3. Later in March, Priti Patel tried to rally Cabinet to support her plans for border closure, but the Prime Minister intervened to keep borders open.

4. Unfortunately for the PM, he was wrong. Countries that implemented strict border measures typically did better than those that didn’t. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200803120134.htm

5. Of course, by that stage, the PM had already made some bad calls. From missing COBR meetings to this speech on the 3rd February in which he revealed a Superman fantasy for the UK while downplaying the risk of the nascent pandemic. Video courtesy of @DoubleDownNews

6. March 13th saw this mind-blowing Sky interview in which Sir Patrick Vallance clearly articulated the government’s infection acquired herd immunity strategy. He set a target of 60% of the population. The interviewer challenged him about the deaths that would involve.

7. An interview between the PM and Dr Jenny Harries on the 11th March offered the double whammy of recommending against the widespread use of face masks and supporting the continuation of mass events (totally ignoring transport risk to and from those events).

8. And of course the now infamous Channel 4 News ‘herd immunity’ exchange on the 13th March between @tomaspueyo and John Edmunds.

9. The UK government’s response to #COVID19 has been wrong from day one. We have one of the worst mortality rates in the world and are racking up more infections than almost anywhere else. There is still little sign the government knows how to deal with this virus. https://twitter.com/adamhamdy/status/1341110308904054784

10. Scientists are already raising the alarm about the short and long term risks of the government’s current approach.

We need Boris Johnson to step up and meet the challenges of 2021.

Please don’t give us another year of bungling and bodging. https://twitter.com/adamhamdy/status/1344589538589634562