{"id":48661,"date":"2020-04-01T09:45:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T08:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=48661"},"modified":"2020-04-01T09:47:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T08:47:21","slug":"i-hope-the-daily-mail-remembers-this-headline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2020\/04\/01\/i-hope-the-daily-mail-remembers-this-headline\/","title":{"rendered":"I hope the Daily Mail remembers this headline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/debate\/article-8174007\/DAILY-MAIL-COMMENT-testing-shambles-unforgivable-ministers-act.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail has this headline today<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-01-at-09.40.05-550x323.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-01-at-09.40.05-550x323.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-01-at-09.40.05-511x300.png 511w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-01-at-09.40.05-768x451.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-01-at-09.40.05-600x352.png 600w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-01-at-09.40.05.png 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The related article says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But has the Government done everything possible to crack Covid-19? The Mail reluctantly concludes not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">By a country mile, the greatest misstep has been the shambles over mass testing. If Britain is to emerge from this nightmare (relatively) quickly, it is vital we ramp up an expansive screening programme. The failure to order enough testing kits is simply unforgiveable. Let's not beat about the bush: It has left the NHS with one hand tied behind its back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Early last month, ministers said 10,000 a day would be checked, rising swiftly to 25,000. In fact, the figure stands at a paltry 8,000. One in five doctors and nurses must sit idle because they or a family member have displayed symptoms \u2014 even if they're fit as a fiddle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mr Johnson says he is exasperated. Welcome to how the nation feels!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, the Mail thinks we have an incompetent government.<\/p>\n<p>A government is tested against its ability in a crisis: this one has failed.<\/p>\n<p>The Mail will need to be reminded of this time, after time, after time in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Daily Mail has this headline today: The related article says: But has the Government done everything possible to crack Covid-19? The Mail reluctantly concludes<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2020\/04\/01\/i-hope-the-daily-mail-remembers-this-headline\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,181,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservatives","category-coronavirus","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}