Sooner, tougher, longer

 

This time last week Andrew Neil was criticising Andrew Marr for his Boris Johnson interview, saying "Another interview with the Government in which the broadcaster’s sole theme is — why didn’t you/don’t you lockdown, sooner, tougher, longer?".

Well, this week's Andrew Marr interview with Sir Keir Starmer was a close variation on that and AN might well have tweeted this week, "Another interview with the Opposition in which the broadcaster’s sole theme is — why didn’t you/don’t you call for lockdown, sooner, tougher, longer?".

It began:

Andrew Marr: Last week I spoke to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, in the first of our Leaders interviews this year. This morning I’m joined here in the studio by the Leader of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer. Sir Keir, welcome. Are these new rules tough enough?