Lockdown the over-50s? How very dare they even suggest the idea

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'Shielding? Perhaps we should call it 'oppressing'…' Six writers reflect on the decision to lockdown the over-50s as the Government appears to backtrack

Downing Street appears to be pulling back from plans to tell large swathes of the over-50s they will have to shield after there was a major backlash.

 

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They set the economy up to fail the way it did and created a whole generation of whiny brats. Put them in time out.

Trust the telegraph to twist the narrative and shift the blame away from them supporting speculative rubbish which was never even considered in the first place. No please carry on spreading more anti covid bullshit

The government never back tracked on this. They were never considering it in the first place. Its purely media leaked crap which of course the media spins it around to make the government look bad?! Irresponsible misleading uk media.

It was never ever serious just MSM mischief making...even someone with half a brain cell, like Richard Burgon, would have seen through it...eventually.

DT is really quite evil.

So.... let's complain about a policy which isn't going to be implemented? Change from destroying Meghan I guess.

This also applies to over 70s-many of whom are fit as fiddles...Better to enjoy your last hour on earth fulfilled and happy than live a life of misery trying to be 'safe'.

Or we could just stick with shielding. Also, sorry about trying to save lifes here, my bad, really.

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