The day after insisting schools are safe, Boris Johnson closes the schools as part of a third England-wide coronavirus lockdown.

Are we really supposed to believe the data that pushed him into this only emerged on Monday morning? What does it do to trust in his government? And how long is this lockdown really going to last?

Plus, how long will it be before the professional controversialists resume their evidence-free ranting, and pile on the pressure to release the restrictions, perhaps too soon?

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