Today has been all about the announcement that Boris Johnson was going to make this afternoon and evening. The much anticipated ‘road-map’ out of lockdown.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have all explained bits of what they are doing but this is the one that explains what England will do and what the UK will do where developed government doesn’t have jurisdiction.
So, at the end of the day many people left work pretty much on the dot of 3.30pm to listen to the PM say his stuff on their way home or when they got home. He spoke in parliament first then to the country this evening.
It’s going to be a four stage approach that he claims will be irreversible, a ‘one way journey’ back to normality. Sounds really good to hear that, and I think everyone is desperately hoping that will be the case.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56158928
But despite all of this there is always room for a bit of balance – some other news. Firstly, some amazing video of the NASA Mars rover landing on the red planet. It’s still quite breathtaking to think that as a species we are able to do that.
Secondly, the weather has been disappointingly drab today. Grey and overcast, but it has been noticeably mild and dry, and although it wasn’t a patch on the weekend it has at least been on the same track. A one-way road to spring?
The Bald Birder 