The most unforgivable lockdown error was our neglect of children
Boris Johnson will pay the price for No 10's parties, but why aren't we just as outraged at the damage we've inflicted on the nation's youth
What were you doing on May 20th 2020? The Prime Minister was, as we now know, enjoying a “work event” in the Downing Street garden, but Britain’s children were less fortunate. Shut out of school, they spent the day at home. The lucky ones may have had a few online classes but there were no friends to meet and no playtime. Sports clubs, music lessons, scouts and guides were all cancelled. Playgrounds were taped off.
Now under pressure, the Prime Minister is spinning his way through half-hearted apologies and mealy-mouthed excuses. Political opponents scent blood and demand more. But the inquisitors have the wrong target: what was truly immoral was not the consumption of wine and cheese but incarcerating the nation’s youth. And it’s not just Boris Johnson who should show contrition: all the lockdown cheerleaders owe an apology to every child who missed out on education, exercise, friendship, rites of passage and just hanging out and having fun.
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