That was the motivation exhorted by government just before the outbreak of the Second World War – a truly scary time – and a motto that to my mind could well be put to good use today when there seems to me to be a lot of unwarranted hysteria about a virus.
Whilst I’m sure it could be very unpleasant, surely we don’t need to ransack supermarkets and be frightened off from attending events, or going to restaurants or the pub!
Even our very own TONY SMITH is in trouble with the management here after he recklessly offered a prize on his show yesterday valued at about £1m at today’s price – a roll of toilet paper!
Now he’s really been torn off a strip!
And of course, this hysteria is not confined to this country and we reported today on a couple of resultant incidents.
Incredibly no less than 38% of Americans are now avoiding Corona beer – just like the plague!
And somebody arriving from Singapore, hungover after drinking the stuff was met at Heathrow airport by medics in hazmat suits and then quarantined!
Meanwhile from the alleged birth place of the virus in China comes news of a 27-year old woman, known only as M/s Gau who thought she could make a killing – well a financial one anyway by buying up a load of face masks and selling them on via her social media platform on WeChat.
A supposed retailer promised to supply her with masks at a knock down price.
She duly sent off a sum of 1.66 million Yuan – that’s about £184,000, which seems an exorbitant amount in anyone’s money – only to receive an empty box.
The subsequent criminal investigation revealed that the phoney supplier was a being run by 5 people working out of the provinces of Xinjiang an Fujuan.
Police have now arrested all the culprits and re-claimed M/s Gau’s money.
Throwing all caution to the wind, I was joined this afternoon by Margaret Mills for her monthly book review.
This month Margaret was reviewing the autobiographical account of growing up in a Glasgow suburb, MOTHERWELL – A GIRLHOOD, which was probably pretty challenging anyway.
This account was written by the late, one time journalist, DEBORAH ORR.
This book received mixed reviews so listen here to find out what Margaret made of this offering: –
I’ll see you again tomorrow,
Scott