Our reluctance to return to ‘normal’ is exceptional. Yes, we want to protect the NHS – but we also like to follow the rules
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Why are we so different? Several surveys have shown that the British are the most pro-lockdown in the world. Ipsos Mori found at the end of April that only 23% of Brits said the economy and businesses should reopen even if the virus is not fully contained. This number is much lower than in other countries, all at varying stages and levels of intensity of the outbreak: just over a third of Americans, a majority of Italians, 58% of Chinese, and six in 10 Russians.
Nor has our appetite for lockdown diminished since then: the most recent YouGov survey finds that 77% of people would support lockdown being extended beyond this weekend. That’s much higher than any policy, including the most plentiful tax cuts and giveaways, that I polled while I was at Downing Street.
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from MetNews https://metnews.pw/if-britons-are-the-most-pro-lockdown-its-probably-because-were-the-most-obedient-james-johnson/
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