27/04/2020

So I think this is week five or maybe six of the lockdown, but I could be totally wrong and it could be week twenty. What is there to rant about today.

Well Trump was visibly absent from news headlines today, but still came under criticism for scheduling his speech at the West Point academy in June amidst the fact that the amount of suspected virus cases has risen to just under one million and they have seen nearly fifty five thousand deaths in the US alone. This US president has to be at the head of the list for the stupidest person to ever hold the post. Even with those staggering numbers American states are beginning to roll back the lockdown which is in my opinion is a little too early.

While back in dear old Blighty primeminister Johnson has given a rousing speech thanking all of the British public and health care workers which is all good and well as he tells us we are nearly at the end of phase one calling the virus an invisible mugger and that lockdown would be eased as cases and deaths per day start to fall, but we are at the point of maximum risk and that all future decisions would be made with full transparency, so does that mean all previous decision weren't transparent.

I have a question where do insurance companies get off denying claims or even still charging for certain covers like car insurance where vehicles have sat idle for over a month. Will they be refunding policy holders for unused cover or are they the only exception where they can still over charge for something that may never happen. I have always felt like I was being fleeced when I pay for an imaginary possibility year after year, never claiming, but still see my policies cost more and more each year never seeing a reduction. I remember one year my motor insurance increased and when I queried why when I had used the car less was told even though I had over thirty years experience driving I was more of a risk due to driving less which just flabbergasts me.

On a happier note the Royal Mail has said up until Friday to celebrate his one hundredth birthday on the thirtieth of April Captain Tom Moore will be commemorated with a post mark reading "Happy 100th Birthday Captain Thomas Moore NHS fundraising hero 30th April 2020". He has also raised his number of laps to two hundred as he finished the first one hundred ahead of time and has now raised twenty nine million pounds which is just amazing.

Rant you tomorrow!