What is ‘normality’ to you? And how do you know that you’ve returned to it? Most of us are looking for a return to a bit of normality as the world, including the UK, dips and dives through the chaos that is Covid-19.

But go back to everything the way it was before we were pitched into the fog? The odds are that we can’t, even if we wanted to – too many people have died, too many will have lost jobs, and too many businesses may have experienced unaltering changes.

What we need to insist on is a new and changed recognition from government of critical staffing issues”

What we need to insist on is a new and changed recognition from government of critical staffing issues – social care, anyone? – that should be explored with a view toward the future, not an inquiry into the past. We also need to insist on a pragmatic approach to business from government that focuses on building business resilience instead of garnering headlines for expensive, flamboyant programmes may not leave anyone better off ultimately.

Hopefully, our gyms will open safely, tourism can pick up steam, and all of the other damaged industries will regain momentum. But life in the UK cannot go back to ‘business as usual’ for government.