hypothesis: the aim of this govt was to use pandemic chaos to plunder the nation, enrich themselves/donors, remove any accountability for themselves while eroding democracy (media independence, voter suppression) & making it much harder for them to be elected out in future.
Public health was never the aim- and I would say the aims have clearly been met, and they've succeeded in all of this. The destruction of the BBC, after years of eroding its independence and voter suppression are the final nails in the coffin of the myth of democracy in the UK.
The saddest bit has been the lack of any real opposition to all this or even much discussion of what's happening in the UK now. Imagine passing a voter suppression bill, and it not even making most of the headlines in the news! How did this happen?
The privatisation of the NHS is well & truly underway. It's made massive strides through the pandemic, but not something we see widely reported. With 'NHS' Test and trace (nothing to do with the NHS) and swathes of money handed over to private sector.
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Of course, the chaos has been created by the govt through failed govt policy, and deliberately ignoring their own scientific advisors consistently. And the chaos has served them well. They're the only winners in this.
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