Category: Politics

What a let down. Vision for the future was some renamed national savings bonds and some vague promises about wages and investments.

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson – For a Head Boy this term has been a disaster until the last few days. His cronyism and unfortunate friendships led to some potentially criminal proceedings. His endless enthusiasm soon wore off as reality crept in. Still too keen to elbow bump and hyperbolic speeches, he has calmed down somewhat.

Rishi Sunak – after a stunning introduction and the discovery of a money tree, Rishi has begun to struggle. The money tree needs nutrients and he is left in an invidious position. Cutting public services has been denied him by the brilliance of the NHS and the fact that everything else had been cut. The only option to cut deficits is taxation – which all his friends are against.

Matt Hancock – well, what a year you have had! Surviving as the stool pigeon wheeled out for ritual humiliation. Puppy dog eyes helped. Do we see a glimpse of a terrier rather than a mouse? Although why you want more power concentrated in Westminster is beyond me.

Grant Shapps – Minister for Transport – which bits did you not understand when taking the job? Dover being a port of importance was something you obviously had no understanding of. Being better than the last incumbent of the position is not good enough. How can you have got quarantine so bad having had examples from all over the world for the last 12 months or more. We will leave Brexit shambles for another day.

Robert Jenrick – Robert – why have you not resigned already, do you need more humiliation? Grenville Tower. Planning scandals. Oh and a good idea if you were born in 1821 – lets have a new coal mine!

Priti Patel – You must be disappointed that the Channel is stormy and cold. No opportunities to lock children and homeless, traumatised mothers in obscure places. I guess we will hear from you shortly as you have had nothing to say of any interest for a while. Although presumably you had an input into the quarantine of foreign passengers from selected countries.

Gavin Williamson – last but not least in my selection of Cabinet Ministers in need of resigning. Gavin, are you awake today – just testing. So basically you have screwed up. everything from GCSE’s and A’levels, City and Guilds, (basically all exams), and Universities by allowing them back to. spread the virus (how many deaths were you accountable for?), backs to school or not, mass testing or not? Complain to ousted, not providing laptops.

Michael Gove – you cannot wheedle your way out with lies and half truths at the end of the day. Ah, the end of the day is not yet, so he can continue to peddle his bullshit.

And whilst these people are incompetent – I worry more about the quite ones! Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. Rees-Mogg has been keeping his head down.

And we have not got on to Brexit.

I guess this is not such a surprise given that most of the media gloss’s over the rank incompetency shown for the last year and concentrates on vaccines.

Starmer must be held accountable for allowing them to get away with this. What does Labour under him stand for? I read something about flag waving, but nothing to show that he has a grip on policies, or basically anything. Jezza had policies but not the charisma to deliver them – and to be honest showed a little naivity in the way he went awol from sensible behaviour at times.

So come on Starmer – get your arse in gear and deliver a manifesto for a better Britain. You have had a year to get it sorted – you are like Williamson at Education at the moment, man without a clue.

Elections are coming up at local levels, so lets see a labour manifesto for jobs in the green sector especially in the North; plans for exams and schools/universities; detailed consideration of Hancock’s plans for the NHS – with credible alternatives if necessary; innovative ideas to solve the growing unemployment problem; tax proposals; a raft of proposals regarding g Brexit (which is proving to be a disaster); the foreign aid budget (which will be core to a better world post-covid); a review of all contracts made in last 15 months; a policy for the armed forces which puts them in a logical and practical situation (and cuts the overheads by at least 50%) but also recognises the fantastic resource they can provide in emergencies here and abroad; abolish or change the honours system; get rid of hereditary peers in the HoL; Greater devolution (with safety checks if thought necessary!) – for all sectors of public services at all levels; Greater accountability for all decisions.

And an overall policy of inclusion a1nd responsibility which encourages greater participation, by all, in society, but also calls out those who refuse to participate.

So Trump gets off – no surprise there then. However – and it is not just Republicans at fault – all politicians do the same.

This impeachment was unique, the jurors werebvthe victims, they hid and barricaded themselves in rooms in fear. They have been reminded by video, they have heard the words of Trump. But they put themselves and their political careers before justice and doing the right thing for democracy and the diminishing esteem of the rest of the world.

For sure nearly half of the electorate voted for him; just as in the UK nearly half of the electorate voted against Brexit. We, I, have just about got over it! No violence – just a lot of ‘told you so’. However Trump can now claim vindication and continue his obnoxious tirade of hatred. So those who voted to allow him to continue can be seen as career crazy lunatics who represent all that people mistrust in politicians.

The City of London Remberancer who sits in the under-gallery of the House of Commons as a parliamentary agent with the permission of the Speaker – who has debatable influence?

The Queen has lobbied the government to change legislation that affects or reveals her personal wealth. The Guardian’s David Pegg tells Anushka Asthana about a paper trail that shows how more than 1,000 laws have been vetted by the Queen or Prince Charles through a secretive procedure before they were approved by parliament. These laws include everything from social security, pensions, race relations and food policy through to obscure rules on car parking charges and hovercraft. But they also include draft laws that affected the Queen’s personal property such as her private estates in Balmoral and Sandringham – and anything involving the nature of her wealth, estimated to run into the hundreds of millions of pounds.

The Queen is likely to be able to make hundreds of £millions from licences for offshore wind. The Crown estate benefits but the treasury then decides how much to take!

Have I read this correctly? The government are reducing outsourcing and giving the NHS the control they deserve!

Wake up Mr Johnson! There are now 3 of your MP’s (Desmond Swayne, Andrew Bridgen, Adam Afriyie) who are linked to those spreading covid conspiracy theories and campaigning for fewer restrictions. . Act decisively for once and take the whip away from them and get them out of the party. Not acting will enable apologists to argue that he is frightened of taking action in case the truth comes out. we are already beginning to see signs of a backlash against vaccination. In some ways the easy part has been accomplished reasonably well, although reports of lower levels of vaccination in BAME communities is concerning.

I am sure that Captain Sir Tom Moore was a very nice chap and his actions certainly inspired others and led to donations of over £30 million to NHS charities. However calls for a statue would seem a little over the top? I say this for humour, so do not over react, but what he did was walk round his garden a few times! (Paraphrasing James Corbyn-SPOTY talking about Dame Kelly Holmes who won a medal for running around in a circle twice!).