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=== Coronavirus pandemic and the UK ===

=== Coronavirus pandemic and the UK ===

 

On September 30, 2022, ''The Guardian'' reported: "A weaker than expected recovery from the coronavirus pandemic has left the UK as the only G7 country with a smaller economy than in early 2020, according to official figures likely to further undermine the government’s tax-cutting measures."<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/30/uk-is-only-g7-country-with-smaller-economy-than-before-covid-19 UK is only G7 country with smaller economy than before Covid-19], ''The Guardian'', September 30, 2022</ref>

On September 30, 2022, ''The Guardian'' reported: "A weaker than expected recovery from the coronavirus pandemic has left the UK as the only G7 country with a smaller economy than in early 2020, according to official figures likely to further undermine the government’s tax-cutting measures."<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/30/uk-is-only-g7-country-with-smaller-economy-than-before-covid-19 UK is only G7 country with smaller economy than before Covid-19], ''The Guardian'', September 30, 2022</ref>

''City Journal'' is one of the world's premier urban-policy magazines, “the Bible of the new urbanism,” as London’s ''Daily Telegraph'' puts it.<ref>[https://www.city-journal.org/about ABOUT CITY JOURNAL]</ref>

''City Journal'' is one of the world's premier urban-policy magazines, “the Bible of the new urbanism,” as London’s ''Daily Telegraph'' puts it.<ref>[https://www.city-journal.org/about ABOUT CITY JOURNAL]</ref>

 

In Autumn of 2021, Lionel Shriver published the article [https://www.city-journal.org/united-kingdom-servile-response-to-covid-19-pandemic ''The Most Frightened Nation''] with the byline ''Why the United Kingdom will never be the same'' which stated:

In Autumn of 2021, Lionel Shriver published the article [https://www.city-journal.org/united-kingdom-servile-response-to-covid-19-pandemic ''The Most Frightened Nation''] with the byline ''Why the United Kingdom will never be the same'' which stated:

{{Cquote|What was once the land of “keep calm and carry on” could now be the “most frightened nation in the world.” So says Laura Dodsworth, author of A State of Fear: How the UK Government Weaponised Fear During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Data seem to bear her impression out. According to an Ipsos MORI poll conducted in July, an impressive 27 percent of Britons want to impose a government-mandated nationwide curfew of 10 PM—not then in force—“until the pandemic was under control worldwide,” which might be years from now. A not-inconsiderable 19 percent would impose such a curfew “permanently, regardless of the risk from Covid-19.” Presumably, these are people who don’t get out much. While 64 percent want Britain’s mask mandate in shops and on public transport to remain a legal requirement for the duration of the global pandemic, an astounding 51 percent want to be masked by law, forever.  

{{Cquote|What was once the land of “keep calm and carry on” could now be the “most frightened nation in the world.” So says Laura Dodsworth, author of A State of Fear: How the UK Government Weaponised Fear During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Data seem to bear her impression out. According to an Ipsos MORI poll conducted in July, an impressive 27 percent of Britons want to impose a government-mandated nationwide curfew of 10 PM—not then in force—“until the pandemic was under control worldwide,” which might be years from now. A not-inconsiderable 19 percent would impose such a curfew “permanently, regardless of the risk from Covid-19.” Presumably, these are people who don’t get out much. While 64 percent want Britain’s mask mandate in shops and on public transport to remain a legal requirement for the duration of the global pandemic, an astounding 51 percent want to be masked by law, forever.