Jonathan Sumption is a former Supreme Court judge and last year’s BBC Reith Lecturer. Sage, the committee of scientists advising the Government, has been very clear about this, as the minutes of its meetings show. Lord Sumption says: 'The Government dropped ‘Protect the NHS’ from its slogan. Like so many of the Government’s measures, it is being maintained simply in order to avoid admitting that it was a mistake. Jonathan Sumption is a former Supreme Court judge and last year’s BBC Reith Lecturer.

Source: Daily Mail June 21, 2020 01:07 UTC