How COVID-19 affected the characters in The Thick of It - a thread:

Terri Coverley: Still serves in Comms for DoSAC. Has taken 5 tests in the hope of being positive to get the two weeks self isolation at home but no success. Pleas to be furloughed have been laughed off so far. Not happy.

Malcolm Tucker: After a suspended sentence, Tucker moved to Guido. Expelled by Labour after setting up fake Facebook accounts posing as Corbyn supporters engaging in anti-Semitism. Leaked Boris Johnson’s admission into ICU. Self isolating, because he’s “allergic to cunts.”

Nicola Murray MP: Lib Dem MP. Her book about being LOTO indefinitely on hold due to the virus. Unhappily married to her “fucking husband”, kicking him out until the pandemic ends. Latest misfire came at PMQs, where Murray gave heartfelt speech on PPE - for it to be on mute.

Lord Mannion: Drinking champagne in a recession, being part of the 65+ group not allowed to leave home. Mannion’s inability to manage Zoom led to an apology on the Lords, where Mannion’s research into Hitler’s speeches for a book saw the 1933 Reichstag become his Zoom background.

Glenn Cullen: The architect behind Hugh Abbot’s failed bid to become the first TIG MP. Wrote in the Telegraph on how the virus is perfect to introduce the Fourth Sector. Currently has the virus, and has marked his front door with an X. Still has his lamp, still is a man.

Dr Stewart Pearson: Brought back into the Conservative Party as part of Matt Hancock’s team. Behind the idea for badges for carers and pushing Hancock to call for a Carer’s Bank Holiday. Currently brainstorming NHS App where the app acts as a Coronavirus test. On borrowed time.

Ollie Reeder: A seasoned Guardian columnist, currently working from home. After caring for his infected elderly mother in March, he now knows what it’s really like to clean up his own mother’s piss.

Emma Messinger: Now engaged to high ranking minister. The infamous No.10 source for Laura Kuenssberg. Sits in SAGE meetings, behind the ditching of the international comparisons.

Phillip Smith: One of the weirdos Dominic Cummings wanted in the No.10 machine. Sceptical of the lockdown, believing old people are dying anyway - bemoaning the queue to get into Waitrose. Has put PPE on his life size Power Rangers, and hand washes ‘at least’ 25 times a day.