DAN HODGES: The inconvenient truth for Boris's critics is that he did follow the science. When the coronavirus crisis began, Boris Johnson and his Ministers wanted to follow the science.
But thanks to the paranoia and false pride of the Chinese government, there was precious little science to follow. 'We found it very difficult to get any hard information out of China at the beginning,' a Minister told me. 'When we offered to send help or expertise, it was turned down. And when information did start to emerge it was just dripped out via the World Health Organisation. 'The attitude was basically, 'this is a Chinese problem and it will have a Chinese solution.' Blame game narrative against Boris Johnson fails to stand up to scrutiny.
Uber and the malign power of Cameron's chumocracy. David Cameron's government halved the deficit inherited from New Labour Even David Cameron's fiercest critics can't deny his real achievements as prime minister.
His government halved the deficit inherited from New Labour from £150 billion a year to approximately £70 billion today (though it could and should have done better). And it worked hard to push through important reforms to Britain's out-of-control welfare state and education system. Mr Cameron also deserves praise for bringing some grace back to Downing Street after the thuggish New Labour years.
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