Arseholes and Castles 1: I thought that was a cool phrase, I'm running out of things to says

At first lockdown was a novelty. There was a tangible purpose, grimly reinforced by the terrible death count. People felt good about working together and, at least IME, clapping for nearly 3 months on Thursday evenings felt genuine. Of course for many it was an opportunity to virtue signal. Those people being Tories of course.

Now where are we? Arseholes and castles.

The government has lost all authority, but maintains its stranglehold on our lives. Meanwhile idiots call for lockdown to be ended on the dubious basis of a perceived lack of evidence, while providing none for the alternative.

The death count is diminishing. Things seem to be progressing in the rigt direction, but as we can see from Germany and, sadly, New Zealand, that can change in an instant. Hopefully they will get a grip on these outbreaks, but I fear this is the new normal; we will have to live our lvies navigating a viral minefield. Facemasks and hand gel, overpriced of course, will be our minesweepers. Inevitably there will be spikes, and commensurate stress. Anxiety will take a hold.

And then, come the winter, the seasonal flu returns. Hopefully that has not been ignored by the global health community. I'm sure it hasn't. There will also be Brexit. Our government throwing us off a cliff, apparently blind to the reality of a world in which we have no trading relationships at all. America has already promised to exploit us all the way to the bank. Well done.

I simply don't believe the government will ever get a handle on this. I'm not even sure they want to. They don't know how and can't. They don't speak 'Corona'. If a whole bunch of us die, then oh dear how sad for us. This reality is exacting a high psychic cost. I'm certainly feeling restless. One day might be ok, the next? After that? We don't know. Uncertainty is followed by banality. A nice trip out to town is still largely out of the question - and we don't know when that will be? There is nothing in our government and it's conduct that ever indicates that will change?

We are a failed state. Failed by the state.

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