Not defending the govt but meeting outdoors briefly and staying overnight in the average house are two different things entirely. I suspect there is more than sufficient evidence of household mixing in households being a massive driver of transmission (as it is with cold and flu)
It's a dark, cold month. It isn't like the spring summer months where you feel inclined to get out in the evenings and enjoy the light.
It's also my birthday in 12 days
No, you were conflating the emergency provisions for no deal with an actual deal.
In the end we've gone from BRINO (Brexit in name only) to DINO (Deal in name only)
In fairness we're not trying to reduce trade as such just introducing barriers to it, but like you say that is the opposite to every country in the world bar Trump's America.