Devastating @thesundaytimes indictment of Johnson's handling of the coronavirus crisis, including a description of how, in neo-Stalinist style, his 2 March video message was later doctored, with the words "go about business as usual" cut out. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/three-weeks-of-dither-and-delay-on-coronavirus-that-cost-thousands-of-british-lives-05sjvwv7g

So tens of thousands of UK coronavirus deaths can be directly attributed to Boris Johnson's "libertarian instincts", which caused him to dither in February and March delay the lockdown until 23 March?

The complacency of Boris Johnson's government became more obvious in early March, when it allowed sporting fixtures to proceed, even though thousands of fans would be travelling from Covid-19 hotspots in Europe where such events were already banned.

It was all part of Boris Johnson's "herd immunity" strategy, which would involve the loss of hundreds of thousands of British lives. Herd immunity was very much the *mantra* inside 10 Downing Street until 12 March.