Getting the economy going again with a drink in a sunny pub garden
sir – Thank goodness that pubs and restaurants will be reopening on July 4. While it is obviously important for the vulnerable to shield themselves, many young, fit people have become absurdly fearful of leaving home, out of all proportion to the actual risk, and this is inflicting terrible damage on the economy.
I hope the Prime Minister’s announcement has given a clear sign that life is returning to something like normal, and that it is safe for children to return to school and all of us to start shopping and spending again.
And who doesn’t enjoy a drink in a sunny pub garden or a ploughman’s in a cosy bar?
Elizabeth Robertson
Cranbrook, Kent
sir – I welcome the Prime Minister’s relaxation of the lockdown rules.
However, the Government should also be looking to the later months of the year. Jenny Harries, the deputy chief medical officer, has said there is evidence that the warm weather is helping to kill off the virus, meaning that the summer will be “as safe as it is likely to be for a while”. The virus has not gone away.
The Government should therefore be making plans in case there is a rise in infections during the winter months, and letting everyone know what it is doing so that people and businesses can be prepared.
John Griffith
Tiverton, Devon
sir – The hawks will be out for Boris Johnson now that he has started to lift the lockdown. He is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. Everyone knows best until they are asked to predict how this situation will unfold.
Mick Ferrie
Mawnan Smith, Cornwall
sir – When Mr Johnson outsourced the running of this country to unaccountable scientists, he lost his authority.
The lockdown was the single biggest blunder in our political
Dr Alistair A Donald
Watlington, Oxfordshire
sir – Yesterday, just before 5pm, a BBC political correspondent announced that the impending coronavirus update would be the last.
Presumably over the next few days it will replaced by normal programmes such as Pointless. I hope I am able to see the difference.
Peter Ellis
Grewelthorpe, North Yorkshire
sir – Watching sport on television while the coronavirus restrictions have been in force, I have noticed something: I prefer football without the crowd noise.
I wonder if this feature could be retained as the restrictions are lifted – along with socially distant goal celebrations.
Ian Johnson
Cirencester, Gloucestershire