Boris versus the scientists

It's deja vu all over again. A year ago Boris was fighting the scientists and medical experts to try and prevent a lockdown and then was forced to give way. Now he is determined to save everyone's Christmas but all his advisers, including it seems his health secretary Sajid David are warning that unless further tight restrictions are ordered before December 25 there is going to be a pandemic disaster. Boris's political instincts are telling him to hold on until after Christmas but the signs are ominous that he will once again have to give in and announce some sort of lockdown. Wales has already ordered all restaurants to close. Boris is under pressure to do likewise and order restrictions on numbers for Christmas. But he's going to hold fast until the last possible moment, maybe wait until the first week in January but by then there could be such a huge number of Omicron-infected people that it will be too late. Boris will be blamed and it could be fatal for his political career. You have to feel sorry for the poor man, he has had a terrible last few weeks and, as ever with the Conservative party, his fellow Tories forget all about loyalty and start plotting his demise. If he gets the Omicron decision wrong that could be the final straw for the Boris premiership. Happy Christmas, Boris.