"We did everything we could to minimise loss of life."
I mean, even if he and Sunak hadn't been handing out luncheon vouchers last summer to get people into crowded restaurants, this wouldn't be true.

"We did everything we could to minimise loss of life."
I mean, even if there hadn't been the dithering over going into lockdown, and then dithering over tiers, and then dithering over lockdown again, and all again, this wouldn't be true

"We did everything we could to minimise loss of life."
I mean, even if schools had been closed when teaching unions had warned they were unsafe, and not reopened when everyone knew that wasn't safe, this wouldn't be true

"We did everything we could to minimise loss of life."
I mean, even if masks had been mandatory early on, this wouldn't be true

"We did everything we could to minimise loss of life."
I mean, even if there weren't bullshit travel corridors with a nod and a wink to 'high value' business passengers, this wouldn't be true

"We did everything we could to minimise loss of life."
I mean, even if just a portion of the cash spaffed away on a test and trace system had been spent on actually getting a test and trace system that worked, this wouldn't be true