Terrible answer from Jenny Harries on the question about knowing whether someone is a genuine track and tracer when asked about the legitimacy of a caller.
“they will sound genuine”, “you will know” was broadly the answer.
What about reminding people not to give our personal details such as NI numbers, addresses, even warn them not to “confirm” bank details. Obvious stuff but always one or two who don’t think and will get scammed.
Terrible answer, equally it was more a question for the govt rather than her.
It's also exactly why she should not have answered the question, that was for Jenrick or whatever his name is. She may well know the technicals of how the system will work, she won't know the baseline details as she doesn't need to.
Jenrick might not know himself, but it's his job as a mouthpiece to find out so he can answer.
I must say, I quite like Harries - comes across as honest, decent, a good egg.
But she is out of her depth and like (in many ways actually) Whitty etc, they don't seem to have that inner 'fuck off mate' Van Tam seems to lead with. I haven't always been impressed with him, but he seems to have grown into the role with a streak of watching his own back.
The others seem too focused on trying to do the right thing even if they don't have an answer.
So this 'Defcon' style status thingy is working well
Yep thats what happens when you lockdown early enough and do a proper lockdown for long enough.The deaths graph is flat, so the numbers are not reducing any more and likely to increase imo given the relaxing of lockdown.
Spain reported 0 deaths in the last 24 hours.