I learned something new yesterday: Covid-19, which has killed upwards of 170,000 people in the UK is little more than a cold. Yes, I know I wrote this exact same comment yesterday, but it does bear repeating since so many people are now convinced that this is the case. And today, we learn that immediately following Christmas, there will be a two week lockdown, a ‘circuit-breaker’ in order to retrieve the horse which has already bolted. I wasn’t one of those who initially predicted the next lockdown would start on Monday 27th December, but it’s clear that those who did were right on the money.
The specifics are already beginning to leak into the public domain, which is hardly a surprise given how Boris Johnson’s government operates. Rumours include:
- Pubs doing table service only to people sitting outside (in the middle of winter)
- School term put back a week
- People having to wear full PPE 24/7
- More stuff like this
In other words, we’re being primed for another lockdown. Government and science committee minutes are mysteriously turning up in the media PURELY BY ACCIDENT. Perish the thought that one or more of Johnson’s extravagantly paid advisors would prepare the ground like this. In truth, anyone who doesn’t think this to be the case was literally born yesterday.
Whatever happens, Johnson has been the worst possible prime minister at the worst possible time and will always be remembered for the catastrophic mess he made of Covid, not least in presiding over so many deaths. The joke isn’t funny anymore. For some of us, it never was.
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