Yes we know.
But the PM has always underplayed how it was actively being pursued at the time.
This is what Cummings was referring to as his "mistakes" in the press conference.
It caused delay. When they tried to defend themselves in the inquiry, more evidence is good.
Again I'm sorry this falls apart under scrutiny.
1) Where would the elderly in hospital gone ? Stayed in Hospital ?
2) Carers moving in was looked at but most care homes wouldn't have had the capacity to house them.
Many full time carers were self isolating anyway and the homes brought in...
Great in theory, but just "protecting specific groups" doesn't really work in practice.
Firstly, it assumes those people can exist without the help of the fit and healthy.
How could people in Care Homes be "protected" if the carers weren't protecting themselves ?
Secondly, it assumes that...
"Italian health minister claims Johnson told his leader UK plan was ‘herd immunity"
Nothing from Channel Four News yet but a couple of newspapers have picked this up...