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NEW: How Boris Johnson Sided With "Doves" Over "Hawks" To Slow The UK's Exit From Lockdown
Your Saturday morning @BuzzFeedNews write through: https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
Your Saturday morning @BuzzFeedNews write through: https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
Most of the lockdown measures will remain in place after Sunday
No10 then wants a staggered lifting of other restrictions, reopening schools and the wider economy over the following weeks if key data improves https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
No10 then wants a staggered lifting of other restrictions, reopening schools and the wider economy over the following weeks if key data improves https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
Some senior No10 aides, ministers, officials and “a clear majority” of Tory MPs had lobbied for a “rival” exit strategy going more quickly
But when he came back from hospital PM went for a more cautious route https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
But when he came back from hospital PM went for a more cautious route https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
Dominic Cummings has also become more dovish in recent weeks
At one meeting, he said he'd been reading how countries that lifted lockdowns after Spanish flu were hit by 2nd waves that caused a larger economic hit than those who kept restrictions in place https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
At one meeting, he said he'd been reading how countries that lifted lockdowns after Spanish flu were hit by 2nd waves that caused a larger economic hit than those who kept restrictions in place https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
When PM was in hospital, Mark Sedwill and officials started drawing up provisional plans for easing some restrictions / reopening the economy
The general pace of that phased exit plan has been pushed back by 2-3 weeks https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
The general pace of that phased exit plan has been pushed back by 2-3 weeks https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
Latest SAGE data shows UK not ready to come out of lockdown
— daily number of cases still too high
— any more than the most limited easing risks pushing R0 above 1
— tracing system "weeks" away from being able to sustain a proper relaxing of measures https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
— daily number of cases still too high
— any more than the most limited easing risks pushing R0 above 1
— tracing system "weeks" away from being able to sustain a proper relaxing of measures https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
Senior ministers furious at “weeks of insane briefing”, accusing hawks of trying to force a quicker end to lockdown
"Whodunnit" to find where anti-lockdown briefings coming from
“Someone high up is playing games and essentially briefing against the PM" https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
"Whodunnit" to find where anti-lockdown briefings coming from
“Someone high up is playing games and essentially briefing against the PM" https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
But others in Downing Street and cabinet believe some usually Tory-supporting newspapers are pursuing an anti-lockdown agenda amid concerns that if people continue to stay at home then sales will plummet https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
Cabinet ministers who wanted a quicker route out hope they have at least convinced the prime minister to clearly outline in his Sunday address how he intends to further reduce restrictions over the coming weeks https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
'We ditched herd immunity when we got spooked by Imperial, but the virus had already spread and it was too late to get benefits of lockdown. Now we want to leave lockdown but have no HI. We have a vast death toll & the perfect storm for an awful 2nd wave' https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
Some hawks in No10 and the wider Tory party still think lockdown wasn't the right way to go
— they have questioned the veracity of the Imperial report
— and backed Sweden's approach https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
— they have questioned the veracity of the Imperial report
— and backed Sweden's approach https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown
