It's good that Boris Johnson is back to work. But he is waffling | Simon Jenkins
In his address to the nation, the prime minister was maddeningly short on specifics about how we get out of lockdown
Boris Johnson's swift return to duty is welcome. He has clearly been through a personal nightmare. Given the pressures on him, he deserves sympathy and congratulations. In his address to the nation this morning he was characteristically Churchillian. He says Britain has come through coronavirus so far with flying colours. "Now we must prepare to win phase two as we have won phase one."
It is hard to know what news the prime minister has been watching or listening to. Johnson's language was opaque to the point of waffle. The British people are in the dark, more so than any in Europe. Though statistics are still desperately unreliable, all we do know is that Britain has not performed well during the coronavirus pandemic. It is now among the most dilatory nations in securing recovery.
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