The double-standards and hypocrisy of the Govt and its outriders - on almost all fronts - is dizzying. I get that it is a deliberate strategy, but really struggle to understand how so many people are taken in.
Just a few examples... 1/7
Just a few examples... 1/7
The sanctity of international commitments, Treaties and contracts. If we are prepared to breach them when it suits us, how outraged can we really be when the EU, or China, or Russia, does the same? 2/7
The Ministerial Code. Breaches by Patel and Johnson are waved away. But breaches by Nicola Sturgeon are, it seems, in a different category. 3/7
The right to protest. Draconian powers to curtail the right to protest pass through the Commons without a murmur of criticism. Covid restrictions receive anxious scrutiny. 4/7
Free Speech and cancel culture. Free speech champions are coming to enforce free speech in Universities. While those whose humour might offend should be removed from the BBC. 5/7
The Covid response. Clap for carers; pay for NHS staff. International comparisons (I'm old enough to remember when they were invidious, and 'too early'). The need to learn lessons. 6/7
I don't know if the Govt's supporters don't see this; or, more worrying, that they see it and simply don't care. Unless people, in sufficient numbers, do start caring, things are only going to get worse. 7/7
PS: Take any of these areas (breaches of international law; the Ministerial Code; free speech; etc), and try to articulate the Govt's position in a coherent way.
I can't find a way to do it.
I can't find a way to do it.
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