Here we are again, a country divided over a single issue

You just can’t please all the people all the time. Half the country are complaining that lockdown restrictions are denying them their human rights, while the other half complain they’re not strict enough. No matter who’s in charge as prime minister, they would be getting the same stick as Boris Johnson. It goes with the job.

Mick, London

Gordon from Glasgow talks about the ‘erosion of liberties’ by measures designed to halt Covid (MetroTalk, Mon). Would he prefer a wooden box instead? Let me guess – a conspiracy theorist. His comment is appalling.

Robert, Salford

To those out partying in London after the pubs closed on Saturday, you should be known as Trumpets, as you all seem to have the same intelligence, selfishness and inconsiderate nature as Donald. Let’s hope you all catch Covid and suffer.

Fred, Hampshire

British experts can’t agree between themselves on Covid but could it be that lockdown isn’t working? Sweden’s experts went down a different route and it didn’t harm its economy. When we’re all bankrupt, the experts will slither back under their cosy rocks.

Roger, Walsall

Please keep windows open on trains, given it can help prevent the spread of coronavirus! If you feel the cold, you just wear some extra clothes.

Ruth, Surrey

There is outcry at the crowded streets now the pubs are closing at 10pm. There would be the same crowds if the pubs shut at 11pm, so why all the fuss? Laurie Maguire, Chorleywood

Once again, the youngsters show they have no respect for social distancing by getting drunk and not caring about anybody but themselves. Let’s isolate them for eight months and let the older generation come out and have some fun – then we will see if that wakes them up so they see sense. I say this on behalf of my 83-year-old dad, who is stuck at home because of people like them.

Chrissy, Dartford

I have recently come back from 11 months in Thailand. As of yesterday, the total number of deaths there was 59, with 3,641 cases out of a population of just under 70 million. Everyone is wearing masks, washing hands and using sanitation sprays when entering street markets. The Thais are using common sense to protect themselves and others.

However, on a National Express coach from Heathrow to Newmarket, we travelled through Cambridge and about 90 per cent of the people walking in groups were not wearing masks.

Gordon A Scott, Soham

I went to my local well-known chain of pubs, where at least eight people were sitting very close to each other – and not a word from the bar staff.

R Quittenden, Dartford

Kevin Jacques wants students and under-35s to be free to carry on with their lives while the rest of us are subjected to lockdown (MetroTalk, Fri).

We accept people will die of Covid but over-35s have lives they wish to carry on with too. And it is selfish attitudes such as that voiced by Kevin that are driving the R rate upwards.

But there is a silver lining – Kevin can still go to work, earn a wage and pay lots of tax into the NHS. Dig deep, Kevin.

Geoff, West Midlands

What a dreadful admission by your correspondent Commuter (MetroTalk, Mon) that half the 40-year-olds they know don’t wear masks and ignore the ‘rule of six’. They should be ashamed of themselves. No wonder students and many 20-year-olds are ignoring Covid restrictions, as many of their parents come from that age group. What an appalling example they are setting.