A deeply depressing day as the Prime Minister delayed the final stage of easing lock-down restrictions in England until 19 July. It means most remaining curbs on social contact will continue beyond 21 June, when they had been due to be lifted. The limit on wedding guest numbers will be removed but venues will still have to adhere to other rules. Boris Johnson said there would be a review after two weeks and he was "confident" the delay would not need to be longer than four weeks. "We will monitor the position every day and if, after two weeks, we have concluded that the risk has diminished then we reserve the possibility of proceeding to step four, and a full opening, sooner," he told a Downing Street news conference. I'm afraid I simply do not believe him. This is a bad decision and one that will come back to haunt us. I am deeply concerned, not only for our sanity, but for businesses across the land who have suffered appallingly over the past year. The risk now is that we are in perpetual lock-down of one kind or another as these so-called advisers always fall on the side of caution and the PM remains terrified of sensible risk. I have never in my 63 years seen a Government act like this and it sets a terrifying precedent. It appeared during the day that the Government was not going to make a Statement in the House at all. The PM was set to speak to us from No 10 at 1800 and that was it. Then we learnt that Matt Hancock would make a Statement at 2100, giving MPs only an hour to question him. I put in to speak, did not make the list of 30. I suspect due to anger, the time was moved to 2030, but that was still too short. Meanwhile, the Speaker lashed out at the Government, accusing the PM of misleading the House by not making his Statement in the Chamber. And, to add to his wrath, he said he'd been told no decision had been made, anyway, only to learn that the press had been given embargoed copies of the PM's statement. I wrote a letter to the editor of the Daily Telegraph, which I hope will be printed tomorrow. What a depressing end to the day! Finally, Scotland's first match at a men's major finals in 23 years ended in anguish after Patrik Schick's incredible halfway-line goal helped the Czech Republic inflict a deflating opening Euro 2020 defeat at Hampden. Schick's goal, which added to his headed first-half opener, punctured a carnival atmosphere with a sharp dose of reality for Steve Clarke's side. Around 9,000 fans witnessed the Scots strike the bar amid a glut of chances, but a first foray beyond the group stage already looks a tough ask.