Basically, what is happening in the United Kingdom may well be happening in your country also, perhaps for the some of the same but most likely for other reasons, too.

Let me explain:

In the United Kingdom, our government is preparing its population to ‘live with the virus.’ Gradually, restrictions are being eased, one by one. This means, OK, we tried everything, we’re beaten, we give up, etc., etc. A radical change from two years ago, when we were going to beat it, no matter what. But that in itself is not the worst thing this government has done re: COVID, because if the same situation has not happened in your country, then it will.

There are dictatorships around the world that have not behaved as brazenly selfishly as Boris Johnson and Merrie Eton-Spoonfed ‘Men.’ The Queen, Her Majesty for Christ’s sake, sat alone in the chapel at Windsor Castle, a small and forlorn figure in black, at a time when she needed her family the most, and buried her husband of 73 years with a mask on her face. The night before, Conservate Party workers got themselves royally pissed, if you’ll pardon the expression, at Downing Street. They probably missed the funeral on the telly because they were too hung over to switch the thing on.

Yet the Queen unselfishly insisted that the funeral be conducted along social distancing guidelines no matter what the emotional cost to herself. I have never supported the Queen in anything before, ever. But this generation of Conservatives are beyond heartless; they would have caused Margaret Thatcher to turn away in shame.

It simply defies logic that any group of people, let alone our government, can behave in this way, especially those in the public eye, and even more especially, our Prime Minister. As if attending the event was bad enough, he then goes on to try and pass it off by saying that, and it almost seems as though italics are not enough, he didn’t know that the event was breaking the rules because it was supposed to be a work event!!! I mean, Christ Almighty! You just have to double-take repeatedly to make sure that these words were actually uttered by a sitting Prime Minister of Her Majesty’s government.

Imagine if Disraeli, Gladstone, Lloyd-George or Sir Winston Churchill had uttered those words. Imagine if, during the darkest days of World War Two, when people up and down the country, including the royal family, turned their lights out and sat in darkness because so ordered by Churchill, the following day after a particularly vicious bombing raid with many dead and buildings razed to the ground, the public found out that Sir Winston and his staff had held a boistrous party with all the lights on and music blaring away. We’re over here, Hitler, come and find us!

Well, Mr Churchill, what have you got to say for yourself? Churchill: “Um…er…well, I appreciate that it looks bad but it was a work do and nobody told me that the rules applied to us?” (Question mark at the end deliberate to suggest the idiotic raising of tone that people seem to do these days.)

Mr Churchill, scream the press, you idiot!!! Nobody told you? You made the rules! The press lobby repeatedly for his resignation, or, better yet, his dismissal. But the Conservatives ride out the storm and soon people forget about it.

Let me assure you, dear reader, that the above scenario featuring Sir Winston would never have happened. But it happened in 2021 thanks to a bumbling, witless newspaper editor who lucked himself into the top job in British politics. Boris Johnson’s American lookalike, Donald J. Trump, said and did more stupid things during his four years as president, but none came even close to this; and we’re talking about someone who said he had a clever uncle.

Again, I find it difficult to believe that I agree wholeheartedly with a Tory, but David Davies this week said, “in the name of God, go!” Does he need it any clearer than this? x