In reply to Tom Valentine:
It's certainly a conundrum. As you say, some people (certainly not myself) have begun to see the clapping for nurses as some kind of support for the government. That certainly hasn't been the case in my street of small terraced houses (probably more labour than conservative supporters). But now I think it really could be misconstrued, as some kind of expression of satisfaction. I have usually combine clapping and banging a saucepan alternatively on Thursday nights, but this week I think I'll just bang the saucepan, deliberately ambiguous, i.e. with a double meaning. Support for the doctors and nurses, but not for the government.
As regards Tuesday. I think it's best that that protest is kept separate like that. Again, I shall just bang a saucepan.
I may be being very thick, but what on earth could my alternative motive be? An enthusiasm for the pandemic, an approval of an unvoted-for no-deal brexit, a love of Cummings? Surely not. Certainly not in my street, where I'm known for my moderate middle of the road, non-partisan views. I'm baffled by what you mean.
