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2020-04-23 Britain

'Something's going wrong' - UK virus response under fire

[Reuters] - The British government came under sustained pressure over its coronavirus response on Wednesday when members of parliament got their first major opportunity in a month to hold it to account.

With the latest hospital death toll from the virus rising to 18,100 in the United Kingdom and persistent reports of a lack of protective equipment for staff in hospitals and care homes, stand-in leader Dominic Raab faced a barrage of tough questions.

"Something’s going wrong," new opposition leader Keir Starmer said during the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session, where Raab was deputising for Boris Johnson who is recovering from COVID-19 at his country residence.

"There’s a pattern emerging here. We were slow into lockdown, slow on testing, slow on protective equipment, and are slow to take up these offers (to supply equipment) from British firms," said Starmer, the new leader of the Labour Party.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-23 14:33|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Never let a crisis go to waste.

Posted by Bobby 2020-04-23 14:49|| 2020-04-23 14:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, IMO, Starmer demonstrated the role of opposition in Democracy.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-23 14:54|| 2020-04-23 14:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Of course you were slow. Nationalized healthcare.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-04-23 16:51|| 2020-04-23 16:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Mr Starmer is supposed to reunite the Jewish/Israel-supporting and Jew-hating wings of the Labour party, which strikes me as a Sisyphean task if ever there was one.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-04-23 22:31|| 2020-04-23 22:31|| Front Page Top

#5 At least he's not Mr Sturmer. Try rolling that one uphill.

Posted by Lex 2020-04-23 22:33|| 2020-04-23 22:33|| Front Page Top

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