> If you believe nobody credible opposes the UK government, you've been fed a narrative.
That's a complete strawman. You gave a letter signed by a massively padded out list of "academics" (probably intended to scare your average layman) and when pointed out that astronomers and students probably don't have much to offer right now
Or the British Society for Immunology: https://www.immunology.org/news/bsi-open-letter-government-s...
Or the two distinct open letters from UK scientists, which are now hitting 1200 signatures total: http://maths.qmul.ac.uk/~vnicosia/UK_scientists_statement_on... https://sites.google.com/view/covidopenletter/home
If you believe nobody credible opposes the UK government, you've been fed a narrative.