Britain, the covid-19 laboratory
Having led the way with vaccines, the country is now figuring out a new era of the pandemic
BORIS JOHNSON has long promised that Britain’s emergence from lockdown would be “cautious but irreversible”. Announcing the latest easing of restrictions on April 5th, the prime minister looked forward to a pub trip where he would “cautiously but irreversibly” raise a pint of beer to his lips. It was the sort of informality that annoys critics and cheers supporters.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Opening shots”
Britain April 10th 2021
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