Interesting. I don't think the Irish or British should be particularly impressed by their response, though it still seems clear the British are worse. But as I've said, we should be measuring ourselves against competent countries, not the Anglos. https://twitter.com/tomchivers/status/1249652177355919361

Let's look at the Danes, possibly New Zealand, maybe Australia, obviously SK, Taiwan, Hong Kong, possibly Singapore. These should be our peers. No point being the best in the dunce class!

're New Zealand, it's not a short hop away from.Europe, but it is relatively short hop away from east Asia, no? Afaict they have substantial tourism from China. So NZ s successes shouldn't be understated.