On BBC News at Ten last night, there were excerpts from Boris Johnson’s Covid-19 press conference earlier in the day. The ITV News file is here (video).

I almost choked on my chilled Evian water (ice and a slice of lime) when I spotted that the woman also in the press conference, Dido, was standing on a plinth – play the video from 18:07, she appears a few seconds later. The only possible explanation, I think, was to make her look as tall as the prime minister. Women’s emotional neediness knows no bounds.

I imagine Dido will be pleased to return to her singing career once the pandemic is over.

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