Another U turn. Then a meltdown

This morning, there was supposed to be relaxations on restrictions in Bolton and Trafford.

This was based on data released last Friday.

First thing this morning, Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham announced that there would be no relaxations, as more current data was showing a spike in cases.

In the middle of PMQs, again, another Government u turn was announced, and the relaxation was to be halted.

Timing was almost certainly done so not to give Labour leader, Keir Starmer, any more ammunition. Not that he needed it.

No one is lear whether this is thr 11th, 12th or 13th major policy u turn by Johnson.

Hamming Johnson on the A Level fiasco, Johnson answered in what could have been a drunken ramble accusing Starmer of being a remainer (probably true, but irrelevant) and then an IRA supporter. The speaker intervened, but Johnson refused to retract.

In quite some stiff competiton, this was Johnson's worse PMQs by some distance. The sparse Government benches shifted in embarassment.

Later in the afternoon, the Exam Regulater revealed at a select committee that they had warned Williamson in March that using any kind of program to generate results was "the worse of all worlds". This was ignored, of course.

Quite when a Minister or Prime Minister will have done so badly they resign is unclear. All they are all good at is delegating blame and responsibility. I thought the buck stopped with the PM?