To wonder where Boris Johnson is?

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He’s never at the daily briefings and given that we are living through the greatest crisis in living memory, he should be there. The list of people at these briefings gets more bizarre every day.

He’s the prime minister and he’s pretty absent at the moment meanwhile the death count grows. 35,000 people - it’s truly devastating especially when you think that if there is a terrorist incident and even one person dies, it makes the headlines for days.

And before anyone says he’s on paternity leave, he’s a notoriously absent father who has many other kids and if that was anyone else on here, would get slated for not fulfilling his parental duties.

Aibu to think he’s shirking his responsibilities as PM- he should be there every day being accountable but he’s not- he’s sending in his minions. It’s truly appalling.

I'm surprised the government is on holiday next few weeks. I assume the cabinet will be working (?) but surely they should be at work during a pandemic?

I'd be surprised if the cabinet recessed. That would be daft.

I'd also expect Starmer to suggest opposition members remain, to keep up scrutiny.

We shall see.

I'd be surprised if the cabinet recessed. That would be daft.

They have already recessed once while this was going on, I see no reason why they wouldn't do it again.

In fairness - it is easy to look at how few days a year the Government actually sits (hint - they have much longer holidays than teachers) but actually I think a lot of work gets done while government isn't sitting - obviously constituency work, but also policies are developed and decisions made. All Government do while sitting is discuss and rubber stamp.

Well, not quite all...