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lends credibility to a policy that you might not agree with. all i can say is, yes, that is a risk, but there were occasions where we overtly, at the podium, disagreed on the evidence that was underlying, or at least explain to the evidence that underlay a decision. so, for example, in the move of the two metre rule to a lower figure, example, in the move of the two metre rule to a lowerfigure, i was clear on the podium that two metres is safer than one metre, full stop. it does not mean it is unreasonable to make a policy decision to move, but the evidence base was clear. so thatis but the evidence base was clear. so that is a rather long answer to your question, because i do not know whether, ultimately, it is the right or wrong thing for us to have been there. i think it is something worth looking at. my gut feeling is it was probably overall beneficial for us to be there. probably overall beneficial for us to be there- probably overall beneficial for us to be there ....
johnson seemed to be bamboozled by the data and by graphs and didn t have a great grasp on the science and it was difficult to explain scientific concepts to. that it is interesting, given how much was made interesting, given how much was made in the run up to lockdown, where the government explained that decisions were being made based on the science. a lot of questions today have been based on how did that happen in practice. if you don t necessarily understand the science, how sound are the political decisions being made. that is something i think we will hear more about. sir patrick vallance was being fair to borisjohnson, he said he remembered a call with with colleagues in different countries who said they all laughed when they had the same situation in all the countries and leaders often struggled with scientific concepts. that is an issue that will be looked at in depth here. it wasn tjust the politicians who didn t grass temperature science. we heard scientist themse ....