UK is Still Europe's No.1

After the UK’s death toll became the second-highest in the world on Tuesday, a further 649 deaths were announced on Wednesday, taking the total to 30,076, cementing its No. 1 position on Europe’s Covid-19 fatality chart! 

More on that Matt Hancock’s fake claim to have triumphed in meeting his goal of 100,000 coronavirus tests a day which he (right) believed was crucial for exiting the lockdown. I can say without any shred of doubt that he is a con artist and charlatan. 

For the fourth time in a row, the UK didn’t manage to hit the target! 

This revelation came after Prime Minister Boris Johnson (left) set out a new target of capacity for 200,000 tests a day by the end of May – a goal that was immediately dismissed by everyone else as merely another stupid stunt. 

Britons, I'm sure, can see it as a pathetic attempt to distract from Wednesday’s shortfall, with just 69,463 tests carried out or posted to recipients. With some doubles, those tests were provided to a total of only 57,006 people. That is almost a 43% shortfall on the 100,000 target! 

Shameless politicians! I wish they would stop promoting themselves. Forget self-glorification initiatives, forget arbitrary targets. 

What we should subscribe to is a testing regime that is efficient and effective, with a focus on testing those who need it the most, alongside contact tracing, of course. 

And that is not the only boo-boo by Johnson’s men. 

Last month, amid dire warnings of shortages of personal protective equipment for health workers, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Robert Jenrick (left) publicized the imminent arrival from Turkey of a fleet of RAF cargo planes bringing in a “very significant” shipment of PPE for the NHS. 

More than a fortnight later, not only was the consignment very much delayed but that it has emerged that every one of the 400,000 protective gowns that eventually arrived has been impounded after being found not to conform to UK standards. 

  

Another highly publicised government initiative that has failed to deliver the promised results is the much-trumpeted “ventilator challenge” that asked companies such as Rolls-Royce and Dyson to begin producing the machines. 

None have reached the final stages of testing and the majority have proved surplus to requirements. 

These politicians are adept at bungling and blundering and truly, they belong to the bush-league variety.

Really, competent politicians are as scarce as hen's teeth!