Come on, literally the very first press conference about it saw the PM flanked by his two most senior scientific advisors who were delegated to for any science-related questions. The government just published all the scientific advice documents that are being used to inform policy. "Not listening to scientists until they're forced to" is a ludicrous assertion.
Actually it's much worse - if you read the scientific advice, some of it is about how politicians can't and shouldn't actually follow the scientific advice, because if the government isn't seen to be panicking and doing pointless unnecessary things that other countries are then people might riot. The British government isn't the problem here.
Actually it's much worse - if you read the scientific advice, some of it is about how politicians can't and shouldn't actually follow the scientific advice, because if the government isn't seen to be panicking and doing pointless unnecessary things that other countries are then people might riot. The British government isn't the problem here.