Government responsibility
It fills me with some horror that you, the Government are not taking responsibility for getting this country out of lockdown. You need to take control and not ask the public for input. This is a time for strong leadership and you only have to look at the successes in other countries to decide the way forward. Test, Track, Trace and isolate is beyond a doubt the most obvious route to the relaxation of lockdown. also use the best existing technology for this rather than attempting to recreate your own!!
Why the contribution is important
This is important because a lack of leadership control contributes to a feeling of helplessness and uncertainty in the community. You may think that giving people a “voice” makes them feel better but in reality it highlights your lack of direction.
by Kayf on May 06, 2020 at 07:50PM
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Posted by Benthelobey May 07, 2020 at 16:35
As I said on a previous topic – We need action and leadership from the Scottish Government and not delay tactics such as this 'lets all think how we can get out of it' approach (jam tomorrow!) - we have plenty of seriously intelligent people in Scotland & the government should be using them to plan and get on with improving things. We have a chance to show how it could be tackled without crippling the economy to get there. I fear we will have no serious economy to return to and will have a longer recession than other parts of the UK (and resulting health and social considerations) if the Scottish government don’t ‘start to put an end’ to lockdown now.
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Posted by WBRnotes May 07, 2020 at 23:36
I think that the FM has shown significant leadership and a good degree of humanity during this crisis so far - and she has not been above admitting mistakes which is refreshingly non-defensive compared to the daily updates coming from the UK government. And I speak as someone who certainly doesn't agree with everything that the Scottish Government and/or the SNP does.
This whole situation is tough and we all want a way out of it. Being allowed to express our thoughts within the overall strategy seems like a good idea to me.
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Posted by ArchieM May 08, 2020 at 20:39
The Government does not tell us what it is what it has been or what exactly the target is. Therefore how can anybody be sure this situation has been handled well. There is no one holding the Scottish Government to account on why the epidemic is out of control in care homes. There are no hard questions being asked as to why this is allowed to continue.
Why has testing not been ramped up? Not the test available but the number of tests actually undertaken.
The lack of transparency is “clear”
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Posted by Scotland_is_flatlining May 11, 2020 at 20:46
We don't need duplication and are not well served by petty tinkering from Hollyrood. It is abusing its power and extending the lockdown in Scotland unnecessarily.
The Remain Alert approach allows for those areas where R increases above 1 to re-deploy certain measures locally and that could be implemented if the FM's fears are realised.
I am certain all we will get from Hollywood is a re-branded version of the Westminster approach with a few minor changes but, importantly, it will be several weeks later and thus unnecessarily prolong the damage of lockdown.
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