A wounded PM and ailing economy force England to ‘go Swedish’ on Covid | Larry Elliott
by Larry Elliott from on (#5TJKM)
It's easy to see why the government is reluctant to add to the economic pain with tougher restrictions
Government policy towards Covid-19 has come full circle. For now, at least, England has returned to the Swedish way of dealing with the pandemic. Tough, officially imposed lockdowns are out. Trusting the people to do the sensible thing is back in.
Whether this approach will survive the expected surge in hospitalisations from Christmas and New Year revelries remains to be seen. Boris Johnson is the master of the screeching U-turn and with the number of infections hitting new records pressure on Downing Street to act is growing. We have been here before.
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