The rule of six, the 10pm curfew and Tier 2 lockdowns have left little room for social spontaneity. Organising and idealising nights out that may never happen has become a constant topic of conversation among my friends. New Year’s Eve is a particularly well-discussed event: how will we celebrate the end of a year that we’ll be glad to see the back of, while adhering to Covid rules? Not to worry, one friend told me with conviction last night, “the government will hold an Amnesty on the 31 December where you are allowed to flout the rules.”It feels as if we are all waiting for the final straw. What will finally make young people kick-off? Well, it might just be the prospect of being booted out of pubs and bars a full two-hours before the New Year countdown to midnight.