I’m grateful to @amaccj for reminding me of this and for the link to the source. When the final assessment is made, we need to set the scene with these facts: The World Health Organisation had pressed the panic button warning national governments to act on the 30th of January 2020.1 Throughout February and March PM Johnson missed 5 Cobra meetings which discussed the need for a response.2 Pandemic response was still a reserved matter to the UK Government. In the first week of March, FM Sturgeon called for an immediate lockdown but PM Johnson refused in the interests of business.3 PM Johnson … Continue reading As Covid Inquiry reconvenes today, a reminder of just how FM, Nicola Sturgeon, and the Scottish Government kept excess mortality here at one third lower than the UK average, saving thousands, despite the delay in devolving responsibility and PM Johnson’s callous inertia – saving thousands of lives