SO BREXIT HAS LED TO MANY DEATHS

Exercise Cygnus in 2016 exposed how the NHS would collapse and fail in a pandemic.

Planning for a pandemic was undermined by Downing Street's focus on getting ready for a no-deal Brexit, it has been claimed.

A government adviser has told the Sunday Times that preparations to leave the EU "sucked all the blood" out of efforts to ensure the UK could cope with a severe disease outbreak.

The anonymous source says this is despite a pandemic having been considered the most serious possible threat to the nation for many years.

It was once considered a top priority and was well-funded until austerity cuts were brought in after 2010, they say.

[source : No-deal Brexit planning 'undermined preparation for coronavirus pandemic', adviser claims, Daily Mirror, https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/no-deal-brexit-planning-undermined-21890126, 19th April 2020]