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Denzil_DC

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3. The constant dithering about what the UK government strategy is has led to this,
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 08:00 AM
Jun 2020

the worst of all outcomes.

At first, it was "herd immunity", and talk in Cabinet up to quite recently of "running it hot" - referring to both the rate of transmission and the economy. Given the Tories' donors' urgent desire to get what's left of the economy back up and earning as soon as possible and to hell with worries about sickness and death rates, it's a fair bet which focus of concern will win.

Johnson and his Cabinet and chief spad/boss weren't installed to cope with a crisis like this or even govern in any joined-up way - they were selected with the intention of coasting into as hard a Brexit as circumstances allowed.

At least it looks like they'll achieve that.

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