It comes as the UK government announced a further 1,725 more coronavirus deaths have been recorded. This is the second highest daily death total on this measure.
“We can’t afford any more of the dithering or eleventh-hour announcements from the government. The death toll has already passed 100,000. It’s vital that the government gets this right and shows us the plans now to protect those like our school support staff.”
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack responded by saying “the Prime Minister is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and wherever he needs to go he will go.”
If Johnson’s stewardship of this crisis is comparable to any of Britain’s modern military engagements it is surely the Battle of the Somme, wherein wave upon wave of troops were sent to their inevitable demise.
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