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
Leicester went back into Lockdown today, before we’ve even really reopened. A large spike in cases triggered it. The govt has come in for a lot of stick, and rightly so. Apparently the centralised track and trace system was informing… Read more1st July 2020
Over the last week the Govt have been slowly lifting restrictions. Today they announced that the 2m rule is reduced to “one metre plus” whatever that means and from 4th July pubs, restaurants, hotels, theatres, cinemas, zoos and hairdressers can… Read more23rd June 2020
No posts for a few days as i have finally been able see my children for the first time since February! At the start of June the govt lifted restrictions yet more and we arranged for them to come here… Read more15th June 2020