Watching breakfast tv news in the UK this morning felt very odd. It was full pelt jingoism for Captain Moore (who is in my opinion a hero, don’t get me wrong). There wasn’t a word about how appallingly our government has handled the pandemic, nothing about the cruel.. 
...irony that Moore should have to raise £30million for an NHS the Tories have systematically been trying to gut, only to die of covid. It was non-stop uncritical thinking and thinly veiled praise of what is a catastrophic mishandling of the covid pandemic by inept leadership.
It felt like I was watching Fox News. I get that Captain Moore’s life should be celebrated, but his death should also place a bigger spotlight on the government and journalists should be further scrutinising the Tory failure, not “holding back” fake tears at 8am.
I’m negative about this I know, but I am realistic. Most people are at boiling point both mentally & financially during this latest lockdown (which has no end date). I don’t think the media should be fluffing up false positivity in these dire times. People are not thick.
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