Although I agree whole heartedly with what you say Steve, this bit above just isn’t true. Apparently (according to the news channels) the government had spent quite a few million pounds and man hours the year before all this started on role play and action plan making , just for the kind of predicament we find ourselves in. But because there had been a change in leadership the strategy wasn’t implemented at the times it should have been.
I’m Just what I heard on the news a few months back. I still don’t think it would have been dealt with any better by any PM or party.