Well, yesterday was a big news day. Despite being in the kitchen it was still impossible to miss.
Matt Hancock put more of the country into tier 4 from Boxing Day and warned that the virus has been to South Africa, where it had a great time, sent a postcard and came home and is now feeling stronger than ever. So we have two fast spreading mutant strains and one of the South African cases has been found in Braintree. Matt has properly lost the plot and giggled inappropriately when talking about the people that have died. The poor man has been on a very steep learning curve, is probably on the verge of a breakdown and sits down like Woody from Toy Story. I know it’s not a popular opinion but he probably does deserve an OBE or something because he has at least tried to listen and learn. This can’t have been the job he signed up to.
He brought Jenny Harries on with him and they both spectacularly failed to understand teacher’s concerns. The idea that 300 children in school is safer because teachers can tell them how to behave is laughable. Just having that many people together in a building presents a risk we aren’t prepared to take in any other part of society. The issue with having children out of school is that it further widens the gap and there aren’t enough teachers to provide good quality online learning, while still providing in person education for the vulnerable.
People were shocked but relieved that at least they didn’t have to change their plans for Christmas Day.
While this was going on, Brexit talks were ongoing. Robert Peston saw pepperoni pizza being delivered and concluded that they were celebrating. Laura Kuenssburg was more cautious and Sky news have been late to every announcement since Kay Burleigh’s birthday party. Eventually, Peston nearly exploded with excitement as he announced that a deal had been done. Free trade would continue.
Details are to be announced this morning at an 8am press conference but none of us care enough to watch that on Christmas Eve. Boris will act like Santa and pretend he is delivering the Christmas present we all want and say stupid things like, “Britain will prosper mightily.” However, you can guarantee that this deal won’t make everyone happy and that there are still people sitting in rooms shouting, “What about John Dory, it’s not just cod, you know?” I’m not holding my breath until all 27 countries and our Parliament have agreed to it.
In the meantime, it took the Sikh community to calm the lorry drivers stuck in Kent down. They fed them curry. You’ve got to love Sikhism, it’s such a peaceful community based religion.
Most of us don’t care about all this news. We’re not particularly bothered about prospering mightily. We just want things to go back to normal, have enough money to live and do the things we like and for the health service to be there when we need it.
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