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THE MINISTER UNLEASHED

On his relationship with former aide Gina Coladangelo: I don’t seek forgiveness for falling in love with Gina because I love her deeply.

His handling of the pandemic: I woke up every morning determined to do the very best I could in the most impossible circumstances.

The dire early warnings: In his characteristically understated way… Chris Whitty quietly informed everyone that in the reasonable worst-case scenario as many as 820,000 people in the UK may die. The whole room froze. Care home cases: Public Health England analysed all Covid cases in care homes from January to October and found just 1.2 per cent could be traced back to hospitals. The vast majority of infections came from the wider community, mainly staff.

The PPE fiasco: We have a billion items of PPE in a warehouse in the North West. ‘Hooray!’ One problem – we can’t get it out. It’s in a huge storage unit with one door. Ergo, only one lorry can pull up at a time. Classic government fail.

Donald Trump: President Trump has randomly and dangerously declared hydroxychloroquine an effective treatment for Covid, despite a total absence of evidence. What an awful, awful man.

Fears for Boris Johnson: There is a ‘worst-case scenario’ plan for if Boris doesn’t pull through.

The World Health Organisation: I called the head of the WHO to persuade him – for the second time – to declare a public health international emergency. But China runs projects in his private office, so he is scared stiff of upsetting them.

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