Simon Jones: Time tae talk tough

I’ve been in Scotland campervanning for the past couple of weeks, getting some welcome rest and recuperation after something of an aberrant year thus far.

One thing that struck my wife and I while we were north of the border was just how engaged everyone is in combatting the spread of coronavirus. The public and proprietors of restaurants, pubs, shops have completely bought in to social distancing measures – much more so than in England, where implementation of measures often seems to be nothing more than a box-ticking exercise. Even on remote islands off the west coast the public are fully committed to social distancing and wearing face masks – even if doing so could exacerbate a bit of dry eye (In Focus, page 7).