England facing an invasion of New Year visitors from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Such is the disharmony over Covid restrictions between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, it's highly likely there is going to be a rush of night clubbers and drinkers to English bars and restaurants from the other three components of the United Kingdom on New Year's Eve. With heavy restrictions announced for every state bar England for the New Year period, England suddenly looks the place to be. Boris Johnson is the only leader in the UK to look at the same infections data and make the decision to go ahead with New Year's Eve celebrations as if there was nothing to worry about. The other three including the lugubrious Mark Drakeford, First Minister of Wales, have all taken the over-cautioous otion and gone for restrictions on New Year's Eve carousing. Boris, already castigated by about 100 of his own Tory MPs for previous Covid restrictions, decided to go the safe political path by imposing no new restrictions but getting one of his ministers to put out the message that New Year's Eve revellers should celebrate cautiously. It's a bit like the adverts for gambling that are doing the rounds which always end with the delightful entreaty to "gamble responsibly". So revellers in England please drink/dance/cavort kiss/cuddle/fall over with as much responsibility as you can muster. The Scots and Welsh will be heading across their borders to enjoy the delights of English night clubs and bars and no doubt the Irish will be on their way too. This might just be one in the eye for Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister, and her plans to go for a vote once again on Scottish independence. Scottish voters might just say: "Sorry, Nicola, you closed our night clubs, we want to stick with the English thank you."