Firstly as usual in America, so Trump starts the week under fire over his divisive Mount Rushmore address attacking left-wing activists and defending Confederate generals, with the Illinois senator denouncing the president for spending all of his time talking about dead traitors and not the country’s one hundred and thirty thousand coronavirus fatalities while city mayors in stricken states warned the Sunday talk shows that the pandemic was in danger of getting out of control and that hospitals could be in seriously overwhelmed if controls aren't implemented quickly. The head of the US drugs regulator has cast doubt on Trump's outrageous prediction that a COVID-19 vaccine will be ready this year stating he couldn't predict when a vaccine would be available and that vaccine development would be based upon the data and science, but the vaccine would only train people's immune systems to fight the virus, so they do not become sick.
As all this backlash and condemnation of Trump was taking place, he himself reverted back to his usual past time of tweeting nonsense, firstly claiming that crime rates are spiralling in New York City and Chicago offering federal intervention to curtail angry demonstrations once again wanting to militarise his countries streets continuing his railings by attacking his allies at Fox News for broadcasting “phoney suppression polls” showing him trailing Joe Biden in the election race. Another tweet was a retweet congratulating an author for his recent release titled 'Trump and Churchill, Defenders of Western Civilisation', personally I think the family of Winston Churchill should get this book banned as it is a travesty that the two men should be linked as Mr Churchill was a decorated war hero, superb strategist, exceptional Prime Minister who steered his country to victory over a fascist Nazi regime while Trump is a draft dodging coward, failed business man, mediocre celebrity, atrocious President, racist, sexist, money hungry bigot who has steered his country to economic disaster, millions infected, over one hundred thousand dead and is in no damn way a defender of western civilisation as he promotes the same fascist ideals as Hitler once did, but at least Hitler had good sense to commit suicide when he knew his time was up, where as Trump will just curl up and cry when his final days are met or try and squat in the Whitehouse. On that I think its time to check out dear old Blighty.
So the main news out of Blighty is the clap for carers held in streets around the UK to celebrate the National Health Service's Birthday as Johnson joined a nationwide applause to pay tribute to NHS staff on the 72nd anniversary of the health service.The round of applauding was inspired by the weekly Clap for Carers initiative to thank key workers during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Ironically it is hoped that the anniversary applause will become an annual tradition. After the round of applauding Johnson stood outside Downing Street, thanking the whole NHS family and all of the carers for all they had done and continue to do to keep the country well and cared for over past the few months as well as the past seventy two years, especially paying tribute to the staff who saved his life back in April, but I bet as much as the countries medical staff appreciate the applause and the high praise they got in Johnson's speech they would appreciate it more if they got a better pay structure, less hours, better safety PPE and an end to the life threatening shifts they face everyday due to the governments ineptitude to bring in sanctions early to stem the flow of the coronavirus along with more controls biased to stopping the flow of the virus rather than the governments blinkered approach to stem an economic disaster that is facing the country.
Other news in old Blighty is a story about how a metaphor borrowed from the corporate world is in circulation at Westminster describing the power structure of the government. Johnson is the chairman and Gove is the chief executive which implies Johnson is merely the mouth piece and face of the regime while the levels of power are operated by his old frenemy from the Cabinet Office Gove. This makes Cummings, the number ten's visually challenged genius-in-residence probably regarded as the chief innovation officer. These three men have a need to concentrate the power within their own hands as they share a conviction that the destiny of the nation is to be governed by a small and select number of supernatural individuals who have a grasp of the true path that eludes others. Johnson who once wanted to be another Churchill, now sees himself as a Roosevelt, ludicrous as that may be, but it does reflect how his mind works. While Gove likens himself to Lenin and Cummings wants to be the boss of a conglomerate like Intel. Personally all I see is three wannabe's who couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag, Johnson is unkempt and slovenly, while Gove looks more like Himmler and Cummings is just an overgrown frat boy. All three of them are playing at been gods thinking they can do what they want without been chastised by mommy which is apt as all three attended private schools, Johnson at Eton, Gove at Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen and Cummings at Durham High School meaning they feel they are better than the rest of society giving them the fore mentioned god complex thwacked in to them from childhood. On that note that's me done for today.
Rant you tomorrow!
