In America as the west coast burns and the east coast drowns what do the politicians do, They just keep F****** arguing between themselves looking for political points while lying about what they will do to make life better. Once again during a press briefing Trump is seen to get flustered and attacks journalists that push for the truth, telling ABC's journalist that his question about Trump lying about COVID-19 calling it a flu was a disgrace, all because the journalist called him out on television. Never before has it been seen where a president actively attacks journalists or a news network for trying to get at the truth, yet over and over again it is witnessed as Trump loses his temper and verbally insults his critics. The said briefing went down hill from the beginning as journalists one by one pushed Trump on his contradictory remarks over the differing views of himself and the CDC chief who was appearing before congress. During the same briefing Trump continued to make absurd promises over vaccines, attacked Joe Biden over his choice to wear a mask, blamed democrat run states for the spread of the COVID-19 virus and pushed his conspiracy theory of ballot tampering and fraud which will inevitably lead to an appeal when he loses in November.
What the American public is witnessing is an unhinged man that has his finger on the red button of destruction metaphorically and literally. As the country suffers one natural disaster after another the Trump administration is finding new ways to downplay climate change and the pandemic by shifting the blame to the people instead of the politicians who deny funding to the areas needing research. In response to the wildfires on the west coast, Trump blames the forestry and parks workers for not clearing the ground in forests instead of the rising temperatures . In response to the flooding on the east coast, well he will probably blame the people responsible for flood defences instead of the rising sea levels or climate. In response to the pandemic, he still blames China for spreading a biological weapon and the democratic run states for spreading the virus instead of his ineptitude to act over proper protocols to contain the virus. In response to the civil unrest and protests he blames minorities, democrat mayors, democrat governors and ANTIFA instead of the murderous law enforcement officers, his own department of stormtroopers, white supremacists and the systemic racial profiling that has existed in America since the introduction of slavery nearly four hundred years ago. How can a country that was built on the bedrock, blood and sweat of immigrants still claim to be the land of the free, but still not see how there is a systemic bloodline of racial abuse at the core of its past and present. To allow a man like Trump [who is the ancestor of immigrants and shows open hatred for all peoples not white] be allowed to spread his propaganda across a supposed civilised nation inciting racists to bare arms against those they fear and condone pure white law enforcement officers to openly assault, injure and murder innocent people of colour, no matter their heritage or religion. This is a country heading in to civil war which can only end in one way which is self annihilation as the madman bombs his own country. This years presidential election will take weeks or months to finalise if it is not won by a sweeping majority of blue, yet the narcissistic entity that currently resides in the Whitehouse will not go quietly. One prediction I would like to make is that if he does lose and accepts it, come lets say December 1st there will be a resignation of power installing Pence in to office for less than sixty days, so that as all presidents have done in the past, Pence can pardon Trump. This will occur so that every illegal act Trump has done in the past or the present will be dropped never to be prosecuted.
On that note I will jump to dear old Blighty and see if there is anything rantable. Well as yet another section of the country faces a second wave of lockdown laws due to the rise in positive tests the government, in particular the primeminister are receiving flack from all avenues over the lack of turn around of virus test results. A large chunk of the country which is the North East of England faces forced lockdown once again with more mortality and economic insecurity heaped on top of the previous post lockdown worries. This means that almost two million people in north-east England are expected to face restrictions as coronavirus cases rise. Northumberland, Newcastle, Sunderland, North and South Tyneside, Gateshead and County Durham council areas are in discussions to get the measures. These may include pubs closing earlier and restrictions on households mixing. As a government, the cabinet under Johnson has continually failed in its mandate to safeguard the British people from harm and what is Johnson reasoning behind the decision, well he said that "The only way to make sure the country is able to enjoy Christmas is to be tough now". This soundbite coming on the back of him stating the government was doing "everything in our power" to avoid another nationwide lockdown. A full announcement detailing the new measures for the North East is expected later on Thursday following the number of cases that have risen rapidly in many parts of the country, but in particular in the North East, so a decision has been made to impose further restrictions in the North East which will be announced and will apply from midnight on Thursday evening.
Basically as one area opens, another closes, all due to the government easing lockdown way too soon just so they could get the economy fixed which guess what, it didn't work. All premature lockdown easing has done is create a second wave as we head in to the Winter flu season. But while Johnson tries to look successful in one part of his job he fails at another. In the on going Brexit debacle it has been revealed that Number 10 has reached a deal with some of the Tory MP's unhappy with plans to give the government the power to override parts of the UK's Brexit agreement which Johnson has agreed to amend. The compromise is that the amendment to the Internal Market Bill will give MP's a vote before Johnson can use the powers in it that would be seen to be breaking international law. It is hoped the compromise could head off any potential rebellion over the issue next week. On the opposite side of the house Labour have said the UK was on course to break its word, as a senior government legal officer quit over the issue. Lord Keen, Scotland's Advocate General, stood down on Wednesday after days of speculation about his future. In his resignation letter, he told the PM: "I have found it increasingly difficult to reconcile what I consider to be my obligations as a Law Officer with your policy intentions".
Again the government is been seen to be lawless within there actions since Johnson took power, in the fact that his cabinet ministers and advisors are performing backhand and underhanded deals in contravention to the rule of law. The Conservative party donors are in receipt of large governmental deals or given the go ahead on contracts they have by simply giving the conservative's money. A prime example of this been the firm run by friends of the primeminister's adviser who donated £400,000 to the Tories, then received a governmental PPE deal worth £93,800,000 to them. This kind of lawlessness within the political establishment has to be stopped. These people are elected to parliament for the good of the people and should serve those people, not their own or their parties agenda.
It makes me sick how someone who claims to be interested in making a nation better for those who live in it, can also be self-serving narcissistic hypocrites at the same time, but that is how the world works today isn't it, a 'Dog Eat Dog' mentality. We live in a world that claims to be civilised, yet as the rich get richer, the rest of us are treated like something horrible they've has just stepped in. While we allow the likes of Johnson, Gove, Cummings, Pence and the whole Trump family to have a say in how we should live our lives or the countries are run, we will never ever see a change that creates an equality in life for everybody. On that I will call it a day,
Rant you tomorrow!
