Arguably, the most significant job of a Government is to protect its citizens. On this point, our Conservative UK Government has unequivocally failed.
What has happened over the past 1-2 years does not constitute a few understandable mistakes.
Decisions have been taken time and again, by Boris Johnson and his Conservative Government, that have directly lead to one of the worst Covid death rates in the world. This has happened on an island, with a sophisticated healthcare system, and in one of the richest economies in the world.
Whether Boris Johnson said "let the bodies pile high in their thousands" is unimportant. What is important is that this is precisely what he has allowed to happen. If you analyse his behaviour at the start of the pandemic, you will have seen that he is not remotely fit to be a leader, of any kind whatsoever.
Boris Johnson is usually painted as a goofy, likeable and essentially harmless figure. In reality, he is an arrogant, incompetent and extremely harmful character who should go down in history as a despicable leader with many deaths on his hands.
In February 2020, Boris Johnson likens Britain to Superman. He thinks that Britain could "unleash it's potential" through freemarket capitalism (please see clip below). Fastforward a few months later, when the pandemic takes a firm grip on Britain, and this clip becomes simultaneously laughable and shocking.
This video emphatically shows that the Conservatives are arrogant and entitled, and they seem to believe that freemarket capitalism will literally solve all of the world's problems. However, freemarket capitalism doesn't help combat biological viruses, neither did Boris Johnson's arrogant attitude.
Boris Johnson's attitude suggests a profound detachment from reality. In times of crises, we need leaders who are responsible, grounded and empathetic. Boris is none of these.
About a month later, on March 3rd, Boris Johnson states that he shook hands with Coronavirus patients in a hospital (please see clip below). Again, here we have video evidence of an entitled and privileged individual, who somehow believes that he would be impervious to a deadly biological virus.
Boris Johnson, and the corporate culture he embodies, is morally repugnant and very dangerous. Not only should he and those around him resign, but they should be tried in court, with the aid of impartial scientific experts.
Even from their own capitalist, corporate viewpoints, locking down swiftly and firmly would have benefited businesses and the economy in the long-term. So the Conservatives, as well as being morally repugnant, are highly incompetent.
Regardless of who you want to blame for originating the virus, you simply cannot deny that certain countries have been far more responsible and competent in dealing with this pandemic.
I don't think there is a single solution to the world's problems and it is is not my aim to advance political agendas. My aim is to describe the world in a balanced, evidence-based and rational fashion. This often entails challenging media narratives that distort, twist, omit and lie.
