Great news!
Friday 27th March – 1pm
It is not a usual thing to cheer when the Prime Minister of your country becomes infected with a life-threatening disease. One may have one's disagreements, but one draws the line.
In this case however, the news is very welcome. Firstly, he is not badly affected. Secondly, he went on TV to say that he was self-isolating. From now, that is. When the rest of us have been doing it for yonks. Hoist with his own petard or what? Thirdly, it is only now that government will get into high gear. Before you know it all red tape will be cut through and things will suddenly start flowing properly. The word will come down from on high that purse-strings should be loosened, and process be done away with. Tests will be disseminated the length and breadth of the land. 10 weeks too late, but hey.
Only now will we begin to tackle the virus properly.
The real delight is that everyone who has been working with him for the last few weeks will also have to self-isolate. The virus will have a reality for govenment which it simply hasn't had up to now. Dominic Cummings, for example, is thin and weedy. He may succumb if he doesn't have a personal ventilator. Suddenly they will be available. Certainly everyone in No 10 will need testing.
The PM himself will surely lose weight over the next few weeks giving a new meaning to flattening the curve.
It is not a usual thing to cheer when the Prime Minister of your country becomes infected with a life-threatening disease. One may have one's disagreements, but one draws the line.
In this case however, the news is very welcome. Firstly, he is not badly affected. Secondly, he went on TV to say that he was self-isolating. From now, that is. When the rest of us have been doing it for yonks. Hoist with his own petard or what? Thirdly, it is only now that government will get into high gear. Before you know it all red tape will be cut through and things will suddenly start flowing properly. The word will come down from on high that purse-strings should be loosened, and process be done away with. Tests will be disseminated the length and breadth of the land. 10 weeks too late, but hey.
Only now will we begin to tackle the virus properly.
The real delight is that everyone who has been working with him for the last few weeks will also have to self-isolate. The virus will have a reality for govenment which it simply hasn't had up to now. Dominic Cummings, for example, is thin and weedy. He may succumb if he doesn't have a personal ventilator. Suddenly they will be available. Certainly everyone in No 10 will need testing.
The PM himself will surely lose weight over the next few weeks giving a new meaning to flattening the curve.
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