Questions have been raised over Sir Patrick Vallance s absence from last night s Downing Street briefing.
The Chief Scientific Adviser, alongside Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty, is usually part of the line-up for major No10 press conferences held by Boris Johnson.
But his no-show did not go unnoticed, with some speculating on social media whether he did not agree with the messages being communicated.
One wrote: Johnson was pretending to know/care about anything other than keeping to his damn roadmap and Whitty looked like he was pretending to agree with him. Valance sensible enough to be absent.
Another added: Where is Vallance? What was his advice?
| UPDATED: 17:28, Mon, Mar 8, 2021
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