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with me this week are stephanie bolzen of germany's die welt, michael goldfarb, whose blog aims to be the first rough draught of history, hence its title. and here in the studio with me, the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent, james landale. welcome, james. welcome to both of you, lovely to see you both again, albeit at a distance for now. now monday, will be what borisjohnson once liked to call "freedom day"— the one on which all the legal restrictions imposed on people in this pandemic will be lifted. the prime minister, borisjohnson, used to say this final stage of unlocking would be irreversible, but now he's not so sure. globally, covid appears to be on the march again. cases are rising in france, germany, the netherlands and spain. in indonesia, japan and vietnam, it seems rampant. stephanie, first, the dutch government under mark rutte i , the prime minister, announced three weeks ago or so that restrictions were being lifted and he has now had to reimpose some of them and has even apologised, saying it was a mistake. how worrying a precedent is that for the uk, do you