I think we are witnessing the breakdown of our society as we understand it. It’s been slowly happening for many years but in the lead up to Brexit and since the subsequent rise of Johnson there is no doubt it has accelerated. The pandemic has highlighted our divisions and instead of bringing us together as only widened those divisions, that bubbled under the surface barely hidden and now revealed. Yesterdays event involving Keir Starmer (whatever your opinion of the man) brought out in stark relief how a minority of conspiracy idiots can turn a comment made by our PM into something that could well have turned into something far more nasty and possible violent. Johnson is squarely to blame and his deliberate slur and inability, as usual, to understand the consequences of his foul accusation have incited these morons to take action. Not for one moment would yesterday’s “attack” have taken place if not for the PM’s baseless accusation.
I am no Labour voter but I am beginning to have some respect for the dignity and calmness of Starmer. Naturally when compared to Boris any opposition politician would appear reasoned but Starmer does exude a quiet authority, no doubt because he was and is a well trained barrister used to remaining calm under pressure. When your opposing a party of government who have an 80 odd seat majority it cannot be easy to get your policies across, though one must say that Johnson could not be a better or more gaffe prone PM to be the opposition of!
I can only speak for myself, when I say I have recently, felt like a prisoner in my own country and I am sure I am not alone in that? You cannot blame any government for the virus, nature has its own rules and we cannot control it. Many have lost there lives and if the rest of us live through it, just maybe we will cherish our freedom that little bit more?
Stay well
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