[jfman]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

If the government knew "Brexit planning drained resources from pandemic preparations that the UK government knew were needed" then there must be a question mark around its judgment.

https://www.ft.com/content/51d18972-...3-bcd0f7b0f819

A decade of austerity and outsourcing has left the Civil Service and other public services at the bare bones. Many of us, some with relevant experience to speak about it, commented on this at the time.

Those with the blinkers, and optimism without evidence, claimed otherwise.