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The squabbling in No 10 should not be allowed to distract us
The government’s failures over its Covid-19 response cannot be allowed to slide – they must be challenged, says CLAUDIA WEBBE

AMID a deadly second wave and record-breaking numbers of Covid-19 cases, it has been truly alarming to see much of the mainstream press focus on the superficial intrigue within No 10 Downing Street.
Frankly, it is embarrassing that government staff are squabbling at a time of national crisis.
Yet we cannot allow this to distract from the catastrophic situation that their incompetence has landed us in.
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