Comments by "jjeffery worboys" (@jjefferyworboys8138) on "Lord Sumption: Fear has been 'skilfully and deliberately' used by government to ensure compliance" video.

  1. All governments use fear as a basic tactic, to think otherwise is naive. Thats exactly what both sides did with the Brexit referendum and most notably Tony Blair with "Weapons of Mass Destruction" to justify the invasion of Iraq.
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  2. The media have delighted in creating mass hysteria, just to increase their ratings.
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  3. Talk is cheap. Just wait until the first police officer is killed and then see what happens, it won't be pretty.
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  4. and the biggest culprits are the media who seem intent on causing mass hysteria
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  5. Judges don't prosecute people, it's not their job. Judges will only apply a sentence in court, if the accused is found guilty.
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  6. Judges do not make the law, parliament does. Judges apply it when sentencing those found guilty in court.
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  7. You have always been able to change a governments mind, you do this by voting for someone else in a general election.
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  8. Few comments have me smile but yours does. The best way to bury bad news is with even worse news. It always works.
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  9. Did you not buy any shares and its just sour grapes on your part ?
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  10. All governments use fear as a basic tactic to justify their actions, to think other wise is just naive. That's exactly what both sides did with the Brexit referendum. Tony Blair did it with "Weapons of Mass Destruction" to justify the invasion of Iraq. Now lets look at media who seem intent on causing mass hysteria.
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  11. Sadly it was @ 75 million people who needlessly were killed, apart from Hilter of course. It would be hypocritical of the government to have gone ahead with Remembrance Day Parades when we aren't allowed to meet our friends indoors. We should all observe the 2 minute silence and reflect on the sacrifices others have made and wear our poppies with pride.
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  12. True, but no one likes being called a racist !
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  13. Did they ever ?
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  14. How is it house arrest, you can still leave your house ? If Parliament passes a law, which they will do on Wednesday, it's legal even though we may not like or agree with it.
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  15. So would you feel happier if more people died of Covid ?
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  16. Probably just wanted his 15 minutes of fame in the public spotlight.
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  17. How refreshing to read your comments, I'm in complete agreement with you. The media seem intent on creating mass hysteria, fear sells. Just imagine if all the key board warriors posting comments put this much effort into working, the economy would be booming.
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  18. Very profound. and of course true.
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  19. Only his own PM's can do that and with few exceptions they support him. Boris is actually a moderate and thats why he went with the Tier system rather than Labours one size fits all Circuit Breaker. I bet you didn't know that Boris took a massive pay cut of £670,000 to become PM, more stress and longer hours.
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  20. You really are terribly naive. Think of Boris as a juggler at the circus with 3 balls in the air representing health, liberty and the economy. Which one does he drop first ?
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  21. A lot of naive people here. Just imagine if you asked a doctor, a civil liberties lawyer and economist the same question. Do you think their answers would be the identical ?
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  22. You don't seem to know what Treason is.
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  23. The Industrial Revolution made Britain a world leader and created a huge number of jobs or didn't you know.
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  24. Your agreement is not required and is irrelevant. Laws are made by parliament and you don't get to choose which ones you like. You should ,assuming you are old enough to vote, make your views known to your MP, who sits in parliament to represent his constituents and needs your support to keep his job. If enough people do that ,it will effect change.
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  25. You must be very young to be this naive.
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  26. Im intelligent and if most of people, obey most of the rules, most of the time, the R rate will come down. That is until the next time. Lockdowns, Tiers, Restrictions whatever you want to call them have one objective, to buy more time. Above anything else Im a realist.
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  27. The Queen and Prince Philip are both in their 90's, Charles in his 70's and has had Covid so they won't be going on any anti lockdown demonstrations. Harry and that awful woman are in California which is the best place for them. Prince William has also had Covid and probably has no wish to repeat the experience.
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  28. Have you considered that your family who seem to be in the majority may just be right ?
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  29. Would be foolish to have done anything else, it's all about managing expectations. Little point in making promises you can't keep when no one knows what it will be like in a months time.
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