“The situation is chaotic!” – Hungarians living in the UK are upset about the latest British restrictions
“It is a series of unconsidered, sudden decisions” – this is how Hungarians living in England characterise the British government’s epidemic management and the chaotic situation that can be experienced as a result.
As the Hungarian news portal Index reports, Hungarians living in the UK are extremely upset about the freshly introduced closure announced by the British government which was justified by the spread of a more contagious mutation of the coronavirus in London and the South East of England.
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According to Amanda, a Hungarian mechanical engineer living in Nottingham, most Britons feel distrustful of the government because they think the measures are unpredictable.
The closure has brought even more immense chaos; as a result of which, everyone goes after their own head; there is no order.
“Apparently everyone is angry as suddenly millions of people have their Christmas plans cancelled. Since the pandemic occurred, it has been a characteristic of decision-making that everything is changed in the very last minute” – commented Amanda. Even though, she planned to spend Christmas with her family in Hungary; as a result of the restrictions announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, she has been forced to rethink Christmas plans and return much earlier to London.
Not only Amanda expressed such indignation. According to Máté, who also lives in London, the British Prime Minister does not reconsider his decisions at all, as if he would not consult with experts. And when he does, it is preceded by a long hesitation. This is why the restrictions that affect the lives of millions have such a sudden effect. Máté was not surprised that after announcing the austerity, tens of thousands of Britons fled to escape the restrictions on London.
“The situation is totally chaotic” – commented the Hungarian man.
“At first hearing, not everyone understood what level four meant” – said Natalia from Hampshire. According to the Hungarian woman, unpredictability is shown by the fact that the British counties were first classified into three levels and then suddenly another level was announced. After that, they changed the restrictions for the holidays: in the areas covered by the first three categories, members of three different households can only meet until 25th December, instead of the previously announced period from 23rd December until 27th December.
“It is almost untraceable, but you cannot do anything, you have to try to adapt” – sums up the chaotic situation Natalia, which, in her opinion, is only intensified by the ineffectiveness of the Brexit negotiations so far.
Prohibition list
The following rules apply to the new Tier 4 “stay at home” classification:
- Everyone should stay at home who doesn’t go to work or shop and has no immediate action to take.
- Whoever has the opportunity to work from home, it is mandatory; he/she can go to work for compelling reasons.
- Gyms, hairdressers and shops selling non-essential items will be closed.
- People are forbidden to leave the area affected by the level four restriction, and anyone who does not live there can only go there for a good reason. In any case, entry is not recommended.
- No more than one person from another household can be met, and only in an open area.
- Everyone needs to sleep at home.
- Worshipers can still attend worship services.
The British government will review the categorisation of the parts of the country every two weeks, according to which the further fate of the severe restrictions announced over the weekend is expected to be decided next on 30th December.
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Source: index.hu
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10 Comments
Most of the people leaving London do not live in London, they commute to the city for work. The so called exodus is greatly exaggerated.
The article says ‘Amanda’ is living in Nottingham, a city that is over 200km away from London. Furthermore, Nottingham is and has been for some time in Tier 3 of UK Covid restrictions whereas London is now in Tier 4 (much tighter restrictions) so what is she wittering on about?
The country of birth that gave the world – William Shakespeare – the question beckons, of the plays he wrote what number where Tragedies ???
The catastrophic disaster – the handling of this novel coronavirus by the British Government must be titled a Tragedy.
Great Britain – through the complete inabilities and incompetence of there Government – is a Shambles.
Inoculation is not the end, not even the beginning of the end, the global impact, this novel coronavirus has inflicted from February 2020, and Great Britain, continue to exhibit to the world stage, a country, that is in diabolical mess, and it’s future deservingly being questioned.
The nearest international airport to Nottingham is Birmingham International (which has direct flights to Budapest) so even if UK flights were not banned to Hungary, why would Amanda be going to London?
@Gary – the UK response has to the pandemic has indeed been a shambles, but a triumph when compared to that of the US! At least Boris Johnson did not suggest people inject themselves with bleach!
@Gary – you forgot to mention Northern Ireland which as I am sure you know is not part of Great Britain (which is an island) but is part of the United Kingdom and largely has to follow rules set in Westminster.
Paulus – you and I from interpreting comments in the past relating to America are on a similar thought process.
To You and Yours – Merry Christmas and a Happy and Safe New Year.
Politicians all over have been shambolic. At least the EU can use this new strain against the brits in the Brexit talks. You can not say that the uk laboratories are not up to it though. They have hopefully given us another vaccine for $3 a shot whereas the us/German one cost more like $40 a shot. They have also found this new strain which is certainly not just prevalent in the uk.
Looks like still too many people do not want to accept that we are living in an extraordinary time. If everything was as before, if life was “normal”, it would not be extraordinary. Every day the virus is killing loads of people and yet so many individuals think that all that matters is their Christmas, their parties, ski holidays etc.etc.
So much carelessness and immaturity….
Really, someone close to them has to die of Covid to make most people understand this is not an ordinary period. We must sacrifice something and endure. One year without a proper Christmas with all family is not the end of the world.
@Mario – Christmas with family would be my idea of something akin to what could be Dante‘s 10th circle of hell. I gave up doing that faux stuff years ago. But I take your point and you are as most times, quite right.