Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

That is Lord Sumption's opinion in terms of being a holder of the truth there. I disagree because we are talking about a lockdown as something that is to be feared. Nobody wants to go into lockdown but I and many people remember lockdown here. It was a perfectly understandable response to a crisis that was scaring the life out of people all over the world. Many people felt safe during the lockdown and it served to reduce the numbers. We cannot live in lockdown forever and the challenge for Ireland, the UK and everywhere else is to get back to some form of normality across all levels while living with the virus. Does Lord Sumption believe that discussing lockdown in those fearful terms and talking about democracy being threatened and the rise of despots is a proportionate narrative of the reality of what is happening politically in our region or throughout the world?