dominic Raab said the changes came into effect on Wednesday.

Data by the location technology firm TomTom shows that the level of road congestion in London at 8am on Monday was 20 per cent, up from 16 per cent compared to a week earlier.

But unions criticised the change in advice, and Labour's shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said the Government's advice was "wrong".

Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-end-lockdown-boris-johnson-new-rules-school/

[Evolve Dammit]

1. Johnson gets Covid, almost dies and still doesn't get it. Good luck to all of us. We'll see in a few

weeks the next wave; not to be the last. Stay safe if you have any means to.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. It's important to build more houses and shopping centers that no one can pay for

The world has shifted on its axis. Tax revenues, consumer spending, commuting to offices all off 20% or more. It will be 2-3 years or more for these levels to bounce, and how robust the recovery remains to be proven. Permanent alterations in these spaces have resulted from QE1-2-3-4 and COVID-19 fallout. Building the debt higher will only make the eventual crash bigger.

[ananda]

3. Just like America.

It's only going to get worse when crazy authoritarian
governments are deliberately screwing things up!