Well it depends on your viewpoint I suppose. What cant be denied because the figures are there to see is right wing governments around the world have been woeful in handling the covid epidemic.
Britain is constantly near the top in terms of Covid deaths per population. Italy same. USA is near half a million deaths. Brazil another right wing disaster.
The alternative is investment in the health service and public services and a concise strategy a la New Zealand but the world seems to be engrossed in personality politics and its why we are where we are.
Surely the alternative couldn't have been much worse than the chart below? It's worse because compared to other European countries we had a few weeks notice plus geographically we had the advantage of being an island.
The UK's death toll of 100,162 is the highest in Europe, and fifth highest worldwide
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Maybe the alternative prime minister would have bothered going to the first 5 cobra meetings? Who knows.