Even the most sickeningly optimistic people would struggle to argue that 2020 has been a vintage year. At the end of 2019 I was happy to declare “good riddance” to a crappy decade (see Brexit, Tory rule, “austerity,” Trump etc). It never occurred to me that 2020 would be so bad that the previous “lost decade” would seem marvellous by comparison.
It’s not just Covid-19 that’s crap about this year, there has also been a literal plague of locusts in east Africa. If this isn’t biblical enough I had a freak hail storm this afternoon (Thurs 24th September 2020) that was so fierce the hail stones literally blew holes in the leaves of my plants! I’m starting to suspect we’ve s angered the Gods (that is, even more than usual).
Dr Martin James 