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Inside Politics: Boris Johnson wants industry on war footing for coronavirus

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Adam Forrest
Monday 16 March 2020 08:54 GMT
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“It’s not very profitable to sit and think nowadays,” wrote the great diarist Nella Last after the outbreak of World War II. “So many problems, and they all seem to have such twists to them – nothing is straight forward.” As the government calls on us to rediscover the Blitz spirit, Boris Johnson may have go back and find Winston Churchill diaries for inspiration on how to manage the coronavirus crisis. The PM has been insisting on following the science, but the politics of the outbreak have overtaken him. Johnson is now ready to begin daily briefings and bring in draconian social distancing measures this week. I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to The Independent’s Inside Politics newsletter.

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