I, like many, have been aching for the hospitality sector to reopen. Not just because it would be nice to eat food that I haven’t cooked, aka burned, but a big slice of my career depends on it.

As a jobbing stand-up comedian I can’t get back to work till the comedy clubs are allowed to operate again and things are getting desperate for me. Not in the financial way but I haven’t done a gig is so long I am sneaking pre-written jokes into conversations with friends.

One idea that could help the entertainment venues come back is the vaccine passport. Prime minister Boris Johnson has suggested a trial of a certificate scheme but the idea of having to carry your papers with you seems hard to accept.

Other MPs had previously called such an idea divisive and discriminatory. It would be divisive by its nature. The purpose of the scheme would be be divide people into two groups, those who are safe from Covid-19 and those who aren’t and let the safe group go and have some hospitality.

Is it discriminatory? I suppose there is a reverse ageism issue. If you’re over 70 you are far more likely to have had your jab than someone under 30. Do we correct this discrimination my making sure that no age group gets to go out?

That’s the point that I have to remind myself of regularly, the two situations that we have to pick between isn’t a case where only the vaccinated can have fun versus one where we can all go out. We have to pick between only those with passports going out or the venues staying closed to everyone.

If they brought this plan is I wouldn’t be able to get a vaccine passport but I would rather walk by Suju filled with pensioners having a great time than walk by a closed down business just so that I can’t feel it’s fair.

It still doesn’t get us round the issue of Big Brother’s interference. I hear people make a good argument that if we accept vaccine passports than we’ll have state control in 10 years time. But if your argument against step one is that step six might be bad, you’ve not argued against step one, you’ve simply made the case that we should stop further steps.

If we have vaccine passports to get the hospitality industry going again we need to make sure it only lasts until we’ve all been offered the jab.

And just when I have talked myself into thinking the vaccine passport would be a good idea I remember how well track and trace went.