[ritchiebaby]

No wonder the Scottish Tories are a laughing stock. They attack Nicola for the very stance that they defend Boris for. Now Nicola has made mistakes, as have all governments, but she's not as arrogant and bumptious as Boris.

What I would like to know is what the bosses of the hospitals/boards/trusts are doing to earn their huge salaries. I heard one of their spokespersons defend their inaction over the number of Covid-19 patients being sent back into care homes, as the Government hadn't given clear instructions on what to do. To me, it's down to basic common sense.

Firstly that decision should be made on purely medical grounds, taking into account that care homes could (and have) become a hotbed for Covid-19 transmission. That decision is down to the medical professional who is in charge of signing patients out. That's what he/she gets paid for and is nothing to do with government.

On another matter, I must admit to switching off the various press conferences after the updated figures have been given out. I'm still waiting on Nicola's grown-up conversation, I know about the UK's 5 categories of risk (we're at 4) and it's the same old thing time and time again and again ..... and again. Even as far as figures are concerned, I'm disinclined to believe the numbers of tests, as we've been lied to on various occasions, I've lost track of the at least 3 ways of counting deaths and it's all become too boring. Perhaps that's the master plan - to spread confusion and apathy.