One thing the Cummings row does is distract from this crushing Sunday Times review into @BorisJohnson failure to get on top of #coronavirus in March. And the lives that cost. It’s long and behind paywalls, but some key nuggets../1 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/three-weeks-of-dither-and-delay-on-coronavirus-that-cost-thousands-of-british-lives-05sjvwv7g

Nugget one: weird case of edited vid message in which @BorisJohnson says on March 2 it’s “business as usual” as far as possible. When world is locking down. /2

Nugget 2: the whole @BorisJohnson handshaking debacle - the message it sent, the lives it maybe cost. /3

Nugget 4 - the scientists who were clear that U.K. was lagging behind. This is not all “with the benefit of hindsight” /5

And finally. The government statement...the same weary mantra that doesn’t engage with the facts. ENDS