Boris Johnson opting to lift virus restrictions simultaneously across the whole of England rather than regionally and in tiers is a judgement call by a Prime Minister who was recently slow to respond to scientific evidence.
So a dose of critical scrutiny is required to test every decision by a Tory Government with a track record of unnecessary failure, the NHS’s vaccination success a clear exception.
Weary and worried people will understandably weigh carefully what is announced.
But in his eagerness to revive the economy it would be reckless to risk thousands more lives when the dead can never be resurrected.
We all deserve to see every calculation on which crucial decisions are made, No10’s notorious secrecy being the enemy of policy-making in the public interest.
Following the data, not dates, is a popular mantra.
Let’s see, read and study that data.
