Agree . If it wasn't a matter of life and death there would be amusement value in seeing Corbyn, Burgon and Long-Bailey running the show.
My complaints about the current government in the current crisis are:
1) Lack of testing
2) Poor and muddled communication (although to be fair the scientists have probably made things worse by speaking too frequently)
3) Lack of PPE
On the plus side they have moved quickly to mitigate some of the economic impacts. They are also pulling the levers in the NHS and trying to make things happen. Unfortunately that gets to my main bone of contention which is the NHS itself. For decades politicians of all colours have refused to discuss provision of healthcare in a grown up way in the UK.
Yes I agree. I do wonder sometimes if we have been brought up to and revert back to having more due reverence to the upper classes with their reassuring voices and optimistic promises. All very reassuring but I'm not totally certain that the delivery in terms of action would be any different with Labour but I certainly would rather listen to Johnson.. This is our much maligned Civil Service and private industry stepping up to the plate more I think.
Some great news on ITV tonight. Mercedes F1 engineers in conjunction with NHS experts have got a new respirator made from start to finish in 10 days. 100 made, one in use and being tested by regulator now. A thousand a week manufacturing capability by next week. And these will possibly reduce the need for ventilators by 50%. Fantastic achievement.