Tokenism

+I wonder why Johnson has chosen to do a weekly press conference on a Wednesday? Surely he’s not trying to drown out anything that happened earlier in the day at PMQs? Anyway, caged animals will be pleased to hear that zoos are no longer to be in lockdown. Apart from reptile houses, Johnson said. How this will affect the 1922 Committee or the Carlton Club is anybody’s guess.
 
+The picture of Keir Starmer and his deputy Angela Rayner doing the ‘kneel’ isolated in a large, carpeted room possibly somewhere in the Palace of Westminster is not a good look. Far from conveying an image of solidarity it reeks of tokenism. It would have had more impact if they’d done it at the bar of the House—which may have inspired a few other MPs to follow suit. I doubt that any Tories would have joined them.
 
+Johnson also blathered on a bit about creating social bubbles, as we continue our hapless journey along the government’s roadmap. Apparently UK plc has now met the regime’s five tests for declaring a near victory against the Coronavirus. Is this Johnson’s D-Day moment? I wonder who he’ll be ‘bubbling’ with. Wife Carrie better keep an eye on him.