What will it take for Boris Johnson to realise what a mess Brexit is?
How convenient it would be for opponents of the Prime Minister if there was truth in the narrative that he had shown a cavalier attitude towards Covid 19, ignoring and over-ruling the cautions of his expert advisers. It isnt just Dominic Cummings who is trying to spin this tale. One current government insider was quoted anonymously on Sunday as saying: Its very clear that we should have closed the border to India earlier and that Boris did not do so because he didnt want to offend Modi. Typical of Labours response throughout the Covid crisis, the shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds jumped on the bandwagon, saying that the government should have closed down travel from India sooner. The message is: yes Boris deserves half a cheer for his vaccination programme, but look, here he is again riding roughshod over scientific evidence, and we are all now going to pay the price in more deaths and serious illness.