England is expected to go into a second Covid lockdown next week – 17 favourite responses

It looks like England is about to go into a second national lockdown to tackle Covid-19 despite Boris Johnson summarily rejecting the idea just a few weeks ago.

We know this because the government appears to have briefed the Daily Mail and the Times about it. Remember when they used to announce this sort of thing in parliament?

https://twitter.com/GraemeDemianyk/status/1322299446785314816?s=20

But before we tackle the death of parliamentary democracy and all that, here are our favourite 17 things people said about the prospect of a second national lockdown in England.

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I think the most damnable thing is the way they arrogantly insist that they won’t be changing course right up until the moment they change course. It was Raab yesterday. Even those of us who expected the very worst from this government are close to disbelief at the awfulness now.

— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) October 31, 2020

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https://twitter.com/annacooq/status/1322314694510710786?s=20

3.

Whoever could have predicted that we couldn’t beat the need for a national lockdown with the stringent “no drinking unless you have a pie” strategy

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) October 30, 2020

4.

I’m old enough to remember when Keir Starmer was called a “shameless opportunist” for suggesting a national lockdown two weeks ago. pic.twitter.com/h6IKe9OwtH

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) October 30, 2020

5.

https://twitter.com/nads1__/status/1322314919908429825?s=20

6.

https://twitter.com/MarinaHyde/status/1322449874919530496?s=20

7.

During the first lockdown we all tried nice hobbies like cross stitch, baking, yoga etc. This time let's do some more extreme hobbies like blacksmithing, falconry and snake charming.

— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) October 30, 2020

8.

Me trying to catch a quick flight before Lockdown 2 pic.twitter.com/NF0kC1YOu4

— Shu’aib (@ShuaibMA) October 30, 2020

9.

It's not a national lockdown!

It's Australian-style Me Time.

— Danny Wallace (@dannywallace) October 31, 2020

10.

https://twitter.com/Chunkz/status/1322332813010571265?s=20