I have been
frustrated and disturbed by the UK government under Boris Johnson it is timid
and late with decisions, it refuses to be answerable for decisions and shows an
appalling lack of regard for citizens.
I first heard about
Boris when he was a local MP. He came across as a fresh thinker prepared to
give straightforward answers. In those days a refreshing change from a stale
Conservative party. I realise that he enjoys the image of a maverick that
challenges the establishment. In truth he has shown himself to be con artist
prepared to conceal and beguile people to keep from confronting the disastrous
effect of his policies.
On the corona virus
he consistently ignored the established ways to keep the virus in control and
to save lives. He ignored the example of Asian counties he believed instead in
fantasy of past British excellence. Yes Britain has some of the best people in
the world for handling this crisis but they looked inward for leadership and
Boris with schoolboy optimism and shallow thinking was there blindly leading
the way. He failed to make choices that had safety as a priority and ignored
the evidence from the rest of the world. Consequently, Britain has one of the
worst virus responses. The government are now pointing to the vaccination roll
out as a success. This success is not some result of government intervention
but due to the hard work and dedication of the NHS.
Once again Britain
is facing rising infections and hospitalisations. Once again the government are
delaying the decision to take precautions. Even minor changes could make a big
difference to the infection rate; mask wearing and distancing rules would slow
the rate and allow the booster and vaccination process to get ahead. Instead,
government delays will result in a deepening of the crisis which forces actions
- GOVERNMENT BY CRISIS.
Every day I tend to
listen to the farming news before 6. For the last months there have been
several issues discussed -
- Lack of tankers to pickup
milk which than is poured down the drain when no tanker arrives.
- Concerns about the impact of
the Australian trade agreement and recently the New Zealand trade
agreement.
- Multiple stories about the
slaughter of animals in particular pigs, the scheduling of pig maturity is
such that there is a few weeks of slack in the scheduling of butchering
before the farmers have to destroy the animals, unused.
I heard multiple
interviews and discussions about these problems but very little empathy from
government. Government seemed to insist that there wasn't really a
problem. As the problems increased in
intensity and the simultaneous shortage of hgv drivers resulted in fuel
shortages at pumps, government started to lose control of the media
story.
When it came to the
crisis in trained butchers to deal with the processing of pigs, the government
made every effort to avoid the issue. Boris even remarked that he couldn't see
the problem as the pigs would die anyway. No understanding of the role of government
to use its position to help citizens. The farming industry is important for all
of us and a little care about the problems could save everyone from the waste
of life and effort about to come.
It seemed like they
were afraid to address the problems because they didn't want to admit that
brexit was a factor. Instead they blamed industry for not investing in training
and recruitment and made no effort to help; until it became clear that the solution
to the problem would take a long time to fix. They said the lack of action was
because they wanted to see wages rise - any responsible government would have
been proactive and taken proper actions to reduce the impact. GOVERNMENT BY
CRISIS.
The energy crisis
first became an issue when gas prices started to rise. The early crisis was a
lack of CO2 which is used by numerous industries but notably in food packing
and processing. It is produced by 2 foreign owned companies as a by product
from producing fertilizer. With gas prices rising it was uneconomical to
continue producing their main product so they stopped production and
consequently all the CO2 stopped. Suddenly hundreds of businesses that relied
on CO2 had no supply and no backup. After many alarms and requests to
government to help the crisis deepened till eventually they were forced to do
something to avert looming problems. So a deal was made with the foreign
companies to help with the price of gas.
This was short
sighted and showed once again that this government has a poor understanding of
governing. Subsequent to the actions taken and gas prices continuing to rise,
many of British core companies began to struggle. Ceramics, glass and steel
just to name a few also began to threaten closure. This now was a serious
energy crisis. GOVERNMENT BY CRISIS could be avoided if central government
stepped away from a rigid free market approach and took measures to control and
protect certain shared resources and industry to benefit the population.
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