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Last weekend i felt rubbish which is why I booked a test. During the week I felt ok though so i assumed it’d be negative. The positive result was a surprise. Mary is upset, she feels sure she must have… Read more22nd November

So today i tested positive for Covid19. I was feeling dodgy at the weekend, and reported my symptoms as normal through the ZOE app. On monday i got asked to get a test, which arrived on Tuesday and was sent… Read more19th November

Well, one nightmare is finally over! Trump lost the US presidential election !! Joe Biden is the next President. The final result looks likely to be Biden 306-232 Trump. It was a horrible few days through. Trump had strongly encouraged… Read more8th November

Hey ho, back into Lockdown till 3rd December. Today, the Govt bowed to scientific advice and announced a new nationwide lockdown will begin on Thursday after Bonfire Night. Otherwise, scientists warn us, we’re looking at 3000-5000 deaths per day by… Read more31st October 2020

So “Local Lockdowns” are now the mot du jour. At the weekend the Govt announced yet another new scale, Medium, High and Very High or Tier 1, 2 and 3 as they’ve already been renamed. Tier 1 aka Medium is… Read more22nd October

I genuinely didn’t think i’d still be writing this blog 7 months later. but here we are. And where are we?Firstly Trump is out of hospital and claiming its nothing to worry about. Of course, he has had five-star private… Read more11th October

Well, thats put the cat amongst the pigeons over in the US – Donald Trump has tested positive for Covid and is in hospital. On Tuesday he took part in a farcial debate with Joe Biden during which he never… Read more3rd October

Well, complete volte-face today from the government. The latest advice is – stay at home if you can, wear a mask at all times if out and about, no groups larger than six indoors or outdoors, pubs to close at… Read more22nd Sept

I didn’t write over the summer which was probably a mistake. So whats happened? Well, in early Jul rates carried on falling. There were local lockdowns in areas around the country but daily new cases dropped to around 600 a… Read more20th September

Pubs and bars opened yesterday for the first time since March. The PM exhorted people to be ‘sensible’ and ‘observe social distancing’. Yeah right. For gods’ sakes i’ve never seen a govt more determined to shirk all responsibility for its… Read more5th July 2020