Day 233
I am going to rant so fair warning!
Trump is like a contestant in the Olympic hundred meters final who clearly comes second and then accuses the winner of fraud because he ran faster! He is making America a laughing stock clinging to thin air by his fingernails! We all knew he would not go quietly but this is beyond outrageous!
Priti Patel should resign, she won’t and Johnson is too scared to sack her. We might just have a little more faith if he did but of course they are Conservatives and they have no shame. He defended Cummings and he will defend her!
Now this nonsense with Fairytale of New York by The Pogues! What the fuck are they on about play it all or don’t play it. Who is offended? If you don’t like any song or are offended by the lyrics you have the ultimate option, switch it off! This Christmas song has been around for a very long time, have we been offended by up till now? The language in it is sung affectionately and anyone new to the song probably would not understand it anyway. It’s madness. I am not really that bothered about this one song (frankly I’ve heard it far to often anyway), it is yet another example of a worrying trend that we the public are no longer capable of deciding what we want to listen to! Whilst I will never condone the use of language used to deliberately offend or insult with the intention of hurting or aiming prejudice at anyone, we need to separate the truly offensive from harmless emphasis of past recordings. There are many more songs that are far more offensive than this one that are sung without a second thought and often at official occasions.
Now Track and Trace or Lost in Space as it should be called! In itself I am sure the technology is probably sound. We have been able to trace each other’s devices for some years, however the science upon which it was based and the implementation has been a disaster. It kind of works! It is dependant on so many factors that it stood no chance. Tracking is simple if you are basing it on a single criteria but the factors required for this system ensured it could only at best partially work and at worse would be a failure. It is not so much the fact that it has not worked as well as was hoped, it is this governments insistence that it is world beating and robust. In theory it’s a great idea but sadly as with many systems, government implemented over the years, it has proved to be a costly disaster! It’s a shame and I suspect a case of too many cooks? Cautious optimism rather than bombastic crowing when it was being introduced might have been better!
Rant over thanks
Stay well
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