Trying to tune out
It's the end of the week and time for another review:
I'll be honest, 'MaisieThinks' hasn't done much thinking this week. An unconscious decision to tune out, letting all the scandal and corruption fade into a quiet static, an irritant humming in the back ground of my life, like a fly I keep trying to bat away while I aim desperately to enjoy what little of the year we have left. So, in an attempt to keep my semi-(once in a blue moon) positive mood intact I'll keep this brief.
The country this week has been left in a sort of Limbo, a depressing state of purga-Tory. Just when the country needs some definitive leadership, the likes of Boris and Sunak are missing in action, neither making an appearance at important COBRA meetings at the start of this week.
Disgracefully hiding away as more scandal surfaces its way to the top of the Conservative sea of sleaze. Pictures have emerged (out of nowhere) of Boris drinking wine in the number 10 garden, with Carrie, the baby and others, on 15th May last year. At a time when the rest of the country were prevented from seeing their loved ones, Bo-Jo 'n' company were having a grand old time.
What was their best defence for this? Well, they wheeled out the dumbest of the flock, knowing that even the most destructive media bullets would bounce straight off his thick rubber head and deflect sideways. Dominic Raab, taking the place of Matt Hancock, seems to be the Tories new favourite media shield. When asked about the pictures on Good Morning Britain, Dominic Raab claimed the interviewer was 'conflating the rules on what applied in a work place and what was the rules for social mixing' (didn’t make sense when he said it). Claiming that 'no, it doesn't apply in the same way.' Then when asked why there was a special rule for Downing Street staff he said, 'it was the same rule but that was a place where work meetings were held'.
Really? Is that they best they can do? Like when you ask your 4 year old where all the chocolate went and they claim the dog ate it, even though you don't have a dog and the evidence is smudged all over the little guilty face.
So, #gardenparty has now been added to the lengthy list of broken rules.
Tuesday came: by some miracle Boris and Sunak have decided to turn up to work. A COBRA took place, it went on for over 2 hours, then the announcement....
Drum roll....
Nothing.
No change. No new restrictions. Yet! They can't rule anything out and will be reviewing the situation hour by hour.
It seems to me that Omicron may be milder and cause less serve disease, which is good. HOWEVER, it is our NHS that needs protection now. Protection from these muppets! Rishi Sunak was only recently in America having meetings with US Healthcare Companies. What the hell was he doing?
Is the NHS up for grabs as a part of some new flash trade deal? Should Sunak soon succeed Johnson eventually.
It is a convenient turn of events for this Government if the NHS crumbles under the weigh of COVID patients, it'll be much easier for them to argue the case of privatisation. That's the real goal here of course, using and abusing this pandemic for profiteering and self gain. That's what they've been doing this whole time.
The public are seemingly being sensible, making their own judgements. Having only small gatherings, testing before hand. The British 'keep calm and carry on' approach. People in general care about overall public health and the strain on our NHS. Although this is obviously a good thing, businesses and employees have been well and truly let down. The dither, delay and uncertainty from this Government has forced the public into a voluntary lockdown. The result is that there is no furlough, insufficient sick pay and businesses such as hospitality are taking a hard knock with no financial support; at what would have been their busiest time of year. Basically the Tories are taking no responsibility whatsoever.
With all this in mind, what hope lays on the horizon? A shiny light in a second hand ‘tin man’ suit without a heart, Liz Truss. The ‘new’ Iron Lady apparently. She has started her leadership campaign early, looking like a knock off Madonna on the front of YOU magazine.
'Is this Britain's next Prime Minister?'
Well, I for one f***ing hope not.
Merry Christmas Everyone!