Were I unfortunate enough to see Mr Johnson (the disgraced ex-Prime Minister of the UK) I might opine a comment or twelve, along the lines emphasising his almost criminal corruption and lying disregard of everyone and everything except for his worthless self. I would be more than prepared to explain my assessment to him personally or shout it out as he walked along. And would I be arrested for daring to complain about somebody who has taken advantage of the British people and given such poor value for money as, for example, the new King Charles III?
The stories emerging from the UK of police action against those who have dared to express opinions contrary to the unthinking adulation and hagiographical approbation that we are presumably supposed to be offering uncritically to her late Majesty and his present Royal Highness are, to put it mildly, worrying.
Some of the comments by those opposing the continuation of the monarch have, to put it mildly, been somewhat crass. But criminal? The police are apparently using a new Tory devised bill to extend their powers and clamp down on fully justified opposition.
One friend of mine suggested that for those living in the UK over the period of the funeral and the accession of Charles III and the sycophantic level of comment from media and The General Population might now understand for a short period what it is like for people living in North Korea all the time!
The death of the Queen and the ceremonial shenanigans connected with the proclamation of the new king have allowed and continue to allow the population to take their eye off the main concern of the vast majority of the population and that is the cost of living crisis and the degraded level of governmental politics.
Perhaps by Monday and the funeral over and done with, the country can go Cold Turkey and wake up to the realities of the present condition of the country.
But I am not confident that this is at all likely!
