In Prime Ministers Questions today, the comments of Nadine Dorries about how the nations preparations for a pandemic were “found wanting and inadequate” were brought up. As discussed earlier in the week, the government had warning shots with Exercise Cygnus and Exercise Alice that the UK was not as prepared for a pandemic as we should have been. Most Conservatives do not wish to bring this up, but Nadine Dorries did.
Yes, Boris Johnson did ensure that we got enough vaccines, but he was wrong to say that the UK got the first vaccine approval. In June 2020, China approved a vaccine for emergency use in high risk occupations, Russia approving one in August for emergency use, this being the case in the UAE in September 2020 and in November, Bahrain. He was right to point out that the UK does not have the highest death rate in Europe (it is the 4th highest in Western Europe), but we do have the highest numbers of dead in Europe (not counting Russia which is both in Europe and Asia).
The issue of the NHS was brought up with problems accessing a GP. Cancer treatment times were also discussed, but the best performance from Starmer happened when he followed the example of Jeremy Corbyn and named people when it came to waiting for surgery along with also ambulance waits.
Sadly, I did not get to watch the rest of PMQ's, even though I watched this after the show, so I do not know if there were any other highlights worth discussing.
On a personal note, my back is starting to improve and I only have pains on occasion.
