Are the media misreading our mood?

"Enjoy knocking the government"

I nearly fell off the bed laughing at that one.

What on earth is enjoyable about it?

Just wanting a decent government?

I think some enjoy throwing their toys about and making silly statements about how awful the left are, especially when they don't have a valid argument.

Summerlove, my dotty friend truly believed it was all a big fuss over nothing, just a new type of flu - soon be over!

She wore her rose tinted spectacles and harped on about 'getting back to normal'

She tried the 'If all you want is sunshine and rainbows...why not just believe that that’s the case?'

But - she had trouble sleeping (and getting up and dressed) so was prescribed anti-depressants.

Now, she's lost five friends and relatives - so far.

Ah, green ( that explains it.)
Of course the government is doing a good job, just not perfectly enough to suit some it seems.All governments are working their socks off in their national interest, to save lives.

lemongrove, fyi, I vote Green, not Labour or Tory. Do you really believe that the government are doing a good job? If so, why? Any examples would be helpful.

Sunshine is good ( better than rain)
Posters of a known left leaning bent ( for want of a better word) do enjoy knocking the government, I think it’s what gets them up in the mornings.
Of course all this anger and bitterness is soul destroying....it can’t do them any good at all.
Pointing this out to them is my good deed of the day.?

If all you want is sunshine and rainbows...why not just believe that that’s the case?

If you feel that the only people upset with the government are “lefties”, then just feel firm in that belief.

If you feel that criticising the govt is all anger and soul destroying, why spend time criticising posters? Surely that’s equally soul destroying?

Also...this is not an “unforeseen” event. Now, that is revisionist history at its best

Perhaps I have it wrong.....perhaps you voted Conservative Hetty after all?

Only in some left wing opinion Hetty!

Gaga.....rantings show that some posters are out of touch with the mood of the country, not the other way round.
Wasting your energy like that must be awful.Soul destroying too.

Lemongrove, thanks for the laugh:

'Social media is awash with those who were knocked for six by the election results and want to do anything to try and damage the new government'

Hilarious! They are doing a very good 'damage' job all by themselves - with no help from us!

I agree with Hetty-

Paint a rainbow, read an informative article- Balance it out-
Some days people aren't in the mood for rainbows- Some days people aren't in the mood for truth-

That's ridiculous. Some of you are ridiculous. Bad leadership in a time of huge national emergency and you think those that point out the mistakes are suffering from sour grapes. Do you have any idea how out of touch you are?

I'd like to think there'll be an inquiry into the delinquency of government planning, protection and policy making. But I think this emergency will be so long and so far reaching that what we took for normal before will never return.

I agree with most others on this thread, high time the ranty negative people put a sock in it!
So Mamissimo yes, the writer is correct.People in the UK are really working together with acts of kindness but the media thinks it won’t sell papers and want negative OMG headlines and articles.
Social media is awash with those who were knocked for six by the election results and want to do anything to try and damage the new government.
We should probably simply ignore them.

I agree MawB, it would appear that those threads are started by those who just want to rage against the Tories in the guise of ‘holding them to account’.

I actually know a sue and I don't respect her very much, that should be due

With all sue respect, none of us are in positions of power and discussing the issue between ourselves makes no difference to anything.

Everyone is doing their best under difficult circumstances.

Think of all the people who have lost someone dear and must cope with wondering if it could have been avoided.

When it comes to the point where questions must be asked I will have mine ready.

Discussing that with both sides (ridiculous concept having sides) will help me better formulate those questions as I listen to what others have to say rather than post a discussion topic and get funny when I don't like the replies

Well said eazybee
No one knows what lies ahead of us, what twists and turns this pandemic might take. We do the best we can with the knowledge we have at the time. When we know better, then we do better.

Agree totally with*Starblaze*..

I agree with OP and the author f the article but and this is a very big but that is not the tone of many of the contributions on GN these days. Accusations of political incompetence/personal responsibility/accusations that signs were ignored and that many in GN could have told the government otherwise weeks ago. I won’t name names but “Where is Boris” or “Statistics, Lies or Reassurance”, “Covexit how would you manage it” or “Lockdown Over” are examples
Hope and calm?
Try Soops Kitchen .

I agree Galaxy, of course they need to be held to account, but it’s the manner in which it’s being done which the article is against.

It is perfectly possible to be 'brave, optimistic and full of faith' at the same time as being 'observant and realistic'. Morale does matter and parts of the media are doing their utmost to destroy it. News headlines this morning: first story: delay in arrival of PPE, second story , care homes might not have enough equipment; both yesterday's news; way down the list: Oxford university and Imperial College ( I think) leading the field to discover a vaccine; wonderful co operation between countries in this fight. That news, positive and encouraging, should have led the headlines.

Time afterwards to examine mistakes, possible lack of foresight or wrong decisions, none made lightly, (so easy to criticise when you are not the one making the decisions).
At present it is a case of encouraging everyone to pull together, which most people are doing, without complaint.
Those who aren't can always be reported.

Your comment, coggie, is contemptible.

The time for the inevitable enquiry and questions will be once we are all out of lockdown and distancing is over. The daily shouting matches waste so much time and energy and don’t hold the government to account.....only the next election will do that.

Our response to this pandemic is warlike because we come together as a community to use everything we have to overcome a danger. The loss of every life wounds us all but the media could help us all far more by not being so relentlessly abrasive.

The truth will out in its own time when we have the facts, the science and the time to do it justice.

Star blaze, concise and accurate.

No I think exactly the opposite. I thank god for some of the media trying to hold the government to account. It's part of democracy.

The virus killed people. No one is saying mistakes weren’t made and that particular point is raised in the article.