A Personal Review of World Issues in 2020
Where to start? The United Kingdom – I’m a Journalist with a Classics Degree…. At the beginning of 2020 the newly installed, huge majority Conservative government was effervescent having gained control with a strong mandate to complete the postponed divorce from the European Union. What could possibly go wrong? A rhetorical question as we all know the answer. It’s important to understand that the new government (i.e. Ministers) was formed of supporters of the (Brexit-supporting) Prime Minister (PM), with many inexperienced members put into critical roles and experienced ministers put out to pasture. We saw how China reacted to the outbreak in Wuhan, then it took off in Northern Italy whilst the UK’s scientific advisors and government vacillated through February and March. My last rugby match (I referee) was in West London in the middle of March 2020. It was very busy. There was a large touch rugby competition with several hundred players, ...