i think of the great quote from john cleese, " i can deal with the despair, it's the hope i can't beareople will be thinking, please don't promise that we can go to a certain country, then two weeks later, do ewald fast. that's happened with portugaljust happened with portugal just recently. happened with portugaljust recently. i really think if the government is going to make this commitment, it must stick by it. unfortunately we have a catalogue of errors over the past few months which don't give optimism. why have the borders remained open so long after experts warned people coming from india were bringing a new variant into the country which has set us back at least four weeks? yes, i have hope, but it has been tempered by experience. and the government appears to be very gaffe prone. government appears to be very gaffe rone. . government appears to be very gaffe drone. ., government appears to be very gaffe rone. . ., ., ~ ., , , prone. kate, look at the times, this will ut prone. kate, look at the times, this will put more _ prone. kate, look at the times, this will put more pres