Party politics should have no place when the country is stricken by the pandemic.
Ideally, the parties might have got together to form a coalition as in the last war but the lack of leadership and decisive action over the past months is making a dangerous experience worse.
Now, the government itself is in crisis with top advisers and civil servants resigning. The sudden upheaval could be disastrous.
It has outraged and dismayed the public that has largely followed advice and rules even if those rules are confusing.
The prime minister is said to be thinking of 'resetting' the style of government to steady the party ship and reassure his minisers, MPs and the public.
It would be better to have a leader confident in his own judgement, not relying on aides and advisers who can be here today and gone tomorrow.
Party politics is wrong and irrelevant today but there could be a reckoning in four years unless the government regains poise, nd confidence and firmer judgement.
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