Andrew Marr asking the PM why the infection rate in Oldham has doubled while they’ve been under extra restrictions. They’re not working are they?

PM: it’s too early to say

Mcr has been under restrictions since the end of July; infection rates are up 10x. Why isn’t it working?

PM: how do you ensure places fight the virus effectively while keeping the economy moving? The way to do it is hands, face, space/ rule of 6.

We’re not under rule of 6, FYI

PM says ‘one of the things that’s been put to us is that by curtailing hours’ (ie 10pm curfew) this can have an effect.

Put to the government by whom?

What’s gone wrong with test and trace?

PM: has massively increased. 300k tests are being carried out a day; he then corrects himself to say that’s the ‘capacity’. (?)

He is asked why there has been a sudden spike overnight in testing numbers. There was a problem with counting, he says. ‘It was a computing issue.’

WHAT COMPUTING ISSUE

I won’t be following politics all day. This is my one bit of politics today then I’m going back to watch a dark and scary noir for light relief.