Boris Johnson has been forced into another screeching coronavirus U-turn - this time over exam results. He scrapped 280,000 downgraded A-level results, which had been "standardised" because pupils couldn't sit exams, and reverted to teacher predictions instead.
Millions of GCSE results to be handed out this Thursday will be based on teacher predictions too. It's another handbrake turn for a government that has repeatedly defended the indefensible - in the eyes of campaigners anyway - only to back down a few days later.
The Prime Minister has repeatedly insisted he's proud of his record in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. But the last few months have seen a string of U-turns, changes of heart and shifts in the science as Covid-19 killed