Lockdown doom loop has plunged our island into existential crisis The UK is at a crossroads, as Global Britain risks being flattened by populist Zero Covid 'Great Reset' 2 February 2021 • 1:27pm In the February gloom, No 10’s deformed silhouette of a Covid strategy resembles a Siamese twin. One side is set on pulling up the drawbridge and throwing everything at going for Zero Covid. This demands indefinitely closed borders, an even longer lockdown, and a fantastical restructuring of the economy. The other side is determined to stay true to ‘Global Britain’ while somehow managing the risks of vaccine-resistant escape variants – and avoiding the doom loop of seasonal winter lockdowns.