Son told not to comfort mother at father s socially distanced funeral

A man in Milton Keynes was told he could not move his chair closer to his mother during his fathers funeral because of coronavirus restrictions. Speaking with talkRADIOs Ian Collins, Craig Bicknell said: I had to stand up and do my eulogy straight after, which is the hardest thing Ive ever had to do, with the guy looking at me through a bit of glass. Ian is also joined by Spiked Online columnist Ella Whelan, who said: The government seems to think that the public just needs hard and fast