The UK government has successfully managed to convince the majority of the public (e.g. 80% of Tory voters) that the public is at fault because it's not adhering to the rules. Nothing to do with the slow inept government response, of course.

Early on, @sturdyAlex said that the govt was trying to manage this crisis like a PR issue rather than a global health crisis & that has stuck with me ever since, not least because repeated polls like this show that, from a PR management perspective, it's absolutely working. https://t.co/JU1RNbtZb0

— Greg D Smith (@GregDWordSmith) January 11, 2021

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