By late last year support for the Scottish National Party’s independence movement was polling at 50%, I suspect reflecting Brexit fatigue.

Spare a thought for the Swedish saviour Greta, who I imagine now cries herself to sleep each night.

THE BEST: By a country mile, Al Jazeera. It alone presents full international news. A Zambian or Honduras Presidential election result will be advised, even if in an announcement running along the bottom of the screen. An added bonus is their flock of stunning female news presenters.

Management personnel from our principal media outlets, plus some ragtag entities tagging along, recently petitioned the government for assistance. The lockdown they argued, killed their advertising base, to which Finance Minister Grant Robertson wryly observed that that came under the category of a pre-existing condition. As a result he gave them bugger all, for the cold hard fact is their days are numbered.

“Mum, Dad and daughter die of virus within a fortnight; proclaimed Britain’s Metro News. The “daughter” part seemed improbable. Sure enough, Mum and Dad turned out to be in their 80s and daughter 62 and obese. So she was just in the danger age zone but the obesity factor shifted the balance against her.