[theo_luddite]

Absolutely unbelievable, absolutely inexcusable.

The clown that is Bodgit is supposed to be self-isolating. What the hell else has this @sswipe of a bloke got on his plate that is more important this afternoon?

From the Grauniad - I'm sure also available elsewhere.

The Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford, has expressed frustration that Boris Johnson will not attend this afternoon’s Cobra meeting on a four-nation approach to Christmas.

Addressing the Welsh parliament, he said:

I’m told the prime minister will once again not attend the Cobra meeting this afternoon. You might think that given the significance of the decisions we are having to take there that the prime minister might think that was a conversation in which he would choose to be engaged.

Drakeford warned that an easing of rules at Christmas was bound to lead to an increase in the spread of Covid.

It will lead to more spreading of coronavirus because coronavirus thrives when people get together and the more people get together, the more coronavirus there will be.

He called for a four-nation approach not just for Christmas but for before and after. Drakeford said:

I have been arguing in the meetings we have had for a focus not just on a small number of days of Christmas itself, but the decisions we need to take in the lead-up to Christmas and how we will deal with the aftermath and to try to do that on a broadly common basis as well.