I don’t think this is any turnaround.
Johnson and his pals in government have been caught too many times violating the rules they’ve been imposing on the serfs.
There is talk he should resign because of it.
This is nothing but politics and him trying to save his career.
There’s always a precipitation point where ordinary people just scoff at the .... bullshiite.
Like when McCarthyism ended by the lawyer asking simply “have you no decency?” or the Mafioso dude who claimed he was a good guy because he “pays his taxes”.
The job of a politician is to see where the crowd is going, run around to the front of it, and act like he's leading the parade.
It is the fact that he has to back off COVID tyranny is big news. Six months ago he could’ve done this and still kept the lockdowns - the tide is turning.
Sometimes politicians cannot get out of the policy rut they unwittingly put themselves into by their own shortsightedness and fear of the future. In this case, not only the PM but many politicians on both sides of the aisle have gotten caught maskless recently.
This change cannot happen at a better time for the EU, which is about to drop the final act of their digital identity scheme. The European street protests will be all the more attended after seeing UK open up again without Covid certifications be required.
It’s got nothing to do with Crazy Hair Johnson but everything to do with the queen’s Jubilee. Can’t have historical pictures showing masks, smaller crowds and grumpy serfs.
“This is nothing but politics and him trying to save his career.”
Doesn’t matter WHY, he is doing it. A BIG (YUGE) deal.