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Difficult decisions about ending lockdown need Boris’s instinct and judgment

Ending the lockdown will require a leap of faith - one that can really only be made by the PM

11 April 2020

9:00 AM

11 April 2020

9:00 AM

Events make a mockery of predictions. And events of recent days have borne that truth out most starkly. Nobody could have predicted where our nation stands today. We have gone from being a supposedly divided country into one united in response to an unprecedented crisis. The news that the Prime Minister has been admitted to intensive care has united the country in shock — and in hope for his recovery.

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