It's unhelpful when our focus should be on beating this disease. But you don't even know whether it was a leaker, or just a private citizen who confirmed the story to journalists. (View Post)

Where is a Whitehall official mentioned? My reading is that at a private engagement (i.e. not govt business) Cummings is alleged to have said this by several people present ["those present"… (View Post)

The conference I saw had a bunch of questions about rationing, bringing back ration books, when the govt had already said several times, very clearly, that there is enough food being produced and the… (View Post)

Boris is doing his best I have no doubt but you can't bluff a virus and you can't blag an extended public health emergency. His skillset isn't right for this. He is listening to the sc… (View Post)

It is very frustrating - it really doesn't feel like journalists are doing their job well. I wonder whether the govt would be better off announcing a made up number. Schools will be shut for 4 m… (View Post)