Because journalists at the press conferences are asking questions through the prism of establishing political culpability, they are not asking the questions that matter (1/10)

An opinion poll by Kekst CNC today suggests the media is the one UK institution that has seen a collapse in public confidence, a net 21% fall (2/10)

Cheap, political, business as usual questions, such as the one from Ch4 News at weekend demanding an apology from the Home Secretary, completely misjudges the public mood (3/10)

Excitable questions about “government U-turns” (or responding to new advice when the evidence changes), “cabinet splits” (or just different points of view) and other “gotcha” techniques are jarring at best (4/10)

Questions designed to help understand how we can defeat this virus, what genuine lessons we can learn from other countries and updates on the developing science is what the public really want to hear. For example… (5/10)

Q. Is there evidence that the level of exposure to the virus – the viral load - will determine the severity of the illness?

Q. Are we getting very detailed data from other countries mapping the development of the virus? … (6/10)

Q. Are the countries who are lifting some lockdown restrictions basing their decisions on science or the needs of their economy? If the UK were faced with same data, would it come to the same conclusion? …. (7/10)

Q. Where are we on the trials of existing drugs that might help to tackle the virus?

Q. What is the latest research on re-infection showing? ….. (8/10)

Q. What is the earliest possible timeframe for a UK vaccination programme? There are reports that one might be ready by September. Is that correct?... (9/10)

Q. Is there evidence that exposure to other viruses in a patient’s history can impact on the severity of Covid19?

Q. Do we use the same medical criterial for admission to ICU as other countries who seem to have different survival rates?...(10/10)