Pre Tier 3 Weekender 1

Last weekend of the month, and thus Lockdown 2.0. I suspect that, as with most modern blockbusters (god, can you imagine Hollywood's take on all this? I think Ernest Borgnine's dead though!), this will be a trilogy. In fact they're likely to split the third act into two movements, across the year. In the meantime, shop till you drop. Though preferably not literally.

If you look at the graphics it really does appear as if the Tier system is politically based. The entirety of London however is in Tier 2, including, of course, the City. Business as usual then; that blow isn't going to snort itself! Now London is pretty Labour, but it's also the capital and they aren't going to lock that down, even though it's doing worse than other places in Tier 3.

We have a new minister. The roller disco minister, Nadim Zahawi (you pay to heat his stables). He's the roller minister. Better get his skates on. TO be honest, it doesn't matter which clone of corruption they pick, they are all birds of a very shit feather. I suppose we should be thankful it's not Grayling. His job will be to pick up the pieces after Brexit when we betg the EU to let the vaccine through despite shoving two fingers up at them and threatening to break international law for 4 years. Or he'll pick up the pieces when the health authorities declare the vaccine unfit for human consumption. Obviously I hope that doesn't happen, but we can't assume it won't!

So we are now entering what, if I was writing a TV show about a washed up cop in London, would be called 'endgame'. The great season finale - until they resurrect the show. A terrible metaphor in a terrible world. The Tories are banking on this vaccine which makes me all the more sceptical of it's efficacy or viability. I just don't trust them. All this will be happening in the shadow of Brexit so you really couldn't ask for less secure economic conditions for this to happen. On the plus side, maybe the vaccine will be the like the Wild Card virus (superhero novels curated by the guy behind Game of Thrones) and we'll get crazy super powers (and not the horrible mutations). 

Finally, the government is planning to dish out Vitamin D supplements to the most vitamin-vulnerable. It's  not a bad idea but I can't help thinking that facilitating a proper diet with access to good quality food (fish is high in vitamin D for example) and not starving kids would be a long term better solution. Sadly this attitude is just typical of the Tories and their quick fix approach. Perhaps they think the virus is a like a trip to Holland and Barrett where you get a 2 for 1 deal on Vaccine + Vitamin D. Just drop some pills for the plebs, never mind the quality of the supplement. Let's have access to good nutritional food without the pompous pricing, faddy 'haute cusine' bollocks, and we can all be permanently more healthy all round.