At this time of unprecedented upheaval within the world today it fills me with remorse and anger when I read about how one man elected to such a powerful position of leadership can hideaway from the grotesque treatment of not just one person of colour who was unlawfully killed by four men giving the responsibility to protect and serve the public, but can openly condone and openly back the outright violence the police and national guard are inflicting on peaceful protesters firing paint pellets or rubber bullets at unarmed civilians as well as at reporters and news crews reporting on the unrest, just so they weren't witnessed committing acts of unprovoked violence. In one social media post uploaded from a family home in Minneapolis, an armed military vehicle can be clearly seen rolling down an American neighbourhood street as if they were in an Afghan or Iraqi war zone quickly followed by armed police officers dressed in riot gear running down the road and when they saw people peacefully watching them, instead of one of the officers approaching to simply ask them to go inside they stopped and started firing paint pellets at them shouting "get inside" which is clearly not protecting and serving, but attacking unarmed civilians. This kind of behaviour cannot be allowed to continue and these officers should be at the very least reprimanded or sacked.
These peaceful protests are being infiltrated by the left wing groups and anarchists openly looking to riot and start a civil war that was clearly predicted would happen the moment the people of America elected a narcissistic racial advocate who believes in white supremacy and the oppression of women as well as one law for white rich men and one law for everyone else. This man has openly plotted with white supremacists, evangelical extremists and has backed corrupt actions by his staff and family, then changes one of his deceitful multiple masks to try and win voters back, but in his next breath lays the blame at the feet of the governors and mayors of the rioting cities and states for the civil unrest when the reason clearly started with himself and his ineptitude.
While all these separate peaceful protests are filmed and falsely reported as riots, what isn't been reported are the acts of solidarity amongst the protesters of all colours, but especially the black men who to prevent looting by using themselves to barricade shop fronts and one incident where a police officer in riot gear was cut off from the rest of his unit a group of black men put themselves between a group of protesters and the officer to protect him. What the leader of the so called land of liberty and the free did yesterday instead of concerning himself with the growing civil war within his country was fly to Florida to watch a space craft launch taking yet another opportunity to puff out his chest and stand in front of cameras.
I could go on and on about America, but as I said I'm British, so let me take a look at what's been happening here. I have to say when I see what is happening in America as a non religious person I find myself thanking God I was born in England, even if I feel I should be Scottish. The main headlines are that of the lockdown been eased, shops been allowed to reopen and schools accepting children back through their doors as of tomorrow despite the country's COVID-19 alert system indicating high levels of transmission well above those estimated by the government and against recommendations of the scientific community. Boris Johnson has been clearly absent, hiding away from the press as he is struggling to answer the hard questions time and time again leaving his cabinet ministers to face the onslaught like the foreign secretary who defended the government easing of lockdown measures in England from tomorrow. Dominic Raab during an interview with Andrew Marr said England is "transitioning" from level four, when there should be enforced social distancing measures, to level three, when they can start to be relaxed and that the approach is "cautious". So once again we read about and witness through televised or social media interviews that our elected officials cannot make up their minds to the best course the country should take which isn't surprising considering we now live within a fractured United Kingdom as each nation making up the combined country goes in their own direction independent of the elected parliament in London, is this the start of the United kingdom's collapse and separation with the only thing each separate nation holds in common been the figure head of the royal family whether it be Queen Elizabeth or Prince Charles or Prince William. I think as a country we need some clarity to whether we are one or four separate nations, so the people of those nations can choose who they listen to or the decision is made to disband the UK and form a coalition called the G4 where each countries governing party meets in a central location with a representative of the royal household to govern as one nation under the Union flag.
Rant you tomorrow!
