{"id":231809,"date":"2021-04-16T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=231809"},"modified":"2021-04-18T07:12:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T07:12:53","slug":"its-lockdown-what-done-it-is-boris-lauding-lockdowns-because-hes-planning-another-for-october-it-certainly-looks-that-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=231809","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It’s lockdown what done it\u2019: Is Boris lauding lockdowns because he’s planning another for October? It certainly looks that way"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neil Clark \u2013 RT.com April 16, 2021<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The prime minister’s claim that it was lockdown, and not the vaccine or seasonal factors, which led to the rapid fall in Covid cases and deaths in the UK should set alarm bells ringing very loudly.<\/p>\n

The Man in Black wanted us to be in no doubt during his interview this week with Sky News: it was the lockdown whatdunit. \u201cIt is very, very important for everybody to understand,\u201d <\/em>Johnson said, \u201cthat the reduction in these numbers, in hospitalisations, in deaths, in infections, has not been achieved because of the vaccination programme.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople don\u2019t, I think, appreciate that it\u2019s the lockdown that has been overwhelmingly important in delivering this improvement in the pandemic and in the figures that we\u2019re seeing. And so, yes of course the vaccination programme has helped, but the bulk of the work in reducing the disease has been done by the lockdown.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Repeat after Me: \u201cThe bulk of the work in reducing the disease has been done by the lockdown.. The bulk of the work\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Why is Johnson so keen to downplay the government\u2019s roll-out of a mass vaccination programme and instead big-up lockdown?<\/p>\n

Some have said it\u2019s because he fears legal challenges for locking us down again in early January and wants to get his defence statement in before the writ. But I think BoJo is looking forwards, not backwards.<\/p>\n

By stressing \u2019lockdowns work\u2019 now, he is \u2018nudging\u2019 us towards accepting another shutdown of the non-virtual economy in autumn.<\/p>\n

There are already some pretty strong clues about what might lie ahead. As I\u2019ve noted in previous articles<\/a>, the extension of furlough has been an excellent guide over the last twelve months for what is going to happen \u2013 far better than the smug \u2018inside the tent\u2019 pundits who have assured us since last March that things would soon be getting back to normal.<\/p>\n

In December, Chancellor Sunak\u2019s extension of furlough until April was the giveaway \u2013 no pun intended \u2013 that we\u2019d be locked down again in the New Year, and so it proved. On December 18, I correctly predicted the exact date (January 4) that Johnson would announce the new 2021 lockdown.<\/p>\n

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Boris Johnson, 4th Jan 2021 :\u2019We urged people to act responsibly over Christmas but while most did, alas, a minority didn\u2019t, so unfortunately we have no option but to lock you all down again until the spring. \u2018 The speech will have already been written. https:\/\/t.co\/jRx5wcfju8<\/a><\/p>\n

— Neil Clark (@NeilClark66) December 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n