Now we know what the advice to the government was at the time and why more draconian measures were delayed.
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When a senior government member says "we are following the science" what they are saying "I haven't the faintest idea why we're doing that"
Can there be a better example of the blind leading the blind?
When Churchill told Beaverbrook to get built more Spitfires he didn't add that you have go through a whole load of time-wasting crap (endless committees, debate, procedures and protocols)