The contempt for ordinary citizens that courses through the corridors of power has been laid bare
These issues of arrogance, ineptitude, selfishness, shallowness and tribalism go beyond Boris Johnson and his toxic team last week performed an invaluable service. It seemed as if we were watching a savage new political satire amid all the posturing and profanities as key figures in our nation’s pandemic response sought to atone for their actions while settling scores with foes.
But it is too easy to pin all the blame on a dreadful prime minister. Certainly we see again how Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit accession to the top job damns not only his enablers and lackeys but also an entire political system – which, do not forget, went on to replace him with Liz Truss. Elderly people were viewed as disposable, their lives not deemed worthy of protection if affecting the economy. “Covid is just Nature’s way of dealing with old people,” Johnson is reported to have said dismissively. Bear in mind people dying from Covid lost more than a decade of their life on average.
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