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I think the most important discussion needs to be centred on the very real and practical question of just how you prepare for rare but catastrophic events in an era of financial scarcity - what's reasonable and did we fail to do that?

Following the Cygnus exercise in 2016, it is very easy to say the UK fell asleep at the wheel with the pandemic already in the headlights. However, had we stockpiled to the hilt, for instance, and there was no Covid-19, the very same people would be accused of overreacting too (a microcosm of this is commissioning ferry capacity 'in case' Brexit was a transport trainwreck).

Not remotely leaning one way or another. Just suggesting it should be neither witch hunt nor white wash.