>> Without discussing every dot and comma, are you:-
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>> 1. Suggesting that the PM is not following the advice of his experts?
No. But the timings and the choice of levers, realistically, are politically influenced. There are always going to be good reasons for that but it might - I don't know - have delayed things or watered them down a bit.
e.g. Johnson said on Monday that if we did not introduce measures to reduce spread, cases could double in "5 or 6 days". That has in fact happened and more - from 1,390 on 15 March to over 4,000 today, Saturday. I infer that the number is currently higher than was expected on Monday and there must be heightened concern. Whitty and Vallance were absent from the update yesterday and I don't think it was because they were having the afternoon off.
>> 2. His experts are not expert and do not know what they are talking about?
Not at all.
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