Another 823 dead, total 17,337 confirmed in hospital, approx. 7k more dead in the community (according to ONS ratio), pushing 25,000 deaths.

@MattHancock appears on TV and utters the words: “Our plan is working.”

On any level - medical, political, human - that is breathtaking.

Now forget about the tens of thousands of dead, and have a look at some transport usage charts that prove how brilliant the government has been.

I’m just going to end up like that Munch painting. And, just like the painting, people will wonder, when they find me: “Was he screaming or did he hear a scream?”

Both. I was doing both.

The whole UK briefing is so CHIPPER and BUSINESS LIKE, if someone who knew nothing about #Covid19 tuned in two minutes late, they would not have the slightest fucking clue these people just announced another THREE LOCKERBIES.

And not a single journalist, as far as I know, has ever once raised the tone of these briefings, how tim-eared this middle management self-congratulatory timbre is, how disgusting it is to proclaim cheerfully “our plan is working” to the families of the 25,000 who are dead.

Thank heaven for @asmo17 at @ReutersUK asking a proper question. In short: You say your plan is working; how many dead would signify it not working?

Hancock stutters and waffles for 3mins, insisting that according to the goals HE set the plan IS working.

Then the follow-up:

Our goal was to protect NHS capacity and WE SUCCEEDED.

Yes. You succeeded by sending out do-not-resuscitate orders and letting older people drown in their beds in care homes, rather than provide them with proper treatment, you utter sociopath worms.