It is outrageous, but it is true. The health of the nation is now a pawn in Boris Johnson ’s sordid struggle to stay in power.
He has signalled a premature end to all social restrictions that have kept coronavirus at bay for two years.
It will be a free-for-all by the end of the month, because he needs the support of hard-line Tory MPs to avert a vote of no confidence in his prime ministership.