oh my god. The PM is stopping the medics from answering about Cummings.
It& #39;s in many ways bizarre that the Chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser don& #39;t have their own separate press conference to ensure their independence from the PM.
@BorisJohnson just trashed his own press conference.
Why don& #39;t the medics actually say something? Their indpendence is being totally flamed by the PM.
The fact is that whenever Whitty and Vallance are next on their own - away from the PM - they will asked about Cummings or Cummings-style breaches.
He can& #39;t chaperone them 24/7.
And if they refuse to comment at all, their independence really will be even more undermined.
Such an extraordinary own goal by Johnson. It& #39;s perfectly possible Whitty and Vallance would have said they didn& #39;t want to talk about individuals. But this will fuel the suspicion he knows they are unhappy at Cummings& #39; conduct on public health messaging.
Whitty and Vallance both make clear their unease at getting dragged into & #39;politics& #39;. But they must know the public health messaging problems revealed by opinion polls of recent days.
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