Well that's one way to put it...

“The changing structure of the economy means that SIC will constantly lag reality, under-representing newer industries and over-representing ones that are declining in importance.”

"We deplore the use of legal threats and bullying letters that we have seen from the DfE."

“Help from the Government throughout this crisis has often been haphazard – with constant U-turns, delays in policy changes and a lack of leadership."

One man was detained on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker.

"We deplore the use of legal threats and bullying letters. Publicly, ministers express their thanks to school leaders, whilst behind the scenes they are sending intimidating and unnecessary legal letters."

"Johnson - Sunak's Government is always behind, always too late. We deserve better."

Shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds could be heard shouting “absolute rubbish” during Ms Patel’s comments.

One MP said they were told that cases are doubling every seven days in the capital.