MIXED MESSAGES – AGAIN

With government campaign for vaccination still at the forefront of its campaign against Covid the tory right wing is manoeuvring against the cost. Calls for an end to free test kits are growing along with a demand to end all restrictions. At the same time more NHS trusts are declaring critical situations.

SOME FACTS

2017-18 more than 300 were dying daily from flu.

A&E waits are highest for 10 years.

Nurses per 1000 : UK =8.4, Germany =13.9, France =11.1

Doctors : UK=3, Germany =4.5, France =3.4, Italy =4.

Alaska had its highest ever recorded temperature of 19.4C in December, but temps this week are -29C!

Climate change deaths are over 150000 annually.

Earth is on track for an increase of 2.4C above pre-industrial levels.

There are 10967 species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Warmer temperatures in Siberia release methane – a strong greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.

National Grid: Live status (11.55am 08.01.2022) https://grid.iamkate.com. 30% gas, 33% renewables, 15% nuclear, 3% biomas -rest from other.

DOUBLE STANDARDS

Double standards and hypocrisy are underlined by the Attorney generals comments regarding the mass murderer Edward Colson’s statue. She is making political moves regarding the juries decision whilst totally ignoring police inaction over Downing Street Parties and the illusion of an enquiry into Downing Street refurbishments scandal.

USA – DEMOCRACY

Stunning statistics from USA. Most republicans believe the election of Biden was stolen from Trump. A frightening percentage think violent action is justified – in a country with more guns than people.

REES-MOGG

I agree with Rees-Mogg’s statement below.

However, Leader of the House of Commons Mr Rees-Mogg said he did not think the Bristol verdict put other monuments at risk.

COVID

How to reduce infection rate – UKHSA now relies on people registering their own LFT results. That should knock 20% of reported cases in one foul swoop. Of course some people will still need a PCR confirmation – those who are eligible for a test and trace payment, and the vulnerable.

JOHNSON

What a shambles he is. Humiliated by Angela Rayner his attitude was obnoxious and rude – Sarah Murphy on twitter said it clearly.

sarah murphy@13sarahmurphy. Johnson at PMQs – just a catastrophe of a man… a disgraceful, shouting liar, pointing and raging and talking absolute rubbish. What a shameful spectacle. And so profoundly disrespectful… to Parliament and to all of us. He is utterly revoltingly unforgivably loathsome.

BRISTOL AND PROUD

4 of the people responsible for toppling the statue of slave trader Edward Colston were found not guilty by a court in Bristol. This was despite their pursuit by Home Secretary Priti Patel who spoke to the Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset to demand action, setting a dangerous precedent of political interference in police matters.

KAZAKHSTAN

Kazakhstan government resigns amid unprecedented unrest following energy price hike on Wednesday, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the resignation of the government after violent protests erupted due to a natural gas price increase in the country.