You could not make it up.   Recent daily briefings on behalf of the government have been given by: a minister sacked by the former PM for leaking for the National Security Council (and lying about it); a minister who resigned under duress from a previous government for conducting a personal “foreign policy” behind the back of government – and who faces a legal case regarding allegations of bullying; a government minister, a lawyer,  who advised the prorogation of Parliament, unanimously deemed illegal by the Supreme Court; a minister so harassed by responsibility that he hardly knows whether he is for Brexit or agin’it, and who peddles promises rather than the  PPE so desperately needed; a minister who preached the wisdom remaining at home, under lock-down, but himself went on a cross-country.  All reporting into a PM who chose not – could not be bothered ? –  to attend five COBRA meetings in succession.

It seems irrefutable that rather than choosing ministers with the experience and expertise to master their portfolios,  Johnson instead selected those who presented no threat to him, personally.

This is not government: it is complete, deathly,  disaster.