Dct_Mopas
To a side observer, it looks like the UK government compensates for not acting at all at the right time by acting double, triple and quadruple hard afterwards, when it might no longer be strictly necessary. Didn't cancel Christmas celebrations in good time and caused a third wave? Make sure that summer holidays get cancelled with plenty of notice to compensate. Didn't put India on the red list soon enough? Compensate by putting Malta on the amber list, even though there were zero (as in none) cases there yesterday and most of the adults have been vaccinated.