As ever, it’s all about the criminals and not the victims. Al ‘Boris’ Johnson and ‘Brand Rishi’ Sunak are ever-so-sorry about partying when the rest of us were obeying the lockdown rules. We didn’t know these gatherings were actually parties, you see. And the Daily Mail, that barometer of hate, adds that “It was only 10 minutes, so it was really nothing”, or words to that effect. But 10 minutes with their dying relatives was not permitted, as mums, dads, children, other close relatives and friends were left to die alone. And anyway, we’re at war. Don’t rock that boat.
But we’re not at war. There’s a war going on in Ukraine, where the good guys, Ukraine, are defending their country run by an actual fascist, or the ‘Russian bear’, as fanboy Nigel Farage calls Putin. But we’re not directly involved in it. And anyway, does anyone really see Johnson as a war leader? If you do, give your head a good wobble.
Now, a word from someone who actually lost a loved one and wasn’t allowed to be with them because of Johnson’s rules:
One word that leaps out at me is arrogance. It’s the sheer entitlement of these hopelessly out of touch posh boys. I suppose we should be grateful that Brand Rishi, who employs the services of his own photographer at the cost of £60,000 a year paid by you and me (see also Liz Truss), had time after sorting out his and his wife’s tax returns to actually make contact with the plebs. “I’m concentrating on delivering for the British people,” said Brand Rishi, just before we learned that inflation was now at 7% and utility bills were up by 54%. Delivering what, posh boy? Increasing poverty for the sick and vulnerable, the sad and lonely; basically making life worse for everyone who, unlike Brand Rishi, knows how to buy a can of coke at a petrol station.
Essentially, our so called leaders still don’t get it. Sunak and the Johnsons merrily accepted their £50 fines and their apologists told us to move on. But wait a minute. £50. For me, and I suspect for millions of others, £50 is a lot of money. I know it’s probably not life-changing for multimillionaires, but for an increasing number of people, an additional £50 would mean they might eat and heath their homes for a bit longer. I’ve never bought a pair of shoes that cost £50. Repeat: in the real world, it’s a lot of money.
But the worst bit is that our so called leaders are laughing at us. As nurses clad from head to toe in PPE held telephones next to dying patients so their relatives could say goodbye, there were parties going on.
Johnson and Sunak are sorry but only sorry they got caught.
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