I don’t want to break the law but I’m not sure who belongs in what bubble?

With new tier 2 restrictions in London, does Charlotte Cripps have enough bubbles for childcare and could Muggles retrain as a Covid sniffer dog?

(Illustration by Amara May)

I don’t want to do a Dominic Cummings and break the law but I’m too scared to look at the government website to check out tier 2 support bubbles in case it messes with my childcare. As a single mum with two kids and a dog, it’s a minefield – especially since the kid’s nanny Roseanna disappeared off the face of the planet three weeks ago.

I’m sick of local yummy mummies asking me with great sympathy where she is as if I have lost an arm. I haven’t got a clue. 

It’s OK for them looking all smug with their full-time nannies, who also do the cleaning, but for the rest of us, juggling childcare and working, it’s not so simple.  It’s the equivalent of them juggling the gym, a pilates class, a manicure, and a leg wax before the kids get home from school.