The fallout from the announcement of the lockdown continues. Today, the Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir Patrick Vallance and the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty appeared before the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee. Labour MP Graham Stringer asked Sir Patrick if he believed he had frightened people with
2 November 2020 The leak that wasn’t continues. As the search for the leaker(s) progresses there are more denials than from a Daniel Andrews government. It appears there were 15 people in the know. This includes the four ministers, Johnson, Gove, Sunak and Hancock, science advisors and the
31st October 2020 I am sitting here waiting for the announcement of a new lockdown in England. It was scheduled for 4pm, then deferred to 5pm, then sometime after 5pm and then 6.30pm. As the contents of the speech due to be made by the Prime Minister have been
The position just gets madder and madder. The latest revised guidance from the Welsh government now states that it is not permissible to buy a non-essential item unless it is essential to buy a non-essential item. They still haven’t produced a list of non-essential items but say it is
Croeso I Cymru: 23rd October 2020 As from 6 pm tonight (23rd October), Wales goes into a 17-day “firebreak”. It is important to note that this is not a lockdown, but something totally different. How it differs no one has explained, just PR rephrasing at work to make it seem
In the UK things are going beyond Alice in Wonderland and becoming more like one of Franz Kafka’s bad dreams. The lines between law and opinion are becoming blurred. It can now be a matter of opinion whether a law is broken or not, that opinion being the legal
Information Satire At a press conference held in the People’s Palace, Jacindagrad, it was announced that as from today, the death penalty would be abolished for all offences committed in Jacindistan. The United Nations greeted this announcement with acclaim and commented that it heralded the advancement of Jacindistan into
Information Satire Policy decisions The government today revealed plans for a new policy-making committee. All options on policies would be pinned to a wall and then a group of Chimpanzees would throw darts at them. The two options with the most hits would then be recommended for perusal and screening
I was going to pen a satire for a change about the UK, but events here are moving and changing so fast that it is beyond satire. I can’t comment on the latest regulations because I don’t understand them. I have been able to drive 10 miles to
With the forthcoming elections coming up in Myanmar (November 8th) the situation is getting interesting. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) will undoubtedly win a majority again, even with 25% of the parliamentary seats reserved for the Tatmadaw (Military). There are some minor parties standing,
I still can’t fathom what is going on in this country. The Government has made a first-rate Horlicks of the COVID-19 situation and as a distraction, switched back to providing leaks and updates about Brexit. The EU and the UK have about 5 weeks to reach an agreement on
Information Satire Holidays A leaked internal document has disclosed that the government is considering providing more statutory holidays in order to ensure that the return to normal working patterns following any easing of the lockdown will not be too onerous, and to promote inclusiveness. The proposed national holidays in addition
Interesting times in Myanmar As promised in my last letter, I thought we would have a bit of a change this week. There is so much going on in the UK that I would need a letter a day to do justice to it. Resignations from the health sector, no
We are now subject to regional lockdowns, town by town. These are increasingly ignored by an untrusting population, especially the young who appear to think that lack of age gives them immunity. They are possibly right in that COVID-19 doesn’t seem to affect them anywhere as near as the
Information Satire Latest poll results In a survey carried out this week support for the Labour party is strengthening. 66% of respondents said that they would vote for Labour at the next election, 33% said that they would vote National. 1% don’t knows was a rounding error. This poll
Taking time off from writing my letters from the North I managed to do some work for my day job. During my busy week, I had some interesting face time with managers of second-level funding institutions. These are participating in and advising on the Government protection devices attempting to keep
