Saturday 4th April 2020<\/p>\n
NEWS IN BRIEF<\/p>\n
Just had an awful time with a loaf of bread: reeking of bleach: Bong!<\/p>\n
Custard diet weighing me down: Bong!<\/p>\n
Skipped custard at luncheon: Bong!<\/p>\n
Having seconds of pomegranate seeds: must finish them by tomorrow: Bong!<\/p>\n
Royston says it’s 1940 all over again. Britain not a very efficient country. Poorly prepared. In 1940 it was ‘Let’s invade Norway.’ Didn’t get anywhere. Rather off-beam anyway. Man whose idea that was got made PM – Churchill. British Expeditionary Force hopeless little band, no chance of standing up to Gerry. Had to be rescued by random pleasure craft and fishing boats from Dunkirk, a debacle turned in folk memory into a glorious manifestation of plucky little Britain pulling together. But somehow we came out on top after six years.<\/p>\n
This time, Gerry’s got ahead, much better organised, low death rate, massive testing programme \u00a0– just as in 1940. But where’s it going to end?<\/p>\n
I’ve switched off all newsfeeds, news bulletins, even the stock prices. So I won’t know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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