jordanseagull
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- Feb 11, 2009
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I'm not so sure. Why would they?
These days, Governments are big fans of using 'nudge theory' where possible. (ie - 5p/10p charge on plastic bags to discourage usage rather than legislating against them entirely).
The Government have been offering classic 'nudge' inducements including discounts on delivered food and Uber cabs to encourage as yet unvaccinated people to get vaccinated. I reckon they see the ability to attend live PL football as another significant lever they can pull so don't see why they would willingly abandon this tactic. But of course, who knows?
People seem to forget that ‘the Government’ can’t just make things law without a Parliamentary vote. Their emergency powers legislation will need extending further for them to be able to circumvent Parliament and with vaccine passports being a political hot potato, and with Starmer having called the current plans discriminatory and unworkable (and Tory backbenchers rebelling) I think vaccine or testing is going to be the obvious compromise when voting lobby time comes. Time will tell. Doesn’t affect me either way.