Boris is right to sound optimistic

Good old Boris, young Boris actually. He loves to be eternally optimistic. Well that may be all about politics but it's a helluva lot better than being pessimistic and down-mouthed and fatalistic. And anyway he is right to shower us with bonhomie in his New Year message. Very Queen-like. There are good reasons to be excited about the future. I just hope it starts soon. If Boris can get his organisers to sort out the vaccine programme there is no reason why most of the population can't be done by the spring. Perhaps Michael Gove should be put in charge. By all accounts he had things pretty well wrapped up in the event of a no-deal Brexit. So he could use his calm - almost too calm - leadership style to accelerate the distribution of the vaccines. We are a relatively small, albeit population-packed, nation. It shouldn't be beyond the skills, logistical and medical, of those involved to get this mighty challenge moving fast. The faster the vaccinations, the quicker we will get back to a life of normality. No time for excuses or apologies. As Boris said endlessly throughout the Brexit campaign, "let's get it done". Vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate. Don't procrastinate, procrastinate, procrastinate.