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Toni.. The article was written by a left-leaning organisation..the same as the Spanish coalition. That's why I pointed that out. In effect it was critical of the coalition parties to which it, according to my link, is politically affiliated so I don't understand why you brought up, quote ' Some will use any opportunity to score points against a party they choose to dislike' referring to members on here but also the media..ie VOX, who wrote the article. I can only assume you didn't open the link which would have informed you of this. This completely nullifies what you've written in your last paragraph..ie why you think Spain is in the situation it's in. You mention Spanish social habits. That's highlighted in the article.
What went on there, politically, has absolutely no bearing on the action of our government and I'm at a loss as to why you've taken that tack.
Some of what went wrong in Spain has been been reflected here but obviously, not for the same reasons. I did say that ,generally, the consensus is that HMG has been behind the curve. I've watched (and heard on the radio) several consultants and doctors say that we should have had the measures we are now seeing put in place taken two weeks ago and testing should have been brought in from the start and even now we're not seeing testing at any reasonable rate,not even for those on the front line. Not only our own consultants and doctors have been criticising the government but the Director General of WHO, no less. Nothing whatsoever to do with political point-scoring. I can't understand why you've read that aspect into it. I'm not often bewildered but I am on this one. As I've mentioned, I suspect you didn't read my link. I may be wrong but that's the only explanation I can think of that would have you take the line you have.
You're correct that I didn't read the article - I commented solely based on your words.