Firstly in America as usual. Well it seems that Trump has remained mostly silent except for his feeble attempt on sending condolences to the family of civil rights activist and the last of the big six who protested in the sixties for the rights of blacks. When everyone else including the living ex-presidents Carter, Bush, Clinton and Obama all immediately sent forms of condolence as the news broke of Lewis's passing while Trump took hours to respond which in itself is a slur on a good man's legacy who Trump openly disliked. In other news there was more unrest in Portland as the unmarked federal officers went about their ruthless task of being an unconstitutional armed force occupying the city to prevent protests which has had the reverse effect as more and more protesters took to the streets to show defiance against Trump's madness of pitting American against American in a fight of wills to over throw an oppressive occupying force. America is turning against its narcissistic president one slow day at a time as once loyal Trump supporters start to remove their blinkers to the ineptitude of this man as Trump becomes the first president to really unify America, but it is at his own cost as he is on the verge of creating a truly multi-racial, multi-class, bipartisan political coalition against him which is so encompassing it could realign US politics for years to come.
One last note from America as Trump digs his own political grave the man he has just released from serving a prison sentence by commuting it, one Roger Stone has shown his real colours as he was interviewed on the Mo Kelly radio show. When asked a simple question regarding his sentence been commuted by his friend Trump turned to someone else near him and openly called Mo Kelly a NEGRO saying 'I don't really feel like arguing with negro' thinking he could not be heard, but unfortunately for Stone his microphone was on and Mo Kelly quickly came back at Stone by saying 'I'm sorry, what was that Roger'. This is yet another prime example of what type of man Trump really is when he aligns himself with such bigots as Stone, Flynn, etc. and why he should not win a second term in office because he corruptly uses the US presidency as his personal machine to turn back time to when such things as racial segregation, female oppression, sexual orientation and white male privilege was allowed under the law. so on that note let's hop the pond and see what oppressive acts are befalling the people of dear old Blighty.
So as the UK wakes up to a beautiful Sunday morning the main news is two fold today as Johnson states he does not want to impose a second national lockdown in the event of another COVID-19 outbreak comparing the option of a nationwide shutdown to a "nuclear deterrent", adding he does not think the country "will be in that position again", while the UK's chief scientific adviser has stated there is "a risk" that such measures could be needed as winter approaches. Even with the power been handed to local authorities to enforce a lightning lockdowns as needed to prevent further waves of the virus, Johnson hasn't ruled out enacting a national action in the future. The worrying part about the present prime minister though is not it's ineptitude over Brexit or the coronavirus and his one mindedness, it is in fact that the mentality of the man the tories thought was a good choice to lead the government is flawed and power hungry. In recent days it has been seen just how revengeful this ex public schoolboy really can be and that was aimed at a member of his own party who stepped out of line. Johnson appears to want to rule as if he is ruling a one-party state and to do this he has took the first step towards it. The party has given him the power, but could still take it away. To prevent this he must turn the tory party into the equivalent of Vladimir Putin’s United Russia or Donald Trump’s Republicans by filling it with politicians too venal and frightened to challenge him as the boss. It may appear on the surface that Johnson may not know much, but what he does know about is power.
God help Conservative MP's who injure his bottomless vanity as they all now know they will not just lose the chance of a job in his cabinet or a retirement home in the House of Lords, but Johnson will attempt to destroy them. With the apparent failure to insert his first choice as the chair of parliament’s intelligence and security committee, what Johnson did not realise until it was too late was that a politician who could not park a car in an empty field would be outmanoeuvred. In Julian Lewis, the Conservative MP who manoeuvred his way to the prize who understands defence and intelligence and is not a creature of Downing Street. His knowledge ought to have been a recommendation, given that the quid pro quo for granting the intelligence services more powers was granting the committee the power to scrutinise them. Johnson’s reaction revealed his littleness as he stripped Lewis of the Tory whip position which If he does not restore it, Lewis cannot retain his seat at the next election. Tory politicians now know that the price of angering the thin-skinned boss is a career-ending punishment as the attack on Lewis takes his mean-mindedness to a new level. Parties can reasonably expel MP's for repeatedly voting against the whip or refusing to support the manifesto, but Lewis’s crime was merely to win a committee chairmanship with the backing of MP's from other parties. Every chair of a parliamentary committee wants to be able to say they have the confidence of members from rival parties. It’s almost part of the job description, yet Johnson’s desire for retribution may not be sated.
Again like Trump, Johnson is starting to show his true colours which a percentage of the populous already saw emerging, but a bigger percentage merely voted for the colour blue over red, but that was there profound mistake as they elected a narcissistic power hungry leader to control our country and run it as he feels fit whether it be for the welfare of the populous or not. With that I will close for the time been.
Rant you tomorrow!
