it is true that we are in the last chance saloon, and it is true we cannot dilly—dallying much longer alarming, they are rapidly getting us back towards the levels in march when we went into lockdown, but we are not there yet. i think we do still have a chance if we react quickly, and if the government acts decisively at a national level. you see, when you look at the national regional lockdown is, at one level it is a good idea, but it has been very badly handled, i think. the thing it was meant to do, number one, bring clarity. because nobody knew what on earth the rules were. even the prime minister didn't know. secondly, to bring about a sense of equity so that people didn't feel well, why are we in restrictions and others aren't? the idea was that you have a clear, objective criteria and you have clear, objective measures which determine those various levels. but that hasn't happened. so come on the one hand, which tier you are in seems to be a matter of political bargaining, rather than the state of the disease, and even the restrictions differ in the same tier. in some areas, i