Some of them will be saying the Tories are looking for a new illness to keep us isolated. On Friday (June 11) there was an increase of 8,125 – up 30 per cent on the previous Friday’s 6,238 new cases, themselves a 49 per cent increase on the Friday before.Ī further 17 deaths (within 28 days of a positive Covid diagnosis) were recorded – which is massively up from the zero deaths of Bank Holiday Monday (obviously).Ĭonspiracy theorists will be delighted because it gives them a chance to claim that the government simply doesn’t want to lift restrictions on our freedoms. The number of infections has increased again. I’m thinking of having a big party where everyone who knows me can come and do all the things we’ve all been banned from doing for the previous 16 months… The new date happens to be This Writer’s birthday. ‘Freedom Day’ – the moment when the UK is set to be free of all Covid-19-related lockdown restrictions – is to be delayed until July 19 because of Johnson’s failure to keep the delta variant out.

Let’s hope Boris Johnson’s stupidity doesn’t force another extension after that.

Closed (still): lockdown restrictions are likely to continue beyond June 21 for another four weeks.

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