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THREE months ago, the idea of performing in front of a computer would have been more than improbable to me but now it’s a commonplace.

My words have been flying across social media in written form for a long time but, having learned the basics of live streaming, my physical presence is there too these days.

We're in the middle of an unprecedented and, to a large degree, totally avoidable catastrophe of death, suffering and economic hardship. The architect of this ghastly debacle — per capita the highest number of coronavirus-related deaths in the world — receives the backing of his puppet, who happens to be Prime Minister of this country.

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