They are fucking this up at extraordinary speed.
Fool that I am, I actually thought Johnson might have learned something when he unveiled that slow exit from lockdown.
We're now back to where we were after the first lockdown: great big leaking holes in the strategy, muddled and impenetrable government communication & belated decision-making.
Yes the vaccine programme is a massive boost, but it does not, in and of itself, prevent the need for a further lockdown during the roll-out if we cock this shit up.
Have heard several stories recently of older people failing to emerge from lockdown. Even after two jabs, they're refusing to meet friends outside. The last year has done a number on them, destroyed their confidence.
We must never, ever be in a position where we suffer another months-long national lockdown. And yet No.10s failure of responsibility and competence is risking precisely that.
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