Boris off the bench

Boris is off the bench to lead team GB in the great endeavour.


The Race so far, Covid – 19 against the world

the rules. The world can do whatever to win

Covid-19 can only infect and leapfrog over people

The race so far

The starting pistol was fired in China, but most of the world didn't bother to get in the starting blocks.

Team GB gave inspirational talks to its sponsors and ensured the Chums would be protected. It is after all. a Government of chums. When Covid-19 passed them, Team GB set off in pursuit, at a mild jog. After a few steps Team GB realised they were not in running gear and still wearing the warm comforting tracksuits.

When they took off the tracksuit, they found they had forgotten to don their running gear, and were completely naked. Grabbing whatever they could find, to save embarrassment, not make the race easier, they set off in pursuit.

Team GB suffered an expected setback when Covid-19 entered the medical and support units, thus gaining a precious lead.

The sponsors realised they were backing a looser so threatened to take all their money out of the stocks and shares, forcing team GB to throw squillions of pounds at the banks. The banks now able to profit by being in charge of loans, became rich and content enough to close more branches.


Covid took a punt at team GB knocking out the team leader, Matt Hancock, the health Minister and the chief scientific officer. Team GB struggled on , leaderless but with the same incompetence, only this time the spokespeople could string sentences together.

Against the odds Team GB was making a difference, admittedly it had lost 90 NHS staff and running hospitals like war zones, but it was making progress.

So Boris is back in charge, what has changed?

Very little we are still loosing the poor, NHS staff, care staff and elderly in care homes, and running hospitals like war zones, but now the spokesperson is enthusiastically incompetent and incoherent.