Kate Hawkesby: I wanted to stick needles in my eyes during the 1pm presser

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Aug 18, 2021 · 2m

This time yesterday I was saying how hopefully this lockdown would be short and sharp.

Oh how much can change in 24 hours, that now looks like a pipe dream. But I was trying to stay optimistic, take it one day at a time, have a good attitude about it.

But then I saw the 1 o’clock update. Oh my gosh. It brought everything back didn’t it?

I tried, I really did, but I wanted to stick needles in my eyes by about 4 minutes in.

I’d forgotten how soul destroying it is to be spoken to like a 3-year-old.

I also felt exasperated that the press gallery seem to have all had lobotomies and are unable to…