What is twitter for if not (yet another) hot take on the Cummings Committee evidence?
I'll try to keep it short. 1/6
I'll try to keep it short. 1/6
It is, on its face, a damning indictment of chaos and dysfunction at the heart of Government, which in March, and again in the autumn, cost many thousands of lives. 2/6
But Cummings is an unreliable narrator, full of contradictions. His errors, lies and missteps are excusable. Others': not so much.
His comments on groupthink, playing by the rules, openness and transparency will rightly raise eyebrows. 3/6
His comments on groupthink, playing by the rules, openness and transparency will rightly raise eyebrows. 3/6
We await the Government's response. My guess is that they will attack the messenger (likely, with success).
They will also say that this is all in the past and that people don't care, and they will point, relentlessly, to vaccinations success. 4/6
They will also say that this is all in the past and that people don't care, and they will point, relentlessly, to vaccinations success. 4/6
The problem for the Govt is that the chaos and dysfunction identified by Cummings is a feature of this administration, led by this careering shopping trolley of a Prime Minister. 5/6
It is not just a bug which happened to afflict the COVID response in March and September. It is affecting the COVID response *now* and all other areas of Govt policy too.
The question is whether more people now start to notice. 6/6
The question is whether more people now start to notice. 6/6
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