9 February 2024, 13:26

By StephenRigley

Backlogs in the NHS...blame Covid.

Record levels of inflation...blame Covid. Cost of living crisis..blame covid

Fewer shoppers hitting the high street...yep, you've guessed it, Covid is to blame.

No-one should under estimate the lingering cost - both social and economic - of the pandemic but for the government it has become this gigantic 'get out of jail free card' that they hope will excuse any and every failing.

Today we heard Rishi Sunak say that the virus was responsible for the backlogs we........

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