Dither and delay

Michael Gove went on TV Sunday and said it was not Government policy to force people have face masks on in public.

That was the policy Monday morning.

By the end of the day, there had been another U-turn.

But not until the 24th July. As for the next ten days, COVID-19 has gone on its holidays and will not be infectious. So, no need to wear a face mask until then.

This, from the same Government that brought you 65,000 extra deaths since the beginning of March. The same Government that will not take part in Europe's vaccine procurement plan, because we're exceptional.

No vaccine please, we're British.

It has been estimated that each custom's declaration will cost £32.50 each, and with 400,000,000 of them needed a year, this will force huge additional costs on UK businesses, clearly in line with the referendum lie that we would have a better deal that being a member. That's £13 billion pounds to be found from somewhere; additional costs, job cuts or firms just giving up. And the country will have to spend money to process these forms. Inspect the shipments.

All madness.

But in a world gone mad, who'd notice hundreds of thousands of additional job cuts that they can blame on COVID, on which they are going such a grand job?

Why aren't the people marching on Parliament, ready to burn the place down?

Watch football, go to the pub, go shopping. And maybe go on a summer holiday.