Argonaut's Norris: 'Fraud' lockdown was the 'biggest policy error since WWI'

Manager critical of Westminster's response

Lauren Mason
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The UK Government's decision to implement a lockdown was one of the "biggest policy errors since 1914", according to Argonaut's Barry Norris, who believes "thoughtful debate" on the Government's response to the pandemic has been "shut down" and that "following expert opinion blindly" is "normally the road to ruin".

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