The first duty of an government – any government – is the protection of its people. So the realisation that the UK is amongst the top 10 countries in the world is not a good start. But, we are not the only European country in the hit parade. France and Spain also feature,  the telling point is, though, that number of virus deaths in Spain is, currently, 35,031  and France 35,018.  the number of deaths in the UK is 44,998, ie around 28% higher.

And then consider the lunacy of a country already reeling from the enormous cost and disruption of the virus  whose government drives forward with a policy fully expected to bring about short – and quite likely long – term turmoil despite the wish of the majority to forget all about it.

Alexander Kemal has long wanted his place in the history books: he’ll get it: the man who headed the destruction of the country; and didn’t seem to care.