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Originally Posted by MTVN

Everyone was very on board with distancing and capacity limiting as well whereas there is a significant minority very opposed to masks and its currently something only a minority of people are doing. This law will increase that no doubt but I still think compliance will only be around 75% and that would leave a shop turning away a quarter of its custom, a portion of which would be quite aggressive about it. Look at Desmond Swayne in Parliament yesterday calling it 'a monstrous imposition'. And again as I said earlier, permanent door staff are not a feature of the vast majority of shops. By all means there should be notices in the windows and inside but I would not put staff in a position where they had to refuse service to anyone not wearing a mask

Losing a quarter of their custom? ... are they so opposed to masks that they'll starve? I just don't see it.

Even if 25% don't want to do it at first (which I think is an over-estimate) it'll be once. They'll go without their mask, be told they need a mask, kick off a bit, go away, and come back muttering under their masks while they buy their pot noodle.

I can't see any more than a TINY percentage being so adamant about it that they just "don't go to shops any more". This is Britain. People like to talk a big talk and mouth off on Facebook but when it comes down to it, we're apathetic and compliant. They'll wear masks.