Covid home test kits being unavailable on the Government website was a dispiriting start to the PM’s fight against the rampaging Omicron mutation.
Booster offers before the new year is not the same as injecting vaccines into arms, and the ambitious one million daily jabs target is likely to take time to hit.
So it is no surprise Mr Johnson three times failed to rule out tougher restrictions.
Tuesday's anticipated revolt by Tory MPs against relatively modest measures illustrates how emboldened his opponents are after No10’s alleged rule-breaking last Christmas.
What a tragedy that we have a weakening PM with poor judgment when the country is crying out for sound, decisive leadership.
Our only hope is the NHS is given the resources to put rocket boosters under the booster programme and get jabs in arms fast. The alternative would be terrible.
End the abuse
Tyrant Alexander Lukashenko using refugees as human pawns in a battle with Poland and the EU is sickening.
By leaving them marooned and dying in a forest on his side of the border, the ballot-rigging dictator only emphasises why he should be in jail not power.
Britain sending military engineers to help Poland reinforce its border, building a Fortress Europe, does not end the suffering of stranded families and a humanitarian response is also required or more innocents will die.
Sanctions need to be tightened against Belarus to see the back of loathsome Lukashenko, yet a way forward must be found to save families being used and abused.
Castle crushes
King of the Jungle Danny Miller’s emotional reunion with fiancee Steph Jones and their baby Albert was a heartwarming return from the Welsh castle.
She must have been wondering if she’d ever get him back after he developed such a crush on David Ginola.
