In light of the impending pandemic thank goodness for big government and experts - often derided by the Right.
It was interesting and reassuring to see the prime minister at yesterday's press conference, flanked by Prof Chris Whitty, chief medical officer, and Sir Patrick Vallance, chief scientific adviser.
Who needs SPADS and the likes of Cummings?
In the end we rely on the Civil Service, the army, the police, NHS, Environmental Health and all the other public servants, when there's real work to be done.
Washing bio gel or quid in the drum