D
on’t mess with Chris Whitty. Having seen off his teenage heckler, England’s chief medical officer has replaced Jonathan Van-Tam as cult hero of choice – with fans producing “next slide please” T-shirts and hip hop-themed mugs. Tory MPs fear Whitty and the senior scientists have obtained cult-like status at No 10. Iain Duncan Smith says Boris Johnson is getting “beaten up” by the gang of data-wielding thugs. IDS and his fellow backbenchers are pushing the PM to free his mind and consider lifting lockdown sooner rather than later.
Our political editor Andrew Woodcock on what to look out for today:
