to reach for to show you and your colleagues how you might address this problem, is that right? yes. colleagues how you might address this problem, is that right? yes, it is. and i this problem, is that right? yes, it is. and i think this problem, is that right? yes, it is. and | think it this problem, is that right? yes, it is. and i think it is this problem, is that right? yes, it is. and i think it is probably - is. and i think it is probably accurate is. and i think it is probably accurate to say there were times in this period accurate to say there were times in this period when it felt like working this period when it felt like working or living in a dystopian nightmare where when one thing had happened nightmare where when one thing had happened the next terrible things about happened the next terrible things about to happened the next terrible things about to happen and the prime minister about to happen and the prime minister being so gravely ill it
centre of power, whereas the treasury, foreign policy and national security are overrepresented. just going back to the first sentence, you say you don t remember anyone working in the centre or who was part of those conversations who had a detailed understanding of the way the nhs operated. given all we have heard about the importance of the nhs and notjust in terms of caring for people, but the detail, whether it was going to be overwhelmed or not, thatis was going to be overwhelmed or not, that is very striking statement. yes. it was an observation at the time yes. it was an observation at the time and yes. it was an observation at the time and is yes. it was an observation at the time and is striking in retrospect as welt time and is striking in retrospect as welt i time and is striking in retrospect as well. i think it probably goes to what as well. i think it probably goes to what needs to be different in it should what needs to be different in it should no
lockdown inviting them to a bring your own booze party to which about 30 or a0 people turned up in the gardens in lockdown. that was breaching rules because of the time you are only allowed to meet with one other person from outside your household outside. even that day, government officials had been on television warning people that those were the rules. so it was seen very much as a real embarrassment at the very least to the government at the time, orwhen very least to the government at the time, or when it came out, rather, a year later. so they will be no doubt that will be talked about in question today in the inquiry. then we will be hearing from lee cain, the director of communications for the director of communications for the prime minister, and that is going to be significant also, because we have also had an indication of the private correspondence going on between lee cain and other senior officials during that time which gives you a bit of a glimpse of some of t
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