The Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was trying to hold a press conference in what looked like a residential suburb. Just as he was getting into the swing of his press release explaining how his government were going to help homeowners, a resident came out and said ‘Can you get off the grass please’. The PM apologised and asked everyone to step back. The homeowner said sorry and added “I just seeded that’. The head honchos around the world can’t seem to get the simplest thing right.
While on the subject of PMs our very own BoJo has managed to keep out of the limelight but that is mainly because of other stories making better headlines. Reports now hint that he and his government could have many questions to answer regarding their reaction to the pandemic. It’s certainly easy to judge from the sidelines and hindsight, as I’ve said before, is a great asset. I wonder if hindsight will give us answers that make sense of anything that has been going on. Could we have locked down earlier? would the British public have listened earlier and stayed at home? Is there only one way of comparing statistics with other countries and should we always look for a scapegoat? Our head honcho’s ratings have definitely plummeted over the Cummings debacle. We all did what we thought was right, we followed government guidelines and now we feel let down that a couple of clowns giving out advice felt they were way above such mundane rules.
From June 15th masks will be compulsory on public transport. In London volunteers will be handing out free masks to those passengers who don’t have one but only at some stations. The rest of us will need to stock up if we wish to take a bus or train. Ryanair says all passengers must be wearing a mask to board their planes. In true Ryanair fashion they aren’t giving any out and some ticket holders have been turned away for not having a face covering. Wonder if they got a refund?
I had a zoom reunion with friends today, very enjoyable to see them all together, but separated, and makes me just wish that this could all be over and we can get out for a lunch or afternoon tea or maybe we’ll have a freedom party, can’t wait. Following on from that I took part in a quiz with my lovely nine year old granddaughter Jessie. She texted me to say her Nana had already done one with her and would Nanny (that’s me of course) like to follow suit. She booked me in for 4 o’clock and told me to have ten questions ready. FaceTime called on the dot of four, I was sort of ready but our Jessie only had 7 questions prepared. No problem she announced, I’ll get some more while we’re playing. I didn’t know the answer to the first one but then got into the swing of the thing. Not sure who won but it was fun and she has decided to teach me how to use PowerPoint next time I visit. Good Might honchos.