We knew Johnson was an amateurish buffoon - but the ST scoop shows a deeper malaise in the governance systems of the UK 1/ Austerity clearly depleted our resilience... thetimes.co.uk/article/corona…
2/ The relationship between SAGE, 10 Downing St, Civil Service, NHS and PHE forms a classic organogram of irresponsibility - as in every disaster inquiry fingers will be pointed but *nobody will be found responsible* thetimes.co.uk/article/corona…
3/ The total failure to heed the precautionary principle is a symptom of the hubris Johnson/Cummings have brought to the UK govt... thetimes.co.uk/article/corona…
4/ Plus the ST report displays the atrophy of functions needed in a crisis: there was a crisis plan but no mechanisms to respond in real-time once the plan went wrong - again a result of the marketisation of government relationships ... thetimes.co.uk/article/corona…
5/ The importance of this article is that we can learn in real time: there are many more critical moments once the secondary financial effects hit, and the geopolitics get fractious... thetimes.co.uk/article/corona…
6/ Did anyone warm this might happen? 👇🏽 
And this (4/3/20) 👇🏽
7/ The rational course of action would be for the Tories to sack Johnson. He's turned out to be Chamberlain not Churchill - 000s of needless deaths and economic devastation are the result - and there's even bigger economic jeopardy ahead.
8/ Does anyone seriously think Johnson can handle a 12% slump in output and the wreckage of his no-deal Brexit project? 👇🏽 newstatesman.com/politics/econo…
