Drake ford seems to have totally lost the plot! And Amazon will be laughing all the way to the bank.
From this morning’s DT
CHILDREN’S toys and clothes have been deemed “non-essential” and banned from sale in shops by the Welsh government, as the country entered a second national lockdown last night.
Hundreds of businesses have been told to shut, and those that can remain open to sell only “essential” items, in a move described by Conservatives as “control freakery gone mad”.
During the original lockdown only shops deemed “essential”, such as supermarkets and hardware stores, were allowed to open, but there was no regulation of what items could be bought. Heavy-handed shopping basket “snooping” by some police forces was criticised by the government.
However this time -
Electrical goods, clothes, toys, furniture, bedding and products for the garden have been cordoned off or removed from superstores, but groceries, batteries, rubber gloves, light bulbs and alcohol are allowed to be sold
Bedding and children’s toys or clothes? It’s nearly November - what if your child needs new wellies, has outgrown his or her warm coat, or, locked down on a wet day, you think maybe a jigsaw could be added to you shopping?
And apparently Gloucestershire police will be “patrolling the border” to check on offenders driving over to the Forest of Dean on clandestine shopping rips. You couldn’t make it up.
Honestly - how to alienate the population.
Drakeford’s intentions may be good - this will end in tears.