
The former prime minister made the claim when being pressed at the Covid inquiry on whether he should have introduced a circuit breaker in England the month before. But it was pointed out to him the Welsh lockdown had not happened by then. At the time Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford said the "time-limited firebreak" would be a "short, sharp shock to turn back the clock, slow down the virus and buy us more time". "Yes, there was a push for a circuit breaker, but that was not supported by...