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How does Britain get out of the bunker if the coronavirus curve flattens? NewsColony Boris Johnson ‘s poll ratings have been holding up up to now as the coronavirus crisis engulfs the country and the world.  But Downing Street is well aware that the situation could turn very quickly with the extraordinary restrictions being imposed on the everyday life of Britons. Advisors have warned that one of the main risks the government faces is a perception of ‘incompetence’. And the spiralling shambles over the failure to ramp up testing numbers could be a critical moment of danger, as it is increasingly regarded as the only route out of lockdown.   Ministers have been accused of first ignoring warnings from experts about the the need for mass checks – and then bungling efforts to ramp up numbers.  Despite claims at the weekend that the UK has hit 10,000 diagnostic tests a day, it has emerged the authorities have still not reached that level – although apparently the...