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Not just common sense but good British common sense. He was on poor form today, but he had to play a bad hand of cards. Oh hang on, he dealt them.

They are all over the place on this. What happened to Johnson's original 250K a day target? Not to mention 'sending COVID packing'. Great at slogans, shite at governing!

I thought he looked very uncomfortable at PMQs. Whether this was because he was up against Starmer rather than Corbyn, or because there was no audience of baying backbenches to play to I don't know. Perhaps it was simply because he knows he hasn't done very well. Thought - if the public has been...

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Thanks for getting back to me. I won't labour the point (says the guy about to labour the point) but my perception is that this is a Cabinet with an almost uniquely supine and talentless pedigree, purged of old style big beasts and anyone who might represent a serious dissenting voice, other...

In fairness it was made clear it was an opinion piece. I thought it was perceptive. Just as a matter of interest, which points did you disagree with?

Good points, well put. This has been a very bad day. Before pointing fingers, it's been a bad day for the country not just our decision-makers. I can't be the only one who watched the news clips from Italy back when they were in melt-down and thought 'my god it can't get that bad here, surely'...

We're Europe's number 1: The UK now has the highest death toll in Europe from coronavirus after new official figures revealed that more than 32,000 people have died from the virus. The Office for National Statistics said 29,648 deaths had taken place by 27 April in England and Wales with...

Anyone who thinks that this Cummins-infused government will not try to milk every drop of political capital from this is naïve. When Matt Hancock went into his list of thank yous for achieving the 100k tests, it was like listening to an Oscar winner's speech

I suspect that now Johnson is back in the saddle the govt will throw everything into presenting a positive spin: they'll hit that 100K testing target (well done). the peak is passed, the USA's performance (where's there's worse to come) will make ours look not too bad, and the Big Plan for the...

Funny how Johnson backed away from international comparisons that didn't suit his narrative (death rates) but embraced the one that did (number of tests). He actually caught himself doing this. He's back.

You might be on your own if you do - it's Wednesday!

Some doubts today about whether Johnson will be up to PMQs. I was looking forward to seeing how he performs in the new 'format' and with Starmer rather than Corbyn across the floor. The traditional PMQ bearpit plays very much to his strengths - rousing the Tory backbenches and feeding off that...

No flaming from my end, but he sounds like someone impersonating a leader to me.

There's no doubt that Johnson is 'box office'. If he does the briefing today, doubtless he'll come up with some sort of new slogan which we can all chant with gusto. I think he's now in the managing expectations zone and he tends to over-reach and get carried away. Like many I'll be watching and...

It seems that the media are reporting the 'Conservative Party donors' are pressurising the government for a relaxation in the lockdown. This worries me and looks like a possible case of 'he who pays the piper, calls the tune'. I trust the government will continue to 'listen to the science'...

Gung-ho talk of "let's send this thing packing!" is beginning to sound increasingly hollow.

Notwithstanding this, the gap between the number of tests being carried out and his 100,000 a day by the end of April will do for him, surely? This was the 'you don't win anything with kids' of dodgy predictions - and with rather more serious results.

Boris's absence for the 5 COBRA meetings reminds me of the Woody Allen observation that 80% of success is just turning up.

A textbook example of a posting whose credibility evaporates with each added word. Lord Haw Haw for goodness sake!