Let me add this

I am not saying the lockdown is a bad move.

Its the only move left that Johnson can make.

But its the decisions that brought us here that we should not forget.

The lockdown in March and Pril should have been used to ramp up testing for when the time was right to loosen that.

For the most of the first lockdown, there was no Government as Johnson, Cummings (?), the chief medical officer, head of the civil service all fell ill, leaving Raab in charge.

From the start of the first lockdown, a track and trace capable of sheilding the whole country was needed. Mistake after mistake and £12 beillions spent on a system that Cummings wanted to centralise the data collection.

Even when that failed, and there was a change of plan, the track and trace failed, yet the taxpayer stumping up hundreds of millions on contracts to the likes of Serco.

All through the late spring, summer and into September, there was just enough capacity in testing, but track and trace still wasn't working. Once the predicted second wave started, there wasn't enough capacity in testing, tests were to be rationed, people expected to drive 10 hours to the other end of the country for a test.

And on top of everything, just when a second lockdown is to be announced, the furlough scheme ends at midnight tonight, who in their right mind thinks that is a good idea.

And at the same time, the Government pushing a hard Brexit on 31st December, the UK isn't ready, companies are not ready, and it is simple to ask the EU for an extension, but political hubris means Johnson won't.

A second wave was always likely to happen, but the testing, track and trace systems not being up and running or having enough capacity is just unforgiveable, and on top of evverything else, Brexit.

A second lockdown was always likely, back in September SAGE recommended it, and yet the chance to use the week of the school half term holidays was wasted, and instead children are expected to go back to work, even in a strict lockdown.

The expected lockdown should be used to fix the testing capacity and sorting track and trace, but seeing the Government have had seven months, chances are slim.

Failure to fix these issues will just mean that the wave will build again when things are loosened.

I have not seen or heard the PM this week, he is to give a speech at 17:00 this evening.

Aand it comes to something when I have to watch a US news report on how hospitals in Blackburn are coping, rather than hear it on the BBC.

To make mistakes in March is bad enough, but to make the self same mistakes seven months later is nothing less than criminal.