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Mike Gurney, who is 74, has been visually impaired since he was a small child and can now see nothing at all.
He can normally cope admirably around his house and take on most tasks with the help of his guide dog Tess.
At the beginning of February his heating and hot water system stopped working and he called his landlords, Grand Union Housing Group, to report it.
Mike Gurney has been visually impaired since he was a child
Though the heating was very quickly fixed, Mike was left waiting two weeks for the hot water to be repaired. He was told the problem was a faulty wire.
(Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)
Once upon a time, it was popular in the corporate world to have a “2020 Vision”. It was a snappy title for glossy brochures laying out long-term strategies. It suggested clarity, foresight and forward thinking.
Sodexo, Siemens, the NHS, the Grand Union Housing Group and the University of Chester all published their own “2020 Vision”. Ironically, the World Health Organisation had one too.
But none foresaw it would end like this – the nation locked down again; large swathes of the economy in tatters; the elderly incarcerated in solitary confinement by diktat of a Conservative Government.
But as the “bah humbug” pathogen takes grip, it’s worth considering, “Was there anything good about 2020?” The truth is there were a few roses among the thorns of a year to forget.