I& #39;m beginning to lose faith in the govt& #39;s handling & grip on this crisis. Answers to specific questions are ducked. We registered the highest recorded daily dead in Europe today, excluding nursing homes, & Sec of State couldn& #39;t answer number of frontline NHS who& #39;d died in total.

No known exit plan. Too few tests. Defensive tone on PPE equipment and testing.

Worse of all, the response was delayed, herd immunity strategy followed by a denial of its seriousness means we& #39;re worse prepared than we should be. If Spain, Germany and Italy respond better, considering the example & learning they provide being ahead of us, this is on the govt.

The decade of undermined, humiliated public services and budgets means we& #39;re weakest prepared than we might have been. Its fair that the strategy seeks to minimise the impact and surge on the NHS but that& #39;s also a strategy borne of our weakened NHS and Social Care from Austerity.