It’s another cruel blow.
The failure to save cafes, pubs, shops, restaurants and many other businesses clobbered by the latest Covid upsurge is a hammer blow by the Tory Government.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid may or may not have been correct to refuse to rule out further restrictions before Christmas in England – a part of the United Kingdom imposing fewer checks on the virus than Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland – but the Prime Minister and Chancellor would understand the impact of his words.
The concerned are less likely to go out as a result of his advice, and that is a punch in the till during what would be the most profitable time of the year for many traders.
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak need to put their money where the Government’s mouth is and provide support or businesses that just about survived 2020 and 2021 might go under in 2022 – through no fault of their own.
Corrosive lies
When more than half of even Conservative voters no longer trust Boris Johnson, the country is turning its back on this fundamentally dishonest Prime Minister.
Honesty matters in politics as much as elsewhere, so Johnson’s repeated lies are corrosive to the public good as well as to democracy.
He isn’t the first leader in Britain to tell porkies but nobody ever told so many, so casually and regularly as Johnson has.
It is often said that every nation gets the government it deserves but Britain does not deserve to be systematically misled. Voters are understandably disappointed and angry.
She had a ball
EastEnders actor Rose Ayling-Ellis making history as the first deaf person to win Strictly Come Dancing is a victory for disabled people everywhere.
Rose did not let her deafness stop her waltzing off with the coveted glitterball trophy, so now the world is at her feet.
And she is an inspiration to every one of us, whatever the range of our abilities.
