neither was tim gowers, i civil service? of course not. | neither was tim gowers, he civil service?m gowers, he was a professor of maths at cambridge. shy, professor of maths at cambridge. a number of witness statements before the enquiry refer to the fact that there was a dysfunctionality, a lack of a proper working relationship between the cabinet office, number ten and other departments. there was a lack of clarity about who was leading. there was an overall absence of a sufficiently organised response. nobody knew in essence who was in charge. who do you go to in order to get decisions out of the government machine? would you agree with those sentiments? that government machine? would you agree with those sentiments?— with those sentiments? that was a reneral with those sentiments? that was a general description _ with those sentiments? that was a general description probably - with those sentiments? that was a general description probably 2019 l general description probably 2019 and 2020. it improved once the task force was created. it had a lot more reality, so thing certainly

no neither was tim gowers.ber of maths at cambridge, a number of witness statements before the inquiry refer to the fact that there was a dysfunctionality , there was a dysfunctionality, i.e. there was a dysfunctionality, le. a lack of a proper working relations between the cabinet office number 10 and other departments. >> there was a lack of clarity about who was leading . there was about who was leading. there was about who was leading. there was a an overall absence of a sufficiently organised response . sufficiently organised response. nobody knew in essence, who was in charge . who do you go to in in charge. who do you go to in order to get decisions out of the government machine? would you agree with those sentiments ? you agree with those sentiments? >> that was a general description. 2019 and 2020. i would say it improved, obviously once the covid task force was created that brought in a lot more clarity and the kind of covid esque covid. oh, so things certainly improved from the summer, partly thanks