Matt Hancock started it
When he showed his face on the box and spouted 'this is not a suggestion, it's an order'.
He seems not to have realised that it's only an order if people will obey it... and the British populace, while quite likely to obey rules and laws that they see as sensible, and that have a sensible and well-explained rationale behind them, take a dim view of being ordered around. And even if it is not in their best interests, they are quite likely to ignore 'orders' that they see as an insult to their intelligence.
"You are ordered to stay in your house" does not go down well. "You are strongly requested to stay in your house, and when you go out for exercise, please be courteous to others and keep 2m apart, and please don't congregate with people you're not living with", well, that's got a chance of being done.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
