borisjohnson, used to say this final stage of unlocking would be irreversible, but now he's not so sure. globally, covid appears to be on the march again. cases are rising in france, germany, the netherlands and spain. in indonesia, japan and vietnam, it seems rampant. stephanie, first, the dutch government under mark rutte, the prime minister, announced three weeks ago or so that restrictions were being lifted and he's now had to reimpose some of them and has even apologised, saying it was a mistake. how worrying a precedent is that for the uk, do you think? i think this is — i am afraid — a very much a precedent for the uk. he had to apologise, or politically it has been very difficult for him and i wonder what is next for borisjohnson in that sense. if you look at the netherlands and, of course, the reason for this is the delta mutation because the delta mutation is far more infectious than the variant we had before. so, in the netherlands and there is a 500% rise in infections and there were a lot of mass gatherings