The Economist is very generous in its assessment of The British governments performance in covid, key points it needed to make ... economist.com/leaders/2020/0…
The research breakthroughs are not driven by this government by independent international science, some locates here.
It doesn’t ask why why @MattHancock didn’t act when Taiwan, Vietnam and Mongolia locked down. The inactus reus is clear. What was his mens rea?
It doesn’t mention the blind alley chase for ventilators. Or the fact that some ministers have had their portfolio for years.
It is worth reading but it give too high a grade, a very generous assessment.
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We had to make sure people new had to type in their email address. Hence the details below.
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The mails took a long time to send, typically at 8-10 hours via the mail relay service used. I would have to call Gordon (the guy who ran it) to check how the process was going. (Their internet connection was busy sending my email.)
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