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But this government s predictions on what the virus will do and what the government s responses will be, have not all turned out as planned. if we look at last year, this is what we were told by borisjohnson in march. we can turn the tide within the next 12 weeks and i am absolutely confident that we can send coronavirus packing in this country. lockdown did lift in earlyjuly and cases did drop in the summer. but covid wasn t beaten and many thousands more people would die in the autumn and winter. but injuly, as lockdown eased, borisjohnson one again outlined how the year might go. it is my strong and sincere hope that we will be able to review the outstanding restrictions and allow a more significant return to normality from november at the earliest, possibly in time for christmas. ....
We are very likely to be in a position injuly the 19th to say that that really is the terminus and we can go back to life as it was before covid as far as possible. irreversible is the important word there. as the epidemiologist devi sridhar notes, irreversible has never paid off for any politician who said that anywhere in the world during this pandemic. certainly mrjohnson s former chief advisor dominic cummings sees dominic cummings is unconvinced. for all his animosity for the prime minister, mr cummings understands the importance of clear, simple, strong political messaging. he used just those tactics to great effect when in mrjohnson s team. and there s no doubt that for sajid javid and borisjohnson, being seen to be committed to ending restrictions is politically important. ....