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Boris Johnson held a coronavirus briefing with nothing to say – our 7 favourite responses

Although the coronavirus briefings at Downing Street stopped being a daily occurrence some months ago, because “the virus was under control”, 5PM on Wednesday saw Boris Johnson once again at the podium, flanked by experts.

It’s believed it will become a regular, but not daily, thing once more from now on.

He didn’t really say anything, apart from renewing the threat of a full lockdown if the public doesn’t behave, and the scientists updated us on the worrying stats.

People weren’t impressed.

This is what else Twitter said about the briefing.

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Finally, there was a bit of a mix-up with the TV schedule.

“We asked one hundred people to name a British politician who can explain the coronavirus rules.”

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