Day: 24 April 2020

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The Times leads with Nicola Sturgeon's exit plan for Scotland. "The First Minister published a 26-page 'framework' for easing the lockdown and discussed plans for reopening schools, businesses and allowing small gatherings," it reports. Sturgeon didn't say when this might happen, but argued there should be a “better balance” between tackling the disease and protecting the economy. In addition, Arlene Foster, the First Minister of Northern Ireland, suggested that lockdown restrictions could be eased at a faster pace there than in the rest of the UK. Guernsey has already put an exit strategy in place, with gardeners, mechanics, estate agents and builders returning to work tomorrow. And in an encouraging sign, various senior Tories praised Sturgeon's initiative, including Iain Duncan Smith, David Davis and former Chancellor George Osborne who said we need to start talking about "the hard trade-offs". According to the Telegraph, Boris will return to work next week (as predicted on this site on Tuesday). Will he make an appearance at the Downing Street press conference on Monday and unveil an exit plan? Sturgeon apparently thinks so. After all, why start talking about her own exit strategy yesterday unless she thinks Boris is about to do likewise? She evidently thinks a big announcement is imminent and wants to make it look as though she bounced the dithering Prime ...

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