69 days in isolation/lockdown and still they are lying.

The last two days have been monopolised by the shenanigens surrounding Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s chief advisor. Did he or did he not break the rules that we have all been trying to adhere to? Or at least bend them as far as he could to travel 260 miles in his car for reasons that are not too clear. Not once but twice. What is clear is that Boris has his back and cannot afford to see him go. It looks like Cummings has flouted the rules which obviously do not apply to him. Grant Shapps defence of his actions yesterday was at worst pathetic and at best unconvincing. He left his house twice when someone in the house (Cummings himself) had had Corona Virus symptoms and he travelled to a second home. I didn’t think that was allowed. “He was following his instincts”, said Boris whereas the rest of us are following the rules. When our esteemed leader could not answer convincingly, at the briefing, he simply cut the questioner short after bumbling rubbish for two minutes. Boris’s responses are insulting to the British public who are doing the right thing. The rest of the world must, and do, feel sorry that we have this bloke as our leader. He simply cannot lead. He should sack Cummings. That way we will have more respect for his advice to “stay at home and self isolate”.

In the middle of all of this nobody is mentioning Brexit. Is it going to be delayed? We come out in 5/6 months so what is in place for it to go smoothly.

Summer is almost upon us and the warm weather continues and has meant that my neighbours have had to suffer seeing my very white legs. At this time of year they were usually quite tanned and marginally more pleasant to look at. Temperatures are set to rise into the mid 20s in the coming week.

Had a very clear WhatsApp Call from Sally and Jim today. They are doing well and are now able to cycle to their new Lidl shop for supplies. However they have been getting grocery deliveries which they intend to continue after the lockdown. Uber taxies do the shopping and whilst there is no cost saving, there is the saving of time. Plus another bonus. If the supermarket does not have, for example, Gordons Gin, they will ring up with a picture  of an alternative to see if it is OK. Sounds like a great service.

A concert we should have gone to on 21st October to see Andy Fairweather Low has been postponed until 15th April. No problem. Another concert to see a Travelling Wilburys trbute band has been postponed to the 10th April. It will be a busy week.

Thankfully there is some good news on the death tolls. Weekends always show a bigger drop due to the difficulties in getting information. Nevertheless, it is encouraging to see the week on week reductions. Let us hope that the downward trend continues in the wake of the “Cummings scandal ”

UK deaths Friday 22nd May        351

UK deaths Saturday 23rd May    282

UK deaths Sunday 24th May       118