Rishi Sunak

bluenova said:
His opposition to the later lockdowns was common knowledge, I said that was 'added details'. In the second article, and in interviews he's done this Summer, he's talking about meetings in Spring 2020.

It was nobody's "baby". To suggest that a policy that was in place in every western country, many before the UK, and that not one member of the cabinet or opposition cabinet actively opposed, was an individual's "baby" is ridiculous. He was simply the man in place at the time.

Remember, that furlough came in just one month after Sajid Javid had quit as chancellor because he wanted to have some independence. Are we really to believe that Sunak, after accepting the post on the basis that he'd defer to Boris & Cummings, was just weeks later truly responsible for one of the biggest spending commitments in UK govt history?
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Germany already had a furlough scheme in place that was used following the financial crash of 2008, they just slightly amended it and it was good to go.

The UK was announced in March 2020 when we went into lockdown, Sunak couldn’t have done it any sooner.

The UK one covered 80% of wages, rather than the 70% in the likes of France and Italy.

You’re speculating. He was the Chancellor and the furlough scheme came out of his office.
 
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