It
comes to something that the sight of a man in late middle age walking down the
middle of the street on a mobile phone is something to feel riled about. Without kids or dog or shopping basket, he was
a prime example of someone doing just what the hell he liked – even if his
misdemeanour was a simple unaccompanied walk.
This is not a luxury the over 14s can enjoy until the weekend. Perhaps.
I felt a distinct urge to “denounce”; the
itch to feel the pleasure of condemning someone not doing what I’m doing, a
touch of the retired major of Tonbridge Wells expressing outrage! But, who would I tell? Better to have a quick grumble and get it
over with!
In spite of the Plague Kids being allowed
out and about there has been no discernable increase in human (and child)
freedom in our small world. The greatest
concentration of Plague Kids is two pools away from us in houses nearer the sea
and there are extensive grounds around their pool, but the kids do not appear
to be playing there. Perhaps they are
totally in thrall to their small screens and the ‘outside’ has few charms to
tempt them! Or perhaps they are all
walking their regulated hour a day along the paseo, or walking on the
beach? Who knows? We are not scheduled for a shop visit for the
next few days and so there will be no way to check on how the regulations are
being followed.
The next relaxation is supposed to be for
adults, but to my way of looking, the government here in Spain is trying to
have its cake and eat it. The regions,
especially The Basque Country and Catalonia are arguing for their own series of
regulations, but the national government is saying that they want a national
plan but for it to be implemented asymmetrically and gradually, with it therefore
being different in the different regions.
Is this just a case of semantics, or is it a real policy? As with so much during this crisis, it is a
matter of waiting to see how theory works out in practice; but there must also
be a recognition that time is also a killer.
If the policy is wrong, then in a fortnight’s time we will see a spike
in deaths: mistakes will kill.
In
Britain, a friend has written that she is keeping a diary of the idiocies of
the government in their approach to the crisis.
I hope that everyone is remembering the deadly mistakes that the
Conservative government made as, in a Public Inquiry everyone is able
to submit an input and have it officially noted, and this government MUST be
held to account.
I am aware, but can barely understand,
that the present government has fairly high satisfaction ratings and that the
Blond Buffoon also has high approval ratings.
This is not only deluded but also dangerous. Under no circumstances should we forget that
not only do we have a miss-managed Covid-19 crisis, but also we have the very
real threat of a no-deal Brexit: a double-whammy that only the right-wing trash
that rules us could put together. And
think that they could get away with. And
they will, unless we are particular, and insistent.
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