15 May

Lots of talk about mental health and the pandemic today. I offended some people by saying that the idea we should scale back quarantine to protect peoples' mental health means we must have become a nation of snowflakes. I meant that though in a very specific context, the one General Sir Richard Barrons uses in the image. Ironically the people who use the word 'snowflake' a lot - culture warriors and shock jocks - are the greatest snowflakes of all, as they're the ones whinging loudest about quarantines.