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Boris’s difficult decision: When should lockdown be lifted?

When should the lockdown be lifted?

24 April 2020

11:00 PM

24 April 2020

11:00 PM

When Chequers was donated to the nation, the accompanying Act of Parliament was explicit about the intended effect. ‘The better the health of our rulers, the more sanely will they rule,’ it said. Prime ministers need time to think, as well as recuperate, and as Boris Johnson continues his convalescence there, he will be in need of that help.

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