This week Boris Johnson came under heavy criticism for suggesting ‘too many care homes didn’t really follow the procedures in the way that they could have’. While the Prime Minister has since said he stands by the comments, the intervention appears to be part of an inevitable blame game over who is at fault for mistakes made in the coronavirus pandemic. A public inquiry is eventually expected to take place – but in the meantime there is no shortage of public figures keen to tell anyone who will listen what went wrong. While the Opposition have pointed to government mistakes, ministers have suggested civil service inadequacies played a role.
So, what do voters think? New polling for Coffee House, conducted by Redfield & Wilton Strategies with a sample size of 1,500, looks at which factors are perceived to have been the most problematic in the UK response.
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