“Non-essential items being covered up in supermarkets in Wales. Has it really come to this?” asked journalist Grant Tucker.
The image shows shop workers covering up what appear to be duvets and other bedding products.
Non-essential items being covered up in supermarkets in Wales. Has it really come to this? pic.twitter.com/YwtIUjgc8P
— Grant Tucker (@GrantTucker) October 23, 2020
Why people should be prevented from buying bedding products during a coronavirus lockdown is anyone’s guess, but it’s par for the course given how much society has been deformed thanks to such petty restrictions.
As we previously highlighted, during the first lockdown back in April, a police force in the UK threatened to start searching people’s shopping baskets in order to catch coronavirus lockdown violators.
Northamptonshire Police chief constable Nick Adderley prompted outrage after he appeared in a video to warn people who were buying unessential items at grocery stores that their purchases may be scrutinized by the authorities.
“We will not at this stage be starting to marshal supermarkets and checking the items in baskets and trolleys to see whether it’s a legitimate, necessary item but again be under no illusion, if people do not heed the warnings and the pleas that I’m making today, we will start to do that,” said Adderley.
In the same month, one shopper was fined by police for buying wine and potato chips, which were deemed to be “non-essential” items.
Residents of Wales are currently under a ‘Tier 3’ lockdown, which means people are being urged to stay at home, must not visit other households, while pubs, restaurants, gyms, churches and shops deemed “non-essential” are all closed.
Another new video has emerged of an irate Welshman tearing down similar sheeting in a branch of Tesco in Bangor last night.
“Since when have clothes been exempt?, rip the f***ers off… kids’ f***ing clothes, it is a disgrace,” said 28-year-old Gwilym Owen as he tore away the sheeting.
“All you need to do is don’t comply and take them off,” he added as he continued to remove the protective covering.
After a member of security approached Owen, he responded, “‘Since when has clothing not been essential?!”
And here we have our Welsh hero Mr Gwilym Owen ..well done sir pic.twitter.com/kB1YPHTk9d
— the original Grumpy Git (@GitGrumpygit) October 24, 2020
At the end of the clip, other members of staff appear to try to take the cameraman’s phone away from him while he is recording.
Owen subsequently explained his actions on Facebook, noting that he didn’t care about the backlash because he had “had enough” of the restrictions.
‘I heard supermarkets have put covers over ‘non essential’ things such as clothes. We’re heading into winter now and who would have thought clothes for children weren’t essential?’
‘I’m sure there are people out there who can barely afford heating in their houses and now they want to stop people buying clothes in supermarkets.
‘I don’t expect everyone to do what I’ve done here but I do expect everyone to know that denying the public clothing is nothing but immoral and inhuman.
‘So no I’m not ashamed of what I’ve done.
‘I’m not prepared to live in a society where they can take basic human needs away like being able to buy new clothes, especially for children. So I’ll do what I can to stop it.
‘I’ve had it up to my tether with what’s going on and we need more people to take a stand for.
Tesco responded by saying they had been ordered by the government to cover up the items.
Residents of Wales are currently under a ‘Tier 3’ lockdown, which means people are being urged to stay at home, must not visit other households, while pubs, restaurants, gyms, churches and shops deemed “non-essential” are all closed.
The new lockdown, ludicrously referred to as a “circuit breaker,” will be imposed for 17 days and is expected to further wreck the Welsh economy.
Source: Joseph Watson – SUMMIT NEWS