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‘Shall we make another carrot cake? We have all the ingredients’, said Gugs this morning. I confirmed my interest in the idea. ‘We just haven’t got any carrots’, she added.

It was blowing a hoolie outside when I went walking, suddenly plunged into distinctive wintry weather. Market Square in Cambridge was deserted and felt particularly apocalyptic.

Boris Johnson. Is this what passes for charismatic leadership? We have now been told to be primarily ‘alert’, although whether this advice is taken on board depends on which country of the UK you live in. Nicola Sturgeon must have had a frustrating day knowing that a) an upcoming announcement was due to relax rules that she didn’t want to be relaxed, and b) Westminster yet again reinforced why many Scots want independence from English control. She’s much more sincere and practical in her public addresses. Overall, the country could do with more of Nicki Sturge right now.