Now the useless Dido Harding friend of our PM is vowing if she becomes head of the NHS she will try to cut out both foreign patients and workers. Apart from the fact that this woman should never be aloud to be the head of even her own household, how does she think the NHS will run without all the staff from other countries? Without them the whole thing would collapse. What is this xenophobic streak that never seems to disappear from British life? Why is there this deep seated fear of people from other countries that many British people foster. We have lived in a multi-cultural society for hundreds of years. As I wrote only this week there is no such thing as pure Britishness. I want to have it clearly understood that I for one welcome people from everywhere and am delighted to find out more about them and their culture.
I was annoyed this week whilst watching the England v India test match when one of the commentators said that Sophia Dunkley was the first black player to score a half century in a test for England. What the hell has her ethnicity got to do with anything? It was insulting to her and to the Indian team. It is comments like this that perpetuate the differences as always. I’m sure the commentator did not mean to be insensitive but it was a poor remark.
I ask you both a question what can we do about this appalling period we are experiencing and I don’t just mean the pandemic. Everyday our rights are eroded and freedom impinged upon. It’s never been comfortable being British we stumble from one crisis to another seemingly unable to help ourselves to remain stable for more than a few years if at all. Our services are crumbling, our health service on it’s knees, law and order strained beyond it’s limits with more and more pressure being put on the Police and mistakes inevitably made. We are a society divided on so many levels that we know longer accept any view other than our own. I’m probably not helping here and I’m sorry if my pessimistic view is depressing but I have never been so afraid of what our government is doing or not doing. I have lived through many governments including Thatcher whom I hated but this current lot are the scariest we have ever had and at a time when we desperately need stability and calm leadership what do we have, Boris! I do try to see the good in people and things but it is not easy when we have a Tory government who inspire nothing but total contempt and have not a single redeeming quality! I would love to write about good stuff and do try to look for the silver lining, it isn’t easy.
Stay well
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