Of course it is driven by the economy and populism Peter, look at the last paragraph of the Angling trust's statement, looking for new members, that's where their heart lays. I am not blaming them but I am not being fooled into thinking either of them have my life on their minds either. Boris has been under a lot of pressure to do something from the economists and he has been weak and given in to it.
I am looking for a figure of 100 or less and then i will wait for two weeks and make a decision then. I am not going mad, coping OK and have plenty of things to do, I could catch this anywhere, on a lake , on the sea front even indoors but I don't intend to increase my risk any more than I have to. Seeing those people dying who cannot breath, sedated laying on their fronts is enough for me. If I am going to go i go but hopefully not like that.