Admitting the government got it wrong with some aspects of Covid is not an admission of failure, nor could they reasonably be expected to have behaved any differently.
This is an unprecedented situation - no-one could know what would happen or when, so mistakes seen with hindsight are inevitable, no matter who was in charge.
Some were criticising the government for not accepting they were behind the game on certain things. It's usually the same people who then criticise them for saying there may have been things with hindsight could have been done better.
Canary, if you can show me a post from February where you were demanding lockdown then I'll say perhaps you were right. But I doubt you were wise before the event
No doubt about it .Keir Starmer would have managed the Covid situation far better than Boris has. Keir is a very clever politician , Where Boris is still an incompetent Etonian school boy playing games, and dreaming of grandeur and fame. Whilst trying to model himself on Winston Churchill.