Autumn 1940. We’ve won the Battle of Britain, successfully vaccinating ourselves against Air Attack, so it’s time to stop all this fighting nonsense and accept that Nazism will always be with us, people are going to die, so let’s lift all restrictions and learn to live with it.
[i] If we don’t the impact on the economy will destroy the country. [i]
Thank goodness the Wimps weren't around in those days in sufficient number to influence the Stoic who persisted and won through.
//The English are still fighting the Germans for sun beds though aren't they? :-)//
No, because the only destinations on the "Green" list are Iceland (temperature today 9 degrees), Israel (all sunbeds have been destroyed by Hamas rocket attacks), Gibraltar (self-isolation for five days required followed by a test) and a few isolated destinations in the South Atlantic (where it's the middle of winter).
Canary, that's a riduculous comparison, although the stoic who persisited haven't changed really. They love being under State Control, some to the point of brainless sychophancy. :o)