We
seem to be trapped in a never-ending news cycle that endlessly repeats itself:
statistics and excuses.
It is fairly obvious that the present
front bench is no longer truly concerned about how this crisis works out in
terms of the human cost, but rather in who is going to be blamed for the way in
which the crisis has been managed. They
can already see the various paragraphs of blame in the conclusions of the
inevitable public inquiry and they are thinking, as always, only about their
own survival and that of their discredited party.
If I was a member of the group of scientific
experts that have had any contact with the Conservative politicians I would be
engaging a lawyer now to keep a watching brief for the time that the Tory scum
begin to put all the blame for their actions on the selective scientific advice
that they will claim that they always followed.
I think the case for corporate
manslaughter charges against relevant ministers is almost overwhelming and I would
willingly support a crowd-funded appeal for funds to prosecute the perpetrators
of the fatal self-serving dithering incompetence that characterised the
management of the crisis so far.
The story of the PPE supplies get more
murky by the second, with the Turkish connection being more akin to farce than
competent procurement. We have utilized
the RAF to fly to Istanbul to get a partial
cargo back! The PRIVATE firm that our
government has used to store the PPE stockpile has been sold to another firm
during the crisis! You couldn’t make
this rubbish up, but is par for the course for a government that can pay
millions to a ferry line with no boats.
All this and Brexit too! The bunch of third-rate incompetents still
have the desire to take us out of the EU with no deal. Weeping is not enough!
The papers are taking a little time to
consider who might be the scapegoat for the fatal disaster of crisis
management. The obvious candidate is
Matt Hancock the man without fixed ethos, who swallowed his previous beliefs
for the tempting offer of a seat in the sort of cabinet that he would have shunned
previously. But, what the hell, in the
dregs of ability that is the present Conservative Party, he is some sort of star.
With what has happened so far in the
debacle of the crisis he has said things and made claims that cannot all be
true. He has therefore said the thing
that was not. And there is the question
of the 100k tests that he has promised by the end of the month which are
clearly impossible to deliver. So that
will be a resigning matter.
With a fragmented cabinet in the absence
of the Blond Buffoon and with the in fighting that must be going on, poor old
Beckett must be wandering around with a selection of knives sticking into his
back!
I have zero sympathy for him.
The
talk of exit strategies is gaining ground, though we are not getting very much
clarity about what they might be.
Here in Spain I think that the weekend
relaxation for the isolation of kids might be a way of the government seeing
how well or how badly the population runs with this. If it is a disaster and people take advantage
then perhaps there will be a swift reversion to a stricter lockdown; if it goes
well, perhaps it will be a start of a series of relaxations.
The Scottish parliament is saying that
some form of social distancing will be in force until the end of the year, at
least for the at risk sections of the population. We are not dealing with any definite information;
there is no way that plans can be made for any events months ahead. When is flying to and from Spain going to
start again? No idea. And no idea about when we might expect to get
an idea.
At
least the sun shone for some time today.
I’m thankful for that.
