that's right, there is a real sense of deja vu as we turn into 2022, covid still dominating the headlines. a huge concern for the government here at westminster. they will be gathering on wednesday to review the current restrictions in england. more liberal as they are compared with scotland, wales and northern ireland. quite striking in that context that the health secretary, sajid javid, has written a piece in the daily mail saying that imposing new restrictions would be his absolute last priority, the last thing he would want to do as far as england is concerned. that is to restate existing government policy as far as the rules of england are concerned, but it is worth mentioning because given the rising number of cases, the expected increase in the number of people ending up in hospital, the health secretary talks about that in his article. it gives you some sense about how the government is approaching the pandemic as we tilt into 2022. . ~', approaching the pandemic as we tilt into 2022. . «a , approaching the pandemic as we tilt into 2022. ., «a , . , into 2022. thanks, chris. we will be s-teakin into 2022. thanks, chris. we will be speaking to — into 2022. thanks, chris. we will be speaking to you _ into 2022. thanks, chris. we will be speaking to you a — into 2022. thanks, chris. we will be speaking to you a bit _