"Confusion and Confusion" was planted .. Why did Johnson's stone-raising plan spark all this criticism?

Ayoub Al-Rimi - London

A state of confusion and skepticism prevails in Britain after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a map of his new way to get the country out of quarantine, in order to avoid the pandemic of the emerging coronavirus (Covid-19).

As soon as Johnson ended his speech to the people last weekend, there were frequent questions and criticisms of this plan, which many considered unclear, and do not provide strict and decisive answers as much as they sow confusion among the British.

The strong blow to Johnson's plan, based on a new slogan, was: "Stay vigilant, protect the health system, save lives." Is the announcement by Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland of their rejection of the new plan based on a partial easing of quarantine measures.

Although Johnson confirmed to Parliament today - in his first confrontation with the opposition after the presentation of his new plan - that the time has not yet come to open the country, his call to workers who are unable to work from home to return to their offices has created a state of confusion among the workers.

And it appeared through the reactions to Johnson's new plan, that it did not gain the confidence of the opposition or supporters, with the exit of many votes from within the Conservative Party, considering that what was presented is not clear and does not cure the trick of citizens.

This criticism came despite the government publishing the details of its plan in sixty pages, and it was said that it is still vague and difficult to assimilate, especially in its incidence related to when people should leave their homes, and when they should stay there, knowing that the epidemiological situation in Britain is still in a stage of not containing The spread of infection.

The kingdom is divided
and the response from Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland to Johnson's plan has not been delayed even before its announcement.

She stressed that her country will maintain the recommendation to stay at home, confirming that she knew of the logo only from the media, and that her government was not consulted in the decision to change it.

Jam poured her anger on Johnson's decision to change the slogan facing Corona, describing this as a "disaster", stressing that her country would maintain the same level of quarantine, and that it would not allow camping or relaxing in public parks, also expressing its dissatisfaction with the plan because it was "loose and not Defined parameters. "

As for the Prime Minister in Wales, Mark Drakfur, he stressed that urging people to stay at home will not change in his country, and that he will not follow the changes that Britain undertook through its new plan, especially with regard to the schools that Johnson announced that some of them - especially in the elementary stage - It will open at the beginning of next month.

The British Parliament witnessed a stormy confrontation between Labor leader Kiir Starmer and Prime Minister Johnson, while presenting the details of the new road map, as the opposition leader affirmed that the prime minister failed to give citizens a "clear path."

Starmar blamed Johnson that he missed a real opportunity during his speech to the British to present a clear plan and reassure public opinion, considering that the government failed to answer the most important question posed by millions, which is: When can they meet their loved ones again?

The Labor leader warned that Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland's rejection of Johnson's plan is a negative sign and a cause for concern, "because it could lead to a risk of division."

Conservative anger
The criticism of Johnson's plan was not limited to political opponents only, but came even from within his party, where former Secretary of State David Davis stressed that the government's choice to reduce quarantine measures means that it is considering the economic side more than it thinks of British families.

The criticism reached its limits in a parliamentary intervention by Jeremy Hunt - the former Secretary of State and Johnson's rival within the Conservative Party - who described what is happening in the country as "one of the major failures of scientific consultations provided to the government in the modern era."

Hunt criticized what he called the lack of transparency surrounding the emergency scientific advisory committee, saying that "what happened systematically failed due to the obfuscation imposed on the work of this committee, because its recommendations are not published and therefore can not be answered in scientific ways."

He stressed the presence of an army of British scientists able to face the recommendations of this committee, especially with regard to the country's failure to launch a large-scale examination process, "a process that would have saved many lives."

The hazyness of Johnson's plan affected even his cabinet ministers, as British Foreign Secretary Dominic Rap found himself in an unenviable position, expressing differing positions on the issue of the possibility of visiting parents, especially elderly parents.

Scholars 'opinion
Rapp stressed during his interview with the British "Sky" channel that the government asked the scientists' opinion about the possibility of meeting with more than two people from the family, and the safety of this procedure, and that the government is still awaiting scientific recommendations, before the same minister returns - in an interview with BBC - To state that it is permissible to meet one of the parents separately, while maintaining social distance.

On another radio program, Rap is expected to announce that everyone can meet their elderly parents in public parks, subject to social separation instructions.

The government suffers from a failure to download its new plan, and what increases the pressure on it is to wave the major trade unions in the country that it will not invite its subscribers to return except to work unless the government provides sufficient guarantees to provide workers with protection in their workplaces.