@AndCoat @carolecadwalla happens for quite a long time. Then suddenly it appears to accelerate. So the chain reaction may have begun, but the explosion won't be seen for a while if so.
@AndCoat @carolecadwalla ah - it'll be because the R is just over one in some places (based on the latest public data). So it's more of a slow time bomb. So, if R=1.1 somewhere, then 1 person infects on average 1.1 people, but if you incorporate incubation period, then it appears as if nothing
@davidallengreen One of the most peculiar things about the whole statement, I found, was the inclusion of seeing an elderly gentleman at Barnard Castle. I don’t think anyone would remember this event a month and a half later.
Tried to show @BorisJohnson the picture of Jack Williment-Barr. The 4-year-old with suspected pneumonia forced to lie on a pile of coats on the floor of a Leeds hospital.
The PM grabbed my phone and put it in his pocket:
@itvcalendar | #GE19
“Will you apologise for the Conservatives masquerading as a FactCheck service?”
That was the question @C4Ciaran put to Michael Gove who said it was right to call out “those untruths that Labour are responsible for.”