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Another day dawns in the confusing world of the lockdown.

We're told today that primary

schools might not be able to take any more children back to the classroom until September.

And we're also told that secondary schools might not be able to open fully in the autumn either.

This is the same time as learning that the coronavirus is in retreat and the death rate has fallen to its lowest level in 11 weeks.

Confused?

You won't be if you listen to this show.

Surely it's time we got to grips properly, though, with online learning for our children.

In all our schools, if they can't go, we need to get back to focusing on what they need to

actually do.

I've said to my own kids, if you don't do anything between now and September, your brain

will literally melt out of your ear.

Now, I know that may not be particularly scientific advice, but that's kind of where we are right now.

And I think it's time that the school system actually reacted properly in this country to the needs of the kids rather than to the needs of the teachers.

You know what I'm saying? Meanwhile, the non-quarantine quarantine is in place to ensure that we can't go anywhere at the moment, but we might be able to go to Europe in July, but we

can't book anything yet because it's not time yet. But we can't really tell you what to do,

but at the moment you shouldn't go anywhere. But if you do turn up at the airport, you can go somewhere.

You just won't have any insurance. So when you get there, you won't be able to do anything that might be in any way dangerous. And of course, when you come back, you might have to self-quarantine,

but if you have to go out, you can go out.

So it's not really a quarantine at all, is it?

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