Nothing has changed since I wrote in December 2020. Covid is Johnson’s Falklands. The NHS is the British Navy which keeps him afloat. Or more accurately the hardworking front line staff which have dealt with crises in spite of its inadequate preparation for a pandemic and the bumbling decision making since. And for that the politicians claim the merit, which enables them to continue to deceive a significant part of the population.

The next stage is for this government to tighten its reins on power by ever more dubious unconstitutional methods. Unless those who recognise what is happening to this country can find a way to halt the megalomania.

May 2021