Anton Black

Many are trying to survive in this horrible and tedious period of lockdown. Life is becoming beige. Every day feels the same. If you are one of the (so-called) lucky ones to be working from home, your mainly dull, but sometimes okay job is making you unsatisfied.

I heard that nineteen people had been arrested and a further ten fined after a group gathered to protest against coronavirus lockdown restrictions in Hyde Park, on Saturday.

With Europe now in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, the focus of the UK has dramatically shifted. While the consequences of Brexit on equalities groups stay a concern, the highest risk to the wellbeing of vulnerable groups in Britain, and around the world, comes from the novel Coronavirus.

In a way, the UK should have been the best-prepared country for the destructive force of Covid-19 on the economy. Throughout 2019 hardly a day went past without someone reminding us of the dangers of a cliff-edge Brexit.

The European Commission, on Monday (4 May), launched the coronavirus global response framework to raise €7.5bn to fight the virus.

The rumours started a week after Boris Johnson went into self-isolation in the top floor flat of No 11 Downing Street. The story, spread by the PM and his ministers, had so far been convincing.