now, seniorgovernmentministersandofficialshavetoldtheBBCthereshouldhavebeen a lockdowninEnglandatanearlierdatelastautumntocontainthesecondwaveofthepandemicthatclaimedtensofthousandsoflives.
But a tinygroupofadvisorsconfrontedtheprimeministerwithevidenceonSaturday, the 14thofMarch, showinggraphstohimthatsuggestedwithouttougher, fasteraction, theNHSwouldcollapse.
TheearlypandemicwashedawaythebitternessofBrexitButthatcamefloodingbackallthatbile, allthatfrustrationbythesummer, withcasesfallenandmanyrulesrelax, wedidn't feellike a countryinthegripof a pandemic, evenencouragedtoeatout.
A seniorfiguretoldmethebiggestmistakewastherushofbloodtotheheadinthesummer, andtheprimeministerhastocarrythecanfromthemiddleofSeptember, therewerepeopleingovernmentsaying, You'regoingtohavetotoughenthingsup.
now, seniorgovernmentministersandofficialshavetoldtheBBCthereshouldhavebeen a lockdowninEnglandatanearlierdatelastautumntocontainthesecondwaveofthepandemicthatclaimedtensofthousandsoflives.