I seem to remember that last time there was rationing. This time it's the devil take the hindmost. I've got enough for two days journeys to and from work, past two garages, neither of which is on the priority list. I think teachers are supposed to be essential, after health workers, but there's no way to organise this. "Here's my red pen! Look at these worksheets! These exercise books!"

What really gets me is TB almost quoting MT that protest and demonstration isn't any part of this country's democratic tradition. Tyler, Cade, Trelawny, all those Cornish rebellions, the Pilgrimage of Grace, Chartists, Tolpuddle martyrs, Captain Swing, the Ancient Order of Foresters, Joseph Arch, Pankhurst and Despard - what were they? (short list) - that's what you get for not being brought up in a Labour household.