Very early in the pandemic, somebody in my office said, “Have you seen these voiceover videos of your Covid briefings that Janey Godley is doing? They’re really, really funny.’” So I watched a couple of them and they really, really were.
Obviously, Covid was such a hard and dark time for everybody, and for me as first minister, it was stressful, but after finding out about Janey’s voiceovers, I remember quite quickly getting into this kind of pattern: after I did the briefing every day, half an hour later I’d go to see if Janey had posted anything – she used to post her videos quickly – just to lift my spirits and cheer me up. They always made me laugh.
