Italians are looking on aghast at the UK's coronavirus response | Antonello Guerrera
Boris Johnson's government watched as Covid-19 hell unfolded in my country - and then failed to heed the warnings
CNN and the Sydney Morning Herald ask: Where did it go wrong for the UK on coronavirus?" Reuters investigates why the UK left its weakest exposed" in care homes. My own newspaper, La Repubblica, acknowledged the grave errors" made in Italy, but observed that the confusion and contradictions displayed by the British government in the past few months have few equals".
The way the world is looking at the UK is not the way the UK is looking at itself. Despite becoming the worst-hit country in Europe, Boris Johnson is enjoying the peak of his popularity curve, according to a latest Edelman poll. Moreover, in the last couple of days, this record death toll has often been pushed out of the front pages by other splashes (the likely relaxation of the lockdown or Neil Ferguson's resignation). Many Italians are wondering and asking me: How is this possible?"
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