Coronavirus lockdown: Boris Johnson is being tested like no leader since Churchill

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The draconian measures revealed by the prime minister go against his libertarian nature, but they are necessary.

The policy decisions now in the UK must mirror those of nations further along the coronavirus curve than us. For when the death toll ticks up, as it will, the public will need to feel that their government did as much as they could to save lives.For this is an unprecedented health crisis which calls for unprecedented action.

Packages for workers and businesses being rolled out - the government will have to offer more support for the self-employed in the coming days - and now draconian social measures. As the country hunkers down, the attention in the coming days will shift to the frontline of this health war - our hospitals.

This lockdown ordered as the last resort measure in trying to help the NHS to cope."If too many people become seriously unwell at one time, the NHS will be unable to handle it, meaning more people are likely to die."

 

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to think we could have had corbyn may milliband cameron or gove up there too...

Reading some of the idiotic replies on here and you can pick all the left wing snowflakes out straight away .. nothing he does will please these idiots , boris is doing a great job can you imagine the mess we would be in if corbyn was in charge

So busy playing catch up and doing U turns, its amazing he still has time to play at being a competent PM.

Even my socialist son who hates the Tories with a passion says Boris is doing a good job and conceded he couldn't imagine how Corbyn would be dealing with all of this .

And coming up short by a larger margin than any leader ever.

Good stuff Bo Jo!

Shame the rest of us aren't being tested too.

Always liked him! Like him even more now. And I’ve always compared him to Churchill. A real underdog

Aren't all leaders of the world?

He’s still an UTTER anchor! Least we forget everything that’s gone before this and the last ten years of Tory government. Furthermore, whom is going to pay for it. I very much doubt BorisJohnson & his band of soggy biscuit hedger brothers will be paying the fiscal price.

Unfortunately he’s coming across like the dog from the advert not the great leader. What’s the point of a lockdown where people can still go to work, tat merchants like Sports Direct can class themselves as ‘essential’ and the tube will still be packed? Pointless.

He’s a tool and has condemned many to death with his herd immunity

He is being forced to act by people doing petitions telling him to stop dawdling & stop being spineless. He wasted 3 weeks with his herd thing he let the races go ahead people died he let concerts go ahead. We had to demand action & mp’s had to demand them too.Too little too late

look to me like a pre recorded statement white knuckles tense a man who did not look in control and knows he has made a big mistakes about 10 days ago

I think it’s good that he is the Prime Minister

Well he's almost as big a lush as Churchill, has a penchant for mass economic homicide and hair brained ideas, I'll give him that.

Was his chief medical officer on Acid? uksciencechief

Those minority at the weekend brought this on quicker than the PM wanted,he hated saying this to us all

And his response has been more incompetent than Ted Heath.

Indecisive and soft. Should have closed school, bars, gatherings etc. much sooner. Still allowing flights into the country, and lives are at stake here. That speech was a facade.

Johnson and Churchill in the same sentence. 🤣🤣🤣

Doing everything weeks too late, horrendous weak leader. People saying he's done a good job are deluded. Life's could have been saved with some proactive leadership.

The TV dug ?

He needs to be tested for more than Covid-19.....

Well, it's not like any other world leader is NOT being tested. He just had to do what every other country did. But noooo....

Ohhh please 🤯🤮😱🥱🤪 😂😂

Doing great Boris

lol. Whilst nobody else can even get tested....

Has he been tested?

Hes been doing a good job. Unfortunately people will still try and blame him for what the Chinese dictator did.

And what a fine job he’s doing 🙌

He is doing a good job indeed.

ive not been his biggest fan, but he's doing a good job and today he felt like a leader, no silliness, no clowning around. its what we need right now and I respect him for that.

He’s doing a great job . Go Boris !

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