DELTA SUMMER

So, Matt Hancock’s been a naughty boy and had to fall on his sword to do the right thing.  Caught on camera snogging a work colleague.  In the old days, that sort of behaviour was confined to the camera-free stationery cupboard, office parties or the office lift but in these days of Big Brother, electronic eyes are everywhere. 

Dish of the day

According to the Daily Mail furious Britons are raging at Matt’s blatant disregard for Covid rules.  Furious Britons?  What hypocrites!  I’m sorry but this is typical of the British media blowing up a situation out of all proportion to whip up a public frenzy over nothing.  Most of us have snogged work colleagues at some point in our lengthy careers – who cares?  Only those people who need to sell newspapers or the Dominic Cummings of this world who have an axe to grind.

Is there any real news?

Hands up if you’ve broken any Covid rules.  Yep, all you rule breakers out there, let’s form an orderly British queue.  Don’t be shy now, I know there are loads of you out there who have not done what the Government has recommended during the pandemic since day 1.  

I'm a rule breaker.  Yeah, me too!  And me!  

Let me see then - there are those who travelled between tier locations when they should have stayed at home, those who had more than 6 people outside their bubble come round for a few bevvies, those who were out when they should have been locked in or isolating, those who failed to sanitise, those who don’t wear face masks because they can’t be arsed to, those who went ahead and had family Christmas dinners regardless, those travelling to amber countries, those who travelled and couldn’t be bothered to quarantine, those not socially distancing, coughers who don’t cover their mouths and pavement spitters, etc, etc.  I reckon at least 75% or more of the UK population fell into these categories so if we lined up everyone who had blatantly disregarded Covid rules, the queue would stretch from Chichester to Skegness.  Matt H you are not alone! 

But rule breakers rejoice!  In spite of this grey, wintery weather, there is a cloud with a silver lining in sight as in only a fortnights time you’ll be able to throw caution to the wind because you’ll be responsible for yourselves.  The Government are washing their sanitised hands of you.  And before you demand ‘clarity’ on what this means – basically it’s down to YOU to make your own decisions on what it is safe to do. 

It’s shaping up to be a real corker of an Indian summer in more ways than one. Remember only the paranoid survive.  I’ve already filled my pantry with pasta and poo paper ready for the next lockdown.

Wake me up when this pandemic's over